Artist description Not hailing to any specific genre of heavy music,Mantra fuses the raw fury of metal, the pounding electricity of industrial, and the talent of progressive to create the future of heavy music.

Music Style Metal/Prog Metal/Industrial

Musical Influences Rush, Gravity Kills, Fear Factory, Pantera, Metallica, NIN, Dream Theater, Van Halen, Ozzy Ozborne

Similar Artists Pantera, Metallica, Dream Theater, Korn, Gravity Kills, NIN, Ozzy, Van Halen, Rush, Slipknot, Fear Factory, Black Sabbath, Sevendust, Anthrax, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, PM5K, White Zombie, Iron Maiden

Artist History Mantra is derived from many previous groups of different styles. Coming from such noteworthy bands as Last Man Standing, Sykkle, Torrential Downpour, Double Down, Always Wrong. Formed late 1999, Mantra has been working overtime with a cornucopia of music and tour dates to be announced, playing monsterous events such as WAAF Locobazooka (www.Locobazooka.com). Be sure to check out our updated listing of shows to see where you can catch us live!

Group Members Jon "The Doctor" Acorn - Drums, Percussion, Psychotic Meter Babling; MattRay - hamonic vocal distortion; Ben Goodman - Lead Vox, Lead and Rhythm Guitars; Joe Molinari - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals; Ben "The Bunny" Schulkin - Keboards, Backing Vocals; Brian Goodman - Bass, Programming;

Instruments Gibson, Fender, DW, Pearl, Gibraltar, Zildjian, Slingerland, Kurzweil, Guild, Ibanez, Fatar, Marshall, Crate, Mesa Boogie, Roland, Boss, Shure, Crown, Cerwin Vega...

Albums Self-Titled Release!(1 October 2000)

Press Reviews Check out www.mantraweb.net (posted accordingly)

Location Worcester, Mass - USA

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