The Great Deceiver, the long-awaited ninth album from Norway's Mortiis, was officially released on March 4th via Omnipresence. Mortiis is offering "Demons Are Back," the third single from the new release as a free download.

The download also includes a remix by Marc Urselli, and uncensored version of the video, screensavers, Facebook-ready headers and band photos. The download is available at this location.

The Great Deceiver's long and tortured state of evolution took its toll equally on the band and its namesake, leading Mortiis to so much as state that the record killed the band. "As important as is it to myself and who I have become, I haven't been able to think about it in any way other than 'I need to just get this thing out of my life and behind me before I lose my mind,'" he said.

Saturated with themes of anger, greed, confusion, self-doubt and re-discovery, The Great Deceiver is undoubtedly Mortiis' most mature album to date. But that maturity came at a great cost mentally. "When we started talking about it and writing the record, we were a band, we had two managements, merch deals and tours were happening," Mortiis said. "During the course of the writing, recording, re-writing, and re-recording, we lost the connection with almost everyone. There were fallings out with band members to the point where we had to let them go. It was usually about delusion and defeat, the realization of being f**ked with and not getting the recognition deserved. It was never pretty, but in hindsight always understandable.

"I have been accused of being a lot of things: self-centered, manipulative, unstable, hot- headed, paranoid, the list goes on. Most everyone I have spent some time with have had beefs with me. They´re all right, too...it's the price of being driven and passionate - or just narrow minded and obsessive - about something is often the loss of friends and colleagues."

The Great Deceiver builds on Mortiis' past dabbling in metal and industrial, with aggressive guitar-driven crossover metal meeting industrial-type electronics. Although genre-defying, The Great Deceiver is Mortiis' most accessible release to date.

The Great Deceiver album details, as well as a full stream of the album, can be found below.

Tracklislting:

“The Great Leap”
“The Ugly Truth”
“Doppelganger”
“Demons Are Back”
“Hard To Believe”
“Road To Ruin”
“Bleed Like You”
“Scalding The Burnt”
“The Shining Lamp Of God”
“Sins Of Mine”
“Feed The Greed”
“Too Little Too Late”

Album stream:

“Demons Are Back” video:

“The Shining Lamp Of God” video:

“Doppelganger” video:

Mortiis will be returning to UK shores for a run of seven headline shows in May. The tour kicks off at Newcastle’s Cluny venue on May 23rd and commences at Bristol’s Fleece on May 29th.

The band comments: ”It’s about time we came back to the UK for some shows. See you in May, you bastards.”

Tour dates:

May
23 - Newcastle, UK - Cluny
24 - Glasgow, UK - Audio
25 - Manchester, UK - Ruby
26 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute
27 - Brighton, UK - Haunt
28 - London, UK - Garage
29 - Bristol, UK - Fleece

Tickets are on sale now at this location.