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[2023-09-07]
MORBUS GRAVE (Italy) signed to Memento Mori!!!
In our endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage Death Metal, weīre extremely thrilled to announce a new signing: MORBUS GRAVE, from Italy.

MORBUS GRAVE was spawned by A. Th and Erman in 2010 with the goal to exhume rotting, ancient Death Metal influenced by primordial bands such as Death, Possessed, Carnage, Sadistic Intent, Incubus, Malevolent Creation, Celtic Frost, Morbid Angel and Slayer. Due to lack of time, A. Th left the band and Erman was left to continue the path by himself. In early 2015, Erman found the right replacement in Maso on guitars/bass and Pide Guts on drums. This lineup recorded the bandīs debut demo, "Throne of Disgust ", which was released in early 2016. Although the lineup was completed with Eros and Edy later in the year, the band seemed to vanish in thin air. After a couple of years of lethargy and many a lineup change, the grave was dug up once again and the band put out some more minor releases on a number of estimable undeground labels over the years, steadily getting their craft honed in preparation for their debut full-length, which was ultimately released in 2021. Now a five-headed abomination consisting of Erman (vocals), Edy (guitar), Magiko (guitar), Danny (drums) and Eros (bass), MORBUS GRAVE are working hard on writing new horrid songs for their second, deadly strike.

Memento Mori will unleash the CD version of their sophomore full-length in the first half of 2024. Further details to follow in the coming months. Meanwhile, make sure to give them a like on Facebook and listen to their previous output (links below).

Discography:
"Throne of Disgust" demo (2016)
"Omega Doom" split w/ Lurking Terror (2017)
"Awakening of the Dead" demo (2019)
"Abomination" demo (2019)
"Awakening of the Dead / Throne of Disgust" compilation (2019)
"Defilers in Morbid Decay" split w/ Deathfucker (2020)
"Promo ī21" demo (2021)
"Lurking into Absurdity" album (2022)
"Dos Putos Ensayos" split w/ Abnue (2023)

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/MorbusGrave
https://morbusgrave1.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/@morbusgrave4909

[2023-09-01]
DISTRO UPDATE!!!
This is the list of new items and restocks that arrived at the store over the course of the last month:

(*) canīt be included in our deals/promotions (5x4, 10x8, 15x12, etc...)

ABYSS OF PERDITION / CONTINUUM OF XUL - Rites of Morbid Death CD
ALTAR - Youth Against Christ CD
AVULSED - Extraterrestrial Carnage MCD (digipak)
BARUS - Fanges CD (digipak)
BLASPHEMOUS FIRE - Beneath the Darkness CD
CENTINEX - Subconscious Lobotomy CD
CHTHONIC CULT - Become Seekers for Death CD
CORRUPTER - Descent into Madness CD
DETERIOROT - Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits MCD (digipak)
DETERIOROT - The Faithless CD
DETERIOROT - The Rebirth CD
DISSECT - Presage to the Eternity MCD (digipak)
DISSECT - Swallow Swouming Mass CD
EPITAPHE - II CD (digipak)
ETERNAL ROT - Putridarium CD
ETERNAL ROT - Moribound CD
FORMLESS OEDON - Streams of Rot CD
GOATLORD - Distorted Birth: The Demos 2CD
GODSLUT - Procreation of God CD
GUTRICYDE / DARK FILTH - The Morbid / Gutted Priests CD
HAXPROCESS - The Caverns of Duat CD
HERETIC PLAGUE - Context Is a Stumbling Corpse CD
LEPROPHILIAC / ROTTING GRAVE - Profecias de Condenación y Carroņa MCD
MASACRE - Colombia... Imperio del Terror MCD (digipak)
MASACRE - Reqviem 2CD
MASACRE - Sacro CD
MERCYLESS - Abject Offerings CD (digipak)
MORBUS GRAVE - Abomination MCD
MORPHEUS DESCENDS - Ritual of Infinity CD
(*) MORTA SKULD - Nascency of the Prolific CD
PAN.THY.MONIUM - Dawn of Dreams CD
PAN.THY.MONIUM - Khaooohs CD
PIGīS BLOOD - Pigīs Blood CD
PIGīS BLOOD - A Flock Slaughtered CD
PIGīS BLOOD - Command More Blood MCD
PURTENANCE - Member of Immortal Damnation CD
PURTENANCE - The Rot Within Us CD
REDEMPTOR - The Jugglernaut CD (slipcase)
REDEMPTOR - The Becoming (2005-2011) CD (slipcase)
REDEMPTOR - Agonia CD (slipcase)
SEPULCRUM - Lamentation of Immolated Souls CD
SLUDGE KEEPER - Slough of Despair CD
SORROW - Death of Sorrow CD
SOULCARRION - Infernal Agony CD
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION - Amorphous Viscous Limbs CD
UNDEAD - Existential Horror CD
PROFECI - Aporia CD (digipak)
PROFECI - Ubostwo CD (digipak)
SZNUR - Ludzina CD (digipak)
WILCZYCA - DrakoNequissime CD
WILCZYCA - Magija CD
BEHEAD - Choose Your Death CD
BLACK DENIM RAGE - State of Emergency CD
CRIPPLING MADNESS - Władcy Nocy CD
ENVENOMED - Manifest of the Primordial Essence CD
KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - Sharpen Your Spikes CD
KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - Built to Kill CD
ONSLAUGHT - Power from Hell CD
ONSLAUGHT - The Force CD
PYOVELI - Mega-Thrash Revolution CD
REVENANT - Distant Eyes / Exalted Being MCD (digipak)
ESOTERIC - Epistemological Despondency 2CD (digibook)
ESOTERIC - The Pernicious Enigma 2CD (digibook)
(*) ESOTERIC - Paragon of Dissonance 2CD
ESTRANGEMENT - Disfigurementality CD
FARER - Monad CD (digisleeve)
GRAVA - Weight of a God CD (digipak)
HALLOWED BUTCHERY - Deathsongs from the Hymnal of the Church of the Final Pilgrimage CD (digipak)
HELLīS CORONATION - Transgression of a Necromantical Darkness CD
MEGALITH LEVITATION - Obscure Fire CD (digipak)
MESMUR - Chthonic CD (digipak)
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION - The Exuviae of Gods - Part I CD
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION - The Exuviae of Gods - Part II CD

