Mortuary Drape

Mortuary Drape
OriginItaly
GenresBlack metal
Years active1986–present
MembersWildness Perversion
D.C.
S.R.
S.C.
M.T.
Websitewww.mortuary13drape.com

Mortuary Drape is an Italian black metal[1] band formed in 1986. They have released six albums.

They played at the Prague Death Mass festival in 2023.[2]

Band Members

Discography

Studio Albums

Year Title Label
1994 All the Witches Dance[5] Unisound Records
1997 Secret Sudaria Nazgul's Eyrie Productions
2000 Tolling 13 Knell Avantgarde Music
2004 Buried in Time
2014 Spiritual Independence[6] Iron Tyrant
2023 Black Mirror Peaceville

Extended Plays

Year Title Label
1992 Into The Drape Decapitated Records
1996 Mourn Path Shivadarshana Records
2011 Black Flames of Blasphemy Iron Tyrant
2022 Wisdom - Vibration - Repent Peaceville

Demos

Year Title
1987 Necromacy[7]
1989 Doom Return[7]

Split Albums

Year Title Label Notes
2015 Dance of Spirits / Ordo Equilibrium Nox Funeral Industries Split with Necromass

Tours

  • Northern Continental Tour with Volahn, 2018[8]

References

  1. ^ Mercolella, Raffaella (7 September 2017). "Andrea Bocelli, grande festa al Colosseo con le star, Paul Weller si fa in tre". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ Halmstad, Bree (2023-05-01). "10 Festivals That Black Metal Fans Need to Know About". MetalSucks. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  3. ^ "Lineup on Official Website".
  4. ^ "R.I.P. Without Name (Italian)".
  5. ^ Caselli, Roberto; Gilardino, Stefano (2019). La storia del rock in Italia (in Italian). Hoepli Editore. ISBN 978-8820391683. Un circolo che, senza dubbio, ha tra i suoi idoli piff rappresentativi i piemontesi Mortuary Drape (Alessandria) e Opera IX (Biella). Piff violenti e mortiferi i primi (per loro vale l'inestimabile debutto All the Witches Dance, 1994, con tanto di copertina shock con un cadavere riesumato) [...]
  6. ^ Cifer, Wil (8 December 2014). "The Return Of Mortuary Drape: Review Of Spiritual Independence". CVLT Nation. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. ^ a b Kelly, Kim (14 June 2018). "All These Metal Reissues Are Going to Kill Me". Vice. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ^ Sacher, Andrew (18 April 2018). "Mortuary Drape announce North American tour with Volahn". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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