MORTEMIA single feat. Maja Shining (Forever Still)

Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) is releasing the 7th Mortemia song from ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’. The track features Maja Shining (Forever Still) on guest vocals, is now out on all digital platforms. The track is entitled ‘Here Comes Winter’.

Quote – Morten Veland:

“I am proud and honoured to introduce my friend Maja Shining as my special guest for ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’. The seventh song is entitled ‘Here Comes Winter’, and will be available on all digital platforms from the 29th of January 2022. Me and Maja toured together back in 2019, when both Sirenia and Forever Still were on the billing of the ‘Female Metal Voices Tour’. We became great friends right away, and it was a pleasure to hear Maja and the band perform every time. I feel truly privileged and thankful to have Maja onboard this project, and I am really looking forward to sharing this song with you all. This song is quite slow and atmospheric, but still packs some heaviness, even a bit doomy at times. And the amount of emotions that Maja has poured into her performance on this song I find no less than breathtaking.”

Quote – Maja Shining:

“I met Morten, back when we were touring with Forever Still and Sirenia on the  last tour before covid paralyzed the world and put an end to touring for  longer than anyone could have possibly imagined. We bonded fast on the  month-long Female Metal Voices Tour (maybe it was the Nordic kinship 😉 ), so I was very excited, when Morten asked me to collaborate on a song for Mortemia and said yes before even hearing it. The time of release couldn’t be more ideal, as the song perfectly embodies the spirit of cold, dark Scandinavian winter and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did working on it!“

After 11 years of silence Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Morten Veland is once more active with his solo project Mortemia, this time with a brand new concept. ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ is a series of singles  released on a monthly basis, each song featuring a well known and highly profiled guest singer from the metal scene, so far the following singers has contributed: 

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)