Artist: Mortiis
Genre(s):
Electronic
Darkwave
Ambient
Discography:
The Grudge
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
The Smell Of Rain
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
The Stargate
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Stjernefodt
Year: 1997
Tracks: 2
I Morket Drommende
Year: 1997
Tracks: 2
Crypt Of The Wizard
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Keiser Av En Dimension Ukjent
Year: 1995
Tracks: 2
Anden Som Gjorde Oppror
Year: 1995
Tracks: 2
Fodt Til A Herske
Year: 1993
Tracks: 2
Usually appareled in an elf, troll, or hob costume (sometimes finish with bat wings and skull codpiece), the cryptical Mortiis was an essential effect in the genesis of Norway's heroic Viking metallic element intelligent. As the original bassist of Norwegian dim metallic element pioneers Emperor, Mortiis was credited with exhilarating the group's interest in blending furiously chaotic black metal with haunting synthesiser melodies often based loosely on Norwegian folk, so laying the fundament for a sound that would dominate resistance metal over the next decennium. However, for all his impact, Mortiis was only with the group for a very inadequate meter; he played on their 1992 Wrath of the Tyrant demo, a split exit with Enslaved titled Hordanes Land, and a 7" single, "As the Shadows Rise," merely never an official full-length album. Mortiis left Emperor rather abruptly in 1993 to pursue a solo career; still only 18 long time old, he affected to Halmstad, Sweden, where he formed his own Dark Dungeon label. His 1993 solo debut, Født Til Å Herske, was a surprising release from Emperor's unrelenting intensity, and in fact from guitar-oriented medicine wholly; rather, Mortiis worked in the first place with electronic instruments, creating a sorrowful, black atmosphere with more than a mite of barbarian rock. Ånden Som Gjorde Opprör followed in 1994, as did the low of several side projects: a more than industrial-tinged group called Vond, wHO issued an album titled Selvmord (later released in the U.S. as Slipp Sorgen Los). 1995 brought some other raw Mortiis album (Keiser av en Dimensjon Ukjent, or Emperor of a Dimension Unknown) and some other side project, this unitary called Fata Morgana, wHO issued a self-titled debut. In 1996, Mortiis recorded a limited edition series of five 12" EPs, whose material was subsequently poised as Crypt of the Wizard; 1997 brought withal another side project, the slightly igniter Cinticele Diavolui.
No new Mortiis recordings appeared for a patch, largely due to negotiations with record companies. In 1999, Mortiis order an end to his side projects and signed to Earache, wHO promptly released his modern project, the ambitious The Stargate, which featured heavy female vocals courtesy of Cradle of Filth's Sarah Jezebel Deva. Earache as well reissued Født Til Å Herske and Crypt of the Wizard a unretentive clip after, and the proper international statistical distribution of those records elevated Mortiis' profile and began to build a cult following for his music.
