''Dark Endless'' is the debut studio album by

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band

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. It was recorded and mixed at

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during four days in June 1992 and released that December by

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. Like many early black metal albums, it mixes black metal vocals with predominantly

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stylings. ''Dark Endless'' is the only Marduk studio album to feature

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on vocals and Rikard Kalm on bass, as by Marduk's second album '' Those of the Unlight'', they had been replaced by Joakim Göthberg (who plays drums on this release, along with contributing some vocals) and B. War respectively. There also exists a Christian

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band named "Dark Endless" who are named after this particular album.

Track listing

*All songs written and arranged by Marduk. The album intro and "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)", which were initially one track, were divided into two for the

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reissue of the album. The songs are listed in the reissued track listing as "The Eye of Funeral" and "Still Fucking Dead" (dropping "Here's No Peace" from the title). This is why bonus tracks on the disc start at track 10 instead of track 9.

Re-issue

The album was re-released with bonus tracks in

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format on 4 April 2006.

Personnel

Marduk

* Andreas Axelsson – vocals * Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar * Magnus "Devo" Andersson – guitar * Rikard Kalm – bass guitar * Joakim Göthberg – drums, vocals

Production

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– mixing

References

{{Authority control 1992 debut albums Marduk (band) albums