Mortiis
Formed: 1992
From:
Notodden,
Norway
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Mortiis News
Below is our complete Mortiis news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Mortiis Releases "Violent Silence" Music Video
Mortiis has premiered the story-telling and visually impressive music video "Violent Silence," which continues the narrative arc of the previous clip "Ghosts Of Europa," as the next advance single taken from the iconic Norwegian artist's upcoming new full-length "Ghosts Of Europa."
"Ghosts Of Europa" has been scheduled for release on June 26, 2026.
Mortiis comments: "Lyrically, 'Violent Silence' came into being as an apology to my wife", the Norwegian admits ruefully. "I had done something stupid again, and she was really upset. I was trying to apologise in a text message – a really long one. The lyrics for 'Violent Silence' took a lot of inspiration from those words and that moment. As time goes by and having lived with this song for quite a while now, it gets harder for me to listen to those words. The gut-wrenching sensation of guilt never goes away fully. Musically, it was a very inspiring song to work on – especially with all those crazy fuzz and echo guitars that built up this song towards the end." More...
UADA Premiere Cover Of Rome's "Der Brandtaucher"
UADA have unveiled their cover of “Der Brandtaucher,” originally by Rome, from their upcoming acoustic release, “Interwoven.” The album sees the black metal outfit reinterpreting selections from their own catalog in a stripped-down format, while also covering songs that helped shape their musical influences.
“Interwoven” is scheduled for release on April 10th through Eisenwald Records.
Speaking about their choice to cover this track, the band shared: More...
Imperial Triumphant Premiere New Single & Video
Avant-garde death metal trio Imperial Triumphant have enlisted two drumming legends for their newly released track, “Pleasuredome”. Dave Lombardo (Mr. Bungle, ex-Slayer) contributes his signature drumming, while Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) returns in a spoken-word role rather than behind the kit.
Brendan McGowan directed the song’s accompanying visual, further enhancing its eerie and chaotic atmosphere.
The band shared the following thoughts on the track: More...
Mayhem Postpones Tour With Mortiis
The upcoming Northern Ritual MMXXI Tour featuring black metal pioneers Mayhem and undisputed inventor of dungeon synth Mortiis, as support act, has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. The new dates will be announced soon.
"While it surely will come as no surprise to anyone, we are yet again forced to postpone the European tour. We would have hoped to release new dates at this time as well, but we are still working on it and will announce them as soon as we possibly can. Hails to our fans for your support through these weird times. We hope to see you all soon again!" comments Mortiis.
Mayhem Reschedules European Tour Dates
Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem has revealed the rescheduled European tour dates for the Northern Ritual Tour MMXXI with special guest Mortiis.
The band comments: "It is unfortunate yet neither surprising nor avoidable that the European tour that was to take place this fall will have to be postponed. These are uncertain times, to say the least, yet everyone is doing everything they can to get Mayhem back on the road. The 2020 tour is hereby moved to February/March of 2021, and we sincerely hope that this will be sufficient. Time will tell!"
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Mortiis Premiere New Song & Music Video
Oslo, Norway based Mortiis premiere a new song and music video entitled "A Dark Horizon", taken from their upcoming new album "Spirit of Rebellion", which will be out in stores January 24, 2020 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "A Dark Horizon" below.
Monument Of Misanthropy To Open Brutal Assault 23
Monument Of Misanthropy announce they will be performing with Suicidal Tendencies at the warm-up party of this year's edition of Brutal Assault Festival in Jaroměř, Czech Republic. The warm-up party will take place on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Root, Gride and Beast Within The Sound will join them as support acts.
Time schedule for Tuesday August 7: More...
Mortiis Announce "Era 1" 2018 Live Dates
Mortiis will be performing the re-interpreteded 1994 album "Ånden som Gjorde Opprør" at a series of select dates and locations during 2018. There will likely be more shows coming up in the second half of 2018. Here are all confirmed shows so far:
February 17: Good Omens, Trondheim, Norway
March 9: Glasgow, Stereo United Kingdom
March 10: The Dome and Boston Music Room, London, United Kingdom
March 24: Rock klub Tartaros, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
April 21: Temple Athens, Athens, Greece
April 27: SWR Barroselas Metalfest, Barroselas, Portugal
May 4: Baroeg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
May 5: De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium
May 18: Steelfest Open Air, Hyvinkää, Finland
June 24: Ragnard Reborn Festival, Kharkiv, Ukraine
June 29: Kilkim Žaibu XIX, Varniai, Lithuania
July 14: Castle Party, Bolków, Poland
Mortiis Re-Issuing "Født Til A Herske"
Foreign Sounds is proud to present the legendary Mortiis "Era 1" recording "Født til a herske," available again on LP for the first time since the self-released version from 1995. This dungeon synth opus has been out of print on vinyl for over 20 years.
