Mortiis - Ghosts of Europa - VINYL LP

With InchGhosts of EuropaInch, the enigmatic Norwegian artistic entity known as Mortiis presents an album that he views as a creative liberation. InchGhosts of EuropaInch is the sonic testimony of an experienced and matured musician, who created what he loves most and does best electronic rock with stylistic influences from many genres while not being bound by any that creates dark soundscapes, cinematic sonic visions, and a plethora of emotions. Of course, Mortiis' musical handwriting is ever present. Echoes from the often quite divergent phases of his previous works can be found across InchGhosts of EuropaInch. Yet the creator of musical worlds left hardly a stone not turned in his epic quest for genuinely new ways of expression. As a result, this cinematic and visionary album often feels expansive, strange, and darkly dystopian. In this, InchGhosts of EuropaInch reflects it's maker's struggles while creating the album - as for Mortiis, these tend to come into existence at the cost of friendships and relationships as well as much soul searching in order to reflect both, the album's general orientation towards electronic and industrial rock as well as the particularly wide range of stylistic influences reaching beyond it's core, the choice of sound engineer fell on a most renowned specialist for precisely such sonic experiences Luckily, Sean Beavan agreed to mix InchGhosts of EuropaInch. His credits include working with NINE INCH NAILS, DEPECHE MODE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, GUNS N' ROSES, and SLAYER among many other greats. Just when you think that you have finally figured InchGhosts of EuropaInch out, Mortiis will surprise you with another facet and fresh aspect of his richly detailed masterpiece. Album Tracks 1. LP1 Ghosts of Europa 2. Return to the Old Fields 3. The Faith That Fades Away 4. Violent Silence 5. Transcending Morpheus 6. Tundra, Heart of H