“It is apparently the cool thing these days for metal bands to dismiss modern music as shit and mourn that things are not exactly like they were twenty or thirty years ago. Well I say fuck that; if you think there's no good music around any more then you are just too lazy or stupid to bother to search it out. In the era of the ever-present internet that just seems like inexcusable bullshit.”

Mors Omnibus are a one man black metal project from an anonymous Scottish multi-instrumentalist but with a difference. Out goes the bluster and insincere posturing for who is the most 'kvlt'; here nothing matters than the music. As for what they sound like, ask the man behind the noise, the illusive Fudaidh. “The music is influenced by whatever the hell I'm listening to right now, but I guess that the Burzum and Shining sound comes through stronger than Funkadelic or Miles Davis. It's black metal of an emotional sort, dark, looming, oppressive, and draped in negativity and my own personal experience with depression.”

Though that is the over-riding sound of the band they are lyrically more diverse than groups such as Forgotten Tomb and Shining: “I don't really want to get caught up in the black metal clichés; I'm not a Satanist, I'm more of an anti-thiest, so singing odes to the devil or to Odin would be as disingenuous as me praising Yahweh or Allah. On the demo there is 'The God Delusion', obviously named after the book by Richard Dawkins, it's an attack on organised religion full stop. 'Mors Omnibus' is a song about...well you could just say about the frustration I often feel about easily lead most people are, completely unable to think for their self and willing to believe in any bollocks that they read. OK, I guess that one is standard black metal fare! And then there's a cover of 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off' by Dead Kennedys, because black metal is swamped with right-wing imbeciles right now, and someone needs to remind them what utter cunts they are. I might respect Varg Vikernes as an artist but as a human being he is just scum.”

Although Fudaidh is concentrating on writing new songs and refining the ones that appear on the demo for a first full-length record he is also considering putting together a version of the band to play live. “I'm still not sure about the live thing. It could be fun, it could be a total fucking disaster. I mean there are definitely guys out there I've spoken to about it but we'll have to wait and see. It's my band, the music is written for nobody but me so maybe there'll be no interest in us playing live. And any touring would have to be worked around jobs which is always a hassle.” While he refuses to be drawn on potential live members Fudaidh does make one thing clear, that regardless of who joins the band, it would only be for gigging and he would remain in complete, obsessive control of recording the bands songs. “In order to retain my vision for the band it is just easier that music is recorded by myself. I'm not a great communicator, trying to convey my ideas to other folk doesn't work, I've learnt that from past experiences.”

With the blandly titled début demo but excellently sounding 'Demo One' available to stream on the bands Myspace and for free download from the bands website right now who knows what is in store for the future.

Edited by user 28 May 2010 05:30:00(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Damn right Varg Vikernes is scum! But what kind of name is Fudaidh?
-Hector
Insolent Paradox

Look's cool, could be interesting. Always up for something fresh and interesting in the industry. I've downloaded the demo and it looks quite promising.

Liam

Ahh, but rage is only one emotion in among a pantheon of negativity. Why would someone willingly restrict themself to just one emotion?

I could easily come out as a self-proclaimed Nihilist, describe how every body I've ever met is a stupid worthless cunt and other nonsense but it would be insincere posturing aimed at nothing more than appearing as yet another cliched figure in black metal. But rather than play at being something not I've decided that I'd rather be utterly honest, in both music and in interviews. Of course, the cheap publicity seems to be something you love. You can rage and rage all you want, while I create raw, powerful and sincere art that, in its own way, makes an emotional connection with the people who listen to it.

Perhaps I'm a pretentious wank but if it is pretentious to think for yourself then pretention is clearly nothing to be ashamed of. What is more within the spirit of black metal than being yourself, warts and all?

Ultimately I think it is self-publicists like yourself who ruin music of any form. You use bodily fluids such as shit, piss and blood on stage as some sort of cheap gesture to elicit what? Disgust? Amusement? Shock? You cheapen the music with such bravado and showmanship.

