German sludge metal duo Mantar have unveiled a brand new single titled “Hang ‘Em Low (So The Rats Can Get ‘Em)” online. That song will appear on the band’s forthcoming album “Pain Is Forever And This Is The End“, due out July 15th on Metal Blade Records.
Vocalist/guitarist Hanno Klänhardt commented of the sonic evolution present on this new effort:
“I just knew I wanted to write stronger ‘songs’ in relation to ‘songwriting’ and rely less on being an ‘extreme’ metal act that only convinces through a certain sound or general ‘heaviness. I invested more time on trying to write better songs, interesting structures, and catchy tunes.”
Addressing the aforementioned new single, he offered:
“‘Hang ‘Em Low…‘ is one of the catchiest and strongest tunes we ever did. We thought it deserves a cool video that portrays the key Mantar ingredients: stress, hectic and bad vibes plus a whole lot of beautiful sad Florida nature shots… We are an old school band. We can’t help it. Good old fashioned music videos still rule.”
“Pain Is Forever And This Is The End” track listing:
01 – “Egoisto”
02 – “Hang ‘Em Low (So the Rats Can Get ‘Em)”
03 – “Grim Reaping”
04 – “Orbital Pus”
05 – “Piss Ritual”
06 – “Of Frost And Decay”
07 – “Walking Corpse”
08 – “New Age Pagan”
09 – “Horder”
10 – “Odysseus”
Pre-orders have launched online here.
