Combination of dark electronic atmospheres, danceable beats with diverse female vocals to express landscapes of life and the many sides of it.
Musical influences from gothic, ebm, industrial, electro, metal and blackmetal genres. Lyrics deal with personal experiences, real life observations and dark phantasy.
Beati Mortui was formed at year 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
During winter 2006 and spring 2007 band selfproduced and released their first 6-song promotional cd called Modus Operandi. Due to great response on field, good success on Sonic Seducer's Battle of The Bands 2007 as receiving second position and winning the Finnish "Darkest song of the Fall" song competition, Beati Mortui was happy to sign a record deal for Danse Macabre early 2008.
Band released their first full-length album "All But Dreams Will Die" in May 2008 which lead to numerous positive reviews, interviews and stories in magazines and media around europe. Album also ended up in bullets of german DAC alternative charts and got heavy DJ rotation in european alternative club scene.
Soon after the release they performed live in world's largest gothic gathering The Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig Germany. Their first live appearance at WGT was followed by their first live show in Finland's biggest gothic festival Lumous in Tampere. After that they were to warmup one of the bands they admire in the dark electro genre Hocico at their original home city Helsinki, in August 2008.
In October 2008 Beati Mortui started their first european tour in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands as a supporter for another big influence for them Das Ich with another german/greek act, InLine.seX.Terror. In December the band continued their tour with Das Ich in Spain for two shows in Madrid and Barcelona.
After touring at 2009 Beati Mortui started preparing and composing new material for their second album released in May 2010. The newest album "Let The Funeral Begin" is surely a giant leap from the debut in all aspects considering compositions, arrangements, production, style and also surprises as these are expected too from this unique band hailing from Finland.
Newest album "Let The Funeral Begin" has gained numerous extremely positive reviews from press around Europe. Album also has got great feedback from the field, audience and from DJ's around globe. It appeared 8 weeks (the maximum time!) in the German DAC Charts TOP 10, which is the main charts for alternative music in Germany. It also visited other charts like GEWC shortly after its release.
Let The Funeral Begin!
Band contact: beati.mortui (at) gmail.com
LET THE FUNERAL BEGIN (limited edition) is available from webstores such as:
http://www.dansemacabre-group.com/product
http://www.infrarot.de/
http://www.poponaut.de/
http://www.levyliiga.fi/ (FIN)
ALBUM REVIEWS:
GERMANY:
Uselinks.de (DE):
"Who is into Hellektro, must "Let The Funeral Begin" lead to heart This album is full of hardness, darkness, melody, atmosphere and emotion" 10/10
Mad-Goth Magazine (DE):
"If we had a points system this would be a 10 out of 10 candidate. So I say then, a clear obligation to buy for Electro-Fans!"
NecroWeb (DE):
""Let The Funeral Begin" has become an album that should please any fan of electronic music." 9.5/10
Musik Ansich (DE):
"a really good album!!" 17/20 Highly recommended
Goth-Zine.de (DE):
"Beati Mortui have made quite sure one of the very notable albums this year." 9/10
Power Metal (DE):
"convinces by the bank!" 8/10
Tempelores (ENG):
"A wonderful album you should check out if you’re into EBM."
Evil Rocks Hard (DE):
"Simply perfectly. To all Electro fans . get absolutely this album, it will not disappoint you!"
Gothic-Family.net (DE):
" great album somewhere between extraordinary Gothic / Darkwave Electro.
Somehow similar to THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE staged, but much more evil and sinister!
12 really great tracks that cast no boredom, and draw again and again under the spell. My favorite for the June."
Whiskey Soda Mag (DE):
"Beati Mortui sting nevertheless somehow from the mass. A good, convincing EBM album."
Alternativ Musik (DE):
" for a dark evening, a really good choice."
Nightshade (DE):
"Finnish trio processes here many aspects of styles into a powerful whole, which should bring the band more towards Gothic Uperclass."
Sonic Seducer (DE):
" it is hardly possible to compare Beati Mortui with any other Electro - Industrial acts."
Zillo (DE):
"Bored by the same old use of genretypical aggression? Forget it! It should be recommended at this point to get the limited edition."
Metal.de (DE):
" Beati Mortui see very successful way in their place in this musical intersection.
should appeal to fans who have albums from both SUICIDE COMMANDO and from BLUTENGEL in their CD rack." 7/10
The-spine.de (DE)
" for all "hellectro" fans, the disc is definitely a must buy!" 8/10
FINLAND:
IMPERIUMI.NET (FIN)
". tuloksena on genressään taatusti yksi vuoden kovimpia levyjä. Lahjakkuutta, osaamista ja käsittämättömän rautaista biisintekotaitoa riittää, toivottavasti seuraavalla kerralla repäistään täyden kympin arvoinen tulos." 9/10
Findance.com (FIN):
""Beati Mortui is highly desired revelation in the Finnish music field. Let The Funeral Begin does not necessarily lit in details, but Maria's voice combined with good production create an excellent package, which is valid for export abroad." 8/10
Desibeli.net (FIN)
"Intro followed by an exploding Vision of Hell immediately opens the gates of hell." 4/5
SUE (FIN):
"DJ:t huomio - aamuyön tanssitushuume on tässä!" 8/10
Stalker.cd (ENG):
"This album will for sure increase their popularity in the EBM/Gothic scene even more.
Almost all ten songs (there´s also an intro and outro on the album) are absolute dancefloor fillers." 8/10
SWEDEN:
Blackvector.se: (SWE)
"The band also proves that Finland can create great music that’s not in the Metal genre." 8/10
