Mortician is a death metal band from Yonkers, New York founded in 1989. They have released most of their albums since the House by the Cemetery EP on Relapse Records but have released their latest album on their own label, Mortician Records. They have toured several times through America and Europe. The band is heavily inspired by horror movies, which is expressed in the lyrics, the artwork, and the use of samples throughout their discography.
The band was founded in 1989 under the name Casket, but their name was later changed to Mortician after writing their first song, "Mortician".
Will Rahmer was Incantation's vocalist during the period John McEntee played in Mortician.
The band has an obsession with horror and sci-fi movies, which is where their main influences comes from lyric-wise. On every album they use stock sample footage from movies on almost every track (in the vein of Impetigo).
Drummer Matt Sicher was Mortician's original percussionist up until his death in 1994. Not wanting to replace him as a steady member in the band, they decided to use a drum machine from there on out. Also, they couldn't find anyone that could measure up to the insane speed Mortician wanted, which brought in the use of drum machines. The first recordings made with a drum machine were released exclusively on the '93 Corporate Death compilation released by Relapse Records. These same tracks were recorded in January of 1993 and were re-released on the 2004 reissue of House by the Cemetery / Mortal Massacre.
Will Rahmer is the owner of Redrum Records (aka Mortician Records), which has a line-up of death metal locals like Fecal Corpse. Will Rahmer is also the co-founder of the New York Death Militia (NYDM) along with Randell Salmon of Decomposed (USA).
Will Rahmer was arrested in Poland on November 13, 2005. The band had just finished playing a show without Rahmer in Zielona Góra when he had called a taxi to take him to the Berlin Airport. Rahmer then threatened the taxi driver with a small knife and stole the cab and drove himself to the Polish / German border where he was then detained by the police. He was soon placed under arrest and faced charges of up to a maximum of 15 years in jail. He is now back in the USA.
Zombie Apocalypse is their fourth EP.
Tracklist:
- Devoured Alive 03:16
- Incinerated 00:46
- Zombie Apocalypse 02:48
- Slaughterhouse 01:53
- Hell on Earth 04:46
- F.O.D. (Fuck of Death) (Slaughter cover) 04:03
- Horrified (Repulsion cover) 01:50
- Charred Corpses 03:12
- Dissected 00:52
- Blood Harvest 04:13
Time: 27:39
The samples in the song "Zombie Apocalypse" were taken from the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead.
The samples in the song "Slaughterhouse" were taken from the 1987 film Slaughterhouse.
Recording information:
Tracks 1-5 recorded 11/97.
Tracks 6-10 recorded 12/97.
Produced by Mortician.
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