Mors Principium Est
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 Mors Principium Est at the Rockharz Open Air 2016 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Melodic Death Metal |
| founding | 1999 |
| Website | http://www.morsprincipiumest.com/ |
| Founding members | |
| Jori Haukio (until 2006) | |
guitar |
Jarkko Kokko (until 2009) |
| Toni Nummelin (until 2004) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Ville Viljanen (since 2000) |
guitar |
Andy Gillion (since 2011) |
| Teemu Heinola (since 2001) | |
| Mikko Sipola (since 1999) | |
Mors Principium Est ( lat .: Death is [only] the beginning ) is a melodic death metal band founded in Pori , Finland in 1999 .
Band history
In 1999 Mors Principium Est was founded by Jori Haukio, Jarkko Kokko and Toni Nummelin in Pori, Finland. They started without a drummer, but that same year Mikko joined the band. Jori took over lead guitar and vocals, Jarkko played rhythm guitar and Toni keyboard. For a while the band played in this constellation - but at the beginning of 2000 Jori had had enough of singing and the band had to find a new singer. At this point, Ville Viljanen had just left his former band and joined Mors Principium Est.
The first demo was recorded without a bass player, but after Listenable Records became aware of the band, they recorded Teemu in 2001. In 2002 the Finns finally signed a contract for three albums. This contract was fulfilled with the albums "Inhumanity" and "The Unborn" in 2003 and 2005 and the release of "Liberation = Termination" in March 2007. With the second album also ended the membership of lead guitarist and main songwriter Jori, who had decided to leave the band. A mutual friend, Karri Kuisma, was hired as a session guitarist, but a replacement for Jori is still being sought.
style
The style of Mors Principium Est is very different from most other melodic death metal bands. A characteristic is that the band keeps a high tempo almost continuously with few slow passages in their songs. Sometimes the transitions between the individual songs are fluid. Another peculiarity are the often two-part guitar solos, supported by a keyboard and demanding drum figures. Most of the vocals grow rhythmically , but in a few songs ( Pure , The Animal Within ) a female voice can also be heard. Comparisons with In Flames are sometimes made, but the style of Mors Principium Est is a lot faster and more brutal - and a bit more "classic".
Discography
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Demos
- 2000: Before Birth
- 2001: Valley of Sacrifice
- 2002: Third Arrival
Albums
- 2003: Inhumanity (re-released 2006)
- 2005: The Unborn
- 2007: Liberation = Termination
- 2012: ... and Death Said Live
- 2014: Dawn of the 5th Era
- 2017: Embers of a Dying World
