Mantar - album out now, 'Cross The Cross' music video premieres today!

»Ode To The Flame«, the brand new album by Northern Germany's infernal extreme metal duo MANTAR is out now!

The album is available as Digi-CD, vinyl (black, gold - the latter is only available from the Nuclear Blast Mailorder), and digital download. Order here: http://nblast.de/MantarOdeToTheFlameNB

Furthermore the band premieres the official music video for the track 'Cross The Cross' today. To say that "death is on our side" pretty much sums up the overall concept of the video and the whole record. Get sucked in: http://smarturl.it/CrossTheCross

»Ode To The Flame« on YouTube:

• 'Praise The Plague' stream video: https://youtu.be/lFF9m1iU5HQ
• 'Schwanenstein' stream video: https://youtu.be/nieACdwWsns
• 'Era Borealis' stream video: https://youtu.be/lwAF00GXqs4
• Album snippets: https://youtu.be/5qmAYYwFKmI

»Ode To The Flame« Tour 2016

• 20.04.2016 DE -Dortmund, FZW Club
• 21.04.2016 DE -Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
• 22.04.2016 DE -Braunschweig, B58
• 05.05.2016 DK – Copenhagen, Beta
• 07.05.2016 DE -Flensburg, Volksbad
• 14.05.2016 FR – Paris, Doomed Gatherings @ Glazart
• 03.06.2016 RO – Bucharest, Metalhead Meeting
• 05.06.2016 CZ – Plzen, Metalfest Czech Republic
• 18.06.2016 FR – Clisson, Hellfest
• 01.07.2016 FI – Helsinki, Tuska
• 16.07.2016 SE – Gävle, Gefle Metal Festival

Festivals 2016

• 23.04.2016 DE -Hagen, Stockrock
• 28.04.2016 DE -Berlin, Desertfest
• 30.04.2016 UK – London, Desertfest
• 13.05.2016 DE -Gießen, Post Valley
• 27.05.2016 DE -Siegen, Freak Valley Festival
• 28.05.2016 DE -Visbek, Visbek Rockt
• 17.-20.08.2016 DE - Dinkelsbühl, Summer Breeze

Commented the band: "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."

Ever since their inception in 2013 and the release of their first album in 2014 the band has been recognised as one of the hardest working in the German extreme metal underground. Melding the most sinister elements of styles like black metal, doom and punk, representing unfiltered pure primal rage, MANTAR have proven to be one of a kind. Their extremely intense live shows have been seen all over the world and have blown away unaware audiences with their unconditionally tight and brutal performances. MANTAR is a pure evil elemental force captured by only two uber passionate artists that strife for ultimate raw sonic power.

More on MANTAR:

• 'White Nights' music video: https://youtu.be/KlWTj72Tmto
• 'March Of The Crows' music video: https://youtu.be/C7ag0TpWfzc
• 'Cult Witness' live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar8apBQSDA4

MANTAR is:

• Hanno - vocals, guitars
• Erinc - drums, vocals