Manes   Vilosophe
4.1
excellent
Ranking: #81 for 2003

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3.5 greatYour own inadequacies have twisted your mind into a pretzel that needs a bit of salt. | June 16th 20

Pleasant, experimental, innovative. I can only imagine the confounded shock upon the countenances of Manes' (kvltily Nordic) fanbase when this record came out all those years ago. Whatever the BM equivalent of a monocle is (eyebrow stud?), I'm sure it popped off each one of their faces.

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3.5 greatdidnt ask to be staff, was made staff anyway, then got demoted for not doing staff stuff | November 1st 24

Severe Ulver vibes on this metal-inspired electronic art-rock project that has darkness seeping through it and light flickering in the distance. Not all of its fusion is set to the most interesting of musical or writing choices, but where it fits it hits.

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0.0 istaros | July 16th 08

with less than 190,000 plays on their lastfm profile, this band is among the most criminally underrecognized in both black metal and trip-hop. seemingly disjointed, yes; but one could say the same for ulver, a band whose development this one parallels.


but there the similarities end. whereas ulver's musical notes have generally proposed majestic soundscapes, transcendent images, and explorations of ultimacy -i.e., hints towards universality- manes' music is much more individual and emotional as a whole. it is a personal expression, not a theoretical one


i chose the word 'underrecognized' very intentionally - they are *not* underrated in the least. those who hear manes, never deny the astonishing level of accomplishment and expression the band's various members have been able to showcase over time. whether via the avant-garde black metal of their early demos and the first full-length, or the trip-hop-esque experimental electronica that came after.


this album, i think, exemplifies their electronica period at its height. it should be heard. not by anyone in particular, not for any specific even - much more simply and basically than that, it simply should be heard. even if one does not find it excellent, it is difficult to understand why it has not become far more popular among those who do enjoy this style of music

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