Emerging from the shadowy underbelly of Connecticut’s heavy music scene, Mantle delivers a crushing blow with their latest single, “Mega Low Maniac”. This track is more than just doom-laden riffs and sludgy atmospheres; it’s a raw, sonic reckoning wrapped in distortion and despair. Slow, deliberate guitar lines crawl like tectonic shifts beneath anguished, guttural vocals, giving voice to betrayal, bitterness, and the demand for truth.
From the first guttural riff, “Mega Low Maniac” drags the listener into a claustrophobic soundscape where every note feels like a blow and every lyric, a wound. The production captures the live energy of doom/sludge at its most primal: unpolished yet powerful, haunting yet honest. “Just tell us the truth,” the vocals howl a mantra that feels less like a request and more like a warning shot.
“Mega Low Maniac” is a fierce reminder that heaviness isn’t just about volume, it’s about intention. And Mantle’s intention is clear: to confront, to exorcise, and to crush.