7" EP 2002 by Macabre Operetta

1: Symphonia Corrumptor
2: Monumentum Apocalypse

line-up:
Fulco Helmig (vocals) - a.k.a. Mortifer
Apollyon (guitars)
Cacodaemon (guitars)

7” EP 2003

1: Immo umbrae hominum effloresco illaudibus ingenii nebula antiquitas punior infantis romanii
2: Constupro inhonorato anastasis divinas inflamma consumi

demo CD 2005
TAPE 2012 re-release by Zwaertgevegt

1: Soli laus Sathanas
2: Pro Sathanas salute nihil non suscipere
3: Pestis eram vivus, moriens tua mors ero
4: Terra tremit, exercitus caelicum tremit
5: Hic sunt daemones, inimici paces
6: Serpentem reginam

line-up:
Mortifer (vocals, instruments)

Review: First impression: ritual black metal drawn straight from Abruptum’s core, but produced in an unconvincing, shrill sound that makes it miss its mark on every song. It’s sad, because I really enjoy an unhealthy dose of Abruptum every now and then and the potential is certainly here! Even though this kind of antimusic is not that hard to create and is still often frowned upon as a laughable retarded brother of “true” black metal or even simply a waste of time – even within black metal circles throughout all black metal waves – its production is probably more vulnerable than that of any traditional black metal song. Abruptum described it as 'the audial essence of pure evil', and that takes time and practice and out-of-the-black-metal-box thinking to establish. Evil is in the atmosphere, the ritual character, the twisted thing at the root of the music, the things you don't hear or pick up subconsciously, and it should really be felt when listened. Its evil should not just be suggested by the music, assuming the listener to complement what they hear with the darkness of Abruptum that’s hinted at in the music. It should be there clear as day, hitting you in the stomach. One should not summon Abruptum. One should summon its darkness!

Source: NLBMe exclusive, March 2018.

demo CD 2005
TAPE 2012 re-release by Zwaertgevegt

1: Terribilis est locus iste
2: In flagrante delicto
3: Et in arcadia ego
4: Sanguis diabolicum
5: Natalis invictus mors
6: Maleficae a daemonibus docetur
7: De vermiis perditoris
8: Igneo et sanguines rubore fuisse
9: Aquae tenebrae

Review: Another Hell Icon album comes my way. On this release the band has taken a good look at Abruptum’s Profundis de mors vas cousumet track, which marked the introduction of well-played keyboard melodies into the charcteristic improvised ritual noise. Hell Icon is trying, but fails. The tracks are too ‘empty’ and start to bore each time the one-minute mark is passed (for the tolerant listener). It is not until track 5, Natalis invictus mors, that Hell Icon comes closer to its Abruptum prototype. But this might be because the track only lasts about 57 seconds...

Source: NLBMe exclusive, March 2018.

demo CD 2005
TAPE 2012 re-release by Zwaertgevegt

1: Cecedit de coelo stella magna
2: Obscurates est sol et aer
3: Pestis laudes praedicare

line-up:
Mortifer (instruments, vocals)

Review: Ever since Euronymous released Abruptum I have been a fan of that creature’s style, and since there are not that many bands doing similar stuff, I always come back to the two masterpieces Obscuritatem advoco amplectère me and In umbra malitiae ambulabo, in aeternum in triumpho tenebraum. Hell Icon is one of the bands that have adopted the characteristic Abruptum style - echoing drums, improvisational riffing, twisted dark ambience, and even the latin titles. Fact remains that this style is extremely particular and unorthodox and there is a huge risk of sounding like a copy or adding nothing to everything Abruptum has already done... It is in this context that Hell Icon operates, and with a discography as huge as it is, it is hanging by a very thin tread above the pit of copies... Pestis laudes praedicare is Abruptum revisited. But only that. It lacks a bass sound in the final mix, which is essential to the intended darkness that should ooze out of its pores, and sadly it just sounds formulaic because of it. With the right sound-technical ingredients the familiar formula is easily overlooked by listeners, and that is the moment the darkness overtakes them as it should. If not, the formula is the thing that remains, obscuring any of the intended darkness, offering mainly disappointment.

