Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) released the ninth Mortemia song from ‘The Covid Aftermath Sessions’ today. The song is a cover version of the Greek band Mple’s original version first released back in 1996. The track is entitled ‘Fovamai’ and features Maxi Nil from the band Jaded Star on guest vocals, it’s available on all digital platforms.
Song on digital platforms: Fovamai (feat. Maxi Nil) by Mortemia – DistroKid
Morten Veland:
“I’m proud and honoured to welcome Maxi Nil Official from Jaded Star as my special guest for ‘The Covid Aftermath Sessions’. The song that we have done together is a cover version of the Greek band Mple (Μπλε) and the song is entitled “Fovamai” “Φοβάμαι”. Me and Maxi already talked about doing a collab together for some time, so I always had her in mind whenever recording new songs for Mortemia. In February this year I was in Greece to play a show in Athens with Sirenia. I was taking a taxi from the airport to the hotel, and on the radio this song came on. I instantly loved it and noted the name of the band and the song. I also knew right away that this song would fit perfectly for Maxi, and since the song is in Greek too, it could not be more perfect. I was thrilled to find out that Maxi also was a huge fan of this song, and shortly after we completed the recordings. I am so happy with how the song turned out, Maxi did an amazing performance that fitted the song perfectly. I feel truly privileged and thankful to have Maxi on board this project, and I am really looking forward to sharing this song with you all. The song will be available on all digital platforms on the 19th of July 2024. We have also made a video clip for the song that will premiere on Mortemia’s official youtube channel at 18:00 hours CET, the same day”.
Maxi Nil:
“I got to know Morten and Sirenia back in my days with Visions Of Atlantis. We shared the stage of many festivals and I’ve always liked his creative songwriting and musical expression. A few years back we started talking about a possible collaboration and now I know that it took so long for a reason! When he reached out and asked me to sing the Greek song “Fovamai” “Φοβάμαι” ,which means ” I’m afraid”, I was thrilled!This song first came out in 1996 by the band Ble (Μπλε) and quickly became extremely popular and touched countless of people. This collaboration with Morten came in a turning point of my life and singing those words with all my heart and soul worked as the perfect remedy for me.The timing couldn’ t be more perfect! I hope you get to feel the vibes even if you don’t speak Greek and enjoy our new approach to this beautiful song”!
After 11 years of silence Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Morten Veland activated his solo project Mortemia during the early stages of the Covid 19 pandemic, this time with a brand new concept consisting of collaborations with multiple guest singers. ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ was a series of singles released on a monthly basis, each song featuring a well known and highly profiled guest singer from the metal scene. Now he is ready to endeavor on the next project entitled ‘The Covid Aftermath Sessions’, once more the project will feature multiple amazing guest singers.
So far the following singers has contributed for his collaborations:
Madeleine Liljestam (Eleine)
Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Ayreon, MaYaN, Dark Horse White Horse)
Alessia Scolletti (Temperance, ERA)
Liv Kristine (Liv Kristine, ex-Theatre of Tragedy, ex-Leaves Eyes)
Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum, The Dark Side of the Moon)
Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers)
Maja Shining (Forever Still)
Erica Ohlsson (Metalite)
Heidi Parviainen (Dark Sarah, ex Amberian Dawn)
Zora Cock (Blackbriar)
Linda Toni Grahn (Anima Veil, ex Follow the Cipher)
Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic)
Federica Lanna (Volturian)
Ulli Perhonen (ex-Snow White Blood)
Ambre Vourvahis (Xandria)
Fabienne Erni (Eluveitie, Illumishade)
Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna)
Margarita Monet (Edge of Paradise)
Marina La Torraca (Exit Eden, Phantom Elite)
Nicoletta Rosellini (Kalidia, Walk in Darkness)
Maxi Nil (Jaded Star, ex Visions of Atlantis)