August 07, 2004
MORTIIS HAS THE GRUDGE
Three years of waiting are almost over for Mortiis aficionados worldwide as the Norwegian legend, now with full band in tow, prepare for the release of their new opus - 'The Grudge'. The highly anticipated follow up to 2001's 'The Smell Of Rain' is set for release through Earache Records in the UK and Europe on September 13th 2004 with a US release to follow on September 21st.
'The Grudge' which was recorded at Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad, Norway contains ten new tracks with production duties undertaken by Mortiis and Vegard Blomberg .Lyrically the album sees Mortiis in an angry and reflective mood as the band deliver a set of highly charged and emotive songs. The tracklisting for the album is Broken Skin, Way Too Wicked, The Grudge, Decadent And Desperate, The Worst In Me, Gibber, Twist The Knife, The Loneliest Thing, Le Petit Cochon Sordide, Asthma (instrumental)
The album will be preceded on August 16th by the release of Mortiis's first ever single in the UK. 'The Grudge' (single edit) will only be available for a limited period and comes in two formats with unreleased exclusive non album material. The CD Digi Pack contains two re-mixed album tracks whilst the two track limited edition 7" inch vinyl poster bag version contains 'Decadent & Desperate'. A video for 'The Grudge' was recorded recently in New York with acclaimed director Charlie Deaux ( System Of A Down)
"Three years is a long time coming" exclaimed Mortiis recently when asked about the album, adding that "I think every minute spent had its purpose and I think people will understand when they hear it.- this is the best Mortiis has done yet. It took me a year to form the band, then another year was taken up with rehearsing and touring, while the last was spent making the album. Then we got the opportunity to do the single, it was all last minute ,the conditions were insane as we had super strict deadlines to meet. The remixes for the single are wonderfully bizarre and way different from the originals."
Mortiis - Mortiis (Vocals, Synths, Programming, Sound Design), Levi Gawron, (Guitar), Asmund Sveinunggard (Guitar), Leo Troy (Drums) - are set to team up with fellow Norwegians Susperia for a major European tour, on a double headline package under the banner of 'The Unlimited Grudge Tour 2004'. Starting in the UK on 15th September the tour will run through 19 countries finishing in Belgium on 14th November. (see full dates below) The tour will be one of the most extensive undertaken by the band. Commenting on the mammoth undertaking Mortiis said "Fifty plus dates - if we survive this, we´ll survive anything!!. I can´t wait to play places where we have never been before like Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania. But it´s also exciting to return to a lot of the cities we've played before, to play the new songs and basically just go apeshit and get down with the destruction."
SEPTEMBER
Wed 15 UK Cardiff Bar Fly
Thu 16 UK Birmingham Academy
Fri 17 UK Bradford Rios
Sat 18 UK Nottingham Rock City
Mon 20 UK Liverpool Academy
Tue 21 UK Glasgow Cathouse
Wed 22 UK Norwich Arts Centre
Thu 23 UK Milton Keynes Woughton Centre
Fri 24 UK London Ocean
Sat 25 UK Brighton Concorde 2
Wed 29 GERMANY Heidelberg Schwimmbad Club
Thu 30 GERMANY Essen Zeche Carl
OCTOBER
Fri 1 GERMANY Berlin TBA
Sat 2 GERMANY Andernach Juz
Mon 4 DENMARK Copenhagen Vega
Tue 5 DENMARK Arhus Voxhall
Wed 6 NORWAY Stavanger Folken
Thu 7 NORWAY Haugesund Flytten
Fri 8 NORWAY Bergen Hulen
Sat 9 NORWAY Oslo John Dee
Sun 10 NORWAY Horten Scene 37
Mon 11 SWEDEN Gothenburg Musikens Hus
Tue 12 SWEDEN Malmo Kulturbolaget (KB)
Thu 14 FINLAND Helsinki Nosturi
Fri 15 FINLAND Jyvaskyla Lutakko
Mon 18 LITHUANIA Vilnius Mulen Ruzas
Tue 19 POLAND Katowice Mega Club
Wed 20 CZECH REP Prague Abaton
Thu 21 HUNGARY Budapest Red Hole
Fri 22 BULGARIA Sofia Hristo Botev Sports Hall
Sat 23 GREECE Thessaloniki Milos Club
Sun 24 GREECE Athens Rodon Club
Wed 27 CROATIA Zagreb Mochvara
Thu 28 SLOVENIA Nova Gorica Mostovna
Fri 29 AUSTRIA Worgl VAZ Komma
Sat 30 AUSTRIA Graz Orpheum
Sun 31 AUSTRIA Vienna Arena
NOVEMBER
Tue 2 SWITZERLAND Pratteln Rockfabrik Z7
Wed 3 ITALY Bassano Del Grappa Transilvania Live
Thu 4 ITALY Reggio Emilia Transilvania Live
Fri 5 ITALY Milan Transilvania Live
Sat 6 GERMANY Osnabruck Tor 3
Sun 7 GERMANY Munich Garage
Mon 8 GERMANY Nurnberg Hirsch
Tue 9 GERMANY Hamburg Marx Club
Thu 11 HOLLAND Haarlem Patronaat
Fri 12 HOLLAND Rotterdam Baroeg
Sat 13 HOLLAND Arnhem Goudvishal
Sun 14 BELGIUM Vosselaar Biebob