Mors Principium Est is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Pori, Satakunta, formed in 1999 by Jori Haukio, Jarkko Kokko and Toni Nummelin. Percussion instruments were missing, but later in the same year Mikko joined the band to play the drums. Jori was playing lead guitar and vocals, Jarkko guitar and Toni keyboards. The band played for a while with this set, but in the beginning of year 2000 Jori got tired of singing and wanted to concentrate only in guitar.