Edited by user 28 May 2010 06:30:24(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Children of the Vikings? Hellhammer, Sarcofogo, Venom and Celtic Frost all disagree with you. Some "fucking stupid Brits" gave the entire sub-genre its name. The irony!

OOC: My dude's an intellectual. So hell yeah. He's a wordy mother fucker.

OOC:No I'm serious, that too but I mean I've noticed that Forkboy and Gildy make long posts almost constantly, he pmed me a huge paragraph or two telling me that he was making this dude.

Alex P: hoi you, you fucking cum stinking wank faggot, this feardud or whatever the fuck he's called may be clearly some sort of arse loving poof (emotion? Fuck that!), but you do not, I repeat do not, take the Scottish nations name in vain.

You mistake bravado and genuine hardman qualities. You see, I could genuinely tear your faggot ass limb from limb whenever wherever (whereas you simply talk a good game) so shut the fuck up, and fuck the fuck off!

a fucking kiss up? In what way a kiss up? I think you'll find I called the guy a poof, not such a kiss up thing to say where I come from mate...maybe in church burning faggotryville, but not here.
For the record the only person, as I've said before that I have "the hots for" is kamikaze fucking Kate, oh yea that woman is so fucking hot.
And as for your pathetic little fight invite...I wouldn't come to your gig and fight you because a)you stink of shit and man love. b)your shit smearing glorified dancers would try to jump in and help you, and c) I'd rather not even fucking touch you son!

Alex P: fuck it! Do you know what you fuckin Norse queerhawk, watch your fucking back everytime you step your cunt onto a stage, because sometime soon, I will fucking be there, you won't know when or where, but I promise, I will fucking batter you!

The fact which you unsurprisingly let whoosh right over your head is that anyone who knows anything about black metal knows that it has its roots in the very early 80s. There is a reason that all of the big name Norwegian black metallers worship at the feet of Hellhammer. There would be no Mayhem without Hellhammer and Sarcófago. And so there would be no you. Now that would be a blessing, but I think it is worth enduring your craven attention seeking in exchange for 25 years of fantastically diverse music.

As much as I'm indebted to the Nordic forefathers, they are indebted to thrash metal from America. Who are indebted to Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Judas Priest, Dead Kennedys and Sex Pistols. Who are indebted to AND SO ON all the way back to some ex-slaves in the Mississippi delta playing the blues. Does that mean that only poor black people from Louisiana can play black metal? Of course it doesn't, don't be so pig-ignorant. From day one black metal has been a global phenomenon with bands of note from America, Brazil, France, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Britain, Australia and others. By claiming otherwise you only make yourself look like more of a simpleton Benedict. Which I must admit is a pretty impressive feat.

Perhaps it is best if, rather than give you the oxygen of publicity, you are simply ignored until you can get over your self-publicising and come up with something of substance to say.


Music without emotion is Nile. Which is to say it is nice and fancy, full of impressive musicianship but lacking in any sort connection to the listener aside from "oh, that's impressive, well done Mr Sanders." Emotion is treated as a dirty word within metal, tainted with weakness, but that's a bullshit argument to make, if your music cannot make some sort of emotional connection with the person who is listening to it then how can they gain anything from it? Music should make you FEEL. Disgust, horror, awe, love, happiness, misery, anger, anything is better than getting feedback such as "oh, that was OK." In essence, it is better to try and fail horribly than to try and end up mediocre. Emotion doesn't have to be nauseatingly insincere love songs, nor does it have to be "feel pity for me, I'm 17 and just dumped by my girlfriend", it just is a by-word for something that feels real.

Of course some music benefits from an intentional lack of emotion, various electronic groups such as Skinny Puppy, but that just serves to unsettle. Unintentional lack of emotion serves only to bore, unless you happen to be the sort of individual who finds guitar wankery to be enjoyable.