MORTEMIA - The One I Once Was (Official)

[Morkmothic]

The best artist from the Gothic Metal scene without any doubt, and those choirs are the most epic thing I have ever heard. Morten Veland is a genious.

[rayschalch]

Yeah!!!!! \m/_ 

[jolevolimiliju4ever]

This is MASTERPIECE! O.O

[MrWIIFM]

I don't speak Norwegian, which I'm assuming is what the chorus is speaking in, anybody know what it means? -=80)



[meggoomph]

seem like the cenaries of God of War uasuhsauhsa,

[flipettino]

:fuckyea:

[Ridley1563]

Bleh...this sounds like Sirenia minus Ailyn. The production's good on both projects, but the song structures are super monotonous. Like on Nine Destinies and a Downfall, every song had a chorus that from from the iv chord to the i chord while the chick sang the same style melodies and then he comes in with a guitar solo that replicates the vocal melody. It's boring. I think that if this guy would just break away from formulas, he could write some really great stuff.

[buchhagen]

This is nothing like Sirenia and doesn't need female vocals. I am soooooo happy Mortem put this out. He is awesome! 

[toshiroowns]

Whats this? A new band has been discovered!

Bookmark to favorites? [Yes]

[SpykeZ0129]

@toshiroowns Oh wow, you should look into Morten Veland's other bands. The guy you see playing guitar is the only musician in this band unless he does shows then he hires people. Look into older Tristania and Sirenia

[B9L3M]

beautiful as dark.

[ANVrocks]

Love the song except for the mammoth choir chorus vocals.

[eyesack9]

this make me want to fight a bear naked with a pirana hanging from my nuts

[pineapplepeanuts]

Morten Veland is the shit. Songwriters like Mikael Akerfeldt are talented and get the recognition they deserve, but Veland is in that echelon and doesn't get that same respect. He kinda lost me after Elixer for Existence, but when he turned around and did this, I was stoked. Keep it metal Morten.

[Kam69Infernal]

62 people aren't the ones they were.

[JackOfBlades]

Sooo good =)

Oh how I miss the old days from both Tristania and Sirenia(At Sixes And Sevens)

[MajorDad0]

Fuck this is great !! \m/(-_- )\m/

[Soulintent26]

Good song, but it's missing a woman's touch on chorus imo anyways =(.

[baaelSiljan]

@Soulintent26 Vibeke !

[erika3262]

---------ste tema es buenaso----------

[erika3262]

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[TheManifestationist]

This song just misses something... a woman voice, or more precisely, Vibeke's voice. Then it will be a complete Tristania...

[kashito]

@TheManifestationist

Actually you are right!! that´s my biggest dream!! morten... look for vibeke!!! you guys can do an epic thing!!! sometimes i get sad when i listen to songs like my lost lenore or december elegy!!

[kashito]

Finally something good!! I think every body are tired to listen the "new gothic bands" and say... WTF is going on?? Thank you morten for this, this is the kind of music that most of tristania fans want to listen

[Bitterflyify]

I relate to this song so very much! Helped me through a very dark moment. Thank you so much, Morten! ♥ \m/

[feastingthebeastamon]

incredibil :X:X:X love it verry good job

[MrTERROR62]

Кипелов??????

[Ixitor]

@MrTERROR62 Пресняков :)

[MrTERROR62]

@Ixitor старший)

[Heruhi]

just discovered this one, someone wanna be a friend and tell me a bit about this band's background?

[zigbig2]

@Heruhi Morten Veland is the founder of this band. He is also in the band Sirenia (I think he founded that band also). There is only one band member which is.. you guessed it, him. He does all the instruments, production, engineering, and mixing.

[Newcomer181]

Wish I didn't suck at playing a guitar :'(

[ChaosDrA]

It's nice how they belive that this is real "black" metal :))

[Dreamon4Vali]

!!!...I cover my weary eyes,can't face no more of this life.All I lived for is now gone,I've suffered along for far too long...!!!

[Stoppsladd]

I feel its a little bit too close to Sirenia..?? With a female vocalist here and well....you get Sirenia????? But its still great though.

[Metalistforlife]

@Stoppsladd Well that is to be expected I guess, considering he does most of the composing for Sirenia. I think Morten really wanted to so a more solo project with this album. After hearing most of it, I think it came out rather excellent.

[66Haunted]

To wideo to prawdziwe dzieło sztuki!

[taxi911]

@ 1:55 - is that Niilo Sevanen from Insomnium?

[iTziLeg1Tz]

Wasn't sure this was going to turn out with the beginning of the song.. BUT DAMN THIS IS AWESOME. 

