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
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!)
1 comment:
So yes that was my buddies and I from school. We did a demo back in 1996. Clear Sound in Manassas Va.Jim Roberts sang and did guitar on the first side doing drums on side 2. This dude could scream and growl with the best of them. Toby Gomez was on side 2 as singer and guitar. He had nice deep growling vocals and some sweet rhythm guitar lines. He's an Ibanez guy if I remember. Dennis Cronin I played bass, had a really nice Explorer Bass back then. We had a few great shows over the year we were together. Great times man. I remember our last show together. My bass string broke at the end of the second to last song. So I just hopped off the stage with a mike and had the crowd growl with me. Was EPIC!!! I loved being in the band.
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