[VIEW]

[view] is a limited to 999 copies EP release by Norwegian experimental rock/ metal act Manes. The EP was released in 2006 between the releases of Manes second and third full-length studio albums Vilosophe (2003) and How The World Came to an End (2007).

The EP contains seven songs. Four of them are in the well known experimental electronic rock/ metal style of the two above mentioned albums. There are distorted guitars on the tracks so they mostly remind me of Vilosophe. The four songs are vers/ chorus structured with clean vocals and they are actually very accessible and IMO very enjoyable. Especially the opening track Cinder Alley but I also greatly enjoy the almost pop oriented song called Title which reminds me a lot of Dance Into The Fire by Duran Duran. The three remaining tracks are different remixes of the song Terminus a quo/Terminus ad quem from Vilosophe. Only Terminus Rmx is worth the time IMO. The other two remixes are not to my taste. Especially Terminus dei Profundis annoys me with its noisy and ambient soundscape.

[view] is a good EP release by Manes even though the three remixes aren´t really that interesting. Had all songs been as great as the four original compositions I would probably have given a 4 star rating. As it is now I think 3 stars are deserved.