Mantric
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Mantric is a progressive metal
band from Oslo
, Norway
that formed in 2007. When the last remaining founding members of Extol
left the band in 2007, the remaining members, John Mjaaland, Tor Glidje, Ole Sveen, who had previously played together in Lengsel
and Ganglion, decided to continue the already in-progress songwriting process and change the name of the band to Mantric.
The band is currently signed to Prosthetic Records
and released their debut album, The Descent
in 2010. The album has received generally positive reviews including 8 out of 10 scores from both Metal Hammer
and Decibel. Mantric has since played a handful of shows and festivals in Europe and are currently demoing material for their next album.
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band from Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
that formed in 2007. When the last remaining founding members of Extol
Extol
Extol is a Christian progressive extreme metal band from Bekkestua, Norway, that was formed in 1993. In 2007, they announced they were splitting up to work on separate projects. The band is known for playing a variety of different styles of metal which include progressive death metal, melodic death...
left the band in 2007, the remaining members, John Mjaaland, Tor Glidje, Ole Sveen, who had previously played together in Lengsel
Lengsel
Lengsel is a progressive black metal band that formed in 1995 in Norway. They released one album, called Solace, on Endtime Productions in 2000, which was subsequently licensed to Solid State Records for an American release. The second album The Kiss, The Hope was released on 2007...
and Ganglion, decided to continue the already in-progress songwriting process and change the name of the band to Mantric.
The band is currently signed to Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...
and released their debut album, The Descent
The Descent (album)
The Descent is the debut album by Norwegian progressive metal band Mantric. The sound of the album picks up where the members left off with the final Extol album, The Blueprint Dives.-Track listing:...
in 2010. The album has received generally positive reviews including 8 out of 10 scores from both Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
and Decibel. Mantric has since played a handful of shows and festivals in Europe and are currently demoing material for their next album.
Members
- John Mjaaland - bass, vocals
- Ole Sveen - vocals, guitar
- Tor Glidje - guitar, vocals
- Kim Akerholdt - drums
- Anders Salomon Lidal - soundscapes
External links
- Mantric discography at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...