Mortuary Drape, an Italian black metal group from Alessandria in the Piémont region, formed in 1986. Their initial releases included two demo tapes: Necromancy and Doom Return, released in 1987 and 1989 respectively. In 1991, Mortuary Drape signed with Greek label Decapitated Records and released their first EP, Into the Drape (1992). Their debut album, All the Witches Dance, followed in 1994 under Unisound Records. Subsequent releases included Mourn Path (1996), Secret Sudaria (1997), and Tolling 13 Knell (2000). In 2004, they released their fourth album, Buried in Time, under Avantgarde Music. Mortuary Drape participated in several European festivals, notably the Anti-Christ Crusade Tour in 2007. Their later albums include Spiritual Independence (2014) and Black Mirror (2023).