[Kalimdor199]

@nstgc379 When you are in a band, if musically speaking, the views of the members differ, then it is common to see some artists leaving and form a band with the image they have in their mind. It's not about abandon, ego or humility, some people want to make a band based on their own musical views, that is how a true artist should be. The fact that he left Tristania was due to him being true to himself and for his goals.

[nstgc379]

@Kalimdor199 Meh, ass hole or artist, I still bought the CD.

[death61000]

this is awsome omg  \M/

[Mari90Dee]

Muy Apero ;)

[Wiccanize]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lady76140]

Mortemia e demais

[pomares316]

Al metal gotico, lo que Mustaine es al thrash.

[labis86gr]

Sounds soooo Sineria...

[9rmetal]

@labis86gr yup but without the chick

[MrKebatu]

BUENISIMA LA ROLA. EXCELENTE GRUPO

[MrGogoZec]

That growling sucks. Great riffs, but they need a proper singer/vocalist. This guy really sucks.

[ScarsOfTheForgotten]

@MrGogoZec trollololol

[SinsOvSodom]

@MrGogoZec Morten Veland is actually quite talented, his growls convey raw aggression and have passion to them.

[iProtoMerkabah]

This is just too epic

[Kromaethius007]

Very solid and a one man band. He inspires me...

[XxxfuckmassacrexxX]

Is mortem from sirenia?!!!

[Amranwen]

@XxxfuckmassacrexxX Yes, he also played in Tristania^^

[DirtyFreaks]

The most talented person in the world.

[KIMR76]

This is my favorite band Lyrics: I cover my weary eyes Can't face no more of this life All I lived for is now gone I've suffered along for far too long I summon the strength in me I call upon who I used to be I summon the strength inside But it does no longer abide I call in vain upon who I once was I can't regain the strength that I long since lost

[metallifan11]

so this is just one dude doing everything?

[Tsayam2]

@metallifan11 yes it's just him making everything, he is Morten Veland the one who initiated the project from Tristania and Sirenia

[Satantransvertdeath]

Ugh, this just makes metal look really bad.

[puddingbak]

too bad it's not available on spotify...this album rulezzz

[MrV1nc3nt]

this song.... too much epicness

[cssanyi1991gmailcom]

it's like Sirenia... Sirenia copy... but not bad. :)

[Beer666Drinker]

THAT'S NOT DISLIKE BAR,ITS A FAGGOT-COUNTER!!!

[KAIJATHOUGHTtm]

I just had an eargasm.

[MarioVuori]

Morten Veland sucks with Sirenia (these days) and solo he sucks even more! What has become out of the good musician he once was? I think this is how he should interpret "The One I Once Was" himself. The one who used to write good songs and good lyrics and not this crap he is producing nowadays with every song sounding similar and containing exactly the same lyrics! Look at his old band Tristania: At least they are using real drums, not like Veland! Morten! Where is The Once You Once Were???

[demonsangells]

"I call in vain upon who I once was.."

"I can't regain the strength I long lost..."

My favorite part of the song.

[DHughes1337]

1 person is mad. lolol

[AlatreusDyesis]

Mortemia deberia sacar otro álbum me gusta mucho c:

[super123jason]

amazing!!!!

[444guns]

this is god damn' geniusss :) \m/

[fateswolves]

has he came out with further solo career work?

[jordysfn]

one men band, awesome

[MsEvita666]

I'm seriously stuck in this album!!!!! Amazing sound... Amazing work in total

[NestorBresolin]

morten veland ftw

[Remainsofdeath]

damn thats long ago hearing this... must be like 1 year ago?

altough it was better in my memories

[tem63rj]

eeeeeeeeeeeee k musica es ta padre esa musica (=

[TwirlingSun]

That's more like what the Enigma of Life should have sounded like :|

[dm19791]

48 People don't know the beauty of real Music!

[musicmine3000]

The video description says it all. It's great, and I really hope he keeps going with this. But I still wonder if he will ever top what he did with Tristania? He is obviously more talented nowadays, but for me, his current work just doesn't nail it like Widow's Weeds and Beyond the Veil.

[fireoflivinghell1025]

vittu Kyllä

[saraguadalupe87]

mortemia es y sera lo mejor que aya sacado morten veland facisnande maestro

[MsImmortalMoon]

Eargasm. :O Very good \,,/

[wolfheart1982]

Now I know for sure that the reason I used to like Tristania was beacause this guy was in the band.

[jimmyska4]

IS THAT GRAHAM NORTON IN THE PRISON CELL??!! DARRRN GOT CAUGHT BUMMIN A MOTH AGAIN!! ^.^

[Creativinity7]

Mortemia = Old Sirenia.

I'm listening to this now. Hate the new Sirenia, it just sounds like pop with some metal sprinkled in between.

[TheWweqwe]

this fucking song is fucking awsome !!!! FUCK

[StickYouUp]

47 idiot clicked and watched this vid....still more idiot to come......XD

[darkdragon0606]

love it

[mudcradle]

i'm guessing this played live would be awesome.....this or any other song by morten veland's mortemia

[SanjeevGeorgeV]

sounds very gothic.What does the video mean?

[TCorreiaOAZ]

simply amazing <3

[DeadlyRose1]

the choir sounds like serenia

[Kleinlandia]

200 thousand views, very nice...but I tink, it deserves 2 million :)

[evildude18]

@Kleinlandia u mean 200 million!!! :)

[shatteredMUNDUM]

Epic song and you can see it in the like/dislike bar. Not a lot of videos have so small the dislike bar.

[KELITATH]

@shatteredMUNDUM This shouldn't even have a dislike bar, this is MUSIC dude! this is... CULTURE! fuck yeah!

[shatteredMUNDUM]

@KELITATH I know, instead of that, this should have the EPIC LIKE BAR Yeah!!!

[kinsmon123]

@KELITATH Morten Veland does the same fucking shit over and over again. No diversity. He is a skilled musician but he was better when he was with Tristania, now everything he does just seems recycled.

[KELITATH]

@kinsmon123 Maybe... but shit happens, if he's not with Tristania anymore, it must be for a reason which I don't know cuz i'm not always following my favorite's artists lifesteps... but... I like this recycled stuff so... ;D anyway...

[FullMetalPanicNL]

Ah this sounds more like the good old Sirenia from the first 2 albums.

Mortem Veland stated in an interview once he wanted to be more like the likes of Epica....dunno what he's thinking...but well he makes the music so he can do as he pleases I suppose.

Glad he started this side project none the less.

[SamuelCZsAm]

i hate comercializing of metal, i hope people like that will be immortal, coz i want hear them at my funeral...they are real symbols of metal

[vanessaweber]

Morten <3

[darklight076]

It's a beautiful song, but It only needs the heavenly voice of Vibeke...

[Weegebeny1]

@darklight076 heavenly voice of Vibeke... what do you mean ?

[Th3Hatebreeder]

@darklight076 Isn't 2 bands with female voices enough for you ffs?

That's exactly what this project/band is NOT supposed to be.

[coolman19901]

its like a mix between classic opera and badass metal. PURE GENIUS!!!!

[gothivan]

pues... la diferencia entre Mortemia y Sirenia es que, ya no hay voces femeninas... sigue siendo lo mismo, hasta por ratos repetitivo.

en fin, soy fan de Morten como compositor... ambos proyectos son excelentes!

[demonsangells]

Best part was 0:00 - 4:45 (last second was lame cause that's where the song ends)

[Kleinlandia]

The Mortemia's album is fantastic ^.^

Cool video :) Morten is genial

[LiquidAsh666]

I've been listening to this song at least 20 times a day for a week and I still can't get enough of it! Morten is freakin awesome! \m/

[WayTooManyFriends]

@LiquidAsh666 FUCK YES! i listen to it 40 X everyday!

[gremlinjr]

OH << Blondie looks so scarey!! .. man the bad 80's are over...vocals sound... oh like every other stupid band out there... NOT too exciting!! ... Lookin for a different group I think.... yeah...

[DirtyFreaks]

2:54 - 3:04

[MewMewLover6]

this is wat happens when u go to prison

[DOBROVOLJAC92]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW REFREAIN ? if you know please write it

[karabaja991]

@DOBROVOLJAC92 Pa googlaj, nesreco :)

[DiabolicDistortion]

I want the tabs of the solo soo badly!!

[demonsangells]

"I call in vain upon who I once was - I can't regain the strengh I long lost..."

I love that part..

[Danielindo1990]

Who has the text of the words in Latin? :S

[BlackCyclamen]

@Danielindo1990 If you get the lyrics in Latin please send me!! :)

[Danielindo1990]

@BlackCyclamen I haven't a Lyrics, i found too XD

[DieBoxxxx]

In fact, this song is a copy of Seven Keys And Nine Doors from Sirenia.

[DieBoxxxx]

Are you freaking kidding me? This is sirenia with a male singer., Lack of Creativity, & their production is the same thing.

[DiabolicDistortion]

@DieBoxxxx

The man you see in this video is Marten Veland. He is the former songwriter, lyricswriter and founder of Tristania and the founder songwriter and lyricswriter of Sirenia. It's definitely no lack of creativity.

[DieBoxxxx]

@DiabolicDistortion wow! I did not know that, but if he has another band, at least this one would have to sound a little different from the bands that already he has. Anyway, Mortemia is alright! I like it.

