Photo credits: Rehn pics: Chiara Santaterra — Diva pics: Beatriz Mariano — Morten pics: Tom Knudsen
Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA) released the sixth Mortemia song from ‘The Cover Collab Sessions’ today. A collection of 12 cover songs featuring different guest singers for each song. This track is a cover version of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ originally recorded by Coolio, featuring Diva Satánica, Grace Darkling & Rehn Stillnight on guest vocals. The song is available on all digital platforms as of today the 27th of February 2026.
Song on digital platforms: Gangsta’s Paradise (feat. Diva Satánica, Grace Darkling & Rehn Stillnight) by Mortemia – DistroKid
Morten Veland:
“I’m proud and honoured to welcome Diva Satanica, Grace Darkling and Rehn Stillnight as my special guests for ‘The Cover Collab Sessions’. This song marks Mortemia’s 30th collaboration, and I wanted to do something special in order to celebrate this milestone. I have known these awesome singers for some time now, after meeting on tour, and I am very pleased to finally be working together on my Mortemia project. Together with these three phenomenal guests we have created a really cool metal version of this iconic song. I feel truly privileged and thankful to have Diva, Grace and Rehn on board this project and we can’t wait to share this song with all of you. The song will be available on all digital platforms on Friday the 27th of February 2026”.
Diva Satánica:
“When Morten asked me to do this collab I immediately accepted! It’s an hymn that we all sang at some point of our lives, it has that rebel vibe that connects me also with the metal scene: the feeling of freedom, staying true to yourself and living on the edge. This song reminds me a lot of my teenage-hood and being fearless, and that’s something that we usually lose on our way to adulthood. Sharing the vocal duties with 2 amazing singers like Grace and Rehn was also an absolute honor. I feel very lucky to be part of this cover collabs session and to be able to add my little touch to Mortemia’s legacy.”
Grace Darkling:
“I’ve been a fan of Sirenia and Tristania since I was 16, so collaborating with Morten is a dream come true! Singing on a hip-hop song like Gangsta’s Paradise was so much fun and a really interesting twist. I absolutely love the metal version we created, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Thank you for this amazing opportunity!”
Rehn Stillnight:
I’ve been a huge fan of symphonic metal since I was very young, so of course I’ve always loved Sirenia and Tristania as well. It’s a real pleasure for me to be doing this collaboration with Morten, and it’s been kinda funny to record a rap song in a metal version with two other amazing singers! I’m so thrilled to share our work with you. Can’t wait!
After 11 years of silence Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Morten Veland activated his solo project Mortemia during the early stages of the Covid 19 pandemic, 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 12 songs with 12 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 (Exit Eden, Phantom Elite)
Nicoletta Rosellini (Alterium, Walk in Darkness)
Maxi Nil (Jaded Star, ex Visions of Atlantis)
Capri (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)
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