::Biography::

Morda was born in the H8000 area (Bruges, Belgium), the same place that spawned bands that made Belgium as the hotbed of hardcore/metalcore during the mid 90's to early 2000's. The band's trademark melody, metal, mosh and pure hardcore clearly indicated that they are actually from that area. Their previous album "Eighty-Six" (2003) have cemented a firm foundation for their name and have proven that they can bring back the glory days of the H8000 scene. The legendary Pro-Pain and All Out War have asked the band to support them on their respective 2003 European tours. Since then, the band's email address had been attacked by kids who are very eager to see them live and have their hands on the band's CD/merch.


In 2005, Morda released their most anticipated released to date, Azerion. The band have dedicated so much time, blood and sweat to ensure that this release will have diverse and well thought-out song structures. The result was tons of melody that's been inspired by In Flames and merged together with brutal Belgian metalcore from the likes of Liar, Congress and Arkangel; overwhelming walls of guitar and intense breaks from German bands like Heaven Shall Burn and (old) Caliban; and some technical input and great twists from killer US bands like Unearth or As I Lay Dying. The lyrics are insightful and deal with our daily life and all its aspects which we all have to endure. To add up more spice to the album, they asked Marcus (Heaven Shall Burn) to lay down some guest vocals. All these brilliance and destruction have been meticulously recorded at CCR Studio (Liar, Arkangel, Congress). It's not surprising that this album received rave reviews and have categorized Morda as in league with such highly acclaimed bands like Heaven Shall Burn, Arkangel, Liar, Caliban (old), and As I Lay Dying.


June 29, 2005 was a memorable date for the band as it is the day of the release party of Azerion, some 1,200 kids have gathered and witnessed the band's extra ordinary live performance, an all out insanity prevailed! It also embarked the beginning of Morda's headlining Euro tour (throughout Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Austria). Within the first month of its release over 1,500 CD's have been already sold (a feat for an independent hardcore label), and the number's still increasing. On November 2005 they have set a second European tour in support for their CD. They have also co-headlined again Pro-Pain's 2005 Euro tour. All of these hard works have increased Morda's popularity even further.


They have been part of the annual Vort N' Vis Fest (biggest hardcore festival in Belgium) since 2001 onwards. Their eagerness to play every possible shows have made them shared stages with such notables acts like Madball, Caliban, Walls of Jericho, 100 Demons, Heaven Shall Burn, Terror, etc.


The overwhelming positive responses have caught up the attention of Hong Kong based Metal/Hardcore/Screamo record label, Gods Child Music. The label had agreed to help Morda conquer other territories, and in doing so they will be re-releasing Azerion this coming July 10, 2006 with bonus materials. They are also set to bring mayhem and insanity in Japan this coming August with their Japanese label mates, Community Trust.