THE SHADOWS BALL (english version)

by MANIGANCE

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English version of LE BAL DES OMBRES

DUET with Zaher ZORGATI (MYRATH) on END OF LOCK UP
SOLO of Florian LAGOUTTE (HROTGAR) on HIGH TREASON

New artwork: Stan W. DECKER

Track Listing:
1. Odyssey - 1:23
2. Cold Blood - 4:24
3. All Your Excesses - 4:28
4. End of Lock Up - 4:26
5. The Shadows Ball - 5:14
6. Death Warrant - 4:01
7. High Treason - 4:48
8. Eternity - 4:36
9. At Gates of Memory - 4:42
10. In Spite of Everything - 4:42
11. Dawn of The New Fight - 4:49
12. Forgotten Survivor - 4:34

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Manigance for the English release of their latest album "The Shadows Ball (Les Bal Des Ombres)" due out on February 24th, 2023. The original francophone version was released on March 18, 2022.
What started out as a cover band to doing full fledge originals and being garnered "Best French Group of 2003" by Hard Rock Magazine and triumphing on the stage at Hellfest (Live video), "The Shadows Ball" is the band's eighth studio album and first to be sung in English by new vocalist Carine Pinto who replaced Didier Delsaux in 2018. The band made the decision to to do English songs as they wanted to make their music more accessible to foreign audiences in preparation for their 2023 European tour with Rhapsody of Fire in March.
"This album contains different songs from the Manigance standards. We have shortened the songs and worked on the arrangements. We think we can play a lot of these songs in our shows. It's a sign that the fans should enjoy these songs. They are adapted to be played live. We have evolved in our writing process. The songs are still very rich, but the structure is simpler. We also listen to the latest productions to offer a modern album with a current sound." adds guitarist François Merle.
Sharing powerful music with melodies that hook with you and that are instantly memorable, fans of the band will hear lots of surprises in each song that will make you want to listen to them again and again to catch all the details. From the big riffs that make you want to move your head, to modern guitar solos, and big bass drums that roar like a V6 twin-turbo.
"I decided to do some new guitar parts that were heavier than on the previous albums. I bought new amps to be able to produce a new guitar sound for the new album. I wrote the majority of the new songs. With Carine's new voice I proposed new structures. I preferred to shorten the instrumental parts of the solo to focus on the composition. Lionel worked a lot on guitar arrangements to bring a new and more modern atmosphere. We took advantage of the break with the covid to find new inspirations. The time allowed us to work on the melodies. We also decided to replace some keyboard parts with guitar parts to have a heavier sound than on the previous albums. As soon as the demos of the songs were finished, we started the recording process." says band composer and guitarist François Merle.
With Carine Pinto's voice, Manigance was able to work on new atmospheres. She has a very warm voice in the low register and can also reach high notes. This allows the band to cover a lot of melodies and to try out new structures for the new full-length. The band chose the songs that they thought were the most successful and had different moods. For example "End Of Lock Up", which is a duet between Carine and Zaher Zorgati of Myrath (whom the band toured with across Europe in 2018), is a song with a strong focus on the chorus. They created this song mainly as a crowd-chanter during their live performances.
"As soon as the melody was built, the sound of the guitars came to reinforce the atmosphere of the song. We did a lot of guitar recordings with different amps. This created a very rich guitar sound to accompany Carine's voice." adds Merle.
The new album features twelve tracks that are inspired by Pinto's lyrics from personal and intimate emotions, but also can relate to most listeners, from the betrayal of a friend, the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris – France), climate change, violence against the LBGT community, confinement during COVID, and domestic violence.
"The Shadows Ball" is recommended for fans of heavy metal and bands like Battle Beast and Accept.

Music Video - The Shadows Ball - youtu.be/lWoGUusvcvY
Music Video - Haute Trahison (High Treason) - youtu.be/hzF0KwzkpnQ
Music Viedo - Huis Clos (End of Lock Up) - youtu.be/4B-gb_6fo9M
Music Video - Le Bal des Ombres - youtu.be/6p3CzFIbTSM

