20/06/2025
+++ White Mantis - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲! +++
Six years after “Sacrifice Your Future”, Bavarian thrash metal force White Mantis return with “Arrows at the Sun”. The band’s second album continues on the path they have followed ever since drummer Thomas Taube and bass player Jan Strobl joined in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Explains the latter: “Based on a traditional thrash metal foundation, the new songs also display some weird, chaotic and progressive influences. Given the members’ different musical backgrounds, we are always open to diverse songwriting.”
As a consequence, White Mantis have refined their sophisticated style of lyric writing even further. The album deals with sociopolitical issues, technocriticism and scepticism towards progress but also spirituality and death as a mystery of life. It’s easy to hear influences from Voivod or early Megadeth on “Arrows at the Sun,” yet for the most part, White Mantis are very much themselves, with songs such as ‘Reality Exists” or the title track encapsulating their own brand of thrash: crushing melodies, frantic rhythms and multiple turns, all without sacrificing their catchiness.
𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝟐𝟐 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 / 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍!
White Mantis are:
Matthias Pletz - vocals, guitars
Enrico Pertoso - guitars
Jan Strobl - bass
Thomas Taube - drums
Track list:
01] Nekrotornado
02] Arrows at the Sun
03] Pass the Torch
04] Divide and Kill
05] Atavistic Power
06] Over your pale Bones
07] Toxic Sniper
08] Roboticator
09] Reality Exists
10] Altar of Technology
