Maanen Faces – Rock Psych, Stoner & Doom à Nantes (FR)
Maanen Faces is a Nantes-based rock band formed in 2021. The quartet explores a dark psych universe where alternative rock meets the heavy undertones of stoner rock and doom metal. Their sound is built on a solid foundation of effect-laden bass and powerful drumming, layered with atmospheric synthesizers and deeply textured guitars.
Drawing from the moody energy of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Sonic Youth, as well as the heavy saturation of Electric Wizard or Deftones, Maanen Faces seeks to capture the tension of a world in flux. The band strives to translate this universe into an immersive experience, inviting the audience into their singular atmospheric landscape.
Like Selenites Emissaries stranded on Earth, Emmanuel (bass, vocals), Clément (guitar), Julien (keys) and Thomas (drums) explore the crises of our times. Following the EP Damned and Doomed (2024), the band released the album A Brilliant Future in 2025. Recorded between Nantes and San Francisco, the record dives into a sonic dystopia of social unrest and technological alienation.
On stage, the project unfolds as a continuous immersive experience, a dense and hypnotic world where one is simply submerged in sound. Mystical but godless, tragic but still alive.
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A good debut for this band that offers a sound somewhere between Psychedelic Prog and Stoner Rock.
Rock psych doom/stoner band from Nantes (France)
A Brilliant Future, released in 2025, is a sonic journey through a dystopian universe, where our music captures the turmoil of an ultra-connected world.
Across six tracks, this new album explores social revolt, transhumanist drift and enslavement by artificial intelligence, but also suffering at work, family breakdown and the escape from death. A dark atmosphere, a raw energy, and an uncompromising vision of a future where, for us, technological progress is nothing more than another name for oppression.
This album was recorded live and mixed at Studio Rimshot Nantes, by Justin Nicquevert (Birds Of Nazca). For the mastering, we chose to work with Justin Weis (Acid King, Amenra, Sun Crow). We created the entire artwork ourselves. The release includes both a CD version and a DIY cassette version.
In 2024, we released a first short EP entitled Damned And Doomed, blending doom and cinematic horror. Here, the band began its exploration of the struggle for survival.
With this EP, we closed a chapter of the band, while at the same time defining the universe and themes we wanted to explore.
The EP is entirely DIY, based on recordings from the 2022–2023 period of the band. We worked ourselves on the live takes in the studio, the mixing, mastering, and production. We also created the full artwork. It is available on all streaming platforms, and we released a CD version.
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