Marduk "Rom 5:12"

Rom 5:12 is the tenth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed between December 2006 and January 2007 and released on April 24, 2007 by Regain Records. The CD version of the album includes a 44-page booklet, and the LP and picture disc pressings were limited to 500 copies each. Rom 5:12 is the last Marduk album to feature Emil Dragutinovic. Just as the previous album Plague Angel, it features a second collaboration with the Martial Industrial band Arditi.

Track listing

1. "The Levelling Dust" 5:11
2. "Cold Mouth Prayer" 3:28
3. "Imago mortis" 8:36
4. "Through the Belly of Damnation" 4:19
5. "1651" 4:54
6. "Limbs of Worship" 4:24
7. "Accuser/Opposer" 8:43
8. "Vanity of Vanities" 3:40
9. "Womb of Perishableness" 7:01
10. "Voices from Avignon" 5:08

The title refers to a verse in the Bible, Romans Chapter 5, Verse 12:

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned."

"1651" was made by Arditi and Marduk.

Limited CD version comes with a massive 44 page booklet.

LP and Pic-LP limited to 500 copies each.

The album cover was inspired by a fresco entitled "Trionfo della Morte" (translation: Triumph of Death) made by Giacomo Borlone de Buschis in 1485 and found in the Oratorio dei Disciplini located in Clusone, Italy.

Recording information:

Recorded at Endarker Studio, December 2006 and January 2007.