AATR PREMIERE MANTICORA “Mycelium” official video

5th January 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

The new digital single and official video taken from MANTICORA’s upcoming record “Mycelium” is the title track of the album and a grandiose adventure into the more melodic and soft-progressive side of the band. An extremely catchy tune and another fitting appetizer for what is one of the most awaited records of early 2024.

Thrash, prog, power, black, death + pure heavy metal, and everything else, your metalheart desires, put into one album, is usually what Manticora is all about. The band, which started in 1997 – nine albums ago – as a power metal outfit, has transformed and thereby developed their unique style of heavy metal – a melting pot of everything you want to hear, as a genuine metal fan. Welcome to “Mycelium”

After their grandiose, critically acclaimed two-album concept from 2018/2020 plus a 334-page novel (written by the band’s singer Lars F. Larsen), which the albums were based on – the Danes have scaled down a bit and written another majestic concept album, but this time only spanning a 48-minute mark, in total.

“Mycelium”, the new opus, is less symphonic and with an angrier, raw approach, with aggressiveness as the main focus. Manticora has created a DIY album, where the only outside influence has been the mastering (done by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios). Everything else is crafted by the band: concept, lyrics, music, production, artwork – you name it, Manticora provides.

High-octane metal, which is only recommended for the strong at heart.

“Mycelium” will be released on CD, LP (black vinyl, limited to 500), and digital formats via Mighty Music on January 26th, 2024.