MANII “Kollaps”

MANII
“Kollaps”
(AvantGarde)
I don’t think I ever cared for Manes. The Norwegian act pretty much went by my head unnoticed. But with MANII picking up I might have to go back into the past and examine the treasure that is Manes. MANII is Norwegian black metal. Need I say more? This I can say that I don’t get too much of. I can hear that it is based in black metal but that’s not the whole truth. It is so slow and heavy that if I weren’t wide awake I’d fall asleep from listening to it. But that could also be some of its charm. Not everything has to be played at 200MPH and everything doesn’t have to be served easy to chew. There is something to be said about going against the grain and that MANII surely does. Anders Ekdahl