Artist : Mortanius

Album : Till Death Do Us Part

Release Date : 22-02-2019

Added : 22-04-2019

'Mortanius' is a duet composed by singer and guitarist 'Lucas Flocco' and bassist 'Jesse Shaw' who started their career in 2013 and have just released 'Till Death Do Us Part' which is their first long studio album, several EP having emerged previously. They define themselves as doing progressive power metal and one could add neoclassical influences with the use of keyboards with classical organ or harpsichord sounds. Another peculiarity is the singing of 'Lucas Flocco' which is recognizable between a thousand and has a voice quite acute and nasal which may be disconcerting for some but, for my part, even if it does not fit into the boxes of a classical song, has this difference that he exploits thoroughly and which finally agrees well with the style. 'Facing the Truth' opens the album with the shortest title and sets the scene with an energetic title that offers a first melody that enters into your head immediately. But it is in the following 3 tracks that one realizes that 'Mortanius' is also a progressive metal formation with 'Disengage', which starts in a calm way and remembers sonorities of 'Therion' and which alternates fast tempos where the double pedal is used and others much more quiet as in the middle of the title where we are entitled to a long instrumental passage long and melodic with the highlighting of keyboards and a nice guitar solo . 'Jaded' continues in this direction with the singing of 'Jonas Heidgert' in addition to 'Lucas Flocco' but the main piece of the album is 'Till Death Do Us Part' of more than 18 minutes which is an epic saga in several parts which starts calmly in a relatively classical atmosphere and which proposes changes of rhythm and power and melodic lines always very accessible bringing us quite often to neoclassical and this without any weariness throughout the title. The last more anecdotal title is a cover of 'Wham' also showing the attachment to a more pop style that they have slightly 'metalized'. In summary, 'Till Death Do Us Part' is an album which has to be tamed listening after listening and which finally shows great richness in the arrangements and beautiful instrumental parts: to advise all fans of an accessible progressive power metal who like the long developments...

Line Up / Musicians

Lucas Flocco (Vocal, Choirs, Guitar), Jesse Shaw (Bass) + Guests : Ollie Bernstein (Guitar), AJ Larsen (Guitar), Leo Figaro (Vocal), Jonas Heidgert (Vocal)