Mortuary Drape Explained

Mortuary Drape
Years Active:	1986–present
Origin:	Italy

Mortuary Drape is an Italian black metal^[1] band formed in the 1980s.^[2] They have released six LPs.

Discography

• Necromancy (demo, 1987)^[3]
• Doom Return (demo, 1989)
• All the Witches Dance (1994)^[4]
• Secret Sudaria (1997)
• Tolling 13 Knell (2000)
• Buried in Time (2004)
• Spiritual Independence (2014)^[5]
• Black Mirror (2023)

Tours

• Northern Continental Tour with Volahn, 2018

Further reading

• Web site: Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan. Whelan. Kez. 19 April 2022. The Quietus. 2 May 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrea Bocelli, grande festa al Colosseo con le star, Paul Weller si fa in tre. Mercolella. Raffaella. 7 September 2017. La Repubblica. it. 2 May 2022.
2. Web site: Mortuary Drape announce North American tour with Volahn. Sacher. Andrew. 18 April 2018. BrooklynVegan. 2 May 2022.
3. Web site: All These Metal Reissues Are Going to Kill Me. Kelly. Kim. 14 June 2018. Vice. 2 May 2022.
4. Book: Caselli. Roberto. Gilardino. Stefano. 2019. La storia del rock in Italia. Hoepli Editore. it. 978-8820391683. Un circolo che, senza dubbio, ha tra i suoi idoli piff rappresentativi i piemontesi Mortuary Drape (Alessandria) e Opera IX (Biella). Piff violenti e mortiferi i primi (per loro vale l'inestimabile debutto All the Witches Dance, 1994, con tanto di copertina shock con un cadavere riesumato) [...].
5. Web site: The Return Of Mortuary Drape: Review Of Spiritual Independence. Cifer. Wil. 8 December 2014. CVLT Nation. 3 May 2022.