Armenian-Russian metal outfit Manapart has shared a new single called “El Fasher“. Listen to the track below.
“El Fasher” is a new, dynamic track dedicated to the tragic events unfolding in the city of El Fasher, Sudan. The song is about the complete silence surrounding the ongoing humanitarian disaster. It is about a civil population feeling abandoned and having to face its destiny.
This track points out a disturbing silence around this tragedy: a lack of mass rallies, weak media coverage and an absence of attention by celebrities. Manapart is bringing up the subject of hypocrisy and selectivity of global politics: it is about the simplicity of human rights, war crimes, and tens of thousands of victims being outside of any global agenda, if there isn’t enough money, oil or any other geopolitical benefit.
Drummer Zakhariy Zurabian shares: “We were shocked and heartbroken by the events taking place in Sudan, and we were equally furious about the lack of media attention to this conflict. This song does shine a light on what’s happening in Sudan, but it also addresses every conflict that receives neither attention nor help. It raises the idea that even in today’s modern world—full of global media, the internet, and mobile devices—it is still possible to take and destroy thousands of human lives without attracting any attention“.
“El Fasher” is a powerful piece of criticism calling for an end to violence in Sudan and highlighting the media’s neglect of issues that fall off the agenda. The track features riffs that ride across a desert of power and drums that pound alongside the bass to create a solid structure. Artyom Popov’s piercing, powerful vocals lodge themselves in the listener’s subconscious. Manapart’s signature blend of Arabic and Middle Eastern elements with heavy metal is evident once again, with the band raising the bar.
More about Manapart here.