Luna Mortis

Luna Mortis was an American heavy metal band based in Madison, Wisconsin. The band was formed in late 2001 in Monroe, Wisconsin as The Ottoman Empire. In 2006, the band self-released their debut studio album, Way of the Blade. In June 2007, Luna Mortis played the first Flight of the Valkyries female-fronted metal festival in St. Paul, MN under their original name. In 2008, the band self-released an EP, The Answer: Does Not Exist. That same year, the band changed their name to Luna Mortis and signed a recording contract with Century Media. On February 10, 2009, the band released their debut for Century Media, The Absence, recorded in 2008 at Audio Hammer Studios and produced by Jason Suecof. In June 2009, the band returned to St. Paul for the festival's third edition. Century Media Records dropped Luna Mortis in December 2009. On February 15, 2010, Brian Koenig announced on Luna Mortis' MySpace page that the band had been dissolved and the members would be going their separate ways. On February 11, 2013, the band announced through their Facebook profile that they would reunite in 2013, planning festival appearances and new material. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Mo...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)