Photo credits Morten: Cécile Delpoio — Zora Cock: Jordotto phoeography, Rene Boxem
Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) released the twelfth Mortemia song from ‘The Cover Collab Sessions’ today. A collection of cover songs featuring different guest singers for each song. This single is a rendition of ‘Golden Leaves’ originally by Bear McCreary, featuring Zora Cock on guest vocals. The song is available on all digital platforms as of yesterday the 11th of September 2026.
Morten Veland:
“I’m proud and honoured to welcome back my friend and former collaborator Zora Cock as my special guest for ‘The Cover Collab Sessions’. A few years back I had the pleasure of working with Zora on our rendition of ‘What else is there?’. For those of you that might have missed out, you can find Mortemia’s version up on all digital platforms. This time around the choice fell on a soundtrack from ‘The Rings of Power’. A beautiful song in elvish composed by film composer Bear McCreary. When I first heard this song it instantly gave me goosebumps, and I’ve been thinking about a rendition for some time. When I finally got around to working on it, Zora’s voice instantly came into mind. So I was really stoked and thankful when Zora could find some time in a busy schedule to endeavor on another collaboration with me. I’m really excited with what we have come up with together, and we both really can’t wait to share the song with all of you. The song will be available on all digital platforms on Friday the 11th of September 2026”.
Zora Cock:
“How excited I was when I got asked by Morten to do another collab together! The first Mortemia song I featured on got such a lovely response, and I still very much love that song today. That’s why my first thought was: “How are we ever going to top that?” But then I heard what song he had in mind, something quite different, one that would take me to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings world, on top of that… I had to sing in Elvish! I hope you’ll love the result as much as I do !!!”
Song on digital platforms: Golden Leaves (feat. Zora Cock) by Mortemia & Sirenia & Blackbriar – DistroKid
During the early stages of the Covid 19 pandemic Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Morten Veland decided to activate his solo project Mortemia , this time with a brand new concept consisting of collaborations with multiple guest singers. ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ was a series of singles released on a monthly basis, each song featuring a well known and highly profiled guest singer from the metal scene. Following next was ‘The Covid Aftermath Sessions’, yet another album featuring songs, all with different guest singers. Now Mortemia is ready to endeavor on his third album in the collaboration format entitled ‘The Cover Collab Sessions’, once more the project will feature multiple amazing guest singers. This will be, as the title suggests, an album consisting of cover songs solely. All re-arranged and performed in Mortemia’s signature style.
So far the following singers has contributed for his collaborations:
Madeleine Liljestam (Eleine)
Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Ayreon, MaYaN)
Alessia Scolletti (Temperance, ERA)
Liv Kristine (Liv Kristine, ex-Theatre of Tragedy, ex-Leaves Eyes)
Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum, The Dark Side of the Moon)
Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers)
Maja Shining (Forever Still)
Erica Ohlsson (Metalite)
Heidi Parviainen (Dark Sarah, ex Amberian Dawn)
Zora Cock (Blackbriar)
Linda Toni Grahn (Anima Veil, ex Follow the Cipher)
Caterina Nix (Chaos Magic)
Federica Lanna (Volturian)
Ulli Perhonen (ex-Snow White Blood)
Ambre Vourvahis (Xandria)
Fabienne Erni (Eluveitie, Illumishade)
Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna)
Margarita Monet (Edge of Paradise)
Marina La Torraca (Battle Beast, Exit Eden, Phantom Elite)
Nicoletta Rosellini (Alterium, Walk in Darkness)
Maxi Nil (Jaded Star, ex Visions of Atlantis)
Capri (ex Amberian Dawn)
Emma Zoldan (Sirenia)
Dianne van Giersbergen (DIANNE, Ex Libris)
Chiara Tricarico (Moonlight Haze)
Leah (Leah)
Kristin Starkey (Temperance, Twilight Force)
Kristyn Hope (Daedric)
Diva Satanica (Bloodhunter)
Grace Darkling (Nocturna)
Rehn Stillnight (Nocturna)
Jessica Thierjung (Lyriel)
Minniva (Minniva)
Helle Bohdanova (Ignea)
Karmen Klinc (Venus 5)
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