The original audio has been carefully remastered by Jules Seifert at Epic Audio Media with die-cut artwork by David Thiérrée, who has created art for Behemoth, Vlad Tepes, Celestia, Primordial and Nocturno Culto.
This verison is presented in a limited edition package through a partnership with Omnipresence and Mortiis on 3 colors of vinyl - black (limited to 200 copies), forest green (limited to 200 copies) and "Born to Rule" brown/green (limited to 100 copies). Due to copyright restrictions, the re-issue is limited only to the United States. Pre-orders are online at this location. More...
Mortiis Releases "The Great Corrupter"
Mortiis’ latest offering "The Great Corrupter" officially sees release today - April 21st - alongside the official release of Merzbow’s remix of “Bleed Like You.”
Merzbow joins some of the most well-known names in genres spanning industrial rock to deep experimental ambient in deconstructing and “corrupting” tracks from last year’s "The Great Deceiver" album, resulting in tracks that have taken on entirely new lives. T"he Great Corrupter" also includes previously unreleased material from some of the original mixing sessions featuring Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails).
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“A lot of work has gone into this project, from the tracks themselves to packaging,” Mortiis said. “We are excited to finally make it available to fans.” More...
Merzbow Mutilates Mortiis
The latest single from Mortiis’ "The Great Corrupter" album comes courtesy of the Japanese dark ambient noise artist Merzbow, who twists “Bleed Like You” into a completely new form.
“This is not a remix - it's abuse,” said Mortiis. “The good kind. If you prefer your music traditional, and your audio all pleasant and polished, you should consider walking away now. It is Merzbow mutilating Mortiis. I never really thought that that was going happen, and I don't think anyone else did either!”
Much like his own original recordings, Merzbow’s interpretation of “Bleed Like You” is an instrumental attack on the senses.
“We've been trying to think a bit different art-wise for the last few singles,” said Mortiis. “I thought the time was right to try art directions that were not typical of Mortiis to take. The Merzbow remix single art is another idea I've had for a long time. As usual, it's morphed from the original idea, into a different beast almost entirely, in time. But what else is new?” More...
Godflesh Tackles Mortiis Track Remix
Mortiis is offering a second single today titled “The Great Leap” and remixed by industrial metal godfathers Godflesh. The track is taken from upcoming “The Great Corrupter” remix album, penned for release on the 21st of April via Omnipresence Production.
Mortiis comments: “Godflesh was groundbreaking in bridging the gap between industrial and extreme metal in the ‘90s. Having their take on our song is simply amazing. Without Godflesh, a lot of fans would not have opened their minds to different genres of extreme music.” More...
Mortiis Reveals "The Great Corrupter" Details
Mortiis has revealed further details on the complete packaging of the upcoming "The Great Corrupter" release, available worldwide on April 21st via Omnipresence Prodcution.
"The Great Corrupter" is a collection of previously unreleased tracks, as well as deconstructed and corrupted versions of songs from last year’s "The Great Deceiver" by Die Krupps, John Fryer, Godflesh, Merzbow, Apoptygma Berzerk, In Slaughter Natives, Raison D´Etre, and Pig. Previously unreleased material is also included from some of the original recording sessions featuring Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails).
“I went pretty crazy on this one and reached out to so many awesome artists, from people I knew, to people I happened to come across on YouTube and whose material I liked” says Mortiis, adding ”As each reworked track came in, I got more and more excited, and I just kept reaching out to people asking if they´d be interested in being part of the project. I guess I got hooked on the high that it gives, to hear your music twisted and mutilated in any conceivable way”. More...
Mortiis Offering Single For Free Download
Mortiis will offer fans a first glimpse into upcoming release "The Great Corrupter" with a free download of the ferocious “Doppelganger” / ”The Shining Lamp of God” remixed by German industrial legends Die Krupps and club heroes Leæther Strip. You can stream the tracks below, or grab your own free copy righ there.
“We’re stoked to be able to open the floodgates, so to speak, of 'The Great Corrupter' in advance, and invite people to check out the Die Krupps and Leæther Strip mixes,” Mortiis said. “The album has 28 tracks in total, each one darker, denser, weirder, angrier and heavier than the next.”
"The Great Corrupter" is due for release on April 21st. The record is a collection of tracks from Mortiis’ "The Great Deceiver" album, deconstructed and masterfully “corrupted” by Chris Vrenna, Rhys Fulber, Die Krupps, John Fryer, Godflesh, Merzbow, Apoptygma Berzerk, In Slaughter Natives, Raison D´Etre, Je$us Loves Amerika, Pig, and many more. More...
