Morito Ergo Sum's Official Blog

Streaming new album via Sorrow Eternal.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:02:00 +0000

Our new album "A Mournful Foreboding" can now be listened via Sorrow Eternal.

Release date for "A Mournful Foreboding" & short teaser video

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:47:00 +0000

We finally have a release date for our upcoming album. Check the video to see it and listen to a small audio sample of what is to come:

New album's artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:27:00 +0000

This is the artwork for our upcoming album, called "A Mournful Foreboding", to be released later this year. It will be our first full length, with 8 songs, 2 of them being new re-recorded versions of the songs from our first demo.

Artwork made with the help of Lacrimatorium Doomed Arts.

Track listing:
01 - Silence, My Beloved Friend
02 - Falling Low
03 - I Won't Be Around (Tomorrow)
04 - Crows of Hate
05 - My shameless Pain
06 - Rain
07 - Gone (MMXV)
08 - I Die, Therefore I Am (MMXV)

Pre-production's rehearsal video

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:03:00 +0000

I can't believe it's been almost one year since our last post! And I can't believe it took us almost four years to be able to show a small taste of our new material!

Recorded in May 2015, this is a small part of a song that will be in our upcoming album.

Days to come. Days gone by.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:33:00 +0000

We are almost done with the songwriting process for what will become our first full-lenght, to be released hopefully sometime next year. The album will have a few surprises. This image gives you a clue to what is to come.

Since February we have parted ways with our drummer Jocke Wallgren. But that will not stop us from recording the album. As part of the Constantine P. Cavafy's poem "Candles" says:

"Days gone by fall behind us,
a gloomy line of snuffed-out candles;
the nearest are smoking still,
cold, melted, and bent.

I don’t want to look at them: their shape saddens me,
and it saddens me to remember their original light.
I look ahead at my lighted candles."

Doomed cheers from Sweden.

Gig at Rocks Bar - Stockholm

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:19:00 +0000

The gig at the Rocks Bar was great. Here are some pics and a short video from that night. Thanks to 0xist for coming all the way from Finland to play with us!

New band pics.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0000

...and at least some decent pics with the ''not-so-new-anymore'' line-up. Taken on January 9th 2014:

Thanks to Carin Hovinen for taking the pics!

Premiere gig.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:36:00 +0000

Finally we are going to play our first gig ever! It's going to be on the February 1st 2014 at Rocks Bar Stockholm together with the Finnish band 0 X í S T. That's going to be a very dark night...

Link to the event:

Morito Ergo Sum's premiere gig!

Closure.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:55:00 +0000

Almost one year since our last post... Personal struggles kept me from writing updates here. 2013 was a very bad year and I am glad it's almost over.

In the midst of all Morito Ergo Sum kept going. New songs are being written, the not-so-new-anymore members are well integrated in the band, rehearsals got better and better and we are now ready to go and play some live gigs. We actually have our first gig date confirmed. Details coming in a few days!

The plan is to do a few gigs in the beginning of 2014 and then focus on the material for a full-length album.

We will hopefully be on full-on mode very soon.

Doomed cheers,

/Paolo Cito & Morito Ergo Sum

New Line-up

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000

We are going through some line-up changes... again!

Walter Basile (drums/vocals) is unfortunately not a member of Morito Ergo Sum anymore. The reasons for him not being in the band are irrelevant as we will continue to play together in another band we are working with.

On the drums we have now Jocke Wallgren, who also plays in the Black Metal band VALKYRJA.

Rehearsals with the new line-up as well as writing process of new songs are going strong and sounds promising!

Morito Ergo Sum is:
Sebastian Rosengren - Vocals/Violin
Xavier Aguilar - Lead Guitar
Paolo Cito - Rhythm Guitar
Harry Virtanen - Bass
Jocke Wallgren - Drums

/Paolo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:04:00 +0000

Band bio updated.

