Metal

The bells ring through the town
The call for justice swift
Reason going down 
Compassion is a myth
And when the time has finally come
For rats and naming names
There’s never any question
Of who they want to blame 

Confidence like they’re deputized forces
Here come the mob with 
pitchforks and torches

They want a sacrifice 
A human sacrifice 

And As the anger grows
The crowd has lost control
How it stops no one knows
The only thing we’re sure about is
Heads will roll

In alleys they conspire
Deception weaves its thread
The noose grows ever tighter
As truth lies cold and dead
We search for hope in ashes
Yet darkness whispers still
In corridors of power
The innocent are killed

Confidence like they’re deputized forces
Here come the mob with 
pitchforks and torches

They want a sacrifice 
A human sacrifice 

And As the anger grows
The crowd has lost control
How it stops no one knows
The only thing we’re sure about is
Heads will roll

Pitchforks and Torches

New single "Unrealness" is now available on all major streaming platforms like:

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Unrealness

New single "While It Makes You Sick" is now available on all major streaming platforms like:

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While It Makes You Sick

Gaze

"Unraveling" is now available on all major streaming platforms!

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Thank you so much for all your support!

Unraveling

"Anomie" is now available on all major streaming platforms!

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Thank you so much for all your support!

Anomie

Lyrics & Music: Fred Offret

Vocals: Fred Offret
Guitars: Valentin Loisy
Bass: Jo Viaux
Drums: David Elz

Stone Breakers

N.A.S.P.´s 3rd single of 2025
Exclusive release on SoundCloud.
Soon available on major streaming platforms

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BURDEN#999

“Secreta” — Latin for “secret” or “secrets” — takes its name and text from a lesser-known part of the traditional Roman Catholic Mass: a quiet prayer, spoken in a low voice by the priest at the end of the Offertory. On this album, the prayer becomes something more personal and disquieting — a whispered plea for one's enemies, delivered from a soul suspended between forgiveness and fragmentation.

Set to a short liturgical text drawn from the Roman Missal, the piece explores the spiritual paradox of wishing well upon those who have wounded us. That fragile state — where faith confronts betrayal — is captured in the song’s shifting musical language. An eerie orchestral introduction sets the tone, enveloping the listener in unease, before giving way to rhythms that echo the rhythmical asymmetry of Balkan dances. The unconventional time signature distorts any sense of calm, as if the soul itself is reeling.

“Secreta“ is both prayer and disorientation — a sacred ritual filtered through the lens of human vulnerability.

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SECRETA

Oblatis, quaesumus, Domine, placare muneribus: 
et nos ab inimicis nostris clementer eripe.

(We beg You, O Lord, be appeased by these sacrificial offerings: 
and mercifully snatch us away from our enemies.)

Horror Sacri

Secreta

“Soul Hunt” is one of the most direct and visceral tracks on the album — a relentless vision of unseen warfare, where human souls are the prize in an eternal struggle between forces far greater than ourselves. Based on one of my oldest lyrics ever written, the song captures a world drenched in fear and metaphysical violence. Peace is yearned for but never found.

The verses paint a bleak picture: “It’s all over” declares one line; “Bloodstained icons weep in woe” ends another. These aren’t just poetic images — they’re cries from a world where fragile human lives are tossed into a cosmic battleground beyond comprehension. The music echoes this turmoil with razor-sharp, old-school thrash metal riffing, driving the message home with unrelenting force.

At its heart, “Soul Hunt” forms the eschatological core of the album — a dark framework where the sacred collides with the violent. The Latin chorus, “Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna” (“Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death”), taken from the Roman Catholic Office of the Dead, becomes more than a liturgical chant. It’s a desperate plea for endurance, for grace, for something to hold onto in the face of annihilation.

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SOUL HUNT

A star fell blazing, torn from the sky,
Ghostfire flickers, years burn dry.
Lunatic echoes are tearing the spheres,
Behind steel gates, the enemy appears.

He winks at me with a hollow stare –
A pupil-less gaze, a frozen glare.
"Come with me," he speaks to me, "behold!
We'll walk in the void like the gods of the old!"

Bell tolls crash on the lead-gray land,
The last fires go out, lost in the sand.
It’s all over – we fade in the tide, 
abandoned island, fortress denied.

Life’s breath is stolen, I drink from the still,
degusting the wine that the ages spill.
Spare me, O Lord, from the hunter’s chase,
Grant me, O Father, a night of grace!

Libera me Domine
de morte eterna! 
(Deliver me, O Lord, 
from eternal death)

The forest echoes from the hunting cries,
Dark shadows creep where the lost souls lie.
A soul hunt is raging deep down below,
bloodstained icons weep in woe.

