(neofolk, darkfolk) Mani Deum - Дискография (полная, 5 релизов) - 2007-2011, MP3, 128-320 kbps

"Infected Folk & Roll" Band from Athens/ Greece.
Members:
- P. (guitars, voice, music & lyrics)
- ManOs. K (guitars, voice, music & lyrics)
- Eygenia Theocharatou (piano, melodica, clogenspiel, percussion)
- Jason Foster (bass, percussion)
- Panos Tsekouras (Theremin)
- Stelios Santas (Drums)
Mani Deum, loosely translated as “Hands of God”, is a project from Greece (initially Corfu Island) that started back in the latter months of 2005. Though they’ve now enjoyed over six years of existence, the project has only mustered a couple solid, professional releases, both of which have now been released via Dead Scarlet Records. To start their career, however, Mani Deum began in the DIY realm by releasing a self-titled CD-R that was quickly followed by two volumes of work that were entitled “Infected Folk & Roll”. Anyone familiar with the project will already know the term that they’ve coined in “Folk & Roll”, though at least with this release there is little “roll” to go with their bleak style of folk noir. The two mentioned professional releases began with this EP, “Five Infected Blessings” that was released in 2009 and contains five tracks plus a special bonus track that involves Dimo Dimov (Svarrogh, Miel Noir) as a guest musician. The other is new as of last year and is the band’s first full-length effort. Entitled “Music for your Local Church…or your Local Brothel”, the new album features some new guest musicians including Matt Howden (Sieben) and Maxi Nil (Visions of Atlantis, On Thorns I Lay).
Mani Deum, as can be expected, bring a folk noir style of neofolk to the table that infuses a definite air of Mediterranea into their music with a trademark charm and arrogance that one might expect from their Italian comrades like Spiritual Front, but pull it back from those uptempo, excitable tracks and instead opt for a sound that is much more subdued. The overall sound of the album is not nearly as sleazy as the artwork (and the new album title) might lead one to expect. No, there are no Bane Wolfkind-like cigarette-choked bluesy, lounging structures here, but rather there is a progressive beauty in their music that is present through the headstrong acoustic verses and the strong cello performance (both on a melodic level and as a rhythmic backbone) by “Francesca”. In fact, with the exception of the lustful opening track “Thy Will be Done through Her”, the lyrics behind “P.”s vocals give “Five Infected Blessings” a brutally depressive, bleak atmosphere. Every track is inherently built upon the strength of subtle neofolk textures but is utterly hopeless in theme — from “The Room Falls Silently” and it’s struggle to find a will to continue trudging through life to the existential ramblings of “Everythings and Nothings”, “Five Infected Blessings” hemorrhages emotions that are as desperately reflective as they are reminiscent of a self-destructive soul.

Label: Not On Label (Mani Deum Self-released) – none
Format: CDr, Limited Edition
First Mani Deum self release on Cd-r, limited to 33 copies. Including one bonus track, from the standard copy, the cover version of the song "Cripple and the Starfish" of Anthony and the Johnsons and the cd is with a red printed logo of the band.
Tracks:
1. My Past Is Leaking Into My Present
2. Krankheit
3. Infected Kittens
4. Cripple And The Starfish (Antony And The Johnsons Cover)

#777label: not on label (mani deum self-released) – none
format: cdr, single, limited edition
country: greece
released: 2007
genre: folk, world, & country
style: folk
tracklist
1 we are all... (intro)
2 roses in an endless field
3 nemesis

#777label: not on label (mani deum self-released) – none
format: cdr, single, limited edition
country: greece
released: 2007
genre: folk, world, & country
style: folk
tracklist
1 all i need is... (intro)
2 blasphemy, the word
3 thy will be done through her

#777Label: Dead Scarlet Records – #10
Format: CD, EP
Country: Greece
Released: 2009
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Neofolk
Tracklist
1 Thy Will Be Done Through Her 4:14
2 Unconditional Condition 3:26
3 Everythings And Nothings 3:33
4 My Past Is Leaking Into My Present 3:41
5 The Room Falls Silently 6:33
6 The Winterpath (Bonus Track) (Vocals – Dimo Dimov) 3:56

#777Label: Dead Scarlet Records – ds018
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Digipak
Country: Greece
Released: 2011
Genre: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Rock
Style: Neofolk
Tracklist
1 Infected Kittens 2:20
2 Wave Goodbye 2:48
3 Roses In An Endless Field 3:04
4 The Cat And The Crow (Violin – Matt Howden) 4:14
5 Blasphemy, The Word 5:19
6 Nemesis 3:14
7 Velvet Stomach Spasms 4:11
8 Love Like Berlin 4:20
9 At The End Of The Street 3:21
10 Little Perfection 4:10
11 What Are You? 3:39
12 I Feel The Vibrations Of Earth 3:25

Mani Deum – Corpse at the End of the Street (live july 2010@Athens) 192 kbps
Mani Deum – Dirty Blue (Wovenhand cover) 128 kbps