NEWS
2020/06/25
Metal bands love covers, don’t they? From Metallica’s epic double-disc salute to their favourite bands on Garage Inc to Rob Halford dropping a record of Christmas songs last year to Melvins’ experimental Everybody Loves Sausages covers LP, there’s something inherently freeing and joyful about hearing your favourite bands pay homage to artists that inspired them.Enter Mantar. The sludge-drenched German duo’s new record Grungetown Hooligans II sees Hanno Klänhardt and Erinç Sakarya tackle some decidedly non-metal artists, instead focusing their gaze on the ’90s alternative scene – from grunge to riot grrrl.Ahead of its release on June 26, we asked vocalist/guitarist Hanno to explain why the Teutonic twosome chose each track for their heavyweight ...
