Marrow (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Marrow
| type = studio
| artist = Madder Mortem
| cover = Album cover of Marrow by Madder Mortem.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|09|21}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Avant-garde metal, alternative metal, gothic metal, progressive metal
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| label = Dark Essence Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Red in Tooth and Claw
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Old Eyes, New Heart
| next_year = 2024
}}
Marrow is the seventh studio album by Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem, released on 21 September 2018 on Dark Essence Records.{{cite web |title=Marrow |url=http://www.maddermortem.com/music/marrow-2018/ |website=Madder Mortem – Official Website |accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Madder Mortem – Marrow |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/marrow-mr0004932391 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=25 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Madder Mortem – Marrow |url=https://www.darkessencerecords.no/artists/madder-mortem/ |website=Dark Essence Records |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Untethered
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = Liberator
| length2 = 3:59
| title3 = Moonlight Over Silver White
| length3 = 5:43
| title4 = Until You Return
| length4 = 6:40
| title5 = My Will Be Done
| length5 = 4:13
| title6 = Far From Home
| length6 = 4:52
| title7 = Marrow
| length7 = 6:19
| title8 = White Snow, Red Shadows
| length8 = 4:16
| title9 = Stumble On
| length9 = 6:34
| title10 = Waiting To Fall
| length10 = 9:03
| title11 = Tethered
| length11 = 0:30
}}
Personnel
;Madder Mortem
- Agnete M. Kirkevaag – vocals
- BP M. Kirkevaag – guitars, percussion and vocals
- Anders Langberg – guitars
- Tormod L. Moseng – bass
- Mads Solås – drums, percussion, backing vocals
"Marrow" was composed and recorded with Richard Wikstrand on guitars
Pedal steel guitar on "Until You Return" and "Marrow": Thomas Vik
;Production
- Produced by BP M. Kirkevaag and Madder Mortem
- Engineered by BP M. Kirkevaag
- Mixed by BP M. Kirkevaag
- Mastering – Peter in de Betou at Tailor Maid
- Recorded at Skytterhuset and Studio Omnivore
Reception
Agnete M. Kirkevaag's dynamic and immensely powerful vocals, are, as always, at the fore on an album that is more doomy than its predecessor, "Red In Tooth And Claw", as well as being at times both heavier, and catchier. "Marrow" is about "sticking to the essence of yourself. Your ideas, your thoughts, your values".{{cite web |title=MADDER MORTEM To Release 'Marrow' Album In September |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/madder-mortem-to-release-marrow-album-in-september/ |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=12 July 2018 }}
Angrymetalguy.com rates the album 4.5/5.0:
"With their idiosyncratic sound, an avant-garde mixture of alternative, gothic and progressive metal, and frontwoman Agnete Kirkevaag's signature blend of ragged screams and sultry smooth croon, the band is nearing 20 years of existence, yet never gained a large audience. 2016's excellent Red in Tooth and Claw finally started making some waves for the quintet, upon which they now hope to capitalize with Marrow, an album constructed around the central theme of inner strength."{{cite web |last1=GardensTale |title=Madder Mortem – Marrow Review |url=https://www.angrymetalguy.com/madder-mortem-marrow-review/ |website=Angry Metal Guy |date=20 September 2018 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
References
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