Mors Principium Est - …And Death Said Live

Published December 11 2012

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Genre	Melodic Death Metal	Ville Viljanen	Vocals
Tracks	11	Andy Gillion	Guitar
Running time	46 Min.	Andhe Chandler	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Teemu Heinola	Bass
Release	14 December 2012	Mikko Sipola	Drums
Country	Finland	-	Keyboard
Producer	-
Similar artists	Children Of Bodom, Amon Amarth

After various lineup changes, the Finnish melodic death metallers Mors Principium Est (Latin for Death Is The Beginning), now return, with two new guitarists in UK's Andy Gillion and New Zealand's Andhe Chandler, after being on hiatus since their 2007 release Liberation = Termination.

Melodic death metal with a certain degree of the well known Finnish melancholy, built on thunderous drums, angry and hoarse vocals without excessive growling and on top of the cake, lead guitars with harmony parts all through, so they are not breaking any new ground here. This new album is pretty much what you expect from bands within this genre of heavy music.

Most songs have a close resemblance and are somewhat cast in the same mold. This however doesn't make this release bad in any way, although a bit monotonous. A fairly good album, even if they don't reach all the way to the top.