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THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA

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ALBUMS

Trust No Leaders

July 1, 2022

Second studio album by The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara, released worldwide on July 1, 2022. Recorded between April and August 2021 in London, United Kingdom, the album's 11 tracks weave a journey through heavy metal history — from its roots in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, up to the contemporary.

Set against orchestral and cinematic soundscapes, the songs also pay tribute to non-Western musical traditions, including Native American and South American folk music, Vedic chants, and Indo-Persian classical music, with lyricall forms and vocal performance that bring together elements from contemporary poetry, Persian Classical poetry, theology, Jungian Psychology, and modern theater.

Elaborating on what initially inspired the record, the duo shared, “We wrote Trust No Leaders over the last national lockdown in the UK which forced us to take a deep look at the current and grim state of affairs. The increasing chaos and uncertainty in the world fuelled the early creative direction of the album. The pandemic, the destruction of the natural world, new wars, rising prices, protests and uprisings, political upheaval and freak natural disasters that were happening around us provided the backdrop for writing Trust No Leaders."

"The album is a personal journey that steered us through the anxiety of  these trying and scary times while also preparing the future and what it has in store for all of us, living in a world where our leaders cannot be trusted.” —The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

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'Trust No Leaders' Tracklisting

1. Human Sacrifice
2. The Prophet
3. Pound of Flesh
4. Shaman
5. The Chefs Song
6. The Pied Piper
7. Nothing but Dust
8. Count the Dead
9. Smell of Your Rot 
10. Hypermetamorphosis
11. Scum of the Land

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Full Spectrum

Released February 26, 2021

Comprising 11 tracks lasting over 67 minutes long, Full Spectrum was recorded between February and June of 2020 when Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy) came together as The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara to compose and produce their debut album at their home studio during the first London Lockdown.  The album goes from progressive rock to techno, from metal to ambient and electronic, and back to rock, melded with the band's signature style ‘poetry performance’. The songs are arranged in a way that it takes listeners through the Full Spectrum of human experience and emotion. Each is a complete experience on its own, while also building upon the meaning and message presented in the previous.  

Full Spectrum traverses dystopian and utopian worlds, and balances grim reminders of human mortality with triumphant moments of hope and individual agency, moving beyond the harsh realities of the modern world into the sphere of the transcendent and the numinous.

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'Full Spectrum' Tracklsting

1. Atoms
2. Psychopath's Monologue
3. Deus Ex Machina
4. Mata Hari
5. The Descent
6. Message for the King
7. Love in the Time of Pestilence
8. Tcomas S01 E01
9. Full Spectrum
10. At The Worlds End
11. The Great News

SINGLES

Hypermetamorphosis

Feb 17, 2023

‘Hypermetamorphosis’ explores the challenges of living with ADHD while also raising awareness of the creative potential of the condition. This is a journey through the ADHD mind. It shows the chaos, and the cacophony of the ADHD experience, but also its positive sides. The title, ‘Hypermetamorphosis’ is an old term from the 1800s, one of the many terms which was used to refer to the ADHD. Despite the negativity which has often come with understanding the condition throughout history, modern science and new therapeutic innovations have allowed us to finally come to realise this important fact: It is the very chaos and restlessness of how the ADHD mind processes information and ideas — that allows the ADHD mind to find connections and flows in a way that is inaccessible through the filter of rationality in a neurotypical brain. This is pure creativity. We hope that what we created will help people gain a deeper understanding and empathy for those who are close to someone with ADHD, whether he or she is your child, parent, partner, relative, friend, or colleague. Most importantly, we hope to inspire anyone who is struggling living with ADHD, and to help encourage them all to be fearless, in unleashing that powerful, vibrant, and immense creative energy that's buried underneath all the chaos. You are not alone.

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The Pied Piper

Oct 14, 2022

'The Pied Piper' alludes to the medieval legend of the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin, the song talks about the complex interplay of power, control, and helplessness in modern society, drawing inspiration from the narrative style of the 1934 poem, “All of us or none” (Keiner oder alle), by the German political playwright, Bertolt Brecht.

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POUND OF FLESH

July 1, 2022

From The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara's sophomore album, Trust No Leaders. ‘Pound of Flesh’ was released on July 1, 2022, alongside the album as it’s focus single and music video.

Taken from William Shakespeare’s play, Merchant of Venice, the term ‘Pound of Flesh’ refers to something that is owed that needs to be paid back at every cost – revenge. This song is concerned with the vicious cycle of suffering and conflict caused especially by wars and institutionalised vengeance.

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