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Heaven Shall Burn When We Are Gathered

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I have to say it, this is my favorite album by Marduk so of course I am going to be partial. The music, production, everything is top notch. This is also one of the harder to find albums (hell, anything on Osmose recordings is hard to find). I like this cd based solely on the fact that it's as fast as "Panzer" but has more melody and changes pace better. Enough said, just buy it and you won't be disappointed.

Marduk's fourth album "Heaven Shall Burn... When We are Gathered" is considered by many fans to be among their very best records, and not for a bad reason. The production is good, nothing to rave about but it fits the atmosphere of the music. The musicianship I feel could have been better, Morgan's guitar work seems too simple and repetitive, otherwise the band sounds great. Song wise there are some killer tracks: "Beyond the Grace of God", "Infernal Eternal", "Glorification of the Black God" (Marduk's version of Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain") and "The Black Tormentor of Satan". On the other hand there are a few real stinkers: "Darkness it Shall Be" is completely repetitive and dull and "Dracul Ua Domini..." just chugs along with the same boring riff over and over again for a whole five minutes. On the whole though this is a very good record and recommended for anyone looking into the band.

This is my favorite marduk album. It is second only to the god-like Panzer Division Marduk album. The best song is legion, it has some of the coolest riffs in it and is a very intense song, hell, the whole album is intense definately not for the faint of heart.