Order the new album Ravnsvart from black metal legends Mortem now https://mortem.lnk.to/RavnsvartFormed by members of Arcturus, Thorns, Mayhem & 1349 Photography by Hayley Johnsen When one looks back at the bloodstained history of black metal, the names are as familiar as those of old friends - Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone. But in the shadows lurked another prime purveyor of northern darkness. Formed by Marius Vold (Thorns) & Steinar Sverd Johnsen (Arcturus) in 1989, Mortem was one of the first black metal bands to crawl out of the woodwork in Norway, releasing the highly coveted and brutal 'Slow Death' demo, with Euronymous & Dead of Mayhem acting as producer and cover artist respectively. Now the corpse of Mortem has been revived for the long-awaited album 'Ravnsvart'. Joining ...