Heavy Metal Mayhem<\/a> radio show if the Keep it True<\/b> festival appearance was the main motivation in bringing MORTAL SIN<\/b> back. Mat<\/b> said: “No, that came afterwards. Although Oliver<\/b> from Keep It True<\/b> has been trying to get us for the last \u2014 I don’t know how many years. Every year I seem to get an e-mail from him saying, ‘Oh, will you do this?’ And I go, ‘I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, can’t.’ Because I don’t know if you know, my wife was quite ill and passed away in January this year. That sort of took up a big part of my life and that was the priority. When she passed away in January, I kind of needed a bit of purpose and I saw Andy<\/b> and Nathan<\/b>. We all sort of went to the same concert together, and I said, ‘Look, I know that it’s been me that’s held us up for all these years, and I appreciate that you waited and everything, but if you guys wanna do something, next year’s our 40th anniversary, if you’re up for it, I’m up for it.’ And they all just said \u2014 straight away they said yes. And then so we sat with those three, with us three for probably two months while we were sort of getting into the sort of sense that we’re gonna do it. And then we sat there and thought, ‘Well, who are we gonna get on guitars?’ And Andy<\/b> suggested getting Paul<\/b> [Carwana<\/b>], the original guitarist, but I was a little more inclined to use Ryan<\/b> from the last lineup that we did with in 2011, just to keep some kind of \u2014 I can’t say continuity, ’cause it’s been \u2014 what? \u2014 14 years since then. But I liked Ryan<\/b>. Ryan<\/b> was a pretty superior player. And, yeah, because we were losing Luke<\/b> [Cook<\/b>], our drummer, I didn’t wanna have too much change. Changing one member’s okay, changing two members kind of gets \u2014 everyone sort of [thinks], ‘Yeah, you bloody change your members all the time,’ that sort of vibe. So we’ve got four of the members who were basically together \u2014 I don’t know what \u2014 since 2005 till 2011. And then George<\/b> has joined us this year. Because he is a drummer, he plays in about 37 bands. But the two notable ones are LIVEWIRE<\/b> and BASTARDIZER<\/b>. You may have heard of BASTARDIZER<\/b>. You may have heard of LIVEWIRE<\/b>.”<\/p>\nRegarding how far he and his MORTAL SIN<\/b> bandmates are planning to take the reunion and if there is a chance of new music being released in the not-too-distant future, Mat<\/b> said: “Well, look \u2014 one step at a time. When we said we’d start this, we said, ‘Let’s just do something for the 40th anniversary.’ We feel we deserve to do that. And then let’s just see. If the reaction is good, if we get shows out of it and all that sort of thing, if there’s enough there to push us into doing more, then we’ll do more. But we’ll get past the first hurdle first, and then we’ll see how we all feel together. Also having a new drummer on board\u2026 Yeah, it’s basically a look-see for now. It’s not a full commitment to writing a new album, but we have<\/i> discussed it, and it’s sort of not out of the question, but it’s also not a hundred percent, ‘Yes, we’ll do it.'”<\/p>\n
Asked if there are MORTAL SIN<\/b> songs that are left over from different eras of the band that he and his bandmates could work on to create a new album, Mat<\/b> said: “I wouldn’t do it. I feel that’s cheating. When METALLICA<\/b> brought their ‘Death Magnetic’<\/b> [album] out, to me it sounded like they just went through and found all these old songs and [said], ‘Let’s redo these.’ I don’t know. That was my opinion.<\/p>\n
“Look, we’ve already put out \u2014 on various bootleg CDs \u2014 we’ve put old tracks, stuff that we never released,” he explained. “So we’ve already done all of that, and I think it’s such a long time between now and when we were<\/i> playing and did release an album that I think you’ve gotta come at it with fresh ears, fresh eyes, fresh head, all new, because it might be better. Sometimes old is not better. Sometimes new is better\u2026 It’s kind of like looking at photos. A photo is a snapshot in time. An album is a snapshot in time as well. It’s what you did at that time. It’s what creativity you had at that time. And everybody changes. In 14 years, so much happens in your life. You’ve got a whole new bunch of material that’s in your head of all your experiences and all the things that happened in your life. So why would you go back? Let’s just draw on those experiences.”<\/p>\n
When the MORTAL SIN<\/b> reunion was announced in July 2025, Eftichiou<\/b> said in a statement: “Picking up the bass again for MORTAL SIN<\/b> after all these years feels like coming home \u2014 loud, chaotic, and a hell of a lot of fun. We’ve still got something to say, and I can’t wait to hit the stage with the boys and bring that energy back to the fans.”<\/p>\n
In July 2025, the Australian thrashers dropped a new lyric video for “Mayhemic Destruction”<\/b>, the title track of the debut album they started recording at Sydney’s Studio 301<\/b> on Friday, July 25, 1986.<\/p>\n
MORTAL SIN<\/b>‘s latest album, “Psychology Of Death”<\/b>, was released in Europe in November 2011 via NoiseArt Records<\/b>. The effort included the group’s classic debut LP, “Mayhemic Destruction”<\/b>, as a bonus disc in the limited digipak version. The follow-up to 2007’s “An Absence Of Faith”<\/b> was mixed with producer\/engineer Darren “jENK” Jenkins<\/b> and marked the recording debut of guitarist Ryan Huthnance<\/b>, who replaced Mick Sultana<\/b>.<\/p>\n
MORTAL SIN<\/b> in 2009 released a live album, “Into The Inferno (Live In Oslo)” <\/b>, via Riot! Entertainment<\/b>. The CD, which contained the group’s March 2008 performance in Oslo, Norway, was described by the band as “possibly the best live show MORTAL SIN<\/b> have ever had recorded.”<\/p>\n
Once hailed as the next METALLICA<\/b>, MORTAL SIN<\/b> have become legends in their home country Australia, having been inducted into the Kerrang! Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame<\/b> in 2005 and being the only Australian band to have played with the big five of thrash \u2014 METALLICA<\/b>, SLAYER<\/b>, ANTHRAX<\/b>, MEGADETH<\/b> and TESTAMENT<\/b> \u2014 on tours in Australia and overseas.<\/p>\n