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Mortuus joined Marduk in 2004, replacing vocalist Legion, who had left the band a year earlier.
Background information
Origin	Norrkping, Sweden
Genre(s)	Black metal Blackened death metal (early)
Years active	1991present
Label(s)	Osmose Productions, Regain Records, Century Media Records
Associated acts	Abruptum, Funeral Mist, Hypocrisy
Website	www.marduk.nu

Marduk is a black metal band from Norrkping, Sweden. The band formed in 1991 and released their first record that year, placing them among the pioneers of Swedish black metal. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.

Marduk was formed by Morgan Steinmeyer Hkansson in order to form the "most blasphemous band in the world". Their musical style was that of a straight-forward death metal influenced take on black metal music, but as the years progressed their style and imagery became more of a fast and intense form of black metal; by the release of Panzer Division Marduk the music had become so quick and insane that fans have dubbed their style as "norsecore". Marduk's predominant lyrical topics are Satanism, anti-Christianity, Third Reich history and World War II. The latter two are a later addition to their lyrical/conceptual themes, stemming from their 1999 release Panzer Division Marduk. Marduk have recorded further songs relating to those chapters of human history, such as "The Hangman of Prague" (moniker of Prague "Reichsprotektor" Reinhard Heydrich), "Night of the Long Knives", "Deathmarch" and others. It has to be noted, however, that by singing about Nazi Germany, Marduk do not subscribe to the tenets of the national socialist black metal scene, their approach not being justificatory or praising.