Bangor, Maine-based Manic Abraxas are currently preparing for the August 02nd release of their fourth album, Skinformation. They band have just shared the title track as a premiere at Decibel Magazine, the second song to emerge from the full-length. Find it below and read more from the band.
Stream “Skinformation” here: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/07/08/track-premiere-manic-abraxas-skinformation/
Pre-order the album here: https://manicabraxas.bandcamp.com/album/skinformation
With the new single, guitarist/vocalist/synth player Dallas Seger reveals, ““Skinformation” is a sonic representation of a world where the boundaries between mind and body are blurred, like a Philip K. Dick novel come to life. This song is a dark, gritty exploration of the intersection between human connection and technological manipulation, where the virtual and real blur like a faulty mainframe. Here, a single touch can upload, download, or erase the very fabric of our thoughts, and the Skinformant’s deadly caress can rewrite the code of our reality. Let the crushing riffs and gothic melodies transport you to a realm where the lines between flesh and circuitry, reality and fantasy are erased.”
From the wooded realms of Northern Maine, Manic Abraxas unites Seger with drummer Tom Bennett, and bassist/vocalist/synth player Justin Hamm, collectively unleashing a maelstrom of sound that defies boundaries and pushes the limits of auditory sanity. The follow-up to their Foreign Winds album, Manic Abraxas’ future-forward Skinformation is a dystopian sonic manifesto that delves into the dark underbelly of a bleak cyberpunk hive world. In this unforgiving landscape, data-huffers, faceless assassins, and techno-sexual freaks roam free, where information is the ultimate currency. Biomesh-enhanced collectors wipe their victims clean with a mere touch, but what happens when one becomes sentient and questions its purpose and the cost of this Skinformation?
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by the legendary Steve Austin of Today Is The Day at his Austin Enterprise, Skinformation features a guest appearance from William Maybeline (Qual, Lebanon Hanover) and mind-altering art by Gage Lindsten. Fans of High On Fire, Voivod, Taipan, Doomriders, Corrosion Of Conformity, Clutch, Diesto, Celtic Frost, Venom, and Okkultokrati should not miss Manic Abraxas’ unhinged, unapologetic, and unrelenting, sound.
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Manic Abraxas formed in 2012 and unites three friends who met at local shows and collectively can’t get enough Celtic Frost, early High On Fire, and Unearthly Trance. Their hybrid of punk and metal fuses unpredictable yet catchy riffing with underground hooks and an energetic and aggressive sound that will make you either pump your fists or nod your head to the deep grooves.
Through 2015’s Manic Abraxas, 2020’s Speed Golem, and 2022’s Foreign Winds, and now the upcoming Skinformation full-length, Manic Abraxas has employed heavy D.I.Y. promotion and regional performances supporting the likes of The Obsessed, Today Is The Day, Pilgrim, Heavy Temple, Shabti, Zud, Hessian, and more, earning them a solid fanbase.
Additionally, Manic Abraxas’ Dallas Seger is a renowned luthier who owns and operates his own Seger Guitars, a dedicated shop specializing in custom handmade electric guitars inspired by vintage golden age electrics using traditional techniques. These guitars are the pinnacle of tone and feel. In addition to Manic Abraxas exclusively playing Seger Guitars, some of the artists who are known to regularly play these axes include Matt Pike (High On Fire, Sleep), Dallas Green (Alexisonfire), Tim Sult (Clutch, Lionize), Tim Lehi (Draugar, ex-Twilight), and others. See more at the official website here: https://segerguitars.com/
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