Editing Mortiis (section)

===Era I===
The title of ''Era I'' was never intentional. It came about in 2001 when Mortiis was set to release ''[[The Smell of Rain]]'', which was such a departure from his earlier records that he wanted to brand it in a way to signify this. All works previous to ''The Smell of Rain'' were thereafter referred to as ''Era I'' as a consequence. All of the ''Era I'' albums were composed entirely on synthesizers, creating a sound that Mortiis described as "dark dungeon music"- a fundamental influence on the later [[dungeon synth]] genre. The last album of this era, ''The Stargate'', went a step further by introducing a wider range of instruments including acoustic guitars, flutes and dark vocals; mainly provided by [[Sarah Jezebel Deva]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mortiis- The Stargate |url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mortiis/The_Stargate/288 |website=metal-archives.com |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref>