What is "mortemia"

Mortemia is a Norwegian gothic metal one-man band created in 2009 by Morten Veland, the founder of Tristania and Sirenia. On July 6, 2009 the band announced it had signed with Napalm Records. The band's first album, titled Misere Mortem, was released in February 2010. A song from the album, "The One I Once Was", was made available on the band's MySpace page on January 17, 2010. The album was recorded at Veland's Audio Avenue Studios in Stavanger, Norway and Sound Suite Studios in France. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Veland himself.