MORTUARY DRAPE - ITALY

All The Witches Dance - 1995 - Unisound
Secret Sudaria - 1997 - Nazgul's Eyrie
Tolling 13 Knell - 2000 - Avantgarde
Buried In Time - 2004 - Avantgarde
Witches Dance In Valenthia - 2011 - Iron Tyrant
Spiritual Independence - 2014 - Iron Tyrant
Black Mirror - 2023 - Peaceville

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Members
Vocals
WILDNESS PERVERSION [WALTER MAINI]

Guitar
Maniac Of Sacrifice [Fabrizio Scinta]>>The Magik Way - The Magik Way, Burian>>Old Necromancer>>The Magik Way, Burian - Power, Lymph Of Wisdom>>DC [Daniele Cagnotto]>>Power, Lymph Of Wisdom, Warnipples - SR [SIMONE RENDINA]

Bass
The Magik Way>>Diabolic Obsession>>The Magik Way - DC [Daniele Cagnotto] - Controsigillo, Drakkar>>SC [SIMONE CAPPATO]>>Drakkar

Drum
Wilderness Perversion [Walter Maini] - Unholy Land, Soulphureus, Blaze Bayley, E Trite Moira, Aleph, Dark Redeemer, Moon Reverie, SpellBlast, Mortado>>M.T. [MIGUEL TOGNI]>>Mortado, Dark Redeemer, Moon Reverie




History & Biography
Piedmont on the border of France was the site for the founding of Mortuary Drape in 1986. The singer and bassist was Without Name. The occult band fronted two bassists and issued multiple demos, including Demo ’86, 1987’s Live Tape '87 and Necromancy and 1989’s Doom Return. Wildness Perversion also took over the vocals in 1990. Greece’s Decapitated Records released the band’s Into The Drape EP in late 1992. The band released its debut album in 1995 through Decapitated/Unisound. Witches Dance In Valenthia was a vinyl release and a live album. The group appeared in the USA at the 2012 Maryland Death Fest. The group issued a split with Sweden’s Shining. Tolling 13 Knell was re-issued by Peaceville and given new packaging. Iron Tyrant Records issued the early demos, Necromancy and Doom Return, in 2018. The band was touring North America. M.T. took over the drums in 2019. The 2022 EP, Wisdom - Vibration - Repent, was the first for the band on Peaceville and featured a Mercyful Fate cover versions. Without Name died in 2023. Mortuary Drape had a new studio record in 2023. Entitled Black Mirror, it was available through Peaceville Records on November 3rd.

Multiple members have come and gone, but Maini has remained the group’s founding anchor. Mortuary Drape has maintained an occult imagery.


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