Band: Mortal Form
From: Mannheim, Germany
Their formation story:
"Mortal Form started, because all our other bands (Spirit Crusher, Spark, Exposure, etc.) had / have members from all over the place. We wanted to have an all Mannheim local band to easily play the weekday show and to give kids a local band to mosh to, since Mannheim still has a serious lack of local hardcore bands.
"To be honest we didn‘t plan this to be a band that plays a lot of shows or tour, but here we are."
Their sound in their own words:
"We basically write hardcore songs with metal riffs. A lot of NYHC is in there like Merauder or Madball, but also a little bit of stuff like Terror Ave and Everybody Gets Hurt combined with Crowbar and Slayer riffs.
"In an ideal world, our music would speak to both hardcore kids and metalheads, because we are hardcore kids who love metal."
Latest release info:
"We just dropped a promo tape on DBNO in Europe and Scheme in the US. Definitely a bit heavier than the stuff on the demo, but we feel like we found our formula a little more with these tracks. It‘s a teaser for a future record to come, also on DBNO and Scheme!"
Future plans:
"We just came home from a cool Euro tour with Speed, End It, Life‘s Question, and Whispers. Our last show of the year will be the second edition of the fest Mike (drums) and me are putting on called United By Fate on December 7. Other than that we‘re writing riffs for the new record."
What other bands from their region should we check out?
"There are more and more cool bands popping up in our little Rhineline Hardcore / Deutschhardcore scene.
"Keep an eye out for Placid, Phase, Preemptive Strike, Steel Deal, Chemical Threat, Spiral, the new Slon record, Force of Denial, Desire Line, Thrufall, Suspect, Pluto the Racer, Goblin Soap, etc., and of course Echo Chamber. A new Spirit Crusher record is also in the works right now."
Promo 2024 is available on cassette via Scheme and DBNO.
Mortal Form on social media: Instagram
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