Monstrous black/doom/punk chimera MANTAR have released a snippet video for another song off the upcoming 10" vinyl EP entitled »The Spell«. Surf here to get a glimpse of 'Age Of The Vril': https://youtu.be/MDT0NFVJfdM
The snippet for 'Pest Crusade' can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/tn9P89AFGsw
»The Spell« will contain 3 previously unreleased songs and is set to be released on March 31 via Nuclear Blast. The title track features Okoi Jones from Swiss extreme metal duo BÖLZER on guest vocals. Responsible for the haunting cover art is renowned artist Aaron Wiesenfeld (www.aronwiesenfeld.com) who was also responsible for MANTAR's debut record's artwork.
The official lyric video (created by Wayne Horse who also did the video for 'White Nights') for the title track can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/faXx3ac9XPQ
»The Spell« will be released on 10" vinyl (black and silver, limited to only 500 copies each) as well as digitally. The limited EP is now available for pre-order via this link: http://nblast.de/MantarTheSpellNB
Commented MANTAR singer & guitarist Hanno: "After recording »Ode To The Flame« we had a really hard time deciding which of the 12 recorded songs should be on the final record. Since we both don't like long records and after getting completely lost in that process, we finally agreed just to draw which 10 songs should be released. So we had two additional tracks left and thought it might be a good time to put them out before we forget about them. Two old fashioned MANTAR tunes, aggressive and groovy. 'The Spell' actually is one of MANTAR's first jams ever and the instrumental was recorded in a first/one take back in 2013 during the sessions for our debut »Death By Burning«. You really can hear that it's more like jamming along and we didn´t really know where this song would take us when we started playing. But we always liked that raw but also elegant vibe, so a few month ago we finally decided to ask our good friend Okoi Jones from BÖLZER to contribute some guest vocals and make it some sort of duet between me and Okoi. Vocals were recorded in Switzerland and in Tampa, Florida. The world is small nowadays..."
The band recently announced their upcoming European headlining run. See dates below.
Mantar + Deserted Fear + Deathrite
Presented by: RTN-Touring, Nuclear Blast, Deaf Forever, VISIONS, Metal Hammer, Metal.de, Metalnews.de
- 23.03.2017 SE - Gothenburg, Belsepub Valand***
- 24.03.2017 SE - Stockholm, Fryshuset Klubben***
- 25.03.2017 SE - Sundsvall, Club Destroyer***
- 30.03.2017 DE – Bielefeld, Forum*
- 31.03.2017 DE – Essen, Turock*
- 01.04.2017 DE – München, Under the Black Moon Festival
- 05.04.2017 UK - London, Our Black Heart*
- 06.04.2017 FR – Paris, O’Sullivan’s Backstage*
- 07.04.2017 NL – Rotterdam, Baroeg*
- 08.04.2017 DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof*
- 09.04.2017 DE – Jena, Rosenkeller*
- 20.04.2017 DE – Nürnberg, Z-Bau, Galerie**
- 21.04.2017 DE – Hannover, Bei Chez Heinz**
- 22.04.2017 DE – Hamburg, Knust** !!! SOLD OUT !!!
- 23.04.2017 DE – Berlin, Lido**
- 28.04.2017 DE – Saarbrücken, Garage**
- 29.04.2017 DE – Stuttgart, Universum**
- 30.04.2017 CH – Pratteln, Z7**
- 01.05.2017 CH – Bern, ISC**
*Deathrite
**Deserted Fear & Deathrite
***Mantar & Grave only
More shows:
- 14.04.2017 ZAF - Alberton, Witchfest Open Air Johannesburg
- 15.04.2017 ZAF - Cape Town, Witchfest Open Air Cape Town
- 02.-04.06.2017 DE - Gelsenkirchen, Rock Hard Festival
- 05.-08.07.2017 DE - Ballenstedt, Rock Harz Open Air
- 08.07.2017 ES - Viveiro, Resurrection Fest
- 15.07.2017 DE - Weil am Rhein, Baden In Blut
- 09.-12.08.2017 CZ - Jaromer, Brutal Assault
- 10.-12.08.2017 DE - Schlotheim, Party.San
- 25.08.2017 AT - Spital am Semmering, Kaltenbach Open Air