[2023-08-09]
OUT NOW AND SHIPPING!!!
COFFIN MULCH - Spectral Intercession CD [MEMENTO-CXXVII]
The highly anticipated debut full-length by this U.K. band. Hailing from Scotland, Coffin Mulch formed in 2018 and quickly set to work on their debut demo, "Coffin Mulch", which was released a year later. Two years later came the "Septic Funeral" EP, both of which have garnered widespread acclaim in the Death Metal underground. Although undeniably a Death Metal band, the quartet come from a diverse musical background, having played in a variety of different bands throughout the years, but started Coffin Mulch to play old school, heavy and pounding Death Metal influenced by late 80īs / early 90īs gods like Entombed, Autopsy, Massacre, Death and Bolt Thrower. Theyīre all punks at heart, though, and the DIY ethic and aesthetic is just as important to them as the tunes. And "tunes" they indeed have across their full-length debut, "Spectral Intercession". With gutted tones just on the right side of raw and a horrifying intro to set the scene, Coffin Mulch lurch and crunch forward with ominous intent. Each of the albumīs eight tracks offers ample proof of the potency of traditional, turn-of-the-90īs Death Metal, especially so, when itīs done with this much passion and intensity. Indeed, no matter the tempo employed (and quite often, the band stick to a headbanging gallop), Coffin Mulch make you feel every mangled riff, every ragged drum-hit, every tortured tonsil... The songwriting may be simple, but itīs not simplistic, and itīs their execution that truly puts over "Spectral Intercession". Nevertheless, theyīre not afraid to put a little twist here and there, whether itīs a fleeting (and subtly employed) guitar effect or an intentionally askew transition, and the rare guitar solo really hits with soul-searing aplomb. Or witness the eerie, climactic closer "Eternal Enslavement," where a doomed morass opens up and swallows the listener whole. Thereīs no shortage of "old school" Death Metal records these days, but itīs rare to find one with such personality thatīs unselfconscious and not belabored. Coffin Mulch find that sweet spot with "Spectral Intercession"!