Soul Hunt

Melodic progressive metal with brass jazz infusion from the debut self-titled album by Red Dust of Mars

Chronos Kairos

wastelands

Words spoken by false tongues,
You built your throne on broken trust.
Built me up just to break me down,
Your kingdom is a burial ground.

Will there ever be an end to those lies?
Truth and honesty struggle to survive...

Ooh...

A siren's voice, a serpent's spine,
A liar's mask, deceit refined.

You dressed your poison up in grace,
A smile stitched to a hollow face.
Truth bends where your shadows crawl,
But even angels learn to fall.

You chose the blade, then called it fate,
But even traitors learn too late.
Now you stand in the ruins that you made,
Ash in your mouth, nothing left to save.
You see me rise—but it's too late,
Gone are the days that I bowed to your hate.

Oh!

Built me up just to break me down,
Your kingdom is a burial ground.

A crown of ash, built on disguise,
Your shattered words still haunt the skies.

We … will see...

You burned your bridges with your lies,
A soul that’s rotten from inside.
The truth you feared now cuts too deep,
The lies you've sown—they won’t retreat.

You chose the blade, then called it fate,
But even traitors learn too late.
Now you stand in the ruins that you made,
Ash in your mouth, nothing left to save.
You see me rise—but it's too late,
Gone are the days that I bowed to your hate.

Try to break me—
You’ve crossed a line.

You’re just a fake b*tch—
Run for your life.

Kingdom Of Ash

DESTROYER

A raw edit and a WIP imo but if you think it's cool the way it is let me know! 

Embaumé au Miel

Sure, you can get wasted and have fun sometimes – but the real challenges of life can only be won when you’re sober and clear.

Sober

Inspirations for this song include Robocop, Mortal Kombat, and a Dungeons and Dragons character that I have played for many years. 

Malfunction

The hall had long been silent.
Dust drifted through still air, glinting in the dim gold of forgotten chandeliers.
Rows of empty seats stared back like hollow eyes, yet she stood before them anyway — motionless, listening.

Something stirred beneath the quiet.
Not sound, not yet — but the weight of it, waiting to be born.
It pressed against the edges of her thoughts, a pulse in the air that made her skin hum.

She reached for her instrument, not to play, but to prepare — to feel the moment gather like breath before a confession.
The world seemed to lean closer, listening for her first note.

And though she did not yet play, she knew:
the silence was ending.

Prologue: The Empty Stage

Rage is an energetic instrumental including some clean guitars.

Rage

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
"Love In The Time Of Pestilence"
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

‘Love in the Time of Pestilence’ is an experimental metal track that reflects upon the events of the ongoing pandemic and global crisis. Composed and recorded during the outbreak of the first wave of Covid-19 in Europe, the amplitude waveform view of this track, with its peaks and troughs, is in itself a visualisation of the evolution and progression of the pandemic over the course of the year 2020.

The spoken lyrics combine original writings with historical quotes in order to remind humanity that if we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. The artists chose to release this track as Europe goes into a second Lockdown. It is an appeal to humanity and an emergency broadcast to mankind at a critical moment in the current crisis.

The accompanying music video is a tribute and homage to all the healthcare professionals around the world who have risked their own lives to save the lives of others. The video documents mankind’s experience of plagues and pandemics over the millennia. This is presented through a corpus of art historical works, archival photographs, and film footage. Featured prominently in this selection are works from the Wellcome Collection, London. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works]

Read Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-chronicles-of-manimal-and-samara-love-in-the-time-of-pestilence-lyrics

"Love in the Time of Pestilence" - Now on the following Spotify Editorial Playlists:

- Progressive Metal: 
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- The oTHERS: 
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About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a London-based duo comprising Andrea Papi and Daphne Ang. Coming together in early 2020 to record their debut album FULL SPECTRUM, the duo are fast establishing their niche in music as pioneers of a new form of expression, through the performance of poetry in music, and as an act that traverses between the wide-reaching spectrums of music. 

Drawing inspiration from TOOL and Kraftwerk, as well as the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS brings literature, art, and history together into a space where rock and metal meets electronic. 

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 

➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2V3zzIcq2sbRbaEjbGypc8
➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
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© 2020 The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara / TCOMAS Music
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Full Spectrum

Love in the Time of Pestilence

⚡️Alternative Metal⚡️

Love In The Time Of Pestilence

I love amphibians and have an affinity for fried okra, loud guitars, and sick beats. expedition 33 and port wine are my thing at the moment, along hollow knight and rise of the ronin.

Metal

MRMT