“Silent flickering from neon Earth. Weak and withered after birth. Swaddled up in soothing lies, humming jingles and lullabies. Desperate prayers hang in the air, to appease the room full of ego saviours. Burning corpses while vultures stare, eyeing up desire, on the wire, pure instinct, spit fire. Reveal the arteries and attach the leeches.”
The evolution of Sonus Mortis from Black Metal to Melodic Death Metal over three albums has been a journey that has given us some phenomenal lead guitar work. From the latest of those three albums “Collapse The Mountain“, comes a music video for “Holistic Cult” which just so happens to be the opening cut. If
Joining the wealth of AI and Technology based music videos appearing in the past seven days Irish Blackened Melodic Death Doom martyr Sonus Mortis has dropped one for “Nanotech Required“. An integral part of album “Collapse The Mountain” is arrives four months short of the tenth anniversary of Kevin Byrne’s three track debut demo. If you
“I won’t ignore the atrocities. I won’t be part of your policies. You won’t be rid of this disease. You won’t make a machine out of me. Regenerate me. 3D print me. Perfect the code and render us all obsolete. In the mouths of the mad screams reality. Elites shape the perception of a controlled
Having exited stage left from Melodic Death Metal act Valediction after serving seven years as their bassist for his seven deadly sins in 2012, multi instrumentalist Kevin Byrne went on to form Sonus Mortis a year later as a solo project initially in the realm of Symphonic Death-Doom Metal. Influences in Bolt Thrower, Opeth, Behemoth
It might not be available for pre-order yet but their new album “Collapse The Mountain” from Sonus Mortis will see release on 1st December. The direction of travel will be an intriguing one after the last record “Past Lives” found multi instrumentalist Kevin Byrne shift from his usual Death Doom Metal with Symphonic Black Metal
It may not be available for pre-order as yet but 1st December will see Christmas come early for Sonus Mortis fans as album number six titled “Collapse The Mountain“, once again mixed and mastered by Mick Richards at Trackmix Studios in Dublin Ireland is set to land upon our skulls. Breaking with tradition, mastermind, multi
“How can it be that this devouring design led to creation? Just willed into being with hands drawing hands. The pen and the ink predestination. Strange loop source code intertwined” Nine months after “Past Lives” first broke the airwaves offering up a fresh wound in Melodic Death Metal from Irish multi instrumentalist Sonus Mortis a
Why have one interview when you can have two? Twice the fun, twice the insight and a second opportunity to read about how Kevin Byrne, the multi instrumentalist behind Irish Dark Metal project Sonus Mortis goes about his business? After releasing the essential listening that is “Past Lives” with its incredible Melodic Death Metal lead
At the forefront of Irish Dark Metal, combining elements of Black Metal with Melodic Death Metal is Kevin Byrne, the multi instrumentalist behind solo project Sonus Mortis. The former Valediction bassist unveiled a new album in “Past Lives” a few weeks back, the follow up to the critically acclaimed “Hold This Mortal Coil” and was
