Armageddon Manimal

• 1 Burn in Hell 04:18
• 2 Armageddon 04:02
• 3 Slaves of Babylon 04:37
• 4 Forged in Metal 03:43
• 5 Chains of Fury 04:06
• 6 Evil Soul 04:31
• 7 Path to the Unknown 04:20
• 8 Master of Pain 04:31
• 9 Insanity 04:21
• 10 The Inevitable End 04:32
• Total Runtime 43:01

Info for Armageddon

High energy, in-your-face, straight forward! With "Armageddon", Manimal are set to deliver their strongest output to date. Metal anthems with lines like "Metal is our destiny" show what to expect. "We are more than power metal" The new record "Armageddon" is a high energy, in-your-face salute to the music that inspired Manimal's formation for over 20 years. Armageddon showcases Manimal as band unafraid to unleash their own brand of power metal on the world. Their songwriting has become tighter, stronger and bolder, and they have improved by leaps and bounds as musicians.

"This is a really good album that delivers the goods from start to finish. The guitars are heavy, and heavenly in their sound and execution. The vocals do remind of Rob Halford and King Diamond, with a seriously kick ass rhythm section to tie it all together. Armageddon is another great example of a band that knows how to self-produce, getting the exact sound they want on the finished product. Top tracks for this reviewer include “Burn In Hell”, Armageddon” and “Master of Pain”. Overall, this release is by far the band’s best, and a very worthy addition to your Heavy Metal collection." (Bryce Van Patten, metalexpressradio.com)

Samuel Nyman, vocals
Henrik Stenroos, guitars
Kenny Boufadene, bass
André Holmqvist, drums

MANIMAL
Swedish heavy/power metal band MANIMAL was founded in 2001. Their first full-length album, The Darkest Room, was released in 2009. Right away it hit the official album charts in their home country of Sweden on #36 and received worldwide critical acclaim. The intelligent mixture of powerful melodic metal and progressive elements made MANIMAL one of the genre’s most promising new acts.

For the last couple of years, the Gothenburg-based band has been working on the follow-up, and the result was definitely worth waiting for! “Trapped In The Shadows” is a splendid album, delivering energetic, melodic metal which impressively blends “Painkiller”-Judas Priest with the best of Queensryche: the perfect symbiosis of power and finesse! Song titles such as “The Dark” and “Trapped In The Shadows” imply that MANIMAL’s sound is melancholic, and at the same time it remains melodic all the way.

The band has recently produced a music video for the opening track “Irresistible”, which will also be the first single of the album. “Irresistible” perfectly represents “Trapped In The Shadows” as Samuel Nyman’s high-pitched vocals and the heavy, Judas Priest-like riffs merge to a furious up-tempo smasher. The album also offers almost doomy riffs as in “Man-Made Devil” as well as a children’s choir in “Screaming Out”, which underlines that MANIMAL are no stranger to diversity. Appearing on the track “The Journey” is legendary vocalist Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ex-Accept).

“It has been an honor and a dream come true to work with Udo – a man whose music has had a great impact on us all”, says MANIMAL’s guitarist, Henrik Stenroos.

The mixing and mastering of “Trapped In The Shadows” was handled by Achim Koehler (Primal Fear, Brainstorm, Sinner). MANIMAL is currently making plans for touring and festival appearances in 2016. The album will be released on November 20th 2015 and kicks off with a release party at Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg.

This album contains no booklet.