Morke Helvetes

Morke Helvetes possesses elements of Black Metal and Classical musick.Darkness enriched,and sinisterely wrought,the songs possess dark sinister atmosphere and melodic qualities.Wretching guitars,torturous vocals,skullcrushing drums,and haunting keyboards lie within such songs as 'The Imperial Arts of thy Madness','Dreadful Masquerade','A Deathly gaze Upon the Stars',and so forth.These songs will soon be posted.Feel free to listen to them. -l-

Morke Helvetes was originally started in August of 2000.Originated by Suspira and Skein Funeral,the band was originally a 2 sided effort.Suspira wrote all keyboards as well as some guitars and additional vocals.A few months later,Osiris was brought into the band to add additional vocals to new and existing songs.This concept did not last too long,as contact with Skein was temporarily lost and remains currently at a hiatus,more or less.It is unknown whether Osiris will continue to pursue working with Morke Helvetes,but that too is quite possible. After such events,Morke Helvetes became more of a solo effort of Suspira,currently taking on all songwriting and lyrical efforts. However,recently a drummer has also been aquired.New songs are in the process of being written,and the song you will find here is a song that has been newly completed.Hail!

No live shows have been played as of yet,but it has been greatly considered as a future possibility.Live musicians are,of course,quite neccessary for such a thing,but there has been talk of an arrangement concerning that..

Emperor,Mayhem,Gorgoroth,Obtained Enslavement,Arcturus,King Diamond/Fate,Venom,Dark Funeral,Marduk,Abruptum,Darkthrone,My Dying Bride,Azaghal,Immortal,Celtic Frost,as well as many Classical composers,both Orchestral and classical Pianists.

Suspira- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards. Born- November 20,1980 Place of Birth- Jacksonville, Florida Preferred Instrument- Keyboard and Guitar. Secondary Instrument(s)- Bass guitar, Violin. Areas of Expertise- Vocals, Songwriting, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrical content, Etc. Musical Influences- Emperor, Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Obtained Enslavement, Arcturus, King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, Venom, Dark Funeral, Marduk, Abruptum, Darkthrone, My Dying Bride, Azaghal, Immortal, Celtic Frost, as well as many Classical composers,both Orchestral and classical Pianists. Suspira has been playing guitar for 9 years,having learned both traditional and Classical styles of guitar.She has played keyboard for roughly 7 years.As a self-taught keyboardist she uses classical techniques and instrumentations in her writing style.Also using the techniques of both 'traditiona' black metal vocals, as well as clean, slightly operatic vocals. After first starting Morke Helvetes,she also worked briefly with the North Carolina band Omniscient as their keyboardist.This however,didn't go much further than writing an intro for their first demo,and playing shows.At the same time,she played keyboards for another band with some friends."Catheter of Thorns" was a doom/black/death influenced band.This band lasted well over a year before everyone called it quits,due to a few personal reasons with various members. Suspira has also worked with Crimson Massacre,of Houston,TX,writing and recording all keyboard tracks on their demo as well as travelling to play shows with the band in TX and New Orleans.This, however, proved to end up as more of a wasted effort,as the band ended up abandoning their original sound,and thus had no longer,a need for keyboards.Currently,her work is more concentrated into Morke Helvetes, but that is not to say,that she is not willing to take on future endeavors. Manos: Born- February 02, 1973 Place of Birth- South Carolina Preferred instrument- Drums/Percussion/vox Secondary instrument- Guitar Areas of Expertise- Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Cello, Vox, Keyboard, Cermonial Flute, Classical Guitar. Musical Influences- Venom, Celtic Frost, Iron Maiden, Sinister, Possessed, Candlemass, Death, Massacra, Meshuggah, Goatwhore, Marduk, Emperor, Immortal, WehrWolfe, Suffocation, Dimmu Borgir, Deicide, Nile, Morbid Angel, Capharnaum, Asris, Cephalic Carnage, Darkmoon, Derrick Roddy, Dave Culross, Niko McBrain, Pete Sandoval, Tim Yeung, Dave Suzuki, Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Tony Royster Jr., Zorro, Virgil Donati, Giavanni Hidalgo,Carter Beauford, Steve Gadd, Dave Lombardo, Tony Lareno, Chuck Schuldiner, Thomas Haake, and countless others. Manos started playing musical instruments by going over to his friends houses who had instruments and playing whenever possible. His parents at the time were unable to afford instruments of any kind so this was to be sufficient. At age 17 after working and saving every possible penny, Manos bought himself his first instrument, a guitar, then soon after bought himself his first drumset. Having always been drawn to percussion, Manos has always held drums as his first love. Manos is currently the drummer/backing vocalist for the death metal band Plague Swarm,(http://www.plagueswarm.s5.com) Morke Helvetes, and his solo project, Insurrection-D4-(http://www.insurectiond4.s5.com). Manos does session work for neighboring recording studios and bands, and acts as a "stand in" musician for touring bands or bands ready to tour but has injured/sick or recently fired/quit bandmembers. Manos is endorsed by Un-Real Drums. http://www.unrealdrums.s5.com