The veteran of orchestral heavy metal
music known as Manoue has released his new full-length album, “All
the Devils Masters.” The record contains 10 original tracks for an
approximate total listening time of one hour. It has been proudly
published as an independent work without the involvement of the
corporate music industry. Towering, sweeping, aggressive and creative
in equal parts, “All the Devils Masters” by Manoue is a
collection of instrumental metal which deserves attention from metal
fans around the world.
Manoue is Francois Jacques Manoue from
Cape Town, South Africa. He cites as main artistic influences
composers such as Tchaikovsky and Paganini, metal legends like
Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, modern groups including Opeth, Born
of Osiris, Animals as Leaders, the Faceless, and Fleshgod Apocalypse,
and integral songwriters such as Steve Vai, James Richardson, Paul
Gilbert, and John Petrucci.
While elements of each of these can be
easily picked out in Manoue's “All the Devils Masters,” the
overall tone and emotional theme is unique to Manoue, himself. The
album's sound has been described as being “composed of
apocalyptic-, melodic-, death-metal inspired guitar parts and drum
arrangements accompanied by expressive string sections and piano.”
Manoue himself describes his intent for
the album as: “instrumental, progressive metal/rock fusion with an
energetic edge executed with precision and melodic intensity.”
Asked to explain his impetus to create
“All the Devils Masters,” a profoundly complex work of art,
Manoue writes: “'All The Devils Masters' is a tribute to all the
musical masters who have inspired me on my journey and my career in
music for the past 30 years. The album brings together the sounds
from my heavy metal and classical roots and aims to transport the
listener into an intensely complex visionary dimension of discovery,
purging and enlightenment.”
Previous to “All the Devils Masters,”
Manoue released four other records including 2011's self-titled
“MANOUE,” 2013's “No Empire,” 2014's “Ladders,” and
2016's “Supreme Being.”
“All the Devils Masters” by Manoue
is available at over 700 quality digital stores online worldwide
beginning 6 March 2017, or directly from the band's official website
now (links provided below).
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“All the Devils Masters” by
Manoue at Official Website –
At Amazon –
Other official pages –
No comments:
Post a Comment