Lord Mantis features members of Seventh Rule labelmates Indian and avant black metallers Avichi, as well as an ex-member of Nachtmystium.
Lord Mantis' full length debut, Spawning The Nephilim, is out now on Seventh Rule and available at www.seventhrule.com. Spawning The Nephilim was recorded and mixed by Sanford Parker (The Gates Of Slumber, Lair of The Minotaur) and mastered by Collin Jordan (Ministry, Pigface).
"Spawning The Nephilim is the perfect soundtrack for something fucked up and awful...some dark, violent, hellish journey into the unknown." - Absolute metal.com
"Lord Mantis is the embodiment of the anti-formula, shape shifting into choppy rhythms and pure bludgeon, and inclusive of screams that could only emanate from the bowels of Hell." - blabbermouth.net
"Spawning the Nephilim simply sounds absolutely fucking evil... Lord Mantis has put together one hell of a blackened sludge metal record, and takes the crown of Seventh Rule's darkest release to date." - lambgoat.com
"This is rage, set to 400 Fahrenheit and allowed to boil until its bubbling over and spilling out on your kitchen floor…bloody entrails and all!" - hellridemusic.com
"was difficult to listen to and gave me a bit of a headache." - www.puregrainaudio.com
"Spawning the Nephilim’s thirty-five-minute runtime is devoted to one pursuit, and one pursuit only: caving in your skull with retardedly heavy riffs." - metalreview.com
Hey - what's happenin? Got any good plans for the weekend? Speaking of good weekend plans - we are throwing a big party the first weekend in November - the "Rock N' Roll Striptacular" (on Friday, November 6th) at Reggies in the South Loop - and YOU'RE INVITED! It's gonna kick ass - we've got 4 killer bands, sexy Vaudezilla burlesque girls dancing in between sets, prize giveaways from the Chicago Metal Factory, and other special things planned!
Also - Reggies is running the Rock N' Roll Express BUS from the United Center after the KISS/Buckcherry concert if you happen to be going and need a lift from the show? And we've got a the bus running a BOOZE CRUISE from Groucho's on the South Side that includes FREE BEER!! Anyhow, enough rambling - hit up our page for more info or send us an e-mail!
The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.