| The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mantar |
| Cover: | Mantar - The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze.png |
| Released: | 24 August 2018 |
| Genre: | Sludge metal, black metal |
| Length: | 47:44 |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Prev Title: | Ode to the Flame |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Grungetown Hooligans II |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze is the third studio album by German sludge metal band Mantar, which was released by Nuclear Blast on 24 August 2018.[1] The album also was released in Russia, Japan and South Africa.[2]
In a review for Metal Wani, Prateek Kulkarni called it "Mantar's best album yet" and added that The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze blows Ode [to the Flame] out of the water for me. It is heavier, filthier and the vocals sound wretched – [that's] how I like my sludge". Kulkarni also stated that "there isn't a bad track on this album, but if I have to mention some personal standout tracks, [it will be] "Age of the Absurd", "Eternal Return", "Obey the Obscene" and "The Formation of Night".