The Croatian rock band Manntra formed in Umag in 2011 and presented their
characteristic blend of traditional Balkan folk and electronic metal with their
debut album Horizont the following year. Originally conceived by
singer/guitarist Marko Matijević Sekul - the producer of the band's debut album
- and bassist Zoltan Lečei, both former members of industrial metal group Omega
Lithium, the pair recruited Andrea Kert as drummer and set about channeling some
of their influences into their new project Manntra. Their next two albums -
Venera (2015) and Meridian (2017) - hit, moving mo...