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27 February 2024

Band: THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA

Who: London-based duo – Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy)
that fills a gap in music by bringing literature, art, and history together into
a space where rock and metal meet electronica.

They released two spectacular albums so far.
Trust No Leaders (2022) and Full Spectrum (2021)

And TCOMAS is back on the scene now with
new single MYSTERIUN TREMENDUM .

Info: “It was Written and recorded between December 2022 and October 2023, the new track merges metal and classical music, and contains section sections with classical piano and a full orchestra.”

Papi on the new song: “I would describe “Mysterium Tremendum” as being ‘Opera Metal’. It contains musical and lyrical elements that gives the work a perfect combination of ‘heaviness’ that is both melancholic and brutal.”

Ang: “The song contains a large section with a full orchestra, which took a long time to compose and arrange. It was a real challenge, but it was mostly a rewarding experience,
as we made it purely a TCOMAS effort.”

“The song explores the concept of ‘mysterium tremendum et fascinans’. I came across this concept in Das Heilige (The Idea of the Holy), a book by Rudolf Otto”, Daphne Ang notes. “It is the raw, enduring, and barbaric pain that pierces deep into the soul, which may then develop into something pure, beautiful and glorious. It is the totality of the highest and lowest points of our existence.”

TUTV: Oh my, oh my. What a jaw-dropping return this is. Mysterium Tremendum is a
symphonic metal rock rollercoaster going up and down, forth and back, through different phases. From the Bohemian Rhapsody-like piano intro to growling death metal aggression to quiet/loud/quiet/loud turbulence, from waltzing strings to operatic grandeur and back.

The piano/violin epilogue is for Daphne‘s gripping spoken word reflections on German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto‘s book Das Heilige. Über das Irrationale in der Idee des Göttlichen und sein Verhältnis zum Rationalen / An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and its Relation to the Rational.

As usual, the duo comes up with a fantastic video clip to visualise their work.

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