Spiritus Mortis

Spiritus Mortis is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are believed to be the first band in Finland to play doom metal.
The band was formed in 1987 as Rigor Mortis, with the founding members Teemu Maijala (bass, vocals), Jussi Maijala (guitars) and VP Rapo (drums). Due to the existence of an American metal band also called Rigor Mortis, they changed their name to Spiritus Mortis. Spiritus Mortis recorded four demos as a trio, one demo in 1997 with... plus