Norway's artist Mortiis has shared a beautiful three‑track digital EP, inspired by and named after the song "Farewell Romero" from his latest record Ghosts Of Europa, released in June on Prophecy Productions.

The Farewell Romero EP includes the original album track, alongside a fascinating new interpretation featuring renowned French pianist Nicolas Horvath. Horvath — known for collaborations with Alcest and for his work with Japan's celebrated animation studio Studio Ghibli — brings a distinctive classical dimension to the piece. The third track presents a new variant (Madrigal version) of "Violent Silence", featuring former Todesbonden vocalist Laurie Ann Haus, whose ethereal performance adds a haunting emotional layer.

Mortiis comments: "It has always been my nature to experiment and try new ideas, so to some, it's probably not a surprise that I had a couple of variations of some of the songs from Ghosts Of Europa sitting around. When I write songs, I tend to try a lot of directions out, and sometimes there are brutal production decisions to be made, such as killing off otherwise great melodies, or entire sections, from songs. This is probably why I have always been pretty open to creating variations of the songs. Sometimes 'killing your darlings' is just too damn painful. Oh, and the artwork for this EP might be my personal favourite from the Ghosts Of Europa series."

The artist also shares detailed notes for each track, beginning with "Farewell Romero": "This song was always meant as a homage to the John Carpenter sound of Escape from New York. I always loved that sound. So most of the synths here are ARP Odyssey sounds, with some Sequential Prophet Pro-5 thrown in. I even got to use my ARP 2600 from 1975 for a moment in here, as well as my weird Electro Comp 101. At one point we actually asked John Carpenter if he wanted to contribute to the song, but unfortunately he was too busy. I always liked the first verse vocal performance, 'How long can you remain human, when they treat you like an animal', but remained very self-conscious about the other vocals, to the point where I deleted it all, and re-recorded all of it, right before we started mixing. The title refers to a character in the movie, and it felt especially apt as I discovered the actor had fairly recently passed away (at the time)".

He continues with "Farewell Romero (No Longer Feel The Same)": "This version started as an idea between me and Nicolas Horvath to do some piano versions of songs from Ghosts Of Europa. We decided to begin with 'Farewell...' and see where that would take us. Initially, the intent was to make a laid-back, piano-dominated variation, but as I was removing lots of sounds, and slightly altering the dirtier and darker aspects of the song, ideas started forming, and once that happens, I am no longer in control. The simple drum became a big and mean thing, and the dirt, darkness and the grit started dominating. It just keeps swelling up like that until the end, where everything feels like it consumes itself. Marc Urselli mixed this variation, and did a great job". 

And regarding "Violent Silence (Madrigal Version)", Mortiis adds: "This variant came about through both planning and coincidence. Once Laurie had recorded her vocals, for what I originally intended to be part of the album version, I quickly realised that this just needed to become its own version. At this point, I stripped away most of the other vocals and a few other bits and pieces. Secondly, when Sean was mixing it, and I think I had left him confusing or sloppy instructions, the entire ending was accidentally left a cappella. I remember Sean saying, 'This sounds kinda cool, but is it supposed to sound like this?' I had a listen and said, 'No, but it is now'. This is a perfect example of a happy accident".

As for Ghosts Of Europa, simply follow the links HERE, and see below for Mortiis' upcoming tour dates. Link

* Mortiis – Latin American Tour:
07 Oct 2026 — Mexico City (MX), Circo Volador
08 Oct 2026 — Guadalajara (MX), Foro Independencia
09 Oct 2026 — Chihuahua (MX), Pistoleros
10 Oct 2026 — Tijuana (MX), Dragon Rojo Bar
11 Oct 2026 — Monterrey (MX), Café Iguana
14 Oct 2026 — Bogotá (CO), Ace of Spades
16 Oct 2026 — São Paulo (BR), La Iglesia
17 Oct 2026 — Buenos Aires (AR), Bula
18 Oct 2026 — Santiago (CL), Sala RBX

* Mortiis – Southern Ritual Australian Tour:
19 Nov 2026 — Sydney (AU), Factory Floor
20 Nov 2026 — Brisbane (AU), Crowbar
21 Nov 2026 — Melbourne (AU), Croxton
22 Nov 2026 — Adelaide (AU), Ed Castle