BLACK HEAVEN is the side project from Mantus, and for the first time they present an extensive history on double CD, which shouldn’t be regarded as a ‘best of’ in the accepted sense. A retrospective which makes clear that BLACK HEAVEN have until now been unfairly underestimated. BLACK HEAVEN is the other side of the coin. It is not the opposite of MANTUS, but neither is it a sphere in which the musicians ‘just want to mess about’, as is so often the case with side projects. With its lyrical depth, BLACK HEAVEN is also certainly beyond all cliches; from pure dark poetry to the contrasting voices of Martin Schindler and Thalia. In contrast to the main project of the two protagonists, BLACK HEAVEN is more electronically-orientated and dispenses with the rock guitars and bombastic classical arrangements without losing itself in EBM stamping or standard futurepop pap. BLACK HEAVEN is the convincing attempt to drag intelligent, poetic lyrics out of the self-absorption of the lonely bedroom and onto the dancefloors of the clubs. The perfect mixture of rhythm, delicate sequences, danceable sounds and the lyricism which we already know from MANTUS. Dark vignettes which on the one hand, due to the unusual rhythms have a certain light-heartedness, but which on the other hand become emphasised due to the reduction in the musical elements. No MANTUS fan should ignore this ‘history’, for BLACK HEAVEN have musical and lyrical surprises up their sleeves which simply have to be experienced. This retrospective provides the opportunity to do so. Released on Trisol and available August 28th, 2009.

01 The Smell Of Suicide
02 End Of The World (alternative version)
03 Trugbild
04 Aus Gold
05 Violent Acts Of Hate
06 Sehnsucht (Black Heaven feat. Mantus)
07 Agony
08 Jemand
09 Natur Und Kunst
10 Schmerz (alternative version)
11 Von Hier Zu Den Sternen
12 Drown In My Dreams
13 Tansania
14 Ohne Zeit
15 Glut Und Asche
16 Lebendig Begraben

CD2:
01 The Beginning
02 Regentanz
03 Kein Ton (2007)
04 Silence
05 Sakrileg
06 Babylon (Ratzinger rmx)
07 Engel Weinen Heimlich (opposite sex)
08 Necromancer
09 Eclipse
10 Horizont
11 Gebete An Gott (dust and ashes)
12 Thanatos (2009)
13 Seraphim (2009)
14 I Hate This World (2009)