Outputs created during the period of December 2004 (when I met Brandi) to January 2006 (When I met Dylan).
To understand how Throne of Mortality formed, we must go back a year before, around October 2004, at the end of the Scapegoat phase. While attending a New Jersey high school, J.P. Stevens, I met Howard Change (Sabbat) by coincidence, as I was wearing a Mr. Bungle t-shirt or hoodie (I had both). That autumn …
This is perhaps one of the most important songs in the transition from the amateur days to the serious composing period. I began composing “Ballad for a Goddess” in September of 2004, during the end of Scapegoat, as a dedication for Nicole Coughlin. This early version was only the clean guitar part and was most …
These demos were recorded in October 2005 and not only marked the first time I was alone in Throne of Mortality, but also the last recordings of the death metal pieces in TOM (although I did re-record some of them later on to see what I still had in me). I had an intro which …
-Story Development with Howard (September 2005 – December 2005) “Silk Winter” was a short film script I wrote from September of 2005 to May of 2006, with a quick revival in the first quarter of 2007. It was based on a poem written by Howard Change (Sabbat in Throne of Mortality) of the same name. …
This song was the first true black metal song I ever wrote. It was in the late summer of 2005. It was originally called “You Will Die” but after a suggestion from Howie, it was extended to “You Will Fucking Die”. This song was re-recorded on almost every Throne of Mortality demo, apart from the …
This was the first official Throne of Mortality release, and technically the only official one, since everything else only contained demos in my eyes. This was recorded in September of 2005 on a cassette tape when Howard Eichenblatt (Sabbat) and I were jamming in my parents garage. I recall this taking place in late afternoon, because …
These were unused Throne of Mortality lyrics written by Howard Eichenblatt (Sabbat) sometime in the late summer of 2005. Your hair washed upon the waves Of the sea and lady I knew That I was dreaming, or dead. Crustacean life has found itself Upon your skin and I swear You never looked as good As at …
These were unused Throne of Mortality lyrics written by Howard Eichenblatt (Sabbat) sometime in the late summer of 2005. I scorn the souls that deny My vision of life and death Rejection is an art Of which I am a lord For every place I look I find nothing but the minds And hearts of tedium. …
These were unused Throne of Mortality lyrics written by Howard Eichenblatt (Sabbat) sometime in the late summer of 2005. The rubble of suffered centuries As the vermin feast on the memory Of a brighter, sun lit dream. There is no flourish Of minds and matters in this Kingdom Of Stupidity, Where greed lurks in every …
Somewhere behind the lines, something about The Slopin Fairy 7 evolved into Throne of Mortality. Even if there was a big gap of nothing in between, and even some droplets of completely different material. The System of a Down cover band and the Eighteen Visions/Bleeding Through influenced metalcore compositions were somehow fit between these two, but the …
I think it was during autumn 2004 that I started becoming obsessed with Dracula. It was mostly an obsession with the Dracula movies, and strictly Dracula, I hated all other vampires. I was watching all the Dracula movies I could find. By the spring of 2005 I was considering myself a Dracula movie expert. I …
Alfred Hitchcock was my favorite director from the time I first saw Vertigo. But back in 2005 it was almost impossible to see episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, unless you had the Book Chanel on TV. Nothing else was airing it, and maybe that channel wasn’t even airing it at that moment. I used to …