Swedish guitarist Jonas Brytting made his mark with technical death metal legends Spawn of Possession, but after more than a decade away from the spotlight, he’s returned with a brand-new project: Retromorphosis. Their debut album, Solus Mortis, is a masterclass in dark, atmospheric death metal—an album that nods to the past while carving its own grim path forward.
Tom Sundgren caught up with Jonas to talk about the band’s origins, the making of Solus Mortis, and what the future holds for this haunting new chapter in extreme metal.
Tom Sunen: Let’s start from the beginning. After the Gorod/XVUS/Obscura tour in 2012, where did life take you? Were you still involved with metal?
Jonas Brytting: Right after that tour, I actually started writing for a new Spawn of Possession album. But then life happened—my wife got pregnant with our second child in 2014, and I was working crazy hours. I just didn’t have the energy to commit, so I ended the band. I didn’t want to leave fans waiting forever.
But I never really stopped writing music. I wrote casually—some black metal, some death metal. Two songs on Solus Mortis—“Vanished” and “Never to Awake”—actually date back to that time.
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