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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 Marduk following his departure in 1994, on bass and mixing. This album marked a definitive shift in Marduk's lyrical approach. Instead of overt Satanism, much of the lyrics take a more religious-like direction. This is due to Morgan and Mortuus' fascination with the Bible, as they are both admit to being Bible experts (despite Marduk's anti-religious stance, Morgan has admitted that he uses the Bible as inspiration solely for its violent content, as he finds death and violence to be most inspirational for Marduk, and that he can "write a complete song mentally by just looking at a violent painting or image"). "The Hangman of Prague" refers to Reinhard Heydrich after the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Hangman of Prague"	3:05
2.	"Throne of Rats"	2:42
3.	"Seven Angels, Seven Trumpets"	2:47
4.	"Life's Emblem"	4:55
5.	"Steel Inferno"	2:23
6.	"Perish in Flames"	7:46
7.	"Holy Blood, Holy Grail"	2:27
8.	"Warschau"	3:18
9.	"Deathmarch"	4:10
10.	"Everything Bleeds"	3:33
11.	"Blutrache"	7:50

Deathmarch
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Steel Inferno" (Alternative Version)	2:13
2.	"Tod and Vernichtung"	3:29
3.	"The Hangman of Prague" (Rehearsal)	2:52
4.	"Throne of Rats" (Rehearsal)	2:55

Live Performance On Party San Festival 2006
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Still Fucking Dead"
2.	"Baptism By Fire"
3.	"With Satan And Victorious Weapons"
4.	"Funeral Bitch"
5.	"Hangman Of Prague"
6.	"Sulphur Souls"
7.	"Of Hells Fire"
8.	"Throne Of Rats"
9.	"Wolves"

Credits

Marduk

Mortuus – vocals
Evil (Patrik Niclas Morgan Håkansson) – guitar
Devo (Dan Everth Magnus Andersson) – bass; mixing
Emil Dragutinovic – drums

Marduk - songwriting

Personnel on Deathmarch

Arditi - co-songwriting
Henry Möller - performer
Mårten Björkman - performer

Layout

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+  Next album  = ''[[Rom 5:12]]''<br/>(2007) |
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+  Artist         = Marduk Discography |
+  Type           = single |
+  Last single    = "Funeral Marches And Warsongs"<br />(2004) |
+  This single   = '''''Plague Angel'''''<br/>(2004) |
+  Next single    = "[[Deathmarch]]"<br/>(2004) |
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-'''''Plague Angel''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by Swedish [[black metal]] band [[Marduk (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 Marduk following his departure in 1994, on bass and mixing. The track ''Deathmarch'' features a collaboration with the [[martial industrial]] band [[Arditi (band)|Arditi]]. This album marked a definitive shift in Marduk's lyrical approach.  Instead of overt Satanism, much of the lyrics take a more religious-like direction.  This is due to Morgan and Mortuus' fascination with [[the Bible]], as they are both admit to being Bible experts (despite Marduk's anti-religious stance, Morgan has admitted that he uses the Bible as inspiration solely for its violent content, as he finds death and violence to be most inspirational for Marduk, and that he can "write a complete song mentally by just looking at a violent painting or image"). "The Hangman of Prague" refers to [[Reinhard Heydrich]] after the invasion of [[Czechoslovakia]].
+'''''Plague Angel''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by Swedish [[black metal]] band [[Marduk (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 Marduk following his departure in 1994, on bass and mixing. This album marked a definitive shift in Marduk's lyrical approach. Instead of overt Satanism, much of the lyrics take a more religious-like direction.  This is due to Morgan and Mortuus' fascination with [[the Bible]], as they are both admit to being Bible experts (despite Marduk's anti-religious stance, Morgan has admitted that he uses the Bible as inspiration solely for its violent content, as he finds death and violence to be most inspirational for Marduk, and that he can "write a complete song mentally by just looking at a violent painting or image"). "The Hangman of Prague" refers to [[Reinhard Heydrich]] after the invasion of [[Czechoslovakia]].
 ==Track listing==

v t e Marduk
Morgan Mortuus Joel Simon Andreas Axelsson Legion Kim Osara Peter Tägtgren Rikard Kalm B. War Joakim Göthberg Fredrik Andersson Emil Dragutinovic Lars Broddesson Fredrik Widigs Devo Andersson
Studio albums	Dark Endless (1992) Those of the Unlight (1993) Opus Nocturne (1994) Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered (1996) Nightwing (1998) Panzer Division Marduk (1999) La Grande Danse Macabre (2001) World Funeral (2003) Plague Angel (2004) Rom 5:12 (2007) Wormwood (2009) Serpent Sermon (2012) Frontschwein (2015) Viktoria (2018) Memento Mori (2023)
Demos and EPs	Fuck Me Jesus Glorification Here's No Peace Obedience Deathmarch Iron Dawn
Live albums	Live in Germania Infernal Eternal Warschau
Compilations	Blackcrowned
Home videos	Funeral Marches and Warsongs