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09.04.22 FR LE HAILLAN
15.04.22 FR PARIS
21.05.22 FR PAU
25.06.22 FR HELLFEST - CLISSON
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15.09.22 FR LYON
17.09.22 FR BOURG EN BRESSE
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29.03.23 DE ESSEN
31.03.23 FR NILVANGE
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1.	ODYSSEY 00:38	info
2.	COLD BLOOD 00:35	lyrics
COLD BLOOD Too many lies, impassive face Your demons will cut my whole path So today, God forbid Our relationship’s ending Let the sleeper awaken! This myth doesn’t survive Let the sleeper awaken! The Talion is my law (Your many low blows) Remember me now! My hate is fair game A scent of revenge will blow on your name All your betrayal, Your many low blows My punishment will come: I kill in cold blood From rumors to grave injustice, My sleepless nights seek a reason why And now, God forbid, The vermin proliferates Let the sleeper awaken! This myth doesn’t survive Let the sleeper awaken! The Talion is my law Remember me now! My hate is fair game A scent of revenge will blow on your name All your betrayal, Your many low blows My punishment will come: I kill in cold blood Remember me now! My hate is fair game A scent of revenge will blow on your name All your betrayal, Your many low blows My punishment will come: I kill in cold blood In cold blood Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
3.	ALL YOUR EXCESSES 00:54	lyrics
ALL YOUR EXCESSES Past the blessed millennia, Perfect foreign star Species persist and advance To always let it go, All our shy steps back Made the bill worse Now we pay Now we pay Your excesses All your excesses… No more rain, the desert, As alone on Earth What have they done with our lives? Because of our silence All our shy steps back Made the bill worse Now we pay All an ocean of our tears A bitter destiny's emerging All your excesses… Your excesses Your excesses From cyclone to dark dust, I’m looking for air What about my innocence? Because of our waiver All our shy steps back Made the bill worse Now we pay All an ocean of our tears All your excesses… Your excesses Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
4.	END OF LOCK UP 00:40	lyrics
END OF LOCK-UP Despite throwing of stones, The heart resists bloody assaults A universal gender unfolds its wings End of lock-up Dived in the heart of this lawsuit That light in me that frightens you Are you seeing humanity behind the mirror? Your arguments to justify Old mentality Tears and vanity And now your lies make me the Dream Being Despite throwing of stones, The heart resists bloody assaults A universal gender unfolds its wings End of lock-up A guilty plea has just begun Of all evils you accuse me Original normality remains to be seen The judgment has just come down Marginality Flow of prejudices Exposing of all sensitivity Despite throwing of stones, The heart resists bloody assaults A universal gender unfolds its wings End of lock-up Despite throwing of stones, The heart resists bloody assaults A universal gender unfolds its wings End of lock-up End of lock-up Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
5.	THE SHADOWS BALL 05:14	lyrics
THE SHADOWS BALL How long does it take to get you, heart and soul? Your long knife blade sheds blood from falling angels Too much judgment will lead now us to chaos (it'll lead now to chaos) You can see my lost body Defile holy sights Forget all the fights, Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Troubling infidel A soul is immortal (You can see my lost body) Do you hear the call? My fearless rebel Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Troubling infidel, A soul is immortal How many years did you spend preaching the false? Enough to dig a deeper grave in the coal Now you’re doomed to eternal rest in a chapel (You can see my lost body) Defile holy sights Forget all the fights, Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Troubling infidel A soul is immortal Do you hear the call? My fearless rebel Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Troubling infidel, A soul is immortal A soul is immortal Immortal Let's go and follow heavenly light my eternal flame Let all your anger and rage escape, please come back Defile holy sights Forget all the fights, Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Do you hear the call? My fearless rebel Come and join me At the Shadows Ball Troubling infidel, A soul is immortal A soul is immortal At the shadows Ball At the shadows Ball Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
6.	DEATH WARRANT 01:14	lyrics
DEATH WARRANT The darkness is growing, it hides the flaws Then we reap the fruit of our old battles, Lost in the fog in search of all forgotten days The humanity destroyed, obscure scandal And robbing all the poor, a dark ideal Sacrificed at the stake all our pure lost spirits And all of the hatchets of war, All those regrets that hide our remorses From our routs to defeats, This bullet will sign our death warrant By the time I suffer your reprisals, The end is sealed at a dark funeral, Adventurers at large at heart of a dead end Out there’s apocalypse, ultimate fight Like a last burst of life, a spark of light Last thrill, a cry, a breath, disappointed great hope And all of the hatchets of war, All those regrets that hide our remorses From our routs to defeats, This bullet will sign our death warrant Death warrant And all of the hatchets of war, All those regrets that hide our remorses From our routs to defeats, This bullet will sign our death warrant Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
7.	HIGH TREASON 01:20	lyrics
HIGH TREASON Like a foolish puppet preaching his lesson, Only lies and duplicity He's approaching so softly To sow the divide The winds of change come without reason No speech without keen interest Fear is the ultimate leverage, Shadow’s building He’s advancing his pawns The rope tightens quietly Into the lion’s den, should we throw ourselves? The worst of the gangsters will soon end up dead Now you pay the bill Judas already kissed you softly And the last secret has been revealed Punishing: guilty of high treason High treason High treason And whatever the tales, all is confusion An arranged reality Lulled by insane stories The last crucifixion And this look arouses suspicion Against winds and tides the guile wins The shameful sinner will be killed Lack of forgiveness And the muzzle to wear Words are a weapon of war Into the lion’s den, should we throw ourselves? The worst of the gangsters will soon end up dead Into the lion’s den, should we throw ourselves? Into the lion’s den Should we throw ourselves? Into the lion’s den Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
