Mors Principium Est
There are certainly no shortage of melodic death metal
bands out there, though Finland has produced fewer than
other countries (such as, obviously, Sweden).
Mors Principium Est came together in 1999 and have released
two albums, with the 2003 debut
Inhumanity reviewed
here.
The band has been compared to fellow Finns such as
Omnium Gatherum
and
Children Of Bodom ,
both valid reference points though MPE is at least trying
not to clone the melodic death genre.
Keyboards are using sparingly but effectively, giving the
group a slightly darker tone to blend with the speedy
riffing and typically harsh vocals.
As with many bands, they are neither blatant copyists
nor blindingly original, relegating them (for now) to
up-and-coming status.
Upcoming album: Darkness Invisible ,
release date September 26, 2025.
Former Members/Guests
Karri Kuisma
guitars
Andy Gillion
guitars
Andhe Chandler
guitars
Kevin Verlay
guitars (Agressor )
Toni Nummelin
keyboards
Joona Kukkola
keyboards
Mikko Sipola
drums
Discography
Studio
Inhumanity
2003
Listenable
Another Creation
Eternity's Child
In My Words
Inhumanity
D.I.B.
The Lust Called Knowledge
Oblivion
Life in Black
Last Apprentice
Into Illusion
Hijo de la Luna (japanese bonus)
Ville Viljanen
Jori Haukio
Jarkko Kokko
Teemu Heinola
Toni Nummelin
Mikko Sipola
The Unborn
2005
Listenable
Pure
The Harmony Remains
Parasites of Paradise
Two Steps Away
Altered State of Consciousness
Spirit-Conception
The Unborn
Fragile Flesh
Pressure
The Glass Womb
Blood of Heroes (digipack bonus)
No More (digipack bonus)
Ville Viljanen
Jori Haukio
Jarkko Kokko
Teemu Heinola
Joona Kukkola
Mikko Sipola
Liberation = Termination
2007
Listenable
Orsus
The Oppressed Will Rise
The Animal Within
Finality
Cleansing Rain
Forgotten
Sinners Defeat
The Distance Between
It Is Done
Terminal Liberation
Lost Beyond Retrieval
Ville Viljanen
Karri Kuisma
Jarkko Kokko
Teemu Heinola
Joona Kukkola
Mikko Sipola
... And Death Said Live
2012
AFM
The Awakening
Departure
I Will Return
Birth of the Starchild
Bringer of Light
Ascension
...and Death Said Live
Destroyer of All
What the Future Holds?
The Meadows of Asphodel
Dead Winds of Hope
Ville Viljanen
Andy Gillion
Andhe Chandler
Teemu Heinola
Mikko Sipola
Dawn Of The 5th Era
2014
AFM
Enter the Asylum
God Has Fallen
Leader of the Titans
We Are the Sleep
Innocence Lost
I Am War
Monster in Me
Apricity
Wrath of Indra
The Journey
The Forsaken
Ville Viljanen
Andy Gillion
Kevin Verlay
Teemu Heinola
Mikko Sipola
2014 Readers' Album
#84
Embers Of A Dying World
2017
AFM
Genesis
Reclaim the Sun
Masquerade
Into the Dark
The Drowning
Death Is the Beginning
The Ghost
In Torment
Agnus Dei
The Colours of the Cosmos
Apprentice of Death
Ville Viljanen
Andy Gillion
Teemu Heinola
Mikko Sipola
Seven
2020
AFM
A Day for Redemption
Lost in a Starless Aeon
In Frozen Fields
March to War
Rebirth
Reverence
Master of the Dead
The Everlong Night
At the Shores of Silver Sand
My Home, My Grave
Ville Viljanen
Andy Gillion
Marko Tommila
Liberate The Unborn Inhumanity
2022
AFM
Cleansing Rain
Eternity's Child
The Unborn
The Lust Called Knowledge
Valley of Sacrifice, Part 1
Finality
Two Steps Away
Inhumanity
Pure
The Animal Within
Life in Black
Fragile Flesh
Valley of Sacrifice, Part 2
Ville Viljanen
Jori Haukio
Jarkko Kokko
Teemu Heinola
Marko Tommila
Darkness Invisible
RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2025
2025
Reigning Phoenix
Of Death
Venator
Monuments
Tenebrae Latebra
Summoning the Dark
Beyond the Horizon
The Rivers of Avernus
In Sleep There Is Peace
An Aria of the Damned
All Life Is Evil
Makso mitä makso (Isac Elliot cover)
Ville Viljanen
Jori Haukio
Jarkko Kokko
Teemu Heinola
Marko Tommila