There are four bands/artists that have released music under the name Mantus… Read Full Bio ↴There are four bands/artists that have released music under the name Mantus:
1) is a German darkwave/goth metal band comprised of Martin Schindler and Tina Schindler that dissolved in 2005 but reunited in 2008.
2) is a heavy metal band started by Greg Blakely of Derbyshire, UK.
3) was a NYC disco act who issued the first 12" ever remixed by Jellybean Benitez "(Dance It) Freestyle Rhythm" , a New York radio & club hit in 1978.
4) is a synthwave producer in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Influences are NIN, Miami nights 1984, Ministry, CJ Burnett, Waveshaper, Red Marker, Caspro, Wice.

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1) Is a project by Martin Schindler founded on or about 1997 which disbanded in 2005 but reunited in 2008. Both Martin Schindler and Tina Schindler are also active in electro act Black Heaven and metal outfit Sepia.

The band's name derives from Roman and Etruscan mythology, where Mantus and his wife, Mania were gods of the underworld. They were associated with the city Mantua. Mantus was identified as the "leader of souls", escorting the souls of the dead down into the underworld.

As already said, Mantus is a project by Martin Schindler. But his idea of dark romance only could have been realised by alternating singing of female and male voices. That's why he involved his sister always named as Thalia, which is certainly not her real name.

So the alternating female/male-singing is one incisive aspect of Mantus' musical appearance. Overall the style of the music ranges doom-metal to some kind of pop. The texts contain themes like love, hate, death, perpetuity or immortality but also criticism on global problems as racism, xenophobia and rape.

The reason for their minor popularity in spite of existing for 8 years and releasing 6 albums is that they never gave concerts or appeared in the charts (they never had any ambitions, too).

Discography:
* 2000: Liebe und Tod
* 2001: Abschied
* 2002: Fremde Welten
* 2003: Weg ins Paradies
* 2004: Keine Liebe EP (DVD)
* 2004: Ein Hauch von Wirklichkeit (also as a limited 2 CDs-edition)
* 2005: Zeit muss enden (2 CDs)
* 2006: Chronik (Best of: 2 CDs)
* 2009: Requiem

3) Disco act Mantus was a group formed circa 1974 in Queens NY, and was originally known as Gypsy. Originally a hard rock orientated act, by 1976 they had changed their name to Mantus and shifted to a dance orientated sound. They released their debut single "Turn Around, Boogie Down" in 1978. The follow-up, "(Dance It) Freestyle Rhythm," was a New York radio hit and their debut LP "Midnight Energy" appeared in 1979, and the single "Rock It to the Top" became a Top Ten hit on the club charts in in Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World. Their self-titled 1980 follow-up LP also generated a hit in "Boogie to the Bop,"

Mantusalem
Mantus Lyrics

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Führe meine kranke Seele aus dem Schatten in das Licht
zu dem Ort der tausend Tode, wo das Leben ewig ist

Die Ewigkeit, ein Spiel der Zeit, der Seele Zufluchtsort
Der Wahn geht nie zu Ende und bricht mit Gottes Wort
Gefühle und Gedanken fließen dort zusammen
wo auch der Sinn des Lebens nichts ist als nur Verlangen

Unsterblichkeit ist ew'ges Leid und Qual auf Lebenszeit
niemand wird ihr entkommen, flieht er auch noch so weit
Vom Schmerz gebeugt trägst du dein Kreuz bis in ein fernes Land
ein neugeborenes Leben leuchtet schon am Horizont

Hast du den Himmel berührt heut' Nacht
und ihm von mir erzählt
Hast du die Hölle gespürt heut' Nacht
und mich ihr vorgestellt
Mantusalem, Mantusalem
tief in der Unterwelt

Mantusalem, Mantusalem
(jenseits von dieser Welt)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Mantus's song Mantusalem deal with the concept of life, death, and immortality. The singer is asking for his sick soul to be guided from the shadows into the light, to the place of a thousand deaths where life is eternal. The concept of eternity is portrayed as a game of time, where the soul can find refuge. However, this refuge is not without its dangers, as the singer warns that the delusion of immortality never ends and breaks with God's word. In this place, feelings and thoughts merge, and the meaning of life is nothing but desire. The singer also suggests that immortality is a form of eternal suffering and agony, a burden that no one can escape, no matter how far they try to flee. The pain of existence is carried until a distant land where a new life is born, evidenced by the rising sun on the horizon.

The second half of the lyrics mention the namesake of the song, Mantusalem, who is deeply entrenched in the underworld. The singer asks if the listener has been to heaven and told it about him, or if they've felt the fires of hell and presented him there. The repetition of Mantusalem's name at the end of each line gives an almost haunting tone, invoking a sense of mystery and danger.

Overall, the song is about the desire for eternal life but warns that immortality is a double-edged sword, where endless suffering and agony will plague the soul.

Line by Line Meaning

Führe meine kranke Seele aus dem Schatten in das Licht
Lead my sick soul out of the shadows into the light

zu dem Ort der tausend Tode, wo das Leben ewig ist
to the place of thousand deaths, where life is eternal

Die Ewigkeit, ein Spiel der Zeit, der Seele Zufluchtsort
Eternity, a game of time, the soul's sanctuary

Der Wahn geht nie zu Ende und bricht mit Gottes Wort
Delusion never ends and breaks with God's word

Gefühle und Gedanken fließen dort zusammen
Emotions and thoughts flow together there

wo auch der Sinn des Lebens nichts ist als nur Verlangen
Where the meaning of life is nothing but desire

Unsterblichkeit ist ew'ges Leid und Qual auf Lebenszeit
Immortality is eternal suffering and pain for a lifetime

niemand wird ihr entkommen, flieht er auch noch so weit
No one can escape it, even if they flee far away

Vom Schmerz gebeugt trägst du dein Kreuz bis in ein fernes Land
Bent by the pain, you carry your cross to a distant land

ein neugeborenes Leben leuchtet schon am Horizont
A newborn life already shines on the horizon

Hast du den Himmel berührt heut' Nacht
Did you touch the sky tonight