ZERO TOLERANCE

ISSUE 031 – SEPT / OCT 2009

Marduk’s Morgan Håkansson: “I really don’t care what people think…”

Marduk’s founding guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson recently spoke to Zero Tolerance Magazine about the band’s new album Wormwood and also his hobby of collecting militaria. When asked if he worried that his collection might lead some into making incorrect assumptions about his politics, Håkansson said: “But I really don’t care what people think – I don’t give a flying fuck. I have my interests and I don’t care what other people think about it. That’s their problem.” Of his collection, the guitarist said it comprised “mostly WWII militaria, but I’ve got some older things, as well, more related to Swedish history. I’ve met people over the years who have the strangest things you could ever imagine when it comes to collecting militaria; it’s always fascinating to see what people have in their collection. Mine is quite modest, but I collect things I like – uniforms, medals, daggers, bayonets, things like that.”

Turning his attention to Marduk’s new album Wormwood and his writing partnership with vocalist Mortuus, Håkansson commented, “We share a lot of views and ideas, so we very much throw ideas at each other and work on the songs together. It’s not like one guy writes it all; we share a lot of ideas and we really build it as a band. Also, I don’t know if it’s been my band – I formed the band, but it’s always very much been a group that works together… What I like is that when you get a new member in a band, you want him to participate, to become a part of the unit and work together. That’s why you have a band; otherwise, you would have a solo project. It’s very much a band, even more than ever before, on this album everybody participates – even our new drummer has actually written music for this album. I’d say we’re more of a unit on this album than we’ve ever been before.”

Marduk grace the cover of issue 031 of Zero Tolerance Magazine, which hits the shelves on Friday September 18th. Joining the Swedes are Immortal, gladly proclaiming that all shall fail, Secrets Of The Moon, The Gates Of Slumber, A Storm Of Light, Megadeth, Evile, Horna, Ethnic Acid, HERR and much, much more from across the extreme music underground and beyond. It also marks a milestone in the history of Zero Tolerance Magazine, marking the extreme music publication’s fifth anniversary. Commented Calum Harvie, editor of Zero Tolerance: “It’s hard to believe that five years have passed already! Ever since our first issue, we have uniquely committed to covering extreme music as a whole, reflecting that, as fans, we don’t meekly adhere to the ridiculous notion that musical tastes have to be categorised and thus ghettoised. We absolutely thrive on celebrating the diversity of the extreme music underground, which is why everything from grind, punk, black, death and trad metal through to noise, industrial, power electronics and neofolk find a warm welcome in our pages.”

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