''Obedience'' is the third EP by Swedish

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band

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. It was recorded and mixed at

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in December 1999 and released on February 7, 2000. "Obedience" and "Funeral Bitch" were re-recorded for the band's 2001 album, ''

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'' (the former being retitled "Obedience unto Death").

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, who mixed the band's previous efforts since 1996's '' Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered'', was not involved with this recording; instead mixing was handled by Tommy Tägtgren. Peter Tägtgren returned to mixing Marduk's recordings in December 2000 when the band began recording ''

''. ''Obedience'' was the first Marduk release by

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Track listing

Personnel

;Marduk * Legion – vocals * Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar * B. War – bass * Fredrik Andersson – drums ;Guest * Tommy Tägtgren – mixing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obedience (Album) 2000 EPs Marduk (band) EPs