MADDER MORTEM Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

August 13, 2010

MADDER MORTEM, Norway's darling of the avant-garde, has issued the following update:

"Odd [Eivind Ebbesen, guitar] has, after much pondering, left MADDER MORTEM, and it was a very tough decision. We sincerely thank him for all the music, magic, great times, blood, sweat and tears we've shared since he joined the band in 2003.

"It's always hard to see people go, but times do change for all of us. Neither 'Desiderata' or especially 'Eight Ways' would've sounded the same without his characteristic style of playing and musical sensibility. We wish him all the best and will still remain close friends.

"We've been aware that Odd was thinking about leaving the band since winter 2010, and have been looking for a possible replacement.

"After much consideration regarding who could fill his shoes, fit in with the rest of us socially and be a creative, fifth input to the band, we only came up with one name. Luckily for us, he has now entered our ranks full-time. Patrick Scantlebury is our new permanent guitarist. He has already made one live appearance with us in our hometown at the NORF festival. Some might know him as one of the founders of FRANTIC BLEEP. He was our guitar tech and merchandiser on the OPETH tour in 2003, and he also filled in for Odd on a couple of gigs in 2005. We all went to school with him at Tynset, and BP and Pat has played together in various constellations. We're already busy writing more new material with Patrick, and it feels like we've got a true chemistry.

"We welcome him to the MADDER family and hope you'll do the same."

A photo of the new MADDER MORTEM lineup can be viewed below.

MADDER MORTEM released a new EP, "Where Dream and Day Collide", in May on Peaceville Records. The EP contained three brand new songs from the bandmembers' warped imaginations, along with the single and album versions of the title track, taken from the sublime 2009 release, "Eight Ways". The artwork was created by Christian Ruud, who, along with Kim Holm and the people at Toxic, are also responsible for the breathtaking visuals on the suitably mysterious "Where Dream and Day Collide" music video, which can be seen below.

"Where Dream and Day Collide" is MADDER MORTEM's follow-up to last summer's full-length, "Eight Ways", which Outburn magazine called the band's "fifth and perhaps most impressive outing yet."

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