With the new project MORTEMIA his intention is to bring a new musical concept into the metal scene. Also this project is strongly influenced by Morten's signature song writing. MORTEMIA's musical concept is based on a balanced mixture of metal and classical music. The debut album Misere Mortem' is filled with bombastic songs where the classical orchestrations are perfectly blended with the massive and powerful basis of a metal band. The guitar work is probably more dominating here than in any of his previous projects. MORTEMIA bursts of powerful guitar riffs accompanied by melodic leads and solos.
The vocal concept in MORTEMIA is based on an interaction between Morten's extreme vocals and the dramatic choirs. The interaction between the vocals adds diversity and dynamics to the songs. Morten decided to leave out the female lead vocals in this project to make it sound different to his other bands, but he also wanted MORTEMIA to stand out from the huge amount of female fronted gothic bands out there these days.
