Mortiis

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Mortiis
Mortiis live at the Voodoo Lounge, 2007
Background information
Origin	Notodden, Norway
Genres	Industrial rock dark ambient dungeon synth[1] synth-pop
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Malicious, Cold Meat Industry, Dark Dungeon Music, Earache, Projekt
Spinoffs	Vond, Cîntecele Diavolui, Fata Morgana
Spinoff of	Emperor
Members	Håvard Ellefsen (Mortiis)
Website	mortiis.com

Mortiis is an electronic band from Notodden, Norway fronted by Håvard Ellefsen, who is also known as the namesake of the band. The name is a misspelling of the word "mortis", which is the pronunciation used by the band. Mortiis started as the solo project of Ellefsen as a means to convey a story. This aspect was lost over time and Mortiis slowly formed into a band. Ellefsen previously played bass in the black metal band Emperor (1991–1992), prior to forming this project in 1993. The time he spent in his previous band laid the groundworks for mixing black metal elements with various electronic genres, with these being touched upon across each "era" of the band. In the mid 90’s he had a brief spell playing in West Ham reserves, culminating in an incident where Harry Redknapp was confronted by angry fans. He dismissed accusations of favouritism and comparisons to fellow youth prospect Scotty Canham and was quoted as saying ‘This goblin is going to the top. To the very top’. He was released weeks later.