---
title: "Mors Principium Est"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/mors-principium-est"
genre: "Melodic Death Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 1999
---

# Mors Principium Est

**Mors Principium Est** is a melodic death metal band, from Finland, active 1999 to present.

Mors Principium Est is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 1999.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mors_Principium_Est

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Mors Principium Est |
| Genre | Melodic Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Pori, Finland |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tom Gardiner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tom-gardiner) | Guitar |  | Current |
| [Teemu Heinola](https://themetalnet.com/musician/teemu-heinola) | Bass guitar | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Jarkko Kokko](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jarkko-kokko) |  |  | Current |
| [Ville Viljanen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ville-viljanen) | Lead vocals, Principal | 2000 to present | Current |
| [Andy Gillion](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-gillion) | Electric guitar | 2011 to 2021 | Former |
| [Joona Kukkola](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joona-kukkola) |  | 2004 to 2007 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [Inhumanity](https://themetalnet.com/album/83993c4b-a92a-320a-b326-29ee278ca639) | Album |
| 2005 | [The Unborn](https://themetalnet.com/album/1f187b9d-0888-39b5-93bd-5c0fbc88d107) | Album |
| 2007 | [Liberation = Termination](https://themetalnet.com/album/c32bcece-ea61-38ec-8f37-175dd5dc073e) | Album |
| 2012 | […and Death Said Live](https://themetalnet.com/album/f90dc3a9-9868-462f-9c3b-33323a183c42) | Album |
| 2014 | [Dawn of the 5th Era](https://themetalnet.com/album/393deb33-d840-418b-b9f3-8a3c349e7e30) | Album |
| 2017 | [Embers of a Dying World](https://themetalnet.com/album/aaa0b844-7f08-478b-8b56-680e47c6d196) | Album |
| 2020 | [Seven](https://themetalnet.com/album/53818791-815e-4916-854f-31dee2cca857) | Album |
| 2022 | [Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity](https://themetalnet.com/album/f927d8f6-e1da-419c-9a7d-c4e476314ee5) | Album |
| 2025 | [Darkness Invisible](https://themetalnet.com/album/a2803551-3603-4421-8ae2-a4d60e05d94c) | Album |

## Related bands

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- [Insomnium](https://themetalnet.com/band/insomnium) (listened together)
- [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Kalmah](https://themetalnet.com/band/kalmah) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)
- [Omnium Gatherum](https://themetalnet.com/band/omnium-gatherum) (listened together)
- [Soilwork](https://themetalnet.com/band/soilwork) (listened together)
- [At the Gates](https://themetalnet.com/band/at-the-gates) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Norther](https://themetalnet.com/band/norther) (listened together)
- [Scar Symmetry](https://themetalnet.com/band/scar-symmetry) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- apple music: https://music.apple.com/fi/artist/131210723
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPEofficial
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mors_Principium_Est/6494
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/16195
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1k0jnWb55QS6FjTU9LzMhi
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morsprincipiumestofficial/
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCTK7hNZrn1i9UML4lg0XMcA

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/mors-principium-est](https://themetalnet.com/band/mors-principium-est). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt