Mortemia is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

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created in 2009 by

Morten Veland Morten Veland (born 4 December 1977) is a Norwegian musician. He is one of the founding members of the gothic metal band Tristania and the founding member of Sirenia and Mortemia. Background At the age of 14, Veland began saving to buy his ...

, the founder of Tristania and

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History

2009

On 6 July 2009 the band announced it had signed with

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later ...

2010: ''Misere Mortem''

The band's first album, titled '' Misere Mortem'', was released in February 2010. A song from the album, "The One I Once Was", was made available on the band's MySpace page on 17 January 2010. The album was recorded at Veland's Audio Avenue Studios in

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and Sound Suite Studios in

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. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Veland himself.

2021–2022: Veland Music and ''The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions''

On 20 April 2021, it had been announced that Mortemia would release a series of new songs as part of the EP '' The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions'', through Morten Veland's new record label, called Veland Music, for digital download. The musical concept is more melodic and diverse than the previous album, featuring several female guest vocalists in each song instead of the characteristic symphonic choir. The first one, called "The Enigmatic Sequel", which features Madeleine Liljestam from the Swedish symphonic metal band Eleine, came out on 14 May 2021. The second one, called "Death Turns a Blind Eye", which features

Marcela Bovio Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and playing violin. In ...

from the Dutch symphonic death metal band

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, came out on 18 June 2021. A third song titled, "The Hour of Wrath", which features Alessia Scoletti from the Italian power metal band

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was released on 23 July 2021. On 10 September 2021, Mortemia released a fourth song called "Decadence Deepens Within", featuring

Liv Kristine Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band Thea ...

. On October 8, the fifth track "Devastation Bound" featuring Melissa Bonny from the Swiss symphonic metal band

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was released. On 10 December 2021, the sixth track "My Demons and I" with Brittney Slayes from the Canadian power metal band

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was released. On 29 January 2022, the seventh track "Here Comes Winter" with Maja Shining from the Danish

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band Forever Still was released.

2022–present: ''The Covid Aftermath Sessions''

On 9 December, Mortemia released a cover version of

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's " Frozen" with Federica Lanna from the Italian

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band Volturian on vocals.

Members

– vocals, all instruments, production, engineering, mixing

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Misere Mortem'' (2010)

EPs

*'' The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions'' (2022) *''The Covid Aftermath Sessions'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortemia Norwegian gothic metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2009 2009 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Stavanger Napalm Records artists