Five bands so an early start. And as always, I arrived a couple of hours before doors opened so quite a long evening. A fantastic one, tho.
VOODUS, great as always (love the new single and the upcoming album “Emanating Sparks” is planned for release in early 2024). Guest vocalist Simon W. from VALKYRJA.
MALAKHIM being the only band I never saw before so didn´t know what to expect. Had heard good things from my friends, tho, and the Umeå bunch delivered big time! Hopefully I´ll get to see them again some day.
Only seen MORTUUS once for many years ago and got such high hopes. Still one of the greats to see live (Vlad from VALKYRJA on bass). Latest album “Diablerie” was released in -22. » MORTUUS Setlist
MEPHORASH performance was the best I´ve seen so far with the guys. They played the whole new album (with live choir) from first to last song.
From the event page: “In celebration of Mephorash’s long-awaited fifth release KRYSTL-AH, the band invites you to join a very special ceremony. The band will perform its new opus to usher in a new era of Mephorash with new aesthetic and new rituals. Each song on the upcoming album is recorded with a full choir, and the same choir will perform the album live at Slaktkyrkan on November 18th.” Sadly no picures of the choir but they deserve a special mention because they truly heightened the experience.
TAAKE awesome as always! Guest appearance by Pehr and Niklas from ALFAHANNE. One of the bands I could never get tired of seeing live.
Overall a super event. So far no luck finding live clips of all the bands but Eriks klipp uploaded at least a couple.
Huge thanks to all the bands and Adde / Luciferian Society for this one!:))

 

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The 16th MARDUK gig. Haven´t seen a boring one yet:) The first one without a bassist (since the morning of the gig, so no time to fix). The sound was a bit “lighter” but they totally destroyed, bass or no bass. So no complains what so ever, and everything can happen when things are live.
One song from the upcoming album “Memento Mori”.

[Live clips by Gronn Onland,HCSE]

Collected notes & links:
https://www.facebook.com/Mardukofficial
https://marduk.nu/
https://www.instagram.com/mardukofficial/
https://www.plastichead.com/artist/marduk
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Marduk/386
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