THE 3rd AND THE MORTAL - 2 EP's (LP)

Release Date: September 10th, 2021

Standard sleeve, black vinyl.

The 3rd and the Mortal were a Norwegian experimental metal band, founded in Trondheim, in 1990. The band started out as a melodic death metal band, shifting to doom metal, mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and vocals. The band went on to experiment with genres such as progressive rock, jazz, ambient, folk and electronica.

The 3rd and the Mortal were one of the forerunners of the atmospheric metal scene. Being among the first to have a female lead singer, they inspired bands such as The Gathering, Flowing Tears and Nightwish.

“Tears Laid In Earth” (1994) was the band’s first full album. Early on they also released two EP’s: Sorrow (1994) and Nightswan (1995). These EP’s were later included in the CD “EP’s and Rarities”, together with two bonus tracks. For this vinyl reissues series, we have made a vinyl containing the two EP’s, with the bonus tracks from the “EP’s and Rarities” CD moved to side 4 of the last album in this package, “Memoirs” (2002).

TRACK LIST  2 EP’S/ EP’s & RARITIES

- Sorrow EP:

01. Grevinnens Bønn

02. SorrowRing of Fire

03. Silently

04. I Surrender

- Nightswan EP:

01. Neurosis

02. Depth of Memories

0.3 The MeadowVavonia

- Bonus tracks (CD):

0.1 Horizon (remix)

02. Elephantine Waltz