[DiabolicDistortion]

@DieBoxxxx yeah, i think so, too. I found somewhere an interview in which he said it sounds very similar (mortemia and the others). that's why he didn't want a female singer in mortemia, because then, it would be almost the same^^

[Samfekt]

Sirenia without Ailyn

[thenewshaymetal666]

35 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE GOOD MUSIC

[666BLOODchild666]

@thenewshaymetal666 

46,unfortunetly.

[tomdabom007]

@thenewshaymetal666 One person shouldn't waste their time worrying about it.

[beastboy834]

@thenewshaymetal666 51 PEOPLE HAVE A FUCKING OPINION, YOU WITLESS BLUDGER.

[vivaladeadman]

From top to bottom, this is a great album. I've always loved Morten's work. The only thing I dislike about Sirenia's recent two albums is that it doesn't feature his vocals as much. I hope he continues to produce Mortemia albums so I can get my Veland fix!

[BigDaddyJohnson]

Awsome!

[TheKevkev999]

good e-gittar

[Jgbart1]

Super sweet song >:]

[WinterDruidess]

This is why we love Morten Veland!!!!

Tired of watching great goth metal bands turning into POP!

[Darkmacabre666]

Morten Veland was shit after he left Tristania. The first two Sirenia albums are decent. I really only love "Sumerian Haze" off At Sixes and Sevens. True gothic metal is dying/dead. Even Trail of Tears sounds like a better version of Dimmu Borgir now.

[SpykeZ0129]

@Darkmacabre666 Ugh dimmu just isn't dimmu without their keyboardist and vortex, but he is going back to Borknagar which is good :D

[evildonkey2000]

If he just had a bunch of extra arms he could also do the live performances by himself.

[hissingatrocity]

this is surely the worst record i heard last year and i can't understand how mr. veland can be called a genius while doing the same, kitsch and ridiculus thing over and over and over since years. and please note that my fav sirenia album is nine destinies if you know what i mean. for fuck's sake if at leats he didn't use these same fucking choirs, i think it's 5 years already that he's spamming them around!

[666vlexia]

@hissingatrocity just go with it. hell, its better than new tristania :P

[hissingatrocity]

@666vlexia if you consider that i'm a fan of tristania since about '98-'99 and rubicon is my fav album together with ashes...

[666vlexia]

@hissingatrocity i was just stating an opinion, i dont wanna start an arguement

[hissingatrocity]

@666vlexia so did i, don't worry ;)

[666vlexia]

@hissingatrocity alright cool, im just too used to all these people that want to argue and whine over the internet. thank u for not bein one of them!

[hissingatrocity]

@666vlexia i'm not 13 anymore hahaha! although i admit that often i strongly express my opinions i try never to fall by using offensive words, insults, etc. problem is that many people forget that when you write you don't hear HOW that thing has really been said and so misunderstandings grow ;)

[666vlexia]

@hissingatrocity well happy 14th bday then! XD jk. i understand, i have the same problem when i txt someone and they cant READ my sarcasm :P

[puffintuffer]

@hissingatrocity So you've been listening to Tristania since about 98 or 99? You're not 14, if that were the case you would have been two or three years old when you started listening.

How old were you when you became a troll?

[hissingatrocity]

@puffintuffer in case you're serious: what?!

in case you're not: beware, i'm a uruk-hai. a loaded one. :P

[puffintuffer]

@hissingatrocity Uruk-hai?.....is that another name for troll?

Forget it, should I just call you Golum or Smeegle?

[hissingatrocity]

@puffintuffer do what thou wilt, just don't expect me to call you "my precioussss" hahaha :D

[SoloDomoProductions]

I worship the following gods: Morten Veland and Tuomas Holopainen.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@SoloDomoProductions - Lol @ Toumas Holopainen. <3

[voltage99]

this whole album is full of awesomeness

[purpleshrykull]

morten is cool

[MoonlightXIII]

I have to ask, what's the chant at the beginning of the video? None of the lyric sites seem to have it.

[damnedxdivine]

Let's pray that this is Vibeke's chance to come back.

[eldurotuti]

Ok the video... good work... but, where are the rest of the band?... in this way the video is for my... a piece of shit...

[IngoReuter]

@eldurotuti Morten palyed all instruments by himself, so you see the whole band in the video.

[eldurotuti]

@IngoReuter Ok now understand... a friend of my bring me the album then when i saw the video say... what the hell. Ok now searching in the web find the information about Morten... Sorry for my bad comment and my bad english.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@IngoReuter - Haha, I like the way you put that. I had no idea the he played the entire music !! Very talented!

[ucod001]

@IngoReuter at the same time.

hes that awesome.

[perkele181]

@IngoReuter btw the drums are a computer mixing program not a real drumkit

[perkele181]

@IngoReuter now that is fucking wrong . the drumkit is playd by a computer !