MORTIIS ANNOUNCES UK RETURN WITH COMBICHRIST

Following a wildly success European tour, Mortiis will once again team up with Combichrist for another round of dates in the UK this summer.

"We haven´t played the UK in a while, it feels great to finally be able to get back over there and meet some old friends and hopefully gain some new ones," said band namesake Mortiis.  "The European tour with Combichrist was a blast so we know this one will be too."

The Mortiis/Combichrist European tour took the two groups on a two month-long trek all throughout the continent.  During the tour, Mortiis offered fans a preview of the band's newest material, which is starkly heavier and more aggressive than past offerings. 

Prior to the European tour, Mortiis was focused preparing  their latest releases, the upcoming full-length "The Great Deceiver" and "Perfectly Defect," a free digital download unveiled October 10 at www.mortiis.com.  "

Tickets for the UK dates are available at http://eee-uk.net/eeetickets/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=mortiis.

UK dates for Mortiis and Combichrist:

 June 28  Southampton, UK @ Talking Heads

 June 29  Leamington Spa, UK @ The Assembly

 June 30  Manchester, UK @ Academy

 July 01  Glasgow, UK @ The Classic Grand

 July 02  Nottingham, UK @ Rock City

July 03  London, UK @ Koko

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MORTIIS READY TO HIT THE ROAD THIS WEEK

OSLO, Norway – After a month of prepping, Mortiis is ready to hit the road later this week for a full European tour with Combichrist.

"The new material rocks hard,” enthused Mortiis, namesake of the ever-evolving band.  “The old has been upgraded to the point where it stands well next to the new material.”

The new material will be drawn from the band’s latest release, “Perfectly Defect,” which was released last fall as a free digital download.  Mortiis will also showcase songs from the upcoming release, “The Great Deceiver.”

"Now we are also curious, nervous and excited about our fans, old and new, will take to it, " he added. "They spent a lot of energy in recent weeks to improve the quality of live sound and it will be very obvious. They think it will translate to the real performance of the band, too."

Mortiis & Combichrist European Tour

OSLO, Norway - Mortiis will return to the touring circuit this winter with a two-month, full European tour supporting evil-electro outfit Combichrist.

"In some fundamental ways, Combichrist and Mortiis are very different, but in other fundamental ways, we are very much the same," expl ained vocalist and namesake Mortiis. "At the end of the day, both bands have this 'f-you' attitude. It's expressed somewhat differently musically, but energy and attitude-wise we're carrying the same torch, so to speak. I think fans of both bands will pick up on that."

Mortiis took a break from touring while preparing their latest releases, the soon-to-emerge next album, "the Great Deceiver" and "Perfectly Defect," a totally free digital download. Unveiled October 10, "Perfectly Defect" is full-length, downloadable album available at www.mortiis.com. "Perfectly Defect" is the quintessential prelude to the world of "The Great Deceiver" - while the latter is heavier and darker, the former is varied, experimental, and largely instrumental. The bottom line is that "Perfectly Defect" leads into "The Great Deceiver" acting as a crucial stage in the evolution of Mortiis' music.

The group is anxious to get back on stage and is ready to unleash months of pent-up aggression during their live show. Fans can expect to hear tracks from "Perfectly Defect" and "The Great Deceiver," as well as some older songs with a different twist.

"We've seriously pimped up a selection of older songs that we'll be performing," Mortiis said. "So, across the board, it will be a new, and for lack of a better expression, very 'pimped up' bunch of songs!"

A tour with Combichrist was imminent. Aside from having a long acquaintance with Combichrist's founder and Norwegian-native Andy LaPlegua, drummer Joe Letz is an extended member of the Mortiis family. After connecting with Letz during Mortiis' US tour with the Genitorturers - Letz's former band - the drummer got involved with Mortiis on some of the recording of "The Great Deceiver."

"It was just a question of time until we'd go out on tour together again," Mortiis said. "Joe is still a part of this band, the way we all see it. We always have a great time when we're together and I think this is something everyone's been wanting to happen for a while now. So when the opportunity came about, we pretty much did what had to be done to make it happen."

COMBICHRIST + MORTIIS

Monsters on tour 2011:

20.01.2011 Sao Mamede, Guimarães, Portugal 

21.01.2011 Caracol, Madrid, Spain

22.01.2011 Salamandra 1, Barcelona, Spain

23.01.2011 Totem, Pamplona, Spain

25.01.2011 Ninkasi Kao, Lyon, France 

26.01.2011 X-Tra Limmathaus, Zürich, Switzerland

27.01.2011 Tunnels, Milan, Italy 

28.01.2011 Alpheus, Rome, Italy 

29.01.2011 Velvet, Rimini, Italy 

01.02.2011 Le Ferrailleur, Nantes, France 

02.02.2011 Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France 

03.02.2011 Trix, Antwerp, Belgium 

04.02.2011 Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands 

05.02.2011 Essigfabrik-PLUSWELT-Festival, Köln (Cologne), Germany

06.02.2011 Tivoli, Bremen, Germany 

08.02.2011 Posten, Odense, Denmark 

09.02.2011 Forbrændingen, Albertslund (Kopenhagen), Denmark 

11.02.2011 Sticky Fingers, Göteborg, Sweden

12.02.2011 Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway 

13.02.2011 Kägelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden

15.02.2011 Yo-Talo, Tampere, Finland

16.02.2011 On the Rocks, Helsinki, Finland

18.02.2011 Kosmonaut, St. Petersburg, Russia

19.02.2011 Tochka, Moscow, Russia

20.02.2011 Tele Club, Ekaterinburg, Russia

22.02.2011 Riga Melna Piektdina, Riga, Latvia 

24.02.2011 Ucho, Gdynia (Gdansk), Poland

25.02.2011 Berlin Columbia Club, Berlin, Germany 

26.02.2011 Bunker/Strasse E, Dresden, Germany 

01.03.2011 Silver Church Club, Bukarest, Romania

02.03.2011 RBF, Sofia, Bulgaria 

03.03.2011 Mylos Club, Salonica (Thessaloniki), Greece 

04.03.2011 SKC, Belgrade, Serbia 

05.03.2011 Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia 

06.03.2011 Szene Wien, Wien/Vienna, Austria 

07.03.2011 A 38, Budapest, Hungary 

09.03.2011 Backstage, München, Germany

10.03.2011 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany 

11.03.2011 Meier Music Hall-Festival of Darkness, Braunschweig, Germany 

12.03.2011 Universal dog-Dark Dance Treffen, Lahr, Germany

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