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For those who don\u2019t know, Unteachers is an alternative metal band featuring ex-members of Tantrum of the Muse and Huntingtons. Manta Birostris is another unconventional metal band, this one hailing from Poland. These Orthodox Christians mix grunge, doom\/stoner metal and avant garde jazz (yes, some wailing saxophones over the top of some of the dirtiest riffs I\u2019ve heard in a while).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MB is featured first, with 4 songs of experimental metal. The lyrics are in Polish, so I can\u2019t comment much there, but the music is very satisfying. Take the riffs of The Sword or the heaviest parts of Alice in Chains, but add this weird, avant garde angle with some metal sax a la Bruce Lamont and you\u2019re headed in the right direction. I definitely want to hear more of this! The final song from the band is a middle-eastern\/eastern European sounding folk\/dance tune with clean guitars, hand drums, and other folk instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up next are two new songs from Unteachers. \u201cIf You Think\u201d is actually a cover from obscure 90s indie rock band 274. It features some pretty dark lyrics, reflecting on the human condition, including sin, depression, and how we pass those down from one generation to the next. And yet the song is a plea for the help that comes through prayer, leaving an otherwise bleak tune with just a dash of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n