''The Grudge'' is an album released by

Mortiis Mortiis is an electronic band from Notodden, Norway fronted by Håvard Ellefsen, who is also known as the namesake of the band. The name is a misspelling of the word "mortis", which is the pronunciation used by the band. Mortiis started as the ...

. It was recorded at Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

in 2003-2004 and released in 2004. The artwork was done by Jean Sebastian Rossbach of th
Living Rope
Design. The album is more metal leaning and

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, whereas the previous release was more melodic.

Track listing

*All Songs Written by Mortiis, Levi Gawron, Asmund Sveinunggard & Leo Troy. #"Broken Skin" – 5:30 #"Way Too Wicked" – 4:37 #"The Grudge" – 5:35 #"Decadent & Desperate" – 3:24 #"The Worst in Me" – 7:09 #"Gibber" – 4:18 #"Twist the Knife" – 4:13 #"The Loneliest Thing" – 4:53 #"Le Petit Cochon Sordide" – 4:33 #"Asthma" – 2:26 The following tracks were released on the German version and on "The Grudge" single: #"The Grudge (Despectus)" – 4:41 #"Decadent & Desperate (Flickin' the Bitch Switch mix)" – 4:35

Personnel

Mortiis

*Mortiis: Vocal, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming *Levi Gawron: Guitars *Asmund Sveinunggard: Guitars *Leo Troy: Drums, Percussion

Additional Musicians

*Vegard Blomberg: Acoustic Guitars *Endre Tønnesen: Bass on tracks 1, 5, 7, 8 & 10 *Magnus Abelsen: Bass on track 9 *Joe Gibber, Vegard Blomberg: Keyboards, Programming *Louise Marie Degnzman Pedersen, Stephan Groth: Vocal Backing

Production

*Arranged By Mortiis *Produced By Mortiis & Vegard Blomberg *Engineered By Mortiis *Mixed By Mortiis, Levi Gawron, Rune Jorgenson & Vegard Blomberg *Digital Editing: Mortiis, Levi Gawron & Vegard Blomberg *Mastered By Espen Berg {{DEFAULTSORT:Grudge, The 2004 albums Mortiis albums Earache Records albums