MORTIIS · Ghosts of Europa | INTO THE DEEP MARBLED LP

Gatefold LP in "Into The Deep" marble vinyl. Includes 12-pages booklet, polylined inner sleeve, and protection sleeve. Limited to 250 copies.

Background information about 'Ghosts of Europa'

With "Ghosts of Europa", the enigmatic Norwegian entity Mortiis delivers what he himself calls a creative liberation — and you can hear it in every single second. This is the sound of an artist who has been through it all, from dungeon synth cult beginnings to industrial rock experimentation, and who now arrives at a place where all those threads merge into something truly his own.

The album is a sprawling, cinematic beast. It shifts from cold, dystopian electronics to crushing industrial rock riffs, from melancholic synth textures to anthemic, almost pop-tinged choruses. Just when you think you've got it figured out, Mortiis throws a curveball — a haunting piano passage, a wall of noise, a moment of fragile beauty. It's dark, sure, but never one-dimensional.

A huge part of the record's massive sound comes from Sean Beavan at the mixing desk. The man who shaped the sound of "The Downward Spiral" and worked with everyone from Depeche Mode to System Of A Down brings a crushing weight and cinematic clarity to these eight tracks. The result is an album that feels both deeply personal and widescreen — a soundtrack for crumbling empires and lonely night drives through abandoned landscapes.

For fans of:
Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Blutengel, Combichrist

Track listing

A1. Ghosts Of Europa
A2. Return To The Old Fields
A3. The Faith That Fades Away
A4. Violent Silence
B5. Transcending Morpheus
B6. Tundra, Heart Of Hell
B7. Tribes Of Dystopia
B8. Farewell Romero

Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: prophecy.de