Daily Archives: March 29, 2021

Reviews, Various

(review) Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming

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It is time for Croatian band to grace the pages of this zine again. Manntra just released their brand new record and it was time for me to listen and find out what are the new songs like.

There is an intro invocation plus ten songs on this opus. Although this band is firmly rooted in some folk metal song structures this new record is so much more. Songs are very melodic just made for singing along and humming long after you finish listening to the record. Besides this, there are also lots of industrial influenced song structures, also melodic gothic parts, even some classic rock and pop influences are clear in the song structures. But, most important, this is well written, well played and quality modern folk metal album, Vocals are fantastic, also backing vocal harmonies are superb. My personal favorites are Voices of the Sea and I Want To Eat You which is instant hit upon first listening makes me wanna listen to it again and again. This band always delivers great music! Go listen!

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Italian prog metal White Thunder releases ‘ORBIT’ music video & single

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“ORBIT” is the first single & video extracted from Italian progressive metal act White Thunder‘s new & first album “Maximum – A Journey of a Billion Years” due to be release on June 15th.

The song tells the story of a boy who is tired of being told which path he should follow. A struggle towards total responsibility.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0aiqEfYwU

“ORBIT” it’s also available on all digital platforms: https://smarturl.it/wt-orbit

White Thunder line up

Mattia Fagiolo – Vocals

Alessandro De Falco – Guitar
Jacopo Fagiolo – Guitar

Simone Ndiaye – Bass Guitar

Davide Fabrizio – Drums


Bio:

White Thunder are part of the italian progressive metal scene, with an original sound and a varied proposal that starts from classic metal and takes inspiration from many other genres outside of it. 

They were formed in 2011 and after some line-up changes they found the right formula with Mattia Fagiolo on vocals, Alessandro De Falco and Jacopo Fagiolo on guitars, Simone Ndiaye on bass and Davide Fabrizio on drums. 

The ingredients of their music: a careful use of dynamics, with clean sections alternating with aggressive and fast sections, power, creativity and a very strong union between the instrumental and the voices, both melodic and growl.

The first EP “Never Ending Silence” was released in 2019, propedeutic to the preparation of the debut album “Maximum: The Journey Of a Billion Years“, a work that presents a progressive metal concept with many colorful shades. 

Their lyrics investigate the dynamics of the most intimate and controversial emotions.

Contact White Thunder

Official site: https://whitethunder.net/

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foOInk

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cwe6Wh

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whitethunder2011

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitethunder_official/

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(review) Tir – Persepolis

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Tir started its musical journey in Turkey, but now it resides in Australia. The music of Tir can be described as dungeon synth with dark ambient, dark/neofolk influences in the songwriting and song structures. This record offers 15 songs of epic soundscape. The atmosphere is majestic, epic, yet at the same time sometimes eerie. Dungeon synth is not the music for wide masses and for ordinary people, but all of the hearts that are really into it will find themselves more than satisfied with this album. My personal favorites on this one are Righteous Viraz with such epic almost fantasy melody and also The Dragon King Raised an Army having such vibe and atmosphere that you can almost touch it and feel it with your hands and it can enter all of your body through your eyes, ears and possess your mind and heart having that martial beat and making your skin crawl with goosebumps. But, you will have to find your own personal favorites if you love such music. Go ahead, have a listen, let yourselves go to other dimension with this one.

https://tirofficial.bandcamp.com/album/persepolis