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Guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson formed Marduk to be the "most blasphemous band in the world". In Marduk's first two releases, the 1991 EP Fuck Me Jesus and their debut album, Dark Endless the following year, they played black metal with death metal influences. For these releases, the lineup consisted of Håkansson, vocalist Andreas 'Dread' Axelsson, guitarist Magnus 'Devo' Andersson, bassist Rikard Kalm and drummer Joakim 'Av Gravf' Göthberg. Dan Swanö of Edge of Sanity mixed both albums.[additional citation(s) needed]
Following Dark Endless, Axelsson and Kalm left the band. Göthberg took over vocals, while Roger 'B. War' Svensson joined as bassist. This lineup recorded their second album, Those of the Unlight, in April 1993, mixed by Swanö. Those of the Unlight featured a more melodic black metal sound and lacked the previous death metal undertones. The band continued this style on Opus Nocturne, released on 12 December 1994, which featured drummer Fredrik Andersson, while Göthberg focused on vocals. It was the first album without Magnus Andersson, who left earlier that year.[additional citation(s) needed]
Aside from Emil Dragutinovic replacing Fredrik Andersson in 2002, this line-up remained largely unchanged. They released Nightwing, Panzer Division Marduk, La Grande Danse Macabre, and World Funeral between 1998 and 2003. Tägtgren mixed all those albums. Due to dissatisfaction with the band's direction and deteriorated personal relationships, Hagstedt departed the band in 2003, followed by Svensson the following year. Hagstedt was replaced with Daniel 'Mortuus' Rostén, known for Funeral Mist, while bassist Magnus Andersson returned to the band.
Marduk planned to tour the United States in September 2016 with Carach Angren, Rotting Christ, and Necronomicon, but cancelled due to delays in acquiring visas. In late February 2017, a planned show at Oakland was cancelled by the venue for safety issues after a local anti-fascist group targeted the band and reportedly threatened the venue staff. Marduk toured the US in the summer of 2017 with Incantation and Abysmal Dawn.
In April 2018, accusations of neo-Nazi sympathies resurfaced when news site Dagens ETC published an article alleging that Fredrik Widigs and Daniel Rostén had placed orders from the Nordic Resistance Movement web shop, according to leaked files from NRM servers. The band denied these accusations and any connection to the Nordic Resistance Movement.
Marduk released their latest studio album, Viktoria, on 22 June 2018. In 2019, Magnus Andersson left the band to focus on studio work. Joel Lindholm replaced him in 2020.
Marduk toured the US with Incantation in early 2023. In May 2023, Lindholm left the band after a video showed him apparently making a Nazi salute during their performance at Incineration Fest in London. Håkansson called the incident "deplorable". The band said they were not aware until after the show, adding that Lindholm was "very drunk" and carried out "a variety of intolerable stage antics". The band was booked to play Bangkok, Thailand in 2023. The band performed at Milwaukee Metal Fest in June 2024.
Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote: "Marduk's unswerving commitment to blasphemy and extreme music, a catalog of well-regarded recordings, and a relentless touring schedule established them as one of Scandinavia's best known black metal acts."
↑Maki, Jeff. "Marduk – The fifteen year plague". live-metal.net. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2008. Guitarist Morgan Håkansson formed Marduk in 1990 with the vision to create the most satanic and blasphemous band, not only from the hallowed metal grounds of Sweden, but anywhere on the globe. In fact, he has said that death and violence are most inspirational to Marduk, with a particular focus on the violence in the Bible for lyrics
↑"Marduk's Oakland show cancelled due to security concerns". teamrock.com. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017. Loudwire report that the band were last week targeted by the Anti-Fascist Action Bay Area, who, in a Facebook post that has now been taken down, called them a "black metal band with known white supremacist ties from Sweden that profits off of glorifying Nazi imagery and songs about Nazi SS officers and anti-semitism." But after researching Marduk, the venue found no indications that they were "white supremacists, nationalists, or anti-immigrant" and wanted the gig to go ahead. However, after staff were reportedly threatened, and in consultation with police, it was decided the show would be scrapped.
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