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Manntra is a Metal/Folk/Industrial band formed in 2012 from Croatia. They released 3 albums (Horizont in 2012, Venera in 2015 and Meridian in 2017). With the first two albums Manntra gained a cult following in Croatia and toured sold out clubs and charted in mainstream charts as a metal band (which is rare in Croatia). With their third album Meridian released in 2017 (via Soulfood Germany and Menart / Sony Music Croatia) Manntra made a breakthrough and toured in Germany, Switzerland and Russia supporting the German metal folk mega act In Extremo and performed alongside bands such as In Flames, Paradise Lost, Cannibal Corpse, Knorkator and many more. The band also performed on the 2018’s edition of Rockharz Festival and Wacken Open Air.

The band is working on a new album that will be released somewhere in 2019

The band features former members of the Croatian Gothic Industrial band Omega Lithium.

Instruments
Alongside the use of drums, bass guitar, electric guitars and samples Manntra started to use in the last tour bagpipes and other folk instruments (mostly Mediterranean Croatian).

Lyrics
Till now all the lyrics are sang in Croatian language. Even on the song "Meridian" that features Michael Rhein from the band In Extremo the song is sang in Croatian language

Albums

 * Horizont (2012.)
 * Venera (2015.)
 * Meridian (2017.)

Singles

 * Kiša (2012.)
 * Horizont (2012.)
 * Nebitna (2013.)
 * Vila/Mornar (2014.)
 * Meridian (2017.)
 * Snaga (2017.)