Defender City Ad Mortis, the Dutch metal classic remastered! An absolute highlight of 80s Speed/Power Metal finally available again!

Defender’s cult 1987 EP “City Ad Mortis” roars back in a freshly remastered digipak CD, limited to just 500 copies. The Dutch quintet’s razor-sharp fusion of speed and power metal is preserved with crystalline clarity, letting Simon Menting’s soaring vocals and the band’s galloping riffs punch through as never before. Across the original five tracks—“City Ad Mortis,” “Die for You,” “Deadly Peril,” “In the Beginning” and “Counter Attack”.

Defender channels the melodic heft of classic European heavy metal while infusing it with the raw aggression that defined the late-’80s underground. Three brand-new studio recordings from the reunited line-up (“The Lady Vanished,” “Moloch” and “Heaven on Your Mind”) expand the running time and underline how timeless these songs remain. Housed in a digipak and accompanied by a mini-poster, this 2025 Hammerheart Records edition is the definitive way to experience a lost gem of Dutch metal history.

Recommended if you like: Iron Maiden, Helloween, Exciter, Agent Steel, Jag Panzer, Savage Grace

Artist: Defender
Title: City Ad Mortis
Label: Hammerheart Records
Cat #: HHR2025-08
Release Year: 2025
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak
Condition: New & Factory Sealed

Tracklist:

1. City Ad Mortis
2. Die for You
3. Deadly Peril
4. In the Beginning
5. Counter Attack
6. The Lady Vanished (2025 re-recording)
7. Moloch (2025 re-recording)
8. Heaven on Your Mind (2025 re-recording)