MONDAY: Sweden is a gorgeous country that turns out some of the ugliest music. Marduk is one of the most hideous examples — and that's a huge compliment. The black-metal band's 11th album-length assault, "Wormwood," is filled with bleak and powerful ragers with happy-go-lucky titles such as "Chorus of Cracking Necks." It all may seem kinda silly, but just wait till the first double-bass-drum blast caves in your chest. Welcome to the dark side, True Believer.

Witness some of Marduk's sonic blasphemy after the jump.

» Sonar, 407 E. Saratoga St., Baltimore, Md.; with Nachtmystium, Mantic Ritual, Merrimack, Tyrant's Hand, Mon., Nov. 23, 7 p.m., $18; 410-783-7888

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FRIDAY:
» Wine and Cheese Party, Fri., Nov. 20, Alliance Francaise, Northwest D.C. (Dupont Circle)
» "Close to the Edge," Fri., Nov. 20, Black Cat, Northwest D.C. (U St.-Cardozo)

SATURDAY:
» "Yours Ever," Sat., Nov. 21, Politics and Prose, Northwest D.C. (Van Ness)
» "Handmade Nation," Sat., Nov. 21, Renwick Gallery, Northwest D.C. (Farragut West)
» Anorak, Sat., Nov. 21, ArtDC/Lustine Center, Hyattsville, Md.
» Apothecary Museum Tour, Sat., Nov. 21, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, Alexandria.

SUNDAY:
» Heavy Trash, Sun., Nov. 22, DC9, Northwest D.C> (U St.-Cardozo)
» WWE Wrestling, Sun., Nov. 22, Verizon Center, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)

MONDAY:
» David Plouffe, Mon., Nov. 23, Sixth and I Synagogue, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)
» Orhan Pamuk, Mon., Nov. 23, Museum of Natural History, Northwest D.C. (Smithsonian)
» Marduk, Mon., Nov. 23, Sonar, Baltimore

TUESDAY:
» R. Kelly, Tue., Nov. 24, Constitution Hall, Northwest D.C. (Farragut West)

WEDNESDAY:
» Devendra Banhart, Wed., Nov. 25, 9:30 Club, Northwest D.C. (U St.-Cardozo)
» R. Kelly, Wed., Nov. 25, Constitution Hall, Northwest D.C. (Farragut West)

ONGOING:
» "Much Ado About Nothing," through Nov. 29, Folger Theater, Southeast D.C. (Capitol South)
» "Strange Comfort," through Aug. 8, National Museum of the American Indian, Southwest D.C. (L'Enfant Plaza)
» "Port Authority," through Nov. 22, Writer's Center, Bethesda. (Bethesda)
» "Lost In Yonkers," through Nov. 29, Theater J, Northwest D.C. (Dupont Circle)
» "Angels In America," through Nov. 22, Round House Silver Spring, Silver Spring. (Silver Spring)
» Open Mic, Fridays, Busboys and Poets, Northwest D.C. (U St.-Cardozo)
» European Union Film Showcase, Nov. 5-Nov. 24, AFI Silver, Silver Spring. (Silver Spring)
» "Iconoclash!," through Jan. 8, Goethe-Institut, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)
» "Re-Introducing David Goslin," through Nov. 30, Alex Gallery, Northwest D.C. (Dupont Circle)
» "Sound Kapital: Beijing's Music Underground," through Nov. 28, Govinda Gallery, Northwest D.C.
» "Full Circle," through Nov. 29, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)
» Woven Glass, through Dec. 6, Weisser Gallery, Kensington, Md.
» Joshua Bell, Thu., Sat. and Sun., Nov. 19, 21 and 22, Kennedy Center, Northwest D.C. (Foggy Bottom)
» Mount Vernon Gingerbread House, through Nov. 24, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon.
» "PacGuy," through Dec. 19, Flashpoint Gallery, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)
» "The Fantasticks," through Jan. 3, Lincoln Theatre, Northwest D.C. (U St.-Cardozo)
» Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, through Dec. 31, Conner Contemporary Art, Northeast D.C.
» "As You Like It," through Dec. 20, Shakespeare Theater, Northwest D.C. (Gallery Place)
» "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," through March 31, National Geographic Museum, Northwest D.C. (Dupont Circle)

» Fur Nightclub, 33 Patterson St. NE; Thu., Nov. 19, 9 p.m., $25; 202-842-3401.

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» ArtDC/Lustine Center, 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, Md.; Sat., Nov. 21, 8 p.m., pay-what-you-can; artdc.com/art-space.

Photo courtesy Jonathan Morris

» Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum and Gift Shop, 105-107 S. Fairfax St., Alexandria; Sat., Nov. 21, 9 p.m., $25, reservation required; 703-838-4242.

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» Read our interview with WWE superstar Chris Jericho, who will also be at Survivor Series.

» Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW; Sun., Nov. 22, 7:45 p.m., $30-$300; 800-551-7328. (Gallery Place-Chinatown)

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» DC9, 1940 9th St. NW; with Elliott Brood, Sun., Nov. 22, 9 p.m., $12; 202-483-5000. (U St.-Cardozo)

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As with all Elizabethan comedies, there's a lot of cross-dressing, people falling rapidly in and out of love, and similarly ridiculous plot twists.

» Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW; through Dec. 20, $20- $82; 202-547-1122, Shakespearetheatre.org. (Gallery Place)

He's back with a new novel, "The Museum of Innocence," and he'll tell you about his life and inspiration at the National Museum of Natural History.

» National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; Mon., Nov. 23, 6:45 p.m., $25, students $10; 202-633-3030, Residentassociates.org. (Smithsonian)

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The rock stars of his tomb, though, are the warriors, and you can see 15 of them in the exhibit "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," which opened Thursday.

» National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW; through March 31, $12, children $6; 202-857-7700, Nationalgeographic.com. (Farragut North)

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