M:Pire of Evil / Ex-Venom  Jeff Mantas, founder of black metal
legends VENOM and now M:PIRE OF EVIL.  "You know when you pick
up a guitar and feel like you have played it forever...well
that's a Caparison!...My C2 Series Angelus is now the mainstay
of my touring and recording armoury, quite simply's awesome!"
Without Mantas there would be no Black metal, a simple fact! Not
many people can lay claim to inventing a whole new genre but
while playing in Venom Mantas was a genuine rock n' roll
pioneer.  With his new band, M:Pire of Evil, he continues to
churn out pure classic hard rock and metal riffs and are
currently destroying stages all across the world!