In recognition of 1349's influences, the band performed a cover of Mayhem's "Buried by Time and Dust" on their debut album, Liberation. At 1349's live shows, the band has also covered Celtic Frost, whom vocalist Ravn cites as his principal influence.
1349 tours on a regular basis. The band's live shows often begin with Frost and guitarist Archaon breathing fire. In 2006, 1349 toured the US with Celtic Frost. Ravn also appeared on the Celtic Frost album Monotheist (2006), performing guest vocals on the CD digipack bonus track, "Temple of Depression". In 2007, during the French Hellfest festival, 1349 was slated to play during the day, but asked to reschedule their appearance to play in the dark instead. During 1349's appearance at the Oslo Inferno Metal Festival in March 2008, the band was joined on stage by Celtic Frost frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer for a rendition of the Celtic Frost song "The Usurper". In September 2008, 1349 toured with Carcass, Suffocation, Aborted and Rotten Sound on the Exhume to Consume Tour.
A music video for "Sculptor of Flesh" was released following the release of Hellfire (2005). The video, directed by Judd Tilyard, alternates between footage of the band performing the song in Norway and clips of surgery filmed in Australia.
During late 2008, 1349 recorded its fourth album, Revelations of the Black Flame. The album was co-mixed by Tom Gabriel Fischer, and was released in Europe on 25 May 2009. Revelations of the Black Flame marked a change in direction for the band, as songs on the album were slower than previous releases, and there were also some dark ambient and industrial-tinged tracks.
At the beginning of 2010 the band signed a contract with Indie Recordings for the release of its fifth album in Europe, with Prosthetic Records distributing the album in North America.
1349 toured with Cannibal Corpse, Skeletonwitch, and Lecherous Nocturne on the Evisceration Plague Tour, in April–May 2010. The band also performed at the Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze Open Air festivals in August 2010.
1349 released its fifth album, Demonoir, on 26 April 2010. The album shows a return to 1349's earlier sound, before Revelations of the Black Flame, while continuing the low-fi production and ambient sensibilities of Revelations. 1349 toured Canada and the United States with Tom Gabriel Fischer's project Triptykon in October 2010. A deluxe box set of Demonoir was released in October 2011. The band's first live DVD, titled Hellvetia Fire – The Official 1349 Bootleg, was released on 24 October 2011 by Candlelight Records. It was filmed at Bikini Test La Chaux De Fonds in Switzerland in 2005.
In October 2013, the band began recording their sixth studio album, called Massive Cauldron of Chaos. On 10 December, the band announced that the record was finished, and it was released on 29 September 2014, via Indie Recordings.
In February 2017, it was announced that 1349 have now signed to Season of Mist and are now said to be in the process of writing their seventh studio album, which is set to be released in 2018
Blood is the Mortar
1349 Lyrics
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Soulbound human heid
Walking in the shadow of hell
At the hands of a sadist
Cast into pandemic years
Into utter night
Into darkness absolute
Bring them into fire
Strap them down among the bones
Heided to the slaughter
Through a maggot coated world
Through a tunnel of knives
Like an angel in a devil's den
Crawling out of the slime
(You) insectoid vermin
Bound upon the wheel of hell
See your neck upon the blades
Into utter darkness
Into impurity and hate
Massacre a dark paradise
Blood is the mortar
Forged upon bones of death
Infernal eternal infamy
Blood is the mortar
Lay waste this world in blasphemy
Through hasty pillars of green light
Through clouds of carrion flies
Let the world see me drag you to hell
And your soul wrenched from your body
It fills my heart with fury
Like a storm of brooding doom
To relish in the bloodspill
Worship your own butchers
Rising piles of the dead
From atop a mountain of skulls
Soulbound human heid
Deathmass in necrotic delights
Inhuman ritual tormentors
Rising in full majesty
Thirst for retribution
Spikes driven into flesh
Into utter darkness
Into a violent storm of death
The lyrics of 1349's song, "Blood is the Mortar," delve into the theme of violence and aggression. The song describes a world where humans are treated as soulbound entities, walking in the shadow of hell, and subjected to torture and sadism. The song talks about how the human race is being cast into a state of utter darkness, with no hope of redemption.
