Mortal Realm releases ‘With A Heavy Heart’ on Negative Gain

Mortal Realm (Photo by Motornerve Photography)
Seattle industrial/goth/post-punk project Mortal Realm has released the digital single “With A Heavy Heart” today, November 7, 2025, via Negative Gain Productions. The track arrives with an official visualizer which you can see below and follows the album “Stab In The Dark” released last year with the same label.
The track was written, recorded, and mixed by Adam V. Jones; with mastering by Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg at Studio-600.
Mortal Realm is scheduled at Real Art Tacoma on Saturday, November 22, 2025, with Nuda, Ceremony Shadows, and Sombre Lux.
About Mortal Realm
This is the solo project of Seattle-based musician Adam V. Jones, who before played in Haex and Sterling Silicon. The project operates across industrial, goth, and post-punk with an electronic core. The band is signed to Negative Gain Productions.
The project issued its debut full-length “Stab In The Dark” on July 5, 2024 through Negative Gain Productions.
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