Manifesto (Deadlock album)
| Manifesto | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 November 2008 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan) 20 January 2009 (United States) | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal, experimental metal | |||
| Length | 52:48 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Lifeforce Records | |||
| Producer | Sebastian Reichl | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Exclaim! | (generally terrible) |
| Metal Hammer | 6/7 |
| Metal.de | |
| MetalSucks | |
Manifesto is the fourth full-length studio album by German melodic death metal band Deadlock. It was released by Lifeforce Records on 17 November 2008 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Japan, and on 20 January 2009 in the United States. A box set limited to 1000 copies with two bonus tracks and several items was released as well.
Manifesto is a concept album about animal rights and veganism. Musically, the album marked a change to a more experimental style by the band, incorporating sections of techno, rap, saxophone and orchestral arrangements into its melodic death metal style.
The track, "The Brave/Agony Applause", is the first single off the album and has a music video. The song "Seal Slayer" is a slight reinterpretation of the track "Kill, Kill, Kill", which the band previously recorded as a benefit for "The Canadians", an organization against Canadian seal hunting, through a request by PETA.
Manifesto was promoted by playing one new song off the album each day on their MySpace until its European release. It is Deadlock's last release to feature longtime band member Thomas Huschka on bass.