Mortiis – Ghosts of Europa

With Ghosts of Europa", the enigmatic Norwegian artistic entity known as Mortiis presents an album that he views as a creative liberation. "Ghosts of Europa" is the sonic testimony of an experienced and matured musician, who created what he loves most and does best: electronic rock with stylistic influences from many genres while not being bound by any that creates dark soundscapes, cinematic sonic visions, and a plethora of emotions. Of course, Mortiis' musical handwriting is ever present. Echoes from the often quite divergent phases of his previous works can be found across "Ghosts of Europa". Yet the creator of musical worlds left hardly a stone not turned in his epic quest for genuinely new ways of expression. As a result, this cinematic and visionary album often feels expansive, strange, and darkly dystopian. In this, "Ghosts of Europa" reflects it's maker's struggles while creating the album - as for Mortiis, these tend to come into existence at the cost of friendships and relationships as well as much soul searching in order to reflect both, the album's general orientation towards electronic and industrial rock as well as the particularly wide range of stylistic influences reaching beyond it's core, the choice of sound engineer fell on a most renowned specialist for precisely such sonic experiences: Luckily, Sean Beavan agreed to mix "Ghosts of Europa". His credits include working with NINE INCH NAILS, DEPECHE MODE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, GUNS N' ROSES, and SLAYER among many other greats. Just when you think that you have finally figured "Ghosts of Europa" out, Mortiis will surprise you with another facet and fresh aspect of his richly detailed masterpiece."

Disc 1

1. LP1 Ghosts of Europa
2. Return to the Old Fields
3. The Faith That Fades Away
4. Violent Silence
5. Transcending Morpheus
6. Tundra, Heart of Hell
7. Tribes of Dystopia
8. Farewell Romero
9. LP2 the Voice from Within (2020 (Pre-Violent Silence))
10. Farewell Romero (2020 (Instrumental))
11. Heart of Hell (2024 (Featuring Jyrki 69))
12. Transcending Morpheus (2021)
13. Return to the Old Fields (2023 (Featuring Iliana Basileios Tsakiraki))
14. Spectral Fog (2020 (Pre-Return to the Old Fields))
15. The Faith That Fades Away (2023 (Featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva))
16. Tribes of Dystopia ((Full Version))

Disc 2

1. CD1 Ghosts of Europa
2. Return to the Old Fields
3. The Faith That Fades Away
4. Violent Silence
5. Transcending Morpheus
6. Tundra, Heart of Hell
7. Tribes of Dystopia
8. Farewell Romero

Disc 3

1. CD2 the Voice from Within (2020 (Pre-Violent Silence))
2. Farewell Romero (2020 (Instrumental))
3. Heart of Hell (2024 (Featuring Jyrki 69))
4. Transcending Morpheus (2021)
5. Return to the Old Fields (2023 (Featuring Iliana Basileios Tsakiraki))
6. Spectral Fog (2020 (Pre-Return to the Old Fields))
7. The Faith That Fades Away (2023 (Featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva))
8. Tribes of Dystopia ((Full Version))
9. MC Ghosts of Europa
10. Return to the Old Fields
11. The Faith That Fades Away
12. Violent Silence
13. Transcending Morpheus
14. Tundra, Heart of Hell
15. Tribes of Dystopia
16. Farewell Romero

Label: Prophecy

Catalog: 896086

Genre: Electronic