Nightwing

Track 5 is a hidden track and is not mentioned on the rear cover but there are lyrics in the booklet.

Divided into two chapters; songs 1-4 is Chapter One: "Dictionnaire Infernal", songs 6-10 are Chapter Two: "The Warlord of Wallachia".The track "Nightwing" is not in the tracklist and part of neither chapter.
This marks the first part of a conceptual trilogy for what Marduk claims is the basis of black metal: "Blood, Fire, Death." This album symbolizes "Blood."

All music and lyrics by Marduk.

The spoken intro to "Slay the Nazarene" is taken from the 1973 movie The Wicker Man.

Distributed by various companies in various countries; SPV in Germany with additional catalog ID 084-20032 CD.

LP version limited to 1500 hand-numbered copies.
Picture LP version limited to 500 copies.

"Anno Domini 1476" contains an excerpt from the "Legionary Worker's March", recorded by the Fascist Romanian Iron Guard.

Main riffs of "Nightwing" adapted from the score of the 1991 vampire film "Subspecies". The lyrics are also based on the plot.

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.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed during October/November 1997 at the Abyss studio, Pärlby, Sweden.
Produced by Marduk.

Identifiers:

Barcode: 4 001617 200322
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