MANIMALISM self titled album will be out november 17

Norwegian Post-Black Metal from the 90's

                                  

A ghost has risen from Norway's post-Black Metal scene. Its name is MANIMALISM. After releasing two demos in the mid-nineties as TAARENES VAAR, MANIMALISM went quiet; or so it seemed on the outside. Now, 22 years after the band formed in 1992, they are ready to launch their very first album! Composed between 1993 and 1999, this album—apparently cursed from birth—has since been hovering in a near-completed form burdened by a constant barrage of breakdowns, line-up changes, and recording difficulties. Now the wait is over! Slithering from silence is the crew of Kim Sølve, Bjeima, Petter 'Plenum' Berntsen, Member 01, and Joachim Svebo. First up is the single "Demons in Tuxedos", the opening track from their first demo from 1996. 

After a 22-year birth, the time has come. From the dark past, we give you: MANIMALISM. 

Manimalism is being released on black and gold 12 inch vinyl by Adversum, the label that gave you Yurei, I Left The Planet, Alfa Obscura, and Stagnant Waters. Due to the limited amount of copies being pressed (slightly above 200), we are afraid physical promos are not possible at this point. 

Here’s a little taster called Demons In Tuxedos, the opening track from the album and also the opening track from the first demo from back in 1996:

https://soundcloud.com/kimsolve/manimalism-demons-in-tuxedos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcg6tvfJUr8&feature=youtu.be

Manimalism on Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/manimalism

Interviews are now being accepted. 

If you have any questions what so ever, do not hesitate to get in touch:

kim@trineogkim.no 

Watch out for review here in the near future!

artist - Manimalism

album - Manimalism

country - Norway

format 12" vinyl

Line up:

Kim Sølve (Blitzkrieg Baby,

Trine + Kim Design Studio)

Petter Berntsen AKA Plenum (Virus) Bjeima (Yurei, ex-Virus)

Member 01 (The Konsortium) Joachim Svebo

Label: Adversum distribution: Neuropa

Manimalism on Facebook: www.facebook.com/manimalism

www.adversum.no

Adversum on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ADVERSUM 

_ Tracklist _

01 DEMONS IN TUXEDOS

02 CARNAL CATERING SERVICE 03 THE GENTLEMAN IS IN THE DETAILS

04 ROMANCE

05 THE DANDIFIED AND THE DEVILISH

06 THE CROONER

07 THE COCKTAIL PARTY TO END THEM ALL

Manimalism - Demons in Tuxedos soundcloud.com/kimsolve/manimalism- demons-in-tuxedos

The End - 'You Made The Rain Disappear... ' demo (Review)

The End is one-man experimental post-black metal band, mostly influenced by darkness, depression, suicidal thoughts, extream sadness and melancholy. 

While listening through abunch of promos I found this 4 track demo to be pretty interesting.        
I'm not really sure how to categorize the music, but somewhere between ambient,industrial combined with metal.

They have done a few split albums and the demo album You Made the Rain Disappear released in mid 2013 on American label Hammerkrieg Production and also sheduled to be re-released on Indian label Transcending Obscurity.

One thing is for sure it's quite out of the ordinary so either you love it or hate it.
Mainly it's slowly drifting music with calm piano and guitar parts and spoken french female who speaks.
On one of the tracks there is also some spoken male male vocals and even a screamy harsh vocals enter into the sound. 
After the calm parts it builds up with the typical fast & mid-tempo drums and distorted guitars and a some very cool synth sounds in the background.

I'm not sure wheter I like the faster metal parts in between.. It's like you're on a rollercoaster while listening.
It starts fo very calm then suddenly the faster parts enters which then again fades into ambient again.   
All in all this lends much more toward trancendental ambient than metal.

I have to admit that this grows on me each time I listen and if you're going to listen to this I suggest you use headphones or play it very loud preferably alone or with someone who knows when to shut up as that will give you the best experience!
It's a very good idea behind this and I think there are endless possibilities of how this band can progress in the future.

But we like out of the ordinary experiences don't we?

Tracklist : 

Lost Memories, 
Shallow Hearts, Empty Streets (feat.Tenebra)
Expectations (feat. Isabelel Garcet)
Ashes In The Wind (feat. Uruksoth L)