Manticora - 'Día De Los Muertos' (official music video)

"The task is simple: Remember your ancestors or perish. You call it Obon, Halloween, Pitru Paksha and other man-made names. It all comes down to the same: The day of the dead!"

In your color illuminated world
you all feel the ecstasy of life.
If you care never to forget you'll
ensure there'll be no regret.

Insufficiency,
In remembering
we fade away again,
Spirits dying when...

When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.
When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.

Until you experience
The epiphany of understanding
where we lay and understanding the rites,
evil shall continue to rule the day.

Insufficiency,
In remembering
we fade away again,
Spirits dying when...

When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.
When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.

Mask up and take to the streets,
today we shall remember.
Celebrating life in celebrating death,
all rejoice on this.

The day of the dead!

So remember before it's too late,
help decide your own fate.
If demons are allowed to roam free,
humanity shall cease to be.

Insufficiency,
In remembering
we fade away again,
Spirits dying when...

When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.
When I stop dreaming of you,
you are truly gone.

Mask up and take to the streets,
today we shall remember.
Celebrating life in celebrating death,
all rejoice on this.

The day of the dead!

Full length album νούμερο δέκα για τους Manticora. "Mycelium" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφόρησε στις αρχές του έτους. Οι Manticora δημιουργήθηκαν το μακρινό 1996 στην πόλη Χβιντόβρε (Δανία) από τον Lars Larsen και τον Kristian H. Larsen μετά την διάλυση των Fear Itself. Τους πρώτους μήνες ως Manticore και από το 1997 ως Manticora. Χαρακτηρίζουν την μουσική τους ως: «trademark sound; hard hitting power metal with both epic and thrash elements» και έχουν κυκλοφορήσει δέκα "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους, ένα ep και τρία singles...

Δελτίο τύπου: «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, that started out in 1997 -nine albums ago- as a power metal outfit, has transformed and thereby developed their own 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.»

Band: Manticora
Country of origin: Denmark
Location: Hvidovre
Formed in: 1996
Genre: Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Literature, Fantasy, Science fiction
Years active: 1996-1997 (as Manticore), 1997-present

Video: "Día De Los Muertos"
Video produced by: Wayne Joyner
Album: "Mycelium"
Type: Full length
Release date: January 26th, 2024
Label: Mighty Music
Format: CD, 12" vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Winter Solstice
02. Necropolitans
03. Demonday
04. Angel Of The Spring
05. Golem Sapiens
06. Mycelium
07. Beast Of The Fall
08. Equinox
09. Mementopolis
10. Día De Los Muertos

Band members:
Kristian H. Larsen - Guitars
Lars F. Larsen - Vocals (lead)
Kasper Gram - Bass
Stefan Johansson - Guitars (lead)

Miscellaneous staff: Jacob Hansen - Mastering