Mantar Reveals New Album "Ode To The Flame"

Northern Germany's infernal extreme metal duo Mantar has revealed the cover artwork and track list for the band's forthcoming album, "Ode To The Flame."

"Ode To The Flame" will be out on April 15th via Nuclear Blast and the band had this to say about the upcoming release:

"Actually we discussed the possibility of having no cover at all. We kinda liked the idea of boycotting the need of any so called 'art' which bands try to get people's attention with. The theme of the record is so one-dimensional and obvious that we decided to skip artwork and just put the title on the record to make it look more like an old book. A manifest, a challenge. We don't want people to speculate about any meaning. The meaning is clear: kill, destroy, fuck shit up.

"The title 'Ode To The Flame' is chosen in tradition of the debut record, 'Death By Burning' to maintain the cleansing power of fire as the key theme. Fire is able to reset anything and will erase this planet one day from any plague that's been around. Furthermore it's obviously an ode to passion and iron will. 'Ode To The Flame' isn't dramatic, it's drastic. By all means."

01. Carnal Rising
02. Praise The Plague
03. Era Borealis
04. The Hint
05. Born Reversed
06. Oz
07. I, Omen
08. Cross The Cross
09. Schwanenstein
10. Sundowning