During the two-year process of slaving over Mortiis’ upcoming full-length, “The Great Deceiver,” the members of the band – Mortiis (vocals), Levi Gawron (guitar), Ogee (guitar), and Chris Kling (drums) – also had some alternative ideas brewing in the back of their minds. Some of them stemmed from songs on “the Great Deceiver,” while some of the songs were completely separate monsters, more inspired by the music of other artists than the music they were laying down tracks for.

“Perfectly Defect” is a result of the process of creating “The Great Deceiver.”

“The inspiration was very diverse,” Mortiis says. “The album was made across a period of time, so musically the album is really all over the place. Several bands and artists we were listening to inspired us, but I knew the record wasn´t going to be this super heavy industrial metal thing like ‘The Great Deceiver’ turned out to be.”

“Perfectly Defect” reflects the diversity of inspiration. At times dark and broody with a soundtrack-y feel, at times showing the influence of Prodigy-type nastiness, and at times full of metallic noise and filtered walls of noise, “Perfectly Defect” is the flip side of Mortiis’ dual personality.

The album’s title is more than a name for “Perfectly Defect,” it is a reflection of the music within. “The title track is actually a really troubled song - it went through various titles and arrangements,” explains Mortiis. “Imagine someone so messed up inside, it almost borders on some ...