Blood Mortized report that basic drum tracks are now done for their upcoming record "The key to a black heart". They've also announced the addition of a new bassist and the third Mattias in the group, Mattias Söderlund of Charta 77.
Blood Mortized has confirmed that their sophomore album "The key to a black heart" will be getting a vinyl release via when it is finally unveiled in late 2011.
The new Blood Mortized EP "Bestial" will be getting a CD/LP release in June/July via .
Preview Blood Mortized's new EP "Bestial". Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrRRMyjKSE
Swedish death metal act Blood Mortized report that they will soon begin work on their new album "The key to a black heart" and will once again be recording at drummer Mattias Borgh's own studio Underworld Recording. The band has also added a new guitarist: Gustaf Myrin, an ex-member of Pathalog and Apes IQ.
Blood MortizedThe old-school Swedish sound made famous by Entombed and Dismember back in the day has come back with such force and in so many numbers of late that it's hardly fair to call it a revival. There's part of me that is wholeheartedly delighted to hear fresh songs surface with the HM-2 guitar buzz yet, with the vast amount of bands sporting the sound these days, there's another part of me that concedes the fact that nothing compares to the likes of "Left hand path" or "Like an everflowing stream" when it comes to the allied genius of that sound and song structure. Blood Mortized are one of the few modern bands that pretty much have both aspects nailed down. They have displayed in "Bestial" a thorough knowledge of what drove the scene and drew the masses into the hellish depths of Sweden's death metal darkside back in the late '80s and early '90s. It's a pity that there are only three tracks on offer here but, with this being a vast improvement on 2009's debut full-length, there's a glimmer of hope that their next full length will be a subhuman monster of an album.
- John Norby
Look for Blood Mortized's new EP "Bestial" to get a limited (x100) cassette run on . Our review of the EP will run next week.
Blood Mortized has parted ways with guitarist Benny Moberg who will be concentrating more on his other project Birch Mountain, as well as resurrecting his old band Malfeitor.
The Metal Nightmare zine interviews Blood Mortized, Unanimated and half-Swedish act Bone Gnawer as part of their final issue: http://www.metalnightmare.com/issue_twenty_seven/issuetwentyseven.html
Blood MortizedBlood Mortized are a solid B-grade, 2nd-wave Swedish death metal act, comparable to Dismember's more mediocre moments. Never too exceptionally raw or brutal, fast or ferocious- just good ol' middle-of-the-road groovy death (fucking) metal. I was actually pretty stoked on them at first listen, but digging deeper yielded diminishing returns as too many songs either sound the same, go on too long, or both. On the other hand, they do boast one of the cleanest metal recordings I've heard in recent memory, and that's at least worth some points. It's especially apparent on the drums which are warm, clear, punchy and very natural sounding -- an oddity in this age of trigger abuse and overproduction. Shame the material isn't slightly more interesting to match.
- Avi Roig
Swedish old-school death metal act Blood Mortized are planning to record two new tracks for an upcoming 7" release and are seeking a label to put it out.
Check out Blood Mortized, a new old-school style Swedish death metal act featuring members from Excruciate, Amon Amarth and Arcana: http://www.myspace.com/bloodmortized
The band's self-titled debut album is out now via Singapore-based label Vrykoblast Productions.