We are not dead!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:59:00 +0000

There's have been a long hiatus between posts about us here. That's because we are working on a lot on different things that will bring the band to a whole new level. And when I say a whole new level, I really mean it!

We had so much going on in the band in the last 6 months... but unfortunately we cannot tell anyone about it yet. All I can say is that, some of the news are about normal things that happens in a band's lifetime, and others are really huge stuff! But very soon we are coming with at least a part of the news regarding Morito Ergo Sum!

In the meantime we just want to remind you that our Ep is available for sale here. And more t-shirts in all sizes are going to be ready really soon for those who been asking about it!

Cheers,
/Paolo & Morito Ergo Sum

A little something...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:22:00 +0000

A little gift for all people who's been supporting us out there: This is a video from one of the rehearsals during the pre-production of the Ep "Moonchild". A few small mistakes here and there, and no vocals as Walter was busy on the drums, but some of you might like to have a glimpse of how we would sound "live".

Filmed on July 29, 2011.

Interview for Lords Of Metal

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:06:00 +0000

Another interview, this time for the Dutch webzine Lords Of Metal!

"Moonchild" via Solitude Productions for a special price!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:37:00 +0000

Morito Ergo Sum's new Ep "Moonchild" can now be purchased via the Doom Metal Label Solitude Productions from Russia for a reduced price! This is a special treat to all our Russian fans, but people from all over the world can order it too!

Visit Solitude Productions Website and don't loose this opportunity!

Support the band. Support the scene!

/Morito Ergo Sum

Ep being sold in North America!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:15:00 +0000

North America can now buy our Ep via Sounds Of Purgatory!

They are offering a free gift with every order, don't loose the opportunity!

Reviews for Moonchild

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Metalsuck.net (In English)
Truemetal.it (In Italian)
HeavyHardes.de (In German)
Sorrow Eternal (In English)
Lords Of Metal (In English)
Doom-Metal.com (In English)
StonerRock.gr (In English)
GetMetal (In Swedish)
Imperiumi.net (In Finnish)
Chronicles of Chaos (In English)
Flight of Pegasus (In Greek)
Aversionline (In English)
Aristocrazia Webzine (In Italian)
Metalstorm.net (In English)
Rise! Metal e-zine (In Spanish)
PinPoint Music (In English)
Damned-by-light (In English)
Temple Of Doom Metal (In English and Portuguese)
Metal Rules (In English)
Zephyrs-Odem.de (In German)

Interview for Sorrow Eternal

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:55:00 +0000

Check out this interview at Sorrow Eternal with Paolo Cito, where he talks, among other things, about the compositional process, working with Elle Torry, and the difficulties about being a Doom Metal band in Sweden that may be a surprise for many people!

Ep released today!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:13:00 +0000

Finally the time has come to officially release this Ep!

The physical copy of the comes in a really cool digipak format, matt finish, with a 6 panel gatefold, and a 6 pages booklet with lyrics, band picture and some info.

*Edited* This is how it looks like:

Just remembering for those who don't know this is an independent release, with all the expenses paid by the band. So if you like what you hear and want to support us, you can buy a digital (5 Euros) or a physical (10 Euros + shipping) copy at our official website: moritoergosum.com or directly from the player to the right.

Streaming ''Moonchild''!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:06:00 +0000

With one week to go to the release date, the full Ep is now available for streaming at our Bandcamp and Facebook pages!

Introducing: Moonchild!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:20:00 +0000

We finally can reveal the details of our upcoming Ep!

It's called Moonchild, and the title track is a cover from a song out of the great King Crimson album "In the Court of the Crimson King".

This Ep have 4 tracks:

1 - Behind These Tears
2 - When The Grass Grows Over Me
3 - This Selfish Act
4 - Moonchild

It features 31 minutes of new material from Morito Ergo Sum. A promo song (This Selfish Act) can be heard on the player embedded on the right side of the page.

The release date is 07th November, but you can already pre-order the Ep HERE. Both digital and physical options can be pre-ordered, and you will receive one digital track from the Ep (the King Crimson cover - Moonchild) as a "pre-order gift"!