Source: NLBMe exclusive, March 2018.

unreleased demo CD 2005

1: Dark Sinister Chaos
2: Pain Begets Triumph
3: Fucking the Dead in Hatred
4: Shadows Embrace My Corpse

TAPE 2005 by Satanic Propaganda Records

1: Judex ergo cum sedebit quidquid latet apperebit nil invultum remanebit

line-up:
Mortifer (vocals)
Apollyon (drums)
Cacodaemon (guitars)

demo CD 2005
CD 2011 re-release by Devotional Hymns Records

1: Odium irae involumentum me, te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum

line-up:
Apollyon
Mortifer
Cacodaemon

demo CD 2006

1: Dum veneris judicare in saedulum per ignem

TAPE 2006 by Satanic Propaganda Records

1: In umbra spectare magnificentia tuus et obedientia me pronuntiam

demo CD 2007
TAPE 2012 re-release by Zwaertgevegt
classification: ritual black metal

1: Pater noster
2: Obscenitatis per caterva daemonia
3: Vitam abruptum civitate, fœdasti funere vultus
4: Bellum iminet in infernum descendere
5: Voluptas non habet ictum quo animum pellet
6: Pleni sunt cœli et terra gloria tua

Review: Since Hell Icon keeps spewing out release after release in a relatively short period of time, I am not surprised to hear little difference and evolution on Maledictum, comparing it with Opus diaboli, for instance. That review could easily describe the tracks on Maledictum. Therefor I refrain from writing more on this release. That’s the risk you take with repeating yourself…

Source: NLBMe exclusive, March 2018.

Demo CD 2007

1: The Necrodoom Malediction

line-up:
Mortifer
Apollyon

CD 2010 by Macabre Operetta

1: Invoco tenebrarum daemonium, obumbrata in magni gloria Sathani

line-up:
Mortifer
Apollyon

CD 2011 by Psycho Originals

1: Gloria I: Introit
2: Maledictum I: The Prayer
3: Maledictum II: Communion
4: Credo I: The Oath
5: Missa Irae: The Sermon
6: Canon: The Wrath
7: Credo II: Contemplation
8: Sabbath: The Ritual of Blood
9: Gloria II: Departure

line-up:
Mortifer (instruments, vocals)

CD 2012 by Macabre Operetta (limited to 30 copies); recorded 2007.

1: Asperitas et auctoritas tuae, quae sunt magistris nostris in motu ad te

line-up:
Mortifer (guitars, vocals)
Apollyon (drums)

CD 2012 by Macabre Operetta (limited to 30 copies); recorded 2011.

1: Fons anguistia trajectoria vir obscura I
2: Fons anguistia trajectoria vir obscura II

line-up:
Mortifer (instruments, vocals)

CD 2012 by Macabre Operetta (limied to 30 copies); recorded 2011.

1: Invocatione factor obscurantes ex profundus
2: Vexilla regis prodeunt inferi fulget stella tenebrarum
3: Cupiditate sanguinem angelicum rei ardere
4: Fidelis usque ad mortem et dabo tibi coronam amentia
5: Cum animus hominum tenebris ducitur
6: Semper in te gloriam

line-up:
Mortifer
Apollyon

CD 2012 by Macabre Operetta (limited to 30 copies); recorded 2009.

1: Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat
2: De hirco nocturno homines per aere portante
3: Verbum domini inferi manet in aeternum
4: Vox clamatis in deserto contemptus saeculi
5: Sanguis infama arreptum in funebris
6: Funebris inhonestus

demo CD 2012 (limited to 30 copies); recorded 2008.

1: In genua procumbere
2: Tramitis umbrates
3: Deus cornatus invocat
4: Tredecim candulae
5: Malum exitium asperge me

TAPE 2014 by Zwaertgevegt (limited to 66 copies)

1: I
2: II
3: III
4: IV
5: V