OK SO THIS BAND MANTRIC PRETTY MUCH RULES
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 12:30pm by Vince Neilstein
Any time a press release comes in from Prosthetic Records announcing a new band signing, the link is always worth clicking. Take Norway’s Mantric, who despite their home country are perhaps the farthest thing from black metal imaginable. I’m really, really digging what Mantric have posted on their MySpace page; this is metal that’s cerebral, proggy (but not shreddy), jazzy, challenging and still accessible. Some of you might be excited to know that the band features ex-members of Extol. Color me psyched for their Prosthetic debut which is being mixed by Tue Madsen and is due out in February.
Oh hey and look at that slammin’ new MySpace design (part of which you’re looking at on top of this post)? It was hand-drawn by the illustrious Jesse Zuretti of MetalSucks faves The Binary Code. In case any of you guys out there who are in bands are looking for a spiffed-up new MySpace design.
-VN
Good music but the vocals kind of ruined it for me!!!
I was thinking the same thing… I don’t know exactly what kind of vocals I would prefer, but the ones they have aren’t especially impressive.
Exactly…I was waiting for something great and I was fully disappointed
I got about a minute in before I couldn’t take any more. Not good.
The album is fantastic! Being a long time Extol fan, I can get passed the vocals, but I understand how that can limit the experience for some.
I don’t know that I’d call it metal, but I love it.
Crazy Scandinavians pretending they know english :P Sounds pretty decent, borderlines being complicated for no reason but I think these guys will get better and better with time. Decent find.
Ex-Extol is good, but I am honestly more pumped that the members in question are responsible for Lengsel’s The Kiss – The Hope. I’ll definitely check out this record.
easily one of the worst band names i’ve heard all year…
I’ve been stoked about these guys for a few months now. I had only heard their demos and didn’t know they had been signed and had a full song up. Thanks for the post. By the way, Extol rules. So does Benea Reach.
I’m a huge Extol fan so this is cool to see some ex-guitarists play in a new band. The demo songs are really good…the first song..not as much I think. The vocals need a little getting used to. Hopefully their album sounds a lot like the demo songs on there.
Vocals are kinda weird, but I can dig it.
Not a fan. :(
I got hit on by a man trick in Vegas one time.
That was…interesting.
eh. not so much good.
So, are these guys a “Christian” band like Extol? In any case, I have to agree with Ziltoid here.
SUPER Christian. A bit more blatant than Extol was about it, too.