Vilosophe
by Manes
- Type: Album
- Released: May 2003
- Label: Code666
- Country: Norway
- Length: 41:33
- Community rating: 3.99/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A radical and unexpected departure from their black metal past, 'Vilosophe' reinvented Manes as an experimental, avant-garde act. The album is a bold fusion of genres, blending the dark atmospheres of metal with the rhythms of trip-hop, the structures of art rock, and the exploratory nature of jazz. This groundbreaking and highly influential work is a dark, melancholic, and deeply atmospheric journey that defied categorization and established the band as fearless innovators.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, avant-garde, experimental, electronic, industrial, vocal, genre-blending
Tracklist
- Nodamnbrakes (4:38)
- Diving With Your Hands Bound (10:37)
- White Devil Black Shroud (3:55)
- Terminus A Quo (5:21)
- Death Of The Genuine (4:43)
- Ende (6:20)
- The Hardest Of Comedowns (5:56)
Credits
- Manes - primary artist, music by, producer, producer [preproduced by]
- Stein Bratland - engineer, mastered by, producer
- TH Cern Skei - engineer, layout [concept by], music by, performer, producer [preproduced by]
- code666 - executive-producer
- Torstein Parelius - layout [concept by], lyrics by [words by], performer
- Mauro Berchi - layout [graphics, layout]
- Asgeir Hatlen - lyrics by [postencoding], performer
- Eivind Fj酶seide - performer
- Rune Hoemsnes - performer
- Tommy Halseth - performer [additional vocals]
- Anne Line Bakken - photography by [band photographies]
- Erlend Stueland - photography by [band photographies]
- Simon Skreddernes - photography by [band photographies]