8.	ETERNITY 00:45	lyrics
ETERNITY I can feel it, you’re watching me from your tower Trying to stamp out slowly our burning passion As if your good name took away the burden, Nothing can alter all my ideals, all your beliefs For eternity, And beyond the flames For humanity, Heart of a woman And for the memory, Your print stays forever Eternity I can feel a heavy weight of faith in your court The winds of change blow And now everything breaks down The impure smoke carried suffering into the echo I’ve never known you to be in pain, to vertigo For eternity, And beyond the flames For humanity, Heart of a woman And for the memory, Your print stays forever Eternity For eternity, And beyond the flames For humanity, Heart of a woman And for the memory, Your print stays forever Eternity Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
9.	AT GATES OF MEMORY 00:38	lyrics
AT GATES OF MEMORY To live in this fawl world to withness are men fall Surrounded in the ruines, everything's destroyed Alone, enslaved soul and still heart in nightfall, I’m looking for written future for us Nature reasserts itself Aware of our past mistakes My prison seems eternal When a storm roars Shutting down the flame suddenly When a lightning falls Tearing my bruised soul completely How can we resist? Oblivion flees at gates of memory At gates of memory In this cold house, the windows shutters closed Cross my sorrow into a fervent love My diaphanous silhouette continues to exist The lack, the bitter taste is just below When a storm roars Shutting down the flame suddenly When a lightning falls Tearing my bruised soul completely How can we resist? Oblivion flees at gates of memory To live in this fawl world to withness are men fall Surrounded in the ruines, everything's destroyed When a storm roars When a lightning falls When a storm roars At gates of memory At gates of memory Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
10.	IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING 01:06	lyrics
IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING From above, the raptor’s spotting its prey Down below, all is peace and serenity Far from the battlefield, Unconscious in the face of danger of death Step by step, the whole trap is closing Forever bound to horror Not a word about blows and all traces on the corpse Hawl without a voice In spite of everything, the heart beats In spite of everything, hold on tight In spite of everything, In spite of everything, run away Now tell me who can stop a river flowing Out of here to stay safe and sound now There, the lion’s imposing his law Here, it wants to control everything Another reason to abuse, Another reason to strike the flesh harder The days go by, too often the same Forever bound to the horror Not a word about feeling the pain, wounds of soul In spite of everything, the heart beats In spite of everything, hold on tight In spite of everything, In spite of everything, run away Now tell me who can stop a river flowing Out of here to stay safe and sound now In spite of everything, the heart beats In spite of everything, hold on tight In spite of everything, In spite of everything, run away In spite of everything, the heart beats Now tell me who can stop a river flowing Out of here to stay safe and sound now Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
11.	DAWN OF A NEW FIGHT 00:54	lyrics
DAWN OF A NEW FIGHT If strong winds of anger haste suddenly in your nightmare, Noise surrounds you, stand up and fight If your world feels pain somewhere, So please make sure that he heeds your raging mind Like a cry, the sound’s growing He leaves nothing to be found Like a cry, the sound’s growing There remains ultimate clash At dawn of a new fight Never bend with dark lies Open up your eyes The people awaken And this moment sounds like Dawn of a new fight If one spark of gunpowder in you relights the fire, Break the silence, and ask them why If he’s deaf to your prayer, So then, be sure horizon will burn, you too Like a cry, the sound’s growing He leaves nothing to be found Like a cry, the sound’s growing There remains ultimate clash At dawn of a new fight Never bend with dark lies Open up your eyes The people awaken And this moment sounds like Dawn of a new fight Dawn of a new fight If the necessary strife reveals your warrior soul Take the power, dictate the law If brave heart is your marker Like a phoenix, the world rises again stronger At dawn of a new fight Never bend with dark lies Open up your eyes The people awaken This moment sounds like Dawn of a new fight Dawn of a new fight The people awaken Dawn of a new fight Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE
12.	FORGOTTEN SURVIVOR 00:35	lyrics
FORGOTTEN SURVIVOR Here the die is cast You know nothing can change Torturers for the rest organized everything The forgotten survivor The forgotten survivor Used as cannon fodder They flatter you They shout Praising freedom To always fool yourself in a world that’s falling The forgotten survivor Can you finally find peace? To save our losing souls To save our losing souls Since the earth remains salted with tears, So now we must fight back The forgotten survivor Because down here, sunlight disappears An ember in the dark Nowhere Your sovereignty’s destroyed, Silence has been imposed Under your cursed armor, Your heart beat heavily The forgotten survivor The forgotten survivor If force leaves you deadly, Your soul stays involved The tyranny holds out Your chains will break finally The forgotten survivor The forgotten survivor Since the earth remains salted with tears, So now we must fight back The forgotten survivor Because down here, sunlight disappears An ember in the dark Elsewhere To save our losing soul Since the earth remains salted with tears, So now we must fight back The forgotten survivor Because down here, sunlight disappears An ember in the dark Somewhere So now we must fight back The forgotten survivor An ember in the dark Nowhere Elsewhere Somewhere Author: Carine PINTO / Composer: François MERLE

