Mortician Appreciation

[Pagan Saviour]

Anyone pick up the relapse vinyl reissues? They have done a great job on them all. The Wes Benscoter artwork looks glorious in that format.


The music is what it is, it's not something I listen to on a daily basis but some of those riffs really hit the spot. I could do without the feckin lengthy intros though. I've seen live footage of them and the show looks ridiculous with the lads standing around whilst a 2.5minute sample plays through the speakers.

Anyone know why they haven't put out anything since Reanimated Dead Flesh? They still play shows around the States, I presume they don't do anything in Europe after Will's taxi escapade in Poland but fail to see how that would prevent them recording anything new.

[mickO)))]

One of my favourite bands and still a very regular listen for me to this day. I didn't get the Relapse reissues as I already have the ones Hells did. The intros are great and they don't do a lot of standing around for intros since they started playing live again probably Bloodcraving or Audra have the longest intros of the songs they play regularly these days.

It would be great seeing them live and hearing those intros. I was hoping to head to Boston to see them when I was in Canada on holiday last year it didn't work out and I am glad it didn't in the end as Will wasn't able to make it to the show because of a flight cancellation so they just had someone else stand in doing vocals which would have been shit after the travel / money it would have cost to make it to the show.

Roger has had loads of stuff ready for the new album for a few years now but the problem is getting Will to do vocals. Roger lives in Vegas now and Will is still in New York which doesn't help things either. The current drummer Sam will also play on the new album if it ever gets released so it won't be a drum machine. They also have plans to do a Final Bloodbath Session part 2 with the current drummer.


A video interview with Will from late last year the only one he has ever done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBllkWfSBM4&t=93s

Rehearsals with Sam on drums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NZEI2Q8Z8w&t=115s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5cTsQ6N2do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZGj_I1VVY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG32-t8C3M4

Some new material Roger has

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fl2sMYoSgs

[Pagan Saviour]

Cool! Will check those links out, loads of good info there!

[The Ancient Ones]

Mortician are kind of the Plan 9 From Outer Space (look it up if that means nothing) of the death metal world. So utterly ridiculous (almost shit in a non shit way) that it just works.

[Sworntothecans]

Mortician are kind of the Plan 9 From Outer Space (look it up if that means nothing) of the death metal world. So utterly ridiculous (almost shit in a non shit way) that it just works.

And constantly checking your speakers to see is it actually buzzing or just their feckin' drum machine😂

[Pagan Saviour]

The rehearsal footage is sweet but the interview is hilarious- could they not have found a more appropriate setting?

[Necro Red]

Fairly cool band to be fair  so heavy it borders on being ridiculous ha ha ha. I didn't know relapse released the albums on vinyl now. I have most on cd anyway, they are definitely a bucket list Death Metal band for me

[jpm4]

This band sound to me like maybe Cannibal Corpse or Morbid Angel would sound to my non metal friends - "It's just noise!"

Love the Chainsaw Dismemberment album cover though.

[Shitstirrer]

Tried numerous times over the years to get into them but have come to the realisation that they are utter scutter .

[Thorn]

I didn't know their stuff was reissued, any Mortician I have is from C-90 trades, would definitely pick up the vinyls but I haven't seen them floating about any of my usual haunts. Relapse stuff is a bit scarce on the ground in Europe generally is it these days?

[Pagan Saviour]

I got mine off Amazon - worked out best from there, though I did notice Spindizzy in Dublin have or had them.

[The Ancient Ones]

Mortician are kind of the Plan 9 From Outer Space (look it up if that means nothing) of the death metal world. So utterly ridiculous (almost shit in a non shit way) that it just works.

And constantly checking your speakers to see is it actually buzzing or just their feckin' drum machine😂

Have seen a few live vids where you can't hear his vocals as they're too deep for the PA to reproduce!

[Thorn]

I got mine off Amazon - worked out best from there, though I did notice Spindizzy in Dublin have or had them.

Ah ,I see them there now, cheers...the list just got longer

[mickO)))]

Fairly cool band to be fair  so heavy it borders on being ridiculous

That's the problem as can be even seen in this thread the band is just too heavy for some people. They have seen a surge in popularity over the last 2 - 3 years the US shows are always packed.

A split with Dead Infection was also suppose to come out around 07 / 08 I even remember it being discussed on the old forum but that never happened for whatever reason and at this stage I would guess the Dead Infection tracks were used on a different split.

Another good band to check out is Massacred. A one man tribute to Mortician.

https://massacred669.bandcamp.com/album/wasteland-of-devastation

[Necro Red]

Bit mad they are together since 89, but the first album was released in 97. Big gap like