It’s been awhile since there’s been fresh word of Mrityu—the experimental black metal project from Trivium frontman/guitarist Matt Heafy and Emperor vet Ihsahn. That has now changed thanks to Heafy himself. Speaking in the latest issue of Revolver, Heafy had the following to say of the project and where it is currently at:
“Mrityu was initially intended to be a black metal band that I was never going to tell anybody I was in. I was going to make the music, and it was going to be pretty true to the ’90s second wave-style-black metal—sort of l ike Darkthrone, early Dimmu Borgir, early Emperor. But while Mrityu has its roots in black metal, it’s become something so much more.
It’s not just black metal—it’s anything I’ve ever wanted to try. Ihsahn from Emperor will be producing it, and he’s co-written several songs with me. We’ll also be recording it in Notodden, Norway, where all the Emperor records were done. It’s just a matter of when.
Ihsahn is incredibly busy and so is Trivium. But he and I stay in contact and we pass things back and forth. And we have quite a few songs written and quite a few demos. It’s going to be a dream come true when it happens.”
