UNDER EIN BLODRAUD MAANE

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Under Ein Blodraud Maane is the debut full-length album by Norwegian ( at the time) black metal act Manes. The two man band consisting of Cernunus ( All Instruments) and Sargatanas ( Vocals) had released the three demos: Maanens Natt (1993), Ned I Stillheten (1994) and Til Kongens Grav de Døde Vandrer (1995) before finally releasing Under Ein Blodraud Maane in 1999. All six songs on the album were also featured on the demos, so there are no really new songs on Under Ein Blodraud Maane.

The style of music on the album is black metal. Not the old school primitive kind and not the symphonic kind either. This is dark and atmospheric. It´s aggressive yet majestic and epic. There are keyboards in the music but the music is not soaked in them. I´ll compare the use of keyboards on Under Ein Blodraud Maane with the use of keyboards on the early releases by Enslaved. The keyboards are there to create an atmosphere not to dominate or lead the music. The music is very dark and I must say that I greatly enjoy this album even though this is not really my prefered genre of metal.

The musicianship is really good and taking into consideration that everything except the vocals are done by one man the performance is excellent. This is not overtly complex music but it´s well played.

The production is raw and aggressive sounding. This is the kind of black metal production that I can appreciate. Not too lo-fi on purpose like many of the old school acts usually have and not too polished like the productions that bands like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth usually have on their albums.

Under Ein Blodraud Maane is a very succesful release to my ears. Soon after its release vocalist Sargatanas would leave though and Cernunus would resurrect Manes as a very different band a few years later, so if you´re interested to hear what Manes sound like when they play black metal this is the place to look. This album deserves a 3 star rating in my book. I´d say it´s over average for the genre but it´s not enough for a 4 star rating from me.