Marduk "Here's No Peace (EP)"

Here's No Peace is the second EP by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Hellspawn Studios in December 1991, but remained unreleased for almost six years until October 1997, when it was released by Shadow Records. The EP features a drastically different line-up than Marduk actually was by this time, with differences including Andreas Axelsson on vocals, Rikard Kalm on bass, and Joakim Göthberg on drums and additional vocals; Dan Swanö was also the mixer of the recording. The only member of the personnel to have remained with Marduk by the release of Here's No Peace was guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson who remains part of the band to this day.

Track listing

1. "Here's No Peace" 0:44
2. "Still Fucking Dead" 3:03
3. "Within the Abyss" 3:42

The tank depicted on the front cover is a German World War II model, a PzIV Ausf.F2, while the back cover depicts a PzV Panther.

The title on the cover is arranged in such fashion as to resemble an honorific cuff band, a type of distinction badge which the German Wehrmacht allowed individuals who were serving (or had served) in some elite units (Grossdeutschland division, named Waffen-SS divisions) or who took part of renowned campaigns to wear (North African campaign, assault on Crete).

Originally planned to be released as a 7" single on Necropolis Records which never came out (only the adv. tape went into the tape-trading underground), and finally released on CD in 1997.

The photo shows a German Panzer IV tank operating during the Crimean offensive of 1942.

Recording information:

Recorded at Hellspawn Studios, December 1991.