Warschau is the third live album

Live album

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 by Swedish black metal

Black metal

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 band Marduk

Marduk (band)

Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...

. It was recorded in Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Poland

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 in 2005 and released on January 23, 2006 by Regain Records

Regain Records

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, to commemorate "15 years of Marduk." A limited edition packaging with a bonus DVD

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 of live performances was released later that year, on July 17. Warschau was the last live Marduk album to feature Emil Dragutinovic on drums.

Track listing

Trivia

• Warschau is titled after a song of the same name which appeared on Marduk's 2004 album Plague Angel
  Plague Angel
  Plague Angel is the ninth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Endarker Studio in September 2004 and released that November by Regain Records. Plague Angel is the first Marduk album to feature Mortuus on vocals and Magnus "Devo" Andersson, ex-guitarist for...
  
  . It means Warsaw
  Warsaw
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  in German
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• Two song titles on the back cover of the CD are spelled incorrectly: "The Hangman of Prague" is spelled "The Hangman of Prauge", and "Slay the Nazarene" is spelled as "Slay the Nazarine".

Personnel

Marduk

• Mortuus – vocals
• Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
• Magnus "Devo" Andersson – bass
• Emil Dragutinovic – drums