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{{Infobox album
| name       = World Funeral
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]]
| cover      = Marduk - World Funeral.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 25 March 2003
| recorded   = September – November 2002
| venue      =
| studio     = [[The Abyss (recording studio)|The Abyss]], [[Pärlby]], Sweden
| genre      = [[Black metal]]
| length     = 48:14
| label      = [[Regain Records]]
| producer   = Marduk
| prev_title = [[Blackcrowned]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Plague Angel]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative Cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Marduk - World Funeral (reissue).jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Reissue cover
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r633892}}</ref>
| noprose   = yes
}}

'''''World Funeral''''' is the eighth [[studio album]] by Swedish [[black metal]] band [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]]. It was recorded and mixed at [[The Abyss (recording studio)|The Abyss]] between September and November 2002 and was released on 25 March 2003 by [[Regain Records]]. The track listing of the album is organized as to create a dynamic change of paces and atmospheres, the tracks generally alternating between a fast, slow, fast, etc. pattern.

Balancing fast tracks with mid-paced tracks, it was a disappointment for fans expecting another head-to-toe fast album a la ''[[Panzer Division Marduk]]''. Many fans suggested the band was going for a more commercial "mainstream" approach while others complimented their attempt to broaden their sound. ''World Funeral'' is the first Marduk album to feature Emil Draguntinovic on drums, the last to feature Legion on vocals and B. War on bass, and the last to feature mixing by [[Peter Tägtgren]].

A [[music video]] was released for the title song.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz493MC5WoQ World Funeral] music video on Youtube</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1 = With Satan and Victorious Weapons
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = Bleached Bones
| length2 = 5:20
| title3 = Cloven Hoof
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = World Funeral
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = To the Death's Head True
| length5 = 3:58
| title6 = Castrum Doloris
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = [[Hearse (song)|Hearse]]
| length7 = 4:54
| title8 = Night of the Long Knives
| length8 = 5:31
| title9 = Bloodletting
| length9 = 5:49
| title10 = Blessed Unholy
| length10 = 5:02
| title11 = [[Blackcrowned]]
| note11 = instrumental
| length11 = 2:18
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title12 = Phantasm
| note12 = [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] cover; Japan bonus track
| title13 = The Black...
| note13 = Live; Japan bonus track
}}

==Composition==
* "Blackcrowned" is an adaptation of ''[[Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]]'' by English Baroque composer [[Henry Purcell]].<ref name=mh22003>Gunnar Sauermann: ''Marduk''. ''Schweden, Tod & Teufel''. In: ''Hard Rock & Metal Hammer'', February 2003, p. 28.</ref>
* The song "[[Hearse (song)|Hearse]]" is based upon the horror film ''[[Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]'' by [[Don Coscarelli]].<ref name=mh22003/>
* The band used [[Epistles of Fredman#Märk hur vår skugga (Epistle No. 81)|Fredman's Epistle No. 81, ''Märk hur vår skugga'']] by the Swedish 18th century poet and composer [[Carl Michael Bellman]] for the mid-paced track "Castrum Doloris".<ref name=mh22003/>
* The intro for the song "With Satan and Victorious Weapons" is a sample from the movie ''[[The Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose]]''.<ref name=mh22003/>

==Personnel==
;Marduk
* Legion – vocals, guitar solos
* Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – lead guitars
* B. War – bass
* Emil Dragutinovic – drums

;Guest
* [[Peter Tägtgren]] – mixing

==References==
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