ManifestiV

Originally formed as a visual kei experimental duo by two morticians that met in Dallas, TX, the core of <a href="spotify:artist:6978ySDli1KkYpZ7VUSXw9" data-name="ManifestiV">ManifestiV</a> is <a href="spotify:artist:6dFCb51HdtesuLMtYyWaCf" data-name="Paragraph Taylor">Paragraph Taylor</a>, Houston TX-born guitarist/programmer and Lillith Taylor, Queens NY-born vibraphonist/visual artist.

Combining their instruments in innovative ways, <a href="spotify:artist:6978ySDli1KkYpZ7VUSXw9" data-name="ManifestiV">ManifestiV</a> (shorthanded to ‘MV’) founded 2014 in Vallejo CA to score the apocalypse by helping usher humanity off Earth to explore and build upon other worlds.

Evolving to visual kei industrial metal with electronic vibraphones, sinister electronics &amp; Lillith-directed videos, she &amp; ¶ joined drummer/producer Ryan A &amp; bassist Kevin Porter (who both play in <a href="spotify:artist:1IgV82R6cxuiDHU8utO3lN" data-name="Secret Of Boris">Secret Of Boris</a>) live as a 4-piece opening for <a href="spotify:artist:7FfAD7EYZbQ7aHPy9ujduD" data-name="My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult">My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:0usgY8btlTK2oA5B2nxaSC" data-name="Curse Mackey">Curse Mackey</a>. Pandemic postponing kept the 4 from a coveted slot opening for <a href="spotify:artist:5QYAExYvxixCVwX70SRf7F" data-name="Front Line Assembly">Front Line Assembly</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:1DXylZlWbVvlckNqwvjTEt" data-name="Ministry">Ministry</a> (chosen by the latter) yet later the 4 instead both directly supported <a href="spotify:artist:16AVsBqzmIZTNHd0eX8VbK" data-name="The Birthday Massacre">The Birthday Massacre</a> to a sold out Dallas crowd, and <a href="spotify:artist:5daXMUbrPh8oX9Nd4CnToG" data-name="Stabbing Westward">Stabbing Westward</a> at its Granada Theater.

<a href="spotify:artist:6978ySDli1KkYpZ7VUSXw9" data-name="ManifestiV">ManifestiV</a>’s newest full-length album is a warning &amp; a bold statement: the connections we share &amp; infinite possibilities of humanity are worth fighting for. The groundbreaking, heavy psychedelic charge, <a href="spotify:album:2RqFTSyAvMQ1NaY63OpvdW" data-name="Legacy">Legacy</a>, on limited CD (with plastic-free packaging) &amp; digital, co-written &amp; produced by glitch guru <a href="spotify:artist:08TfHsdrnl48ZIEHffpRJl" data-name="lcn1">lcn1</a> is available worldwide via GIVE/TAKE.

¶ &amp; Lillith wrote &amp; recorded its follow-up 2025 in Asia, leading it w/singles <a href="spotify:album:3ShKNGY62OhEePbw9Pk7qG" data-name="Never In History">Never In History</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:album:43pKCUtPi3SUuhE4NiFTS4" data-name="Alpha Intelligence">Alpha Intelligence</a>.

pics M’Lou Elkins/J Wehler