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,"

Sterne
Mantus Lyrics

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Meine Worte, sie fallen
In ein Meer aus Raum und Zeit
Die Gedanken in mir
Sind das Blut der Dunkelheit

Meine Augen sind starr,
weinen Tränen die du nicht siehst
Nur die Bilder von dir

Werden bleiben, wenn du weiterziehst

Wenn die Sterne verglühen
Und der Horizont fällt
Gibt es dich und den Hass dieser Welt
Wenn die Stille beginnt
Und man alles vergisst
Fühl ich dich
Und das Blut dieser Welt

Und das Schweigen in mir
Wie ein Schrei den du nicht hörst
Und ich fühle den Hass
Der die Ewigkeit zerstört

Ich versinke im Dreck
Nur ein Teil von dir der mir bleibt

Und ein totes Gefühl
Aus Kälte und Einsamkeit

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Mantus's song "Sterne" are a reflection on the pain and inner turmoil that one experiences after a breakup. The singer's words are falling in a sea of time and space, reflecting the feeling of isolation and loneliness that comes with the end of a relationship. The thoughts swirling inside of the singer are the essence of the darkness that they feel, a darkness that seems to be the very blood that flows through their veins.

The chorus speaks of the end of the world, the falling of the horizon and the burning out of the stars. In this apocalyptic vision, the only thing that remains is the person that has moved on from the singer, and the hate that the world holds. As the silence sets in and everything is forgotten, the singer can't help but feel the presence of the other person and the blood of the world that runs through their veins.

The final verse is a testament to the depth of despair that the singer is feeling. They are drowning in the pain and isolation that comes with the end of the relationship. They are desperate to hold onto a small part of the person that has left them but are left with only the dead feeling of loneliness and coldness.

Overall, the song paints a picture of the agony and heartbreak that come from losing someone you love. The imagery of the falling stars and the end of the world serve to magnify the sense of despair that the singer feels. The final verse is a resounding cry of pain, a reflection of the singer's innermost thoughts and feelings.

Line by Line Meaning

Meine Worte, sie fallen
My words fall into an abyss of space and time

In ein Meer aus Raum und Zeit
Into an ocean of space and time

Die Gedanken in mir
The thoughts inside me

Sind das Blut der Dunkelheit
Are the blood of darkness

Meine Augen sind starr,
My eyes are fixed,

weinen Tränen die du nicht siehst
Crying tears you cannot see

Nur die Bilder von dir
Only the images of you

Werden bleiben, wenn du weiterziehst
Will remain when you move on

Wenn die Sterne verglühen
When the stars fade away

Und der Horizont fällt
And the horizon falls

Gibt es dich und den Hass dieser Welt
There will be you and the hatred of this world