What's going on - October 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:10:00 +0000

There is a big delay in the release of our upcoming Ep due to a series of unforeseen small problems, which I consider normal since we are doing this record independently, but still in very professional way. But things are moving, the 8 pages booklet artwork is ready and waiting to be sent to the printer, and a final mixing will be sent to us at any moment to be approved. October seems to be the month where everything will see the light of day, day of darkness!

Until that happens, I leave you with a couple of band pictures taken from the photo session for the Ep's artwork:

Morito Ergo Sum - August 2011 (Picture by Bruno Villani)


Morito Ergo Sum - August 2011 (Picture by Bruno Villani)

Violins

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:46:00 +0000

After we recorded all the instruments and vocals, we realized we would not have much studio time to record the violins. So we decided to do that a few days later at Walter's apartment. Unfortunately, although Walter did a great work setting up the microphone and everything else needed to such home recording, the violinist's performance was not up to our standards.

We had to made the hard decision to not use the violins recorded in Stockholm for the Ep.Then we had a big problem in our hands and lot's of questions: how to find another violinist? Will we find another violinist? Should we not use violins at all?

So we started to contact some musicians that play/played in other Doom Metal bands asking for help. And the saving recommendation came from one of my all time favorite Metal violinists, former My Dying Bride member, Martin Powell! Unable to do the work for us, he recommended the talented Elle Torry, who promptly accepted to do the job.

Elle Torry

From the moment I heard Elle playing I had no doubt she would do a great job. She was very easy to work with, incredibly fast (only 4 days from the very first contact with her to the receiving of the track files), and she understood exactly what she should play even with the scarce amount of information I gave her. A real professional!

Yesterday we took some band pictures to be used in the Ep's artwork. Mixing and mastering process ongoing. We are almost there!

/Paolo

Studio Day 4 - Vocals and Solos

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:15:00 +0000

Our last day in studio began with Walter recording the vocals. As always he did his job very well, and, apart from a very few small harmless discussions between him and me (due to the fact that I am obsessively picky regarding the vocals on Morito Ergo Sum), everything went smoothly and fast.

Unfortunately we were so focused on the recordings that there is almost none pictures or videos made with Walter. Here is one of the very few ones:

Walter Basile during the recordings of the vocals.

Right after the vocals were done Pablo began to do his work. Differently from Morito Ergo Sum's first demo, that contains no guitar solos, this time all the 4 new songs have solos, and I must say all of them sounds pretty freaking amazing!

Pablo doing his solos.

Being such a good guitarist, Pablo's recordings also went faster than we expected. He even managed to come with some great new ideas on the spot, and added a few impressive improvisations!

We finished the day drinking some beers with Mike Wead while listening to the results of these 4 days of hard but fun work in the A.R.T. Studios. Now all is left to do is to record the violins, but this will be done probably at Walter's home next week.

We are all extremely happy and proud with the results. Personally, the final sound of the songs are exactly as I have imagined in my mind, and I cannot thank Mike enough for his great job!

I leave you with a picture of the band and it's producer right before beginning to pack everything up and going home:


Mike Wead and Morito Ergo Sum

/Paolo

Studio Day 3 - More guitars, more bass.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:27:00 +0000

This was by far the most productive day! We recorded a whole song, put a few details in previously recorded songs, added all the clean guitars, all melodies, some more bass and fixed some feedbacks.

Pablo Magallanes recording.

Even with the busy day we had I managed to film a little bit of Pablo doing his parts:

Listening to what we did so far last night put a HUGE smile on our faces. It sounds great already, even before the mixing and mastering, and that was exactly the idea: to make all the instruments to sound as good as possible during the recording process, giving a more natural and old school sound to them. Mike Wead really knows how to push those buttons, that's for sure!

Today is our last day in the studio, and we will record the vocals and, hopefully, the guitar solos also!

/Paolo