The lyrics also talk about how the tormentors strap down the helpless victims amongst the bones and take them through a maggot-coated world into a tunnel of knives. It describes the victims as insects found in a devil's den. The song talks about how the bound humans will witness their necks placed upon blades and how they will be plunged into impurity and hate.
The chorus of the song talks about massacring a dark paradise and how blood is the mortar, forged upon bones of death, laying waste to the world. The song ends with the soulbound human head talking about a thirst for retribution, with spikes driven into flesh and an eventual descent into darkness, a violent storm of death. In summary, the lyrics of 1349's "Blood is the Mortar" paint a gruesome picture of suffering and turmoil, with no hope for redemption.
Line by Line Meaning
And then we back them down
We intimidate our victims and make them submit to us.
Soulbound human heid
We have complete control over our victims' souls and minds.
Walking in the shadow of hell
Our victims are constantly in fear and living in a state of torment.
At the hands of a sadist
We take pleasure in inflicting pain and suffering on our victims.
Cast into pandemic years
Our victims are forced to endure years of torment and agony.
Into utter night
Our victims are plunged into complete darkness and despair.
Into darkness absolute
Our victims experience complete and utter darkness with no hope of escape.
Bring them into fire
We torture and punish our victims with fire.
Strap them down among the bones
Our victims are immobilized and surrounded by the remains of the dead.
Heided to the slaughter
Our victims are led to their death.
Through a maggot coated world
Our victims are living in a world that is rotting with decay and disease.
Through a tunnel of knives
Our victims are forced to endure a painful and dangerous path.
Like an angel in a devil's den
Our victims are innocent and pure, but trapped in our world of evil.
Crawling out of the slime
Our victims struggle and fight to survive, despite the horrors they face.
(You) insectoid vermin
We view our victims as insignificant and inferior beings.
Bound upon the wheel of hell
Our victims are trapped in a never-ending cycle of torment and punishment.
See your neck upon the blades
Our victims are facing imminent death and cannot escape it.
Into utter darkness
Our victims are doomed to forever live in complete darkness and despair.
Into impurity and hate
Our victims are consumed by filth and hatred.
Massacre a dark paradise
We destroy any hope or happiness our victims may have had.
Blood is the mortar
We build our world of evil on a foundation of bloodshed and violence.
Forged upon bones of death
Our world of evil is built upon the remains of the dead.
Infernal eternal infamy
Our evil deeds will be remembered for all eternity.
Lay waste this world in blasphemy
We will destroy the world and everything in it in a manner that defies the gods.
Through hasty pillars of green light
We move quickly and mercilessly towards our victims, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Through clouds of carrion flies
Our world is plagued by death and decay, attracting swarms of flesh-eating insects.
Let the world see me drag you to hell
We want the world to witness the suffering and torment we inflict upon our victims.
And your soul wrenched from your body
We will separate our victims' souls from their bodies, causing them immense pain and suffering.
It fills my heart with fury
Our evil deeds bring us great satisfaction and pleasure.
Like a storm of brooding doom
Our world is filled with darkness and dread, constantly threatening to overwhelm our victims.
To relish in the bloodspill
We take great pleasure in causing our victims' blood to spill.
Worship your own butchers
Our victims are forced to worship us as their cruel and sadistic overlords.
Rising piles of the dead
Our victims are constantly dying and adding to the piles of the dead around us.
From atop a mountain of skulls
We stand triumphant over the countless victims we have killed, their skulls piled high beneath us.
Deathmass in necrotic delights
The mass slaughter of our victims brings us great pleasure and satisfaction.
Inhuman ritual tormentors
We take pleasure in ritualistically torturing and tormenting our victims in truly inhumane ways.
Thirst for retribution
We seek revenge and punishment against anyone who opposes us.
Spikes driven into flesh
We use sharp and painful spikes to torture our victims.
Into a violent storm of death
Our victims are thrown into a maelstrom of violent and painful death.
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Marduk Hamwei
Great music for sleeping ☺️
Psyko Penguin
Greatest Black metal band of the 2000's
Metalhead Jock
I've listened 11 times in a row. I've achieved Zen.
FNC Danium
Incredible
Ruin
Awe-some! INFERNAL STORM OF DRUMMS! \m/
Christo Phobia
Black metal! <3
xxxiloveetfxxx
Riffs with balls
Ian Henderson
now this is fucking music
Ricardo Zavala Arce
satan rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan Healy
*hack them down