Manimal (band)

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Manimal
Origin	Toulouse, France
Genre(s)	Death Metal Thrash metal Open Death
Years active	2003-present
Label(s)	Toulousain Jerkov
Associated acts	Gojira, Psykup, Leiden, Sailenth
Website	http://www.manimal.org
Members
Julien Cassarino - Vocals David Castel - Guitar Ludovic Deny - Guitar Fabrice Soula - Bass Guitar Brice Sansonetto - drums

Manimal is a French death metal band from Toulouse, comprising members of Psykup, Leiden and Sailenth. The band members define their music as a cross between Faith No More and Cannibal Corpse, and have subsequently called their musical style "Open Death", a more avant-garde and musically progressive sub-genre when compared to the music of more classical death metal acts.^{[citation needed]} Some of the traits which set Manimal apart from other bands of the same genre are Julien's often piercing vocals, which use a mixture of screams, growls, shouts and clean singing, and the virtuosity displayed by David and Ludovic's guitar playing.^{[citation needed]}

The band was formed in June 2003, and played together for a short time before recording their first demo, consisting of four tracks which would appear on their following album, Eros and Thanatos, which came out in 2004 and met with some success. The band began their first national tour, returning to the studio after a year to record their second album, Succube, which was released at the end of 2005.

Both albums were recorded at Studio des Milans in Bordeaux, the same recording studio used by Gojira. Joe from Gojira appeared as a guest vocalist on the track Dead Meat on Eros and Thanatos.