Rating: 9 / 10 Stars
MANAPART is: Artem Popov (vocals), Ivan Yakushin (bass), Arman Babaian (guitar), Zakhariy Zurabian (drums)
GUEST MUSICIAN: SHIRRA (vocals)
REVIEW – Five years into a steadily ascending trajectory that’s taken them from the underground fringes to international recognition, Armenian metal force MANAPART returns with a single that’s as confrontational as it is cathartic. “Terrorize!”, featuring the ethereal power of SHIRRA, lands March 20 via Touch Music, and it’s a track that doesn’t ask for your attention—it seizes it with both hands.
Since 2020, MANAPART has been chiseling their name into the modern metal landscape with a blend of early 2000s nu-metal crunch, searing emotion, and haunting Eastern melodies that channel both their regional roots and their global rage. With two LPs and a visceral EP behind them, the band has matured into a rare breed: unfiltered, unsanitized, and unapologetically fearless. “Terrorize!” is the next step in that evolution—more refined, more volatile, and uncomfortably honest.
On the surface, the song narrates a toxic power play between a woman and the man she manipulates. But scratch the surface—hell, tear it wide open—and what you’ll find is vintage MANAPART: social commentary disguised as personal drama. This isn’t just a breakup song. It’s a loaded critique of how modern society industrializes our most intimate emotions. Love has been commodified, repackaged, and resold to us through fairytales, moral codes, and digital filters. “Terrorize!” confronts that illusion with surgical intensity.
Artem Popov delivers a vocal performance that is part scream, part soul purge. There’s fire here—anger, yes—but also a quiet devastation, a lived-in ache that rises with every guttural phrase. Popov sounds like a man excavating years of emotional suppression, unpacking the rules we’ve been handed about what love should look like, and who we’re allowed to be.
Arman Babaian’s guitar work remains MANAPART’s sonic spearhead—slashing, jagged, but never directionless. His riffs alternate between suffocating pressure and melodic openness, peppered with micro-moments that reflect the band’s Armenian identity in subtle, evocative ways. The rhythm section—Ivan Yakushin on bass and Zakhariy Zurabian on drums—holds everything in a bruising embrace, offering rhythmic violence with precision timing. Together, they don’t just play; they detonate.
And then comes SHIRRA—a spectral counterweight. Her guest spot is brief, but unforgettable. Her voice is neither antagonist nor savior. It’s the echo of the world’s expectations—smooth, detached, chilling. She’s the societal whisper behind the scenes, the pressure in the back of your mind, the voice that reminds you to smile when you’re hurting. She doesn’t answer the song’s questions. She amplifies them.
Since their inception, MANAPART has refused to shy away from difficult themes. Social injustice, mental unrest, romantic disillusionment, and the brutal tug-of-war between personal identity and cultural doctrine—these are the lifeblood of their art. With airplay on Primordial Radio (UK) and Maximum Radio (Russia), and growing followings in Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S., they’ve carved a place as one of metal’s most vital international voices.
“Terrorize!” isn’t just a song—it’s a confrontation. A manifesto for the emotionally gagged and spiritually cornered. A mirror held up to every romantic cliché and masculine stereotype.
So don’t just listen. Let it hit you. Let it make you uncomfortable. Let it ask the questions you’ve been avoiding.
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