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Loyal Blood Records is proud to present “Sin”, the eagerly anticipated second album from Mantric, a progressive metal trio from Norway comprised of former members of prog innovators and Grammy nominees Extol.
Set for release on September 25th, “Sin” follows-up the band’s debut album “The Descent” released in 2010 by Prosthetic Records and was recorded between Subsonic Society Studio with Tommy Akerholdt (Turbonegro) overseeing the drums/guitars tracking and Cipralexed Studio with Tor Magne Glidje handling bass, guitars, synths and vocals recordings. The nine-track album was later mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden in San Francisco.
Mantric today premiere a brand new track from “Sin” entitled “FaithFaker” exclusively via Prog Magazine, check it out HERE.
About this specific track, guitarist-vocalist Tor Glidje told Prog: “FaithFaker is written in the now absence of anti-depressants. It has some obvious black metal guitar harmonies, with full-on harmonic choruses. It’s one of the more straightforward songs on the album, inspired by bands like Yes and early Type O Negative.”
Then, about “Sin” he adds: “I guess unique, manic, obscure and sexy are words that some would use to describe the songs. It really has got more to it than the average metal or rock album.
“It’s a bold and original mix of obscure metal, 70s prog and rock. It’s neither art by accident nor the emperor’s new clothes in a musical context.”
If you missed it, the first single “Die Old” is still playing at this location.
View the artwork cover designed by Linda B Rønning and complete track-list below:
2. On The Horizon
3. Give Me Eyes
4. Arrogance vs. Anxiety
5. Die Old
6. Maranatha
7. Anhedoniac
8. In The Shadow Of My Soul
9. Black Eyes
Formed in that same year, Mantric pick up where they left off on “The Blueprint Dives”, determined to push boundaries and avoid easy categorization. The band’s debut album under the name Mantric, “The Descent”, was released in 2010 and clearly reflects such unbreakable artistic vision, fusing a unique, experimental metal and post-punk sound with some challenging and powerful proggy tones, though this new incarnation sounds more refined and cultivated than before.
Now five years later, Mantric are set to return with their second full-length titled “Sin”, a defining step forward in their evolution as a band that have always followed their own path and as individual artists that have always aimed higher than the vast majority of their peers.
