Manes started around the end of 1992/early 93. It started as a project with… Read Full Bio ↴Manes started around the end of 1992/early 93. It started as a project with Sargatanas on vocals and Cern playing all instrucments. With that line-up Manes recorded the three demos „Maanens natt” (93), „Ned i stillheten” (94) and „Til kongens grav de døde vandrer” (95). The two first demos was later re-released by the Hammerheart Records sub-label „Unveiling the Wicked” in 98. In 99 the album „Under ein blodraud maane” was released by Hammerheart Records as well, and it was simply a re-recording of various tracks from the three previous demos. Cern felt the project became more and more of a burden as he had spurs of no motivation, troubles with disease, little or no interest in the growing metal-scene etc.etc. – so, to activate the band again he chose to include a full line-up, Sargatanas left the band, and after a while a contract was signed with the Italian label Code666 - where the second Manes full-length Vilosophe was released in 2003. The album was recorded at Skansen Studio in Manes’ hometown Trondheim, and the music was labelled “Neo Avant Metal” by Code666, but the band themselves choose to ignore this rather silly “description”, and simply call the music a dark mix of metal and rock with electronic elements.

Official Website: http://www.manes.no/

On the first of January 2008, manes split up, and Cern formed kkoagulaa. In July 2013, however, the band resurfaced, promising an upcoming album recorded with the same lineup as Vilosophe, and linking to a new song "blanket of ashes".

There was a second band with name Manes which after two demos evolved into Ved Buens Ende. These two bands named Manes released a split together in 2009.

Bli Med Mig...
Manes Lyrics

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Bli Med Mig (With translation from Kvarforth)

jag reser mig upp för att sedan ner I tomheten falla (I rise only to fall again)
På mina knän I en bön för människans allra sista natt (on my knees in prayer, wishing

this will be our last night.)
sakta men säkert så försvinner jag bort I det oroväckande mörkret (so I vanish into

the vast darkness)
och med min paljett och min pensel har jag nu färgat alla gråskalor svart (where

I'll replace everything that's coloured, with something grey)
Det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (there is nothing, nothing left)

Nej, det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (No, there is absolutely nothing, nothing
left)

Det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (there is nothing, nothing left)
Det finns alltid mer att förlora (But there is always something left to lose)

Det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (there is absolutely nothing, nothing left)
Men det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (but, there is nothing, nothing left)

Det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar (No, there is absolutely nothing, nothing left)
det finns alltid mer att förlora (there is always something left to lose)
Jag reser mig upp för att sedan ner I tomheten falla (I rise only to fall again)
På mina knän I en bön för människans allra sista natt (on my knees in prayer, wishing
this will be our last night)
sakta men säkert så försvinner jag bort I det oroväckande mörkret (so I vanish into
the vast darkness)
och med min paljett och min pensel har jag nu färgat alla gråskalor svart (Where
I'll replace everything that's coloured with something grey)

Bli med mig (Now fall with me)
alla kvinnor och alla barn (every woman and every child)
Bli med mig, (Fall with me)
er nye far (I am salvation)
Bli med mig, (fall with me)
alla kvinnor och alla barn (Every woman and every child)
Bli med mig, (Fall with me)

er nye far (I am salvation)
Bli med mig (fall with me)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Manes's song "Bli Med Mig" express a sense of hopelessness and despair that the singer is experiencing. The lyrics describe how the singer rises only to fall again into the endless void of emptiness. On his knees, he prays for the final night of humanity, expressing his disillusionment with the world. As he slowly disappears into the dark void, he replaces all the colorful shades of life with dull and colorless shades of grey.

The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "There is nothing left," emphasizing the sense of hopelessness that the singer is feeling. However, there is always something left to lose, and the singer knows this. The repetition of the phrase "fall with me" at the end of the lyrics suggests that the singer is seeking companionship and comfort in his despair, inviting everyone, including women and children, to fall with him to the depths of hopelessness.

Overall, Manes's "Bli Med Mig" is a dark and melancholic song that explores themes of despair, disillusionment, and hopelessness. The lyrics evoke a sense of emptiness and loss, reflecting the singer's perspective on life and the world.

Line by Line Meaning

jag reser mig upp för att sedan ner I tomheten falla
I am getting up, only to fall into emptiness

På mina knän I en bön för människans allra sista natt
On my knees, praying for humanity's last night

sakta men säkert så försvinner jag bort I det oroväckande mörkret
Slowly but surely, I am disappearing into the ominous darkness

och med min paljett och min pensel har jag nu färgat alla gråskalor svart
With my brush and palette, I have painted all the greyscales black

Det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar
There is nothing, nothing left

Nej, det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar
No, there is absolutely nothing, nothing left

Det finns alltid mer att förlora
But there is always something left to lose

Men det finns ingenting, ingenting kvar
But, there is nothing, nothing left

det finns alltid mer att förlora
There is always something left to lose

Bli med mig
Now fall with me

alla kvinnor och alla barn
every woman and every child