Marduk's unswerving commitment to blasphemy and extreme music, a catalog of acclaimed recordings, and a relentless touring schedule established them as one of Scandinavia's best known black metal acts. Though they began as a Swedish death metal outfit, by the time they released Dark Endless in 1992, their atmospheric debut album, they were already evolving sonically. 1996's iconic Heaven Shall Burn...When We Are Gathered firmly established them in black metal circles. 2002's World Funeral offered a left turn toward accessibility, and 2004's Plague Angel marked a return to a more aggressive form. The conceptual scope of 2007's ROM 5:12 was critically proclaimed a successor to Celtic Frost's classic To Mega Therion. 2012's Serpent Sermon showcased the band's maturity and a forceful new production style. 2015's acclaimed Frontschwein and 2018's Viktoria were each followed by multiple live outings, EPs, box sets, and singles. Following the pandemic and a return to global festival touring, Marduk released Memento Mori in 2023.