Plague Angel

Plague Angel is the ninth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Endarker Studio in September 2004 and released that November by Regain Records. Plague Angel is the first Marduk album to feature Mortuus on vocals and Magnus "Devo" Andersson, ex-guitarist for Marduk following his departure in 1994, on bass and mixing. This album marked a definitive shift in Marduk's lyrical approach. Instead of overt Satanism, much of the lyrics take a more religious-like direction. This is due to Morgan and Mortuus' fascination with the Bible, as they both admit to being Bible experts (despite Marduk's anti-religious stance, Morgan has admitted that he uses the Bible as inspiration solely for its violent content, as he finds death and violence to be most inspirational for Marduk, and that he can "write a complete song mentally by just looking at a violent painting or image"). "The Hangman of Prague" refers to Reinhard Heydrich after the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Plague Angel
Studio album by Marduk
Released	22 November 2004
Recorded	August − September 2004
Studio	Endarker Studio
Genre	Black metal
Length	44:56
Label	Regain Records
Producer	Marduk
Marduk chronology
World Funeral (2003) Plague Angel (2004) Rom 5:12 (2007)
Marduk Discography singles chronology
"Funeral Marches And Warsongs" (2004) "'Plague Angel'" (2004) "Deathmarch" (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hangman of Prague"	3:05
2.	"Throne of Rats"	2:42
3.	"Seven Angels, Seven Trumpets"	2:47
4.	"Life's Emblem"	4:55
5.	"Steel Inferno"	2:23
6.	"Perish in Flames"	7:46
7.	"Holy Blood, Holy Grail"	2:27
8.	"Warschau"	3:18
9.	"Deathmarch"	4:10
10.	"Everything Bleeds"	3:33
11.	"Blutrache"	7:50

Deathmarch

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Steel Inferno" (Alternative Version)	2:13
2.	"Tod and Vernichtung"	3:29
3.	"The Hangman of Prague" (Rehearsal)	2:52
4.	"Throne of Rats" (Rehearsal)	2:55

Live Performance On Party San Festival 2006

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Still Fucking Dead"
2.	"Baptism By Fire"
3.	"With Satan And Victorious Weapons"
4.	"Funeral Bitch"
5.	"Hangman Of Prague"
6.	"Sulphur Souls"
7.	"Of Hells Fire"
8.	"Throne Of Rats"
9.	"Wolves"

Credits

Marduk Marduk - songwriting Mortuus – vocals Evil (Patrik Niclas Morgan Håkansson) – guitar Devo (Dan Everth Magnus Andersson) – bass; mixing Emil Dragutinovic – drums

Personnel on Deathmarch Arditi - co-songwriting, performers Layout Ketoladog