Spiritus Mortis is tagged as: doom metal, traditional doom metal, heavy metal, finnish, traditional doom Spiritus Mortis was formed in late summer of 1987. The first band in Finland to be called as a Doom act. Founding members were Teemu and Jussi. At first V-P was only a temporary drummer but as usually shit happens and temporary became permanent. At first band was known as Rigor Mortis but at that time there was also US band called Rigor Mortis so we changed the name to Spiritus Mortis. SM’s unique sound can be heard from the very early demos. Growling bass, massive guitars and viciously thundering drums. Totally unique and unheard in Finland. Cult following was gained by reviews of demos and furious gigs. But in early ‘90’s Finland was not ready for SM’s grim world. as nothing really happened. Studies, “real jobs”, military services and so on came into picture so SM almost dried out in late ‘90’s. From the beginning SM was desperately seeking vocalist because Teemu wanted to concentrate more to bass banging. For awhile in late ‘90’s Tomi Murtomäki was in band as a lead singer but when original SM trio found Vesa Lampi to vocals things started to roll so Vesa replaced Tomi in the beginning of year 2000 and gave a massive boost to band. New millenium, new start. SM went straight to studio to record Demo 2000. Demo 2... Read More About Spiritus Mortis Biography... Send Spiritus Mortis ringtones to your cell |
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