Recorded and mixed at Abyss Studios in January 1999.
CD pressings:
1999 -
Osmose Productions - Regular edition
1999 -
Osmose Productions - Limited edition digipack with a Marduk shield emblem stuck on the actual cover
1999 -
Encore
2001 -
Fono Ltd.
2007 -
Osmose Productions
2008 -
Regain Records - New artwork and bonus tracks
Vinyl pressings:
1999 -
Osmose Productions - Regular vinyl
1999 -
Osmose Productions - Picture vinyl
2010 -
Regain Records - Gatefold cover, new artwork, 500 copies
2011 -
Regain Records - 4x7" vinyl box set, 666 hand-numbered copies
Encore (1999) pressing bonus tracks:
09. Fuck Me Jesus (0:38)
10. Departure from the Mortals (3:19)
11. The Black (4:05)
12. Within the Abyss (3:39)
13. Shut Up and Suffer (0:59)
14. Dark Endless (3:52)
15. In Conspiracy with Satan (Bathory Cover) (2:17)
16. Woman of Dark Desires (Bathory Cover) (4:30)
Taken from the
Fuck Me Jesus EP, 1999.
Regain (2008) pressing bonus tracks:
09. Deathride (3:16)
10. Todeskessel Kurland (2:32)
11. Panzer Division Marduk (fan made music video)
Regain (2010) pressing bonus tracks:
09. Deathride (3:16)
10. Todeskessel Kurland (2:32)
The original cover shows a Swedish "Stridsvagn 104" main battle tank, the re-release cover shows a German "Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger" heavy tank used in the "Battle of Kursk", July 1943.
The track "502" referrs to the "502nd Heavy Tank Battalion" which was involved in the "Siege of Leningrad". Part of the lyrics of this songs comes from Panzerlied, one of the most famous Wehrmacht songs.
Warning - Osmose CD presses dating from February 2001 up to around 2005 may contain a copy-protection method which renders the CD completely unreadable in PCs and certain modern Hi-Fi systems. This isn't indicated anywhere on the packaging.