ETERNAL ROT - Moribound CD [MEMENTO-CXXVIII]
The highly anticipated 3rd album by this Polish/U.K. band. Eternal Rot crawled out of a musty dungeon in London in 2012, born out of a passion for Death Metal by Mayer and Grindak. Their 2013 Promo Tape demo (released as Grave Grooves on 7" EP through Fallen Temple Productions a year after), featured two swampy and deadly tracks that attracted vigilant zombies who began to spread the word about a new sonic disease. A few years of disgusting excavations later, they joined forces with Godz Ov War Productions and spewed out the debut album "Cadaverine", which was adorned with the artwork of Mark Riddick, who would ultimately become the bandīs artist of choice from then on. Shortly after, the duo were joined by Radek Pierściński (Meat Spreader, Neuropathia, The Dead Goats) on drums, and the result was the bandīs second album, "Putridarium", which featured an improved formula of their already trademark purulent and über-crushing Death Metal. The bandīs latest chapter of filth up to date was the 2021 split with Death/Doom Metal powerhouse Coffins, on Behind the Mountain Records. Now, at long last, Eternal Rot will release their 3rd album, "Moribound". Aptly titled in a perverse way and again graced with another unforgettable Mark Riddick cover, "Moribound" proves that the power-trioīs Death Metal is as undead as ever - "rottenly fresh", as it were, or perhaps "freshly rotten"! No compromise made and no quarter given, Eternal Rot stick to their grimy guns and unleash another slab of organ-crushing, mind-blowing, and sickening Death Metal. That itīs stripped to the fucking bone is one thing (and indeed it is); that itīs insanely catchy is another! Someone once said that it takes a truly smart man to know when to be dumb, and Eternal Rot just might be the smartest men around with the ignorant, knuckle-dragging stomp of "Moribound". Thereīs just no resisting these anthems-in-the-making, especially as the gut-wrenching crunch devours you whole and then sucks the very marrow from both bone and soul. Of course, a horror-drenched atmosphere still pervades all that Eternal Rot do, but the modus operandi here is undeniably the absolute crush of the listener - in the catchiest way possible! Maniacs for Autopsy, Undergang, Hooded Menace, Rippikoulu, Anatomia, Disma, Coffins, Grave, Incantation and Funebrarum, prepare to permanently add Eternal Rot to that list with "Moribound"!

FORMLESS OEDON - Streams of Rot CD [MEMENTO-CXXIX]
The impressive debut full-length by this Filipino band. Formless Oedon came into being in late 2019 when founder/songwriter Rozel decided to re-ignite an old project that he had envisioned way back in 2014, which he later put on hiatus after facing difficulties in finding dedicated bandmates with the same passion for Death Metal. The band was originally started as a three-piece act comprised of fellow bandmates Jonathan and Andrei from local Thrash Metal group Desolator. The band owes much of their style and sound to old Finnish bands such as Demigod, Purtenance, Rippikoulu and Convulse, and other legendary bands including (but not limited to) Incantation, Dead Congregation and Immolation. In December 2019, Formless Oedon recorded an EP titled "Deathless Luminosity", which was then released in March 2020, during the peak of the pandemic in their country. The EP garnered the attention of the underground scene in their home country as well as overseas. With nationwide borders finally relaxing restrictions and live shows slowly returning to life, the band now aims to finally carve their piece of sonic history into the scene by releasing their debut album, actively playing live shows, and taking the underground by storm. Indeed, Formless Oedon should take the underground by storm with said debut album, appropriately titled "Streams of Rot". Form meeting content, "Streams of Rot" is a festering sore of old-school filth in the Finnish tradition: lumbering but volatile, dripping with slime yet exactingly executed, and utterly world-eating no matter the tempo. However, the quartet are total Death Metal maniacs above all, and authentically integrate myriad other twists into that noble paradigm, betraying a wealth of personality and charisma even while strictly coloring within the lines. Feel their "Streams of Rot" wash over you!

[2023-08-01]
DISTRO UPDATE!!!
This is the list of new items and restocks that arrived at http://memento-mori.es/store.php over the course of the last month:

(*) canīt be included in our deals/promotions (5x4, 10x8, 15x12, etc...)

(*) ACCIDENTAL SUICIDE - Dead Erotica CD
ASHEN - Godless Oath MCD
ASHEN - Ritual of Ash CD
(*) ASPHYX - Asphyx CD
(*) ASPHYX - God Cries CD
(*) ASPHYX - Embrace the Death CD
(*) ASPHYX - On the Wings of Inferno CD
BIGOTRY - Step to the Grave CD
BONE WEAPON - Thrive or Starve MCD
BONEYARD / DEAD HAND CARESS - ... And the Tombs Broke Open / Night of the "Twisted Caresses" CD
BONEYARD - Ghoulish Tunes CD
BURIAL CHAMBER - Symbolic Flesh Entombed CD
CADAVERIC INCUBATOR - Nightmare Necropolis CD
(*) CARVED IN FLESH - As Seen Through Tears CD
CIRCLE OF BLOOD - Leviathan MCD
CORPSESSED - Skeletal Grotesquery CD
CORROSIVE - Iīm Bleeding CD
(*) DEAD END - Forever Is Not Eternal CD
(*) DEAD END - Reborn from the Ancient Grave CD
DEVOID - Return to the Void CD
DRAWN AND QUARTERED - To Kill Is Human CD
DRAWN AND QUARTERED - The One Who Lurks CD
DRAWN AND QUARTERED - Congregation Pestilence CD
ECTOPLASMA - Spitting Coffins CD
ELDPROV - Rift CD
EMBALMED - Brutal Delivery of Vengeance CD
ERODED - Darkness Awaits the Dead CD
FATHER BEFOULED - Morbid Destitution of Covenant CD
FATHER BEFOULED - Crowned in Veneficum CD
GEHENNA - The Horror Begins​.​.​. at the Valley of Gore CD
GRAVECRAWLER - Anthology: The Horrors Unleashed CD
GUTS - Decay CD
HAMVAK - Maelstrom of Abhorrent Incantations CD
HORMAGAUNT - In the Flesh CD
IMPALED - The Last Gasp CD
(*) IMPETIGO - Ultimo Mondo Cannibale CD
(*) IMPETIGO - Horror of the Zombies CD
INANNA - Transfigured in a Thousand Delusions CD
INFESTER - Darkness Unveiled CD
INFESTER - To the Depths, in Degradation 2CD
MALIGNANT AURA - Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me CD
NASTY SURGEONS - Exhumation Requiem CD
NASTY SURGEONS - Infectious Stench CD
NASTY SURGEONS - A Night in the Morgue CD
NASTY SURGEONS / CARNIVORACY - Infecting the Morgue CD
NASTY SURGEONS - Anatomy Lessons CD
NECROTUM - Condemned to Burn CD
NECROTUM - Undead Symbiosis CD
OBSIDIAN HOOVES - Morbidity CD
OBSIDIAN HOOVES - Illuminating Void CD
OS - Stationes Viae Mortis CD
PARASITIC EQUILIBRIUM - Despise Human CD
PARASITIC EQUILIBRIUM - Dark Meditation CD
PARASITIC EQUILIBRIUM - Tyrannical CD
(*) POLLUTED INHERITANCE - Ecocide CD
(*) POLLUTED INHERITANCE - Betrayed CD
PUSTILENCE - The Birth of the Beginning Before the Inception of the End MCD
PUTRICID - Suppuration CD
SAPREMIA - Subconscious Existence CD
SCABBARD - Nonsense War + Better to Die CD
SCABBARD - Beginning of Extinction CD
SCABBARD - Extended Mirror CD
SCABBARD - Lidské Loutky CD
SCENERY - The Drowning Shadow of Mankind CD
SCENT OF DEATH - Into Everlasting Hate CD
SEVERE TORTURE - Feasting on Blood CD
SEVERE TORTURE - Misanthropic Carnage CD
SOUL MASSACRE - Despair of Human Being CD
SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH - The Plague of Aeons CD
SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH - ...However It Still Moves CD
SUFFERANCE - For the Madness Beyond MCD
THE GRIFTED - Doomsday & Salvation CD
THE PLAGUE - Within Death CD
(*) TORCHURE - The Demos 2CD
(*) TORCHURE - Beyond the Veil CD
WHARFLURCH - Shitslime MCD
WHARFLURCH - Psychedelic Realms ov Hell CD
AVENGER - Shadows of the Damned CD (digipak)
AVENGER - Godless CD
DAEDRIC ARMOUR - Daedric Armour CD
HERESIARCH - Incursions CD
MYTHOS - Moulded in Clay MCD
(*) MYTHOS - Pain Amplifier CD
THE FUROR - Double Armageddon CD
THE FUROR - Head Full of Hell CD
(*) TYRANTS BLOOD - Into the Kingdom of Graves CD
VAHRZAW - Twin Suns & Wolves Tongues CD
VAHRZAW - In the Shallows of a Starlit Lake CD
WOEWARDEN - In the Art of My Caged Existence CD
WOLFCROSS - From the North CD
BATTLEGRAVE - Cavernous Depths CD
ENERGETIC KRUSHER - Path to Oblivion 2CD
(*) HEADHUNTER - Parody of Life CD
HORRID SIGHT - Evil Made Flesh CD
IDLE RUIN - The Fell Tyrant CD
LAST LEGION - Metall, Blod & Aska CD
VEXATION - Trepidation Reigns CD
(*) VIO-LENCE - Kill on Command - The Vio-Lence Demos 2CD
OBED MARSH - Innsmouth CD
OBED MARSH - Dunwich CD
OCEAN OF GRIEF - Nightfallīs Lament CD
OCEAN OF GRIEF - Pale Existence CD

[2023-07-19]
OFFICIAL STATEMENT!!!
Weīll keep it simple: the factory fucked up big time. We received our new releases yesterday and it turns out the Eternal Rot CD contains the audio of the Formless Oedon album, and the Formless Oedon CD contains the audio of the Eternal Rot album. Quite obviously, both CDīs will have to be pressed again and that means that the release date will be pushed back between two and four weeks.

Thanks for your understanding and patience.

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