Artist: MORTIIS
Album: THE SMELL OF RAIN (CD)

Release date: 2001
Media type: CD

Released in 2001 under the Earache label. This was the first album where Mortiis took the role as lead vocalist, which had previously been filled by Sarah Jezebel Deva.

Mortiis' latest opus is being universally hailed - album of the month in Sonic Seducer (germany) and essential pick of the month in Kerrang! mag. This breakthrough album heralds a new era in the Mortiis sound - Mortiis is now lead singer, and guitars are once again to the fore - but the album has a very current darkwave dancefloor sensibility too, not to mention great melodies and even Enigma-like atmospheric passages. Fans of the fantastical and the bizzare Mortiis of old should fear not, for this new album does'nt stray too far from his traditional themes - just more powerfully presented than before.

Mortiis looks back on this album, and is amazed at how 'gothic' it sounds - even though it wasn't intended. In the booklet, Mortiis is seen unmasked under the pseudonym of 'John Prozac'.

On the back of the album, there is a circle with symbols inside. This is a form of the 'Secret Seal of Solomon'.

All Songs Written By Mortiis.

TRACKLIST:

1."Scar Trek / Parasite God" – 6:02
2."Flux / Mental Maelstrom" – 6:46
3."Spirit in a Vacuum" – 4:53
4."Monolith" – 3:59
5."You Put a Hex on Me" – 5:45
6."Everyone Leaves" – 6:41
7."Marshland" – 4:43
8."Antimental" – 6:17
9."Smell the Witch" – 5:43

LINE-UP:

Mortiis: Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Synth Programming, Drum Programming
Martina Binder: Additional Lead Vocal
Sarah Jezebel Deva: Vocal Harmonies, Soprano Vocal
Mika Lindberg, "Raptor", Suvi-Tuulia Virtanen: Alto Vocals
Chris A.: Guitars
Alzahr: Bass
Staffan Wieslander, Еsa Anveden: Cello
Cecilia Lindgren, Johanna Wetter: Violin
Frederik Bergstrom: Tympani, Percussion