Mortiis Announces "The Great Corrupter"
On the heels of last year’s long-awaited "The Great Deceiver" album, Mortiis will issue "The Great Corrupter" on April 21st.
The Great Corrupter begins with tracks from the previous album, deconstructed and masterfully “corrupted” by Chris Vrenna, Rhys Fulber, Die Krupps, John Fryer, Godflesh, Merzbow, Apoptygma Berzerk, In Slaughter Natives, Raison D´Etre, Je$us Loves Amerika, PIG, and many more. The record will also contain unreleased material from the original recording sessions.
“The tracks on this album are very broad,” said Mortiis. “They range from retro sounding, heavy industrial to very deep ambient type music to electronic/industrial club type stuff.”
This new version will be available in CD and vinyl formats, each with its own unique, collectible packaging, as well as arriving digitally. Ahead of the release of "The Great Corruptor" remix album in late April, the band will be embarking on a nine date U.K. co-headline run this March with PIG, aka industrial pioneer Raymond Watts. The tour kicks off at Nottingham's Rescue Rooms on March and finishes at London's legendary Garage venue on March 18th. More...
Mortiis' Vond Announces Four Releases
After 20 years of silence, Vond - the ‘90s side project once deemed “the darker side of Mortiis” -
will reemerge next week with four releases via Germany’s Funeral Industries.
The releases include reissues of three long-out-of-print albums - "Selvmord," "The Dark River," and "Green Eyed Demon: - and one compilation, known as "AIDS to the People" and made up tracks from previously released and unreleased singles.
"Selvmord," which translates to “suicide,” was Vond’s 1994 album and was originally released as a limited edition LP by the now-defunct Dutch label Necromantic Gallery.
“We included a razorblade with the 20 first copies,” Mortiis said, adding with a morbid sense of humor that “there have been no suicides that we are aware of.” That version of the record has been sold out for two decades and was subsequently released in CD format by various record labels. More...
Mortiis Re-Issuing "Era 1" Material On Cassette
Mortiis is gearing up to re-issue his first four releases on cassette in February. The band just checked in with thsi update:
"For over 6 months we have been working directly with Foreign Sounds/Children of the Night to coordinate the re-issue of the first 4 releases in the 'Era 1' catalog. Mortiis 'Era 1' material needs no introduction. A founding father if you will of what is now known as dungeon synth.
"Originally described by Mortiis himself as dark dungeon music, Mortiis created a number of dark ambient/synth works in the early-to-mid-1990s now known as his 'Era 1' material. These releases are considered to be some of the greatest of the genre. Often imitated, but never replicated, Mortiis' 'Era 1' is available again on cassette.
"Due to territory restrictions these releases are U.S.-only. That being said Mortiis will facilitate some non-U.S. orders himself through his future store and touring. Non-U.S. customers can contact Mortiis direct via e-mail info[at]mortiis.com or through social media. U.S. customers can pre-order from Foreign Sounds/Children of The Night here." More...
Mortiis Posts "Draugr" Film Clip
The second installment in a trio of short films by Norwegian filmmaker Reinert Kiil set to music by Mortiis is now available.
"Draugr," which features Mortiis' "Too Little Too Late" as its soundtrack, continues the trilogy in Kiil's depravity-driven style.
"Ethanol injected directly into veins, naked chicks with shotguns, split tongues and sword swallowing," Mortiis said. "What could possibly go wrong?"
Mortiis' ninth album, "The Great Deceiver," is available now via Omnipresence. You can check out the previous short film in the trilogy set to music off the album at this location. More...
Short Film Set To Mortiis Track
"Vardøger," the first of three short films by Norwegian shock filmmaker Reinert Kiil and set to Mortiis' "Geisteskrank," has come online and can be seen below. This Mortiis' track was recorded during the same sessions that yielded latest album "The Great Deceiver."
"The video unpleasantness continues," said Mortiis, who has already unveiled three graphically-intense videos from the album. "A while back Norwegian horror director Reinert Kiil started his short film trilogy based on his own ugly descent into depravity and violence. Never ones to turn our backs to a good cause, we leaped at the opportunity to provide the soundtrack to what is essentially a good old bashing. 'Vardøger' is the first part. I've seen the next one, and it just keeps getting worse." More...
Mortiis Releases New Album, Video
"The Great Deceiver," the long-awaited ninth album from Norway's Mortiis will officially see release today, March 4, via Omnipresence.
A video for the album's "Demons are Back" track has been revealed in conjunction and is available below.
The album's long and tortured state of evolution took its toll equally on the band and its namesake, leading Mortiis to so much as state that the record killed the band. "As important as is it to myself and who I have become, I haven't been able to think about it in any way other than 'I need to just get this thing out of my life and behind me before I lose my mind,'" he said. More...