Serpent Sermon

Serpent Sermon is the twelfth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was released in North America on 5 June 2012 through Century Media Records on CD, vinyl and digital download. It reached number 44 on the Top Heatseekers Albums chart, selling roughly 800 copies in its first week.[1] Limited edition versions of the album include the bonus track "Coram Satanae", and a limited edition 7" vinyl EP of "Souls for Belial" was also released, featuring a cover of Wovenhand's "Oil On Panel".[2] A music video of "Souls for Belial" was also released on 9 May 2012.[3] The last album to feature drummer Lars Broddesson.

Serpent Sermon
Studio album by
Released28 May 2012
GenreBlack metal
Length54:25
LabelCentury Media
ProducerMagnus "Devo" Andersson, Marduk
Marduk chronology
Iron Dawn
(2011)
Serpent Sermon
(2012)
Frontschwein
(2015)

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Serpent Sermon"4:38
2."Messianic Pestilence"2:50
3."Souls for Belial"4:47
4."Into Second Death"5:11
5."Temple of Decay"5:25
6."Damnation's Gold"6:48
7."Hail Mary (Piss-soaked Genuflexion)"3:27
8."M.A.M.M.O.N."3:30
9."Gospel of the Worm"2:37
10."World of Blades"7:09
11."Coram Satanae" (limited edition bonus track)8:03
Total length:54:25

[4][5]

  • All music and lyrics written by Marduk.

Personnel

Marduk[6]

  • Mortuus – vocals
  • Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
  • Magnus "Devo" Andersson – bass
  • Lars Broddesson – drums

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 92
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 43
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 44

References

  1. "Marduk: 'Serpent Sermon' First-Week Sales Revealed - Blabbermouth.net". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. "Century Media Records - Marduk: : releases new album, 'Serpent Sermon' today in North America". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  3. "Marduk - Souls For Belial (Official Video)". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. "allmusic.com page for Serpent Sermon". Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. Disc 1 (2012-05-28). "Marduk - Serpent Sermon (Ltd. Edition )". Cmdistro.de. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  6. "Marduk official website". Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Marduk – Serpent Sermon" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Marduk – Serpent Sermon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Marduk – Serpent Sermon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. "Marduk Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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