Mantash – Samiri IV
Mantash
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Samiri IV
by Mantash
2020 — Dieng, Wonosobo, Indonesia.
Mantash is a black metal act from Indonesia whose album Samiri was recorded analog, live, and in a haunted building known as the Morbid Altar—perched on the highest village in Java. The band’s ethos is ritual, not replication; rawness over polish; atmosphere over virtuosity.
Their philosophy leans into semiotic darkness, cosmic chaos, and the honesty of presence. As they put it:
“Black Metal isn’t about skill. It’s about purpose, honesty, and conjuring the dead.”
Director // Writer // Videographer // Editor // Sound Engineer // Art Director
Directing, Writing Storytelling, Filming, Editing, Mixing & Mastering, Color Grading, Lighting, Art Directing
Client
Mantash — Black Metal Band – Dieng, Wonosbo, Indonesia
Reference
Thyra Akhsanantrakh
Mantash – Band Management
Contact: deathmantaa.coyote@gmail.com
Role
- Shot full music video on location using handheld + atmospheric lensing techniques
- Sourced visual themes from Indonesian spiritual-mystical rituals (klenik & trance traditions)
- Performed full edit using cutting-by-rhythm approach to sync visual hallucination with sonic chaos
Style & Visual Language
- Visual tone: feverish, obscure, fog-drenched
- Influences: Dziga Vertov x Carl Theodor Dreyer x Nusantara mysticism
- Color grade: de-saturated, shadow-heavy, with infrared bleeding in dream sequences
- Pacing: no fixed tempo, cut based on energy spikes within drum patterns & vocal howls
- Imagery: ritual masks, fog in mountain temples, intercut trance dancers & ancient symbols
- Structure: Non-linear, broken time, resembling spiritual possession footage more than standard MV
Sound & Synchronization
- Synced edits not to BPM but to emotional volatility
- Used raw audio waveforms to identify “violence peaks” for rhythmic montage
- No transitions—only ruptures, jumps, and ritualistic cuts
Tools & Techniques
- Shot with mirrorless full-frame (low-light config)
- Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro + After Effects for glitch overlays
- Color grading with DaVinci Resolve (custom LUTs for analog rot)
- No stabilization. No CGI. All shake and blur is intentional & sacred.
“This wasn’t about shooting a band. It was about documenting a fever, a trance-state. I didn’t use a camera—I used a talisman. The edit was not about ‘narrative’. It was about ‘summoning.’”
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