MORTAL DEATH

BAND NAME: Mortal Death

GENRE: Black/Death Metal/Grindcore ("and some gothic mixed in, too")

STATUS: Split-up

LOCATION: USA (Leesburg, Virginia)

Formed in either 1996 or 1997.

All info here is taken either from Drawnsword, who once owned their "Pre-Demo", or the scans from old zines that he provided (also from either 1996 or 1997), which are at the bottom of this page.

Last-known info:

MORTAL DEATH

c/o Jim Roberts

PO Box 1742

Leesburg, VA 20177

USA

TFRAD [at] aol [dot] com

Lineup:

Dennis - Unknown

Jim Roberts (ex-Morbid Existence) - Unknown, Lyrics

Jamie - Guitars

Toby - Drums, Lyrics

Past members:

Steve (ex-Morbid Existence) - Drums

Discography: 

Planned to record tracks called "Blood", "Time", "Silenced Cries", "Stop and Smell the Decay", "White Robe - Black Heart", and "Judgement of Death", tracks that talked about Revelation, back when Steve was in the band. I don't know if these songs were ever recorded.

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Chaos (demo, NOT SURE IF RELEASED, label unknown)
Format unknown

Planned to be released at some point in the 1990s.
Further info unknown.

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"Pre-Demo 96" or "Pre-Demo 97" (demo, 1996-1997, label unknown)

Format unknown

Only contained vocals and guitars; no other instruments. It was released physically but I'm not sure how. Generally thought to be from 1997, but on [a site that isn't up anymore], it said the demo was released in 1996.

Tracklist unknown.

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Thy Kingdom Come (NOT SURE IF RELEASED)

Presumably a more "normal" demo. They mention songs inspired by Revelation, so maybe these are the songs Jim wrote with Steve before Steve left the band?... I'm really not sure though. They also mention a song called "The Love Song", which is about love.

"In the future" (presumably after "Thy Kingdom Come"), they had plans to do songs called "10", about the 10 Commandments, and "Bloodline, Sins of the Fathers", talking about punishing sins for multiple generations. The verse they quote in the interview reads "Their sins will visit them for 100 generations, but the blessings to 10,000 generations".......... However, I've never heard of this verse, and can't find it in online searches -- not even in apocryphal texts. Does anyone know what verse this is referring to??

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INFO:

1) More info about the lineup. 2) More info about their music, including the release year for "Pre-Demo". 3) More info about that "100 generations" verse?...

IMAGES:

Every image here could use a better version.

Miscellaneous stuff:

An interview from Narrow Path Zine. (HUGE THANKS TO DRAWNSWORD!)

A review / promo thing from Chariot Mag. (THANKS DRAWNSWORD!)