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MANTRIC LAUNCH THEIR DESCENT TODAY

 Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 12:00pm by

mantric - the descentToday is the day we finally get to hear new music from Norway’s Mantric, the band formed from the ashes of Extol (who called it quits in 2007). Like much of the Prosthetic Records roster, Mantric offer a proggy take on something a touch more accessible; in this case a captivating hybrid of Isis / Cult of Luna style heavy done up more intricately and ornately and with a touch of post-hardcore riffery and vocals. If Opeth ever decided to dabble in the Neurisis axis of metal and recorded with Kurt Ballou helming the boards it’d probably sound something like Mantric.

I’ve actually only heard the two songs posted on Mantric’s MySpace page, but today marks the U.S. release of their debut album The Descent (it came out yesterday in Europe). I‘ve been waiting for this one for a while, and I can’t to smoke a bowl and dig in.

Pre-order The Descent here for only $10, or $20 with a t-shirt.

-VN

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  • http://dcmetalreview.wordpress.com/ Dan-O

    Waiting on my pre-order to come in the mail! I have been waiting for this release for awhile, especially since Extol are one of those “gateway” bands for me getting into heavier and more extreme styles of metal.

  • Andy Synn

    Weirdly it actually came out over here in the UK about two weeks ago…

    I’m loving it, but then again i’m a massive Extol fan-boy.

    It’s a hard-work album though, not really designed to be either accessably brutal or accessably melodic.

  • Lordassenfroth

    the reason i loved extol was ole borud, but he’s not doing metal anymore he’s doing some stevie wonder sound-alike bullshit, i couldnt get down with the blueprint dives, and i had lost all faith in the extol guys seeing as how benea reach is only kinda good, but this seems ok. its definitally not burial, undecieved or synergy, but cool in its own way i guess.