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two new projects in progress

I’ve been busy working on two different and very exciting musical collaborations these past weeks.

I don’t want to tell too much of it yet, but one is nothing less than a bass/drums collaboration with the guy behind the kit of one of the most influential and singular band of the metal scene – and of course one of my all-time favorite bands. This will be a visual & aural collaboration, which makes this project even more special to me. I will never thank enough Keith Utech for believing in me and for offering me an opportunity I would have never ever dreamed of.

The other one is a collaboration between my band CHAOS ECHŒS and one of the most über-talented, charismatic, and lovely human being from the contemporary free jazz community. All I can say is that I do love these recordings. I’m so proud to be part of this experimental gem!

Mixing duties have already been mastered by sound wizard Cyrille Gachet at Dick Doom Studio – to whom I personally owe a lot.
Both projects are currently in James Plotkin’s hands for the mastering phase, and will be released by Utech Records.
Simultaneously, we started the visual process by discussing art direction & design.

Exciting times, indeed! Looking forward to sharing these works with you all!
More soon!

launch of a new manifeste

You are currently visiting the brand new version of MANIFESTE.
It brings more visibility to works and adapts its interface and functionality to different devices, including smartphones.
Enjoy!

cover art for the lurking fear's debut album

Century Media Records revealed earlier today THE LURKING FEAR’s debut album artwork and track listing.
It was a great honor and a real pleasure to work with Tomas, such a legend of the death metal scene. And I’m very happy with the result of this smooth collaboration.
Here is a part of the press release:

• Gatefold 12 inch LP Front Cover

• Gatefold 12 inch LP Front Cover

Swedish Death Metallers THE LURKING FEAR are soon to release their debut album “Out Of The Voiceless Grave” worldwide on August 11th, 2017 via Century Media Records.

The cover artwork for “Out Of The Voiceless Grave”, which was designed by Stefan Thanneur, can be seen above and the tracklisting for the album is as follows:
 
THE LURKING FEAR - “Out Of The Voiceless Grave”:
1. Out Of The Voiceless Grave
2. Vortex Spawn
3. The Starving Gods Of Old
4. The Infernal Dread
5. With Death Engraved In Their Bones
6. Upon Black Winds
7. Teeth Of The Dark Plains
8. The Cold Jaws Of Death
9. Tongued With Foul Flames
10. Winged Death
11. Tentacles Of Blackened Horror
12. Beneath Menacing Sands
 
THE LURKING FEAR vocalist Tomas Lindberg checked in with the following comment about the album’s intense artwork: "Stefan Thanneur understood the vision I had for "Out Of The Voiceless Grave" straight away. He has portrayed the exact same nightmare vortex of interstellar death and terror that I envisioned when I wrote the lyrics and came up with the concept. Pure cosmic evil. Even more twisted madness than my imagination could portray. I have been very happy to work with yet another great talent. You can never get enough tentacles."
 
“Out Of The Voiceless Grave”, which was recorded at Welfare Sounds (Bombus, RAM, Bombs Of Hades, etc.) in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be available as special edition Digipak CD, Gatefold LP on 180gr. vinyl with a poster and as Digital Download. The album’s LP edition will be available on classic black vinyl as well as on limited coloured runs as follows: Silver vinyl (200x copies CM Distro Europe), clear vinyl (200x copies, Sweden) and golden vinyl (300x copies CM USA).