Rom 5:12 is the tenth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed between December 2006 and January 2007 and released on April 24, 2007 by Regain Records. The CD version of the album includes a 44-page booklet, and the LP and picture disc pressings were is limited to 500 copies each. Rom 5:12 is the last Marduk album to feature Emil Dragutinovic on drums as he was replaced by Lars Broddesson (of Excessum and Absurdeity) during the recordings. Original band member Joakim Göthberg also makes a guest vocal appearance on the track "Cold Mouth Prayer". The track 1651 features a collaboration with the Martial Industrial band Arditi.
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Levelling Dust"
5:11
2.
"Cold Mouth Prayer" (featuring Joakim Göthberg)
3:28
3.
"Imago mortis"
8:36
4.
"Through the Belly of Damnation"
4:19
5.
"1651"
4:54
6.
"Limbs of Worship"
4:24
7.
"Accuser/Opposer" (featuring Naihmass Nemtheanga a.k.a Alan Averill)
8:43
8.
"Vanity of Vanities"
3:40
9.
"Womb of Perishableness"
7:01
10.
"Voices from Avignon"
5:08
Trivia
The album title refers to a verse in the Bible, Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 5, Verse 12: "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned."