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English version of LE BAL DES OMBRES

END OF LOCK UP (feat. Zaher ZORGATI from MYRATH)
HIGH TREASON (feat. Florian LAGOUTTE from HROTHGAR)

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Manigance for the English release of their latest album "The Shadows Ball (Les Bal Des Ombres)" due out on February 24th, 2023. The original francophone version was released on March 18, 2022.
What started out as a cover band to doing full fledge originals and being garnered "Best French Group of 2003" by Hard Rock Magazine and triumphing on the stage at Hellfest (Live video), "The Shadows Ball" is the band's eighth studio album and first to be sung in English by new vocalist Carine Pinto who replaced Didier Delsaux in 2018. The band made the decision to to do English songs as they wanted to make their music more accessible to foreign audiences in preparation for their 2023 European tour with Rhapsody of Fire in March.
"This album contains different songs from the Manigance standards. We have shortened the songs and worked on the arrangements. We think we can play a lot of these songs in our shows. It's a sign that the fans should enjoy these songs. They are adapted to be played live. We have evolved in our writing process. The songs are still very rich, but the structure is simpler. We also listen to the latest productions to offer a modern album with a current sound." adds guitarist François Merle.
Sharing powerful music with melodies that hook with you and that are instantly memorable, fans of the band will hear lots of surprises in each song that will make you want to listen to them again and again to catch all the details. From the big riffs that make you want to move your head, to modern guitar solos, and big bass drums that roar like a V6 twin-turbo.
"I decided to do some new guitar parts that were heavier than on the previous albums. I bought new amps to be able to produce a new guitar sound for the new album. I wrote the majority of the new songs. With Carine's new voice I proposed new structures. I preferred to shorten the instrumental parts of the solo to focus on the composition. Lionel worked a lot on guitar arrangements to bring a new and more modern atmosphere. We took advantage of the break with the covid to find new inspirations. The time allowed us to work on the melodies. We also decided to replace some keyboard parts with guitar parts to have a heavier sound than on the previous albums. As soon as the demos of the songs were finished, we started the recording process." says band composer and guitarist François Merle.
With Carine Pinto's voice, Manigance was able to work on new atmospheres. She has a very warm voice in the low register and can also reach high notes. This allows the band to cover a lot of melodies and to try out new structures for the new full-length. The band chose the songs that they thought were the most successful and had different moods. For example "End Of Lock Up", which is a duet between Carine and Zaher Zorgati of Myrath (whom the band toured with across Europe in 2018), is a song with a strong focus on the chorus. They created this song mainly as a crowd-chanter during their live performances.
"As soon as the melody was built, the sound of the guitars came to reinforce the atmosphere of the song. We did a lot of guitar recordings with different amps. This created a very rich guitar sound to accompany Carine's voice." adds Merle.
The new album features twelve tracks that are inspired by Pinto's lyrics from personal and intimate emotions, but also can relate to most listeners, from the betrayal of a friend, the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris – France), climate change, violence against the LBGT community, confinement during COVID, and domestic violence.
"The Shadows Ball" is recommended for fans of heavy metal and bands like Battle Beast and Accept.

Music Video - The Shadows Ball - youtu.be/lWoGUusvcvY
Music Video - Haute Trahison (High Treason) - youtu.be/hzF0KwzkpnQ
Music Viedo - Huis Clos (End of Lock Up) - youtu.be/4B-gb_6fo9M
Music Video - Le Bal des Ombres (The Shadows Ball) - youtu.be/6p3CzFIbTSM

Track Listing:
1. Odyssey - 1:23
2. Cold Blood - 4:24
3. All Your Excesses - 4:28
4. End of Lock Up - 4:26
5. The Shadows Ball - 5:14
6. Death Warrant - 4:01
7. High Treason - 4:48
8. Eternity - 4:36
9. At Gates of Memory - 4:42
10. In Spite of Everything - 4:42
11. Dawn of The New Fight - 4:49
12. Forgotten Survivor - 4:34

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released February 24, 2023

Carine PINTO / François MERLE
Except Stéphane SOULIER on Odyssey

ROCKSHOTS RECORDS

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Revealed in 2002, MANIGANCE is back in 2022 with a new opus!
The band comes back stronger than ever with its melodic power metal, striking and new female voice that takes the band to new, more original and modern inspirations. This new album offers an explosive universe. After 7 studio albums, 1 live album, European tours, festivals, the story goes on! 2022 will surely be the year MANIGANCE! ... more

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