“Believe it or not, Norway's Manes started their long, strange career as a black metal band. Back in 1993, while the ashes of Fantoft Kirke were still cooling, a handful of Trondheim natives came together to scrape out a few raw, atmospheric black metal songs. Their attention quickly began to wander, and much like countrymen Ulver, Manes gradually shifted far, far away from extreme metal in general”
