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Henrik Stenroos - Guitars  |  Kenny Boufadene - Bass  |  Samuel Nyman - Vocals  |  André Holmqvist - Drums
 
Booking contact:
booking@manimal.se

Label contact:
Alex Slaby - AFM Records
as@afm-records.de

Publisher contact:
Jutta Bachner - Schacht Musikverlage
jutta@smv.de

 
MANIMAL Online
Website: www.manimal.se
Facebook: facebook.com/manimalofficial
YouTube: youtube.com/manimalofficial
Instagram: instagram.com/manimalofficial

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After signing with German record label AFM Records and releasing their first full-length album "The Darkest Room" world-wide in 2009 (charting at 36th place on the Swedish album charts), Swedish Gothenburg based Heavy Metal act MANIMAL found themselves being compared to the likes of Judas Priest and Queensryche, as the debut album received fantastic response in media with high ratings.

With their sophomore album "Trapped In The Shadows", released by AFM in 2015, MANIMAL was more than ready to live up to the hype, having received an average of 8/10 review points in recognized metal magazines like Metal Hammer, Rock It, Sweden Rock Magazine, ROCKS and Aardschok Magazine, as well as having the legendary Metal singer Udo Dirkschneider appearing on the track "The Journey".

In March 2016, MANIMAL headed out on a nearly sold out European tour together with the German acts
Orden Ogan and Almanac, followed by another extensive European tour in 2017, as main support for guitar-legend Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne) and his FIREWIND.

MANIMAL's third full-length album "Purgatorio" was released on September 2018. The release was celebrated with a performance at ProgPower USA in Atlanta, on the day of the release. In early 2019 the band hit the road for a European tour, once again. This time together with label mates Bloodbound and Dynazty.

December 3rd 2021 was the release date of MANIMAL's long-awaited fourth studio album "Armageddon". After the release the band did a sold out show in their hometown of Kungsbacka to celebrate MANIMAL's 20th anniversary followed by festival shows in Europe. In 2023 MANIMAL will, except for festival shows, do their very first headliner tour in Europe. The tour will happen in November and joining as supports are Mentalist and Generation Steel.

Touring and playing festivals like Sweden Rock Festival, Sabaton Open Air and Basinfirefest, to name a few, since MANIMALs birth in 2001 have developed their skills as a live force to be reckoned with.
Artist: MANIMAL
Album title: Armageddon

Release date: 2021-12-03

Produced by: MANIMAL
Mixed & mastered by: Kenny Boufadene - Studio Meltdown
Artwork: Stan W Decker

Tracklist:
1. Burn in Hell
2. Armageddon
3. Slaves of Babylon
4. Forged in Metal
5. Chains of Fury
6. Evil Soul
7. Path to the Unknown
8. Master of Pain
9. Insanity
10. The Inevitable End
 
Artist: MANIMAL
Album title: Purgatorio

Release date: 2018-09-07

Produced by: MANIMAL
Mixed by: Kenny Boufadene - Studio Meltdown
Mastered by: Tony Lindgren - Fascination Street Studios
Artwork: Claudio Bergamin

Tracklist:
1. Black Plague
2. Purgatorio
3. Manimalized
4. Spreading the Dread
5. Traitor
6. Behind Enemy Lines
7. Denial
8. Edge of Darkness
9. The Fear Within
 
Artist: MANIMAL
Album title: Trapped In The Shadows

Release date: 2015-11-20

Produced by: MANIMAL
Mixed & Mastered by: Achim Köhler - Indiscreet Audio
Artwork: Mattias Norén - ProgArt Media

Tracklist:
1. Irresistible
2. March Of Madness
3. The Dark
4. Trapped In The Shadows
5. Invincible
6. Man-Made Devil
7. Silent Messiah
8. The Journey
9. Screaming Out
10. Psychopomp
 
Artist: MANIMAL
Album title: The Darkest Room

Release date: 2009-06-22

Produced by: MANIMAL
Mixed by: Tobias Lindell
Mastered by: Dragan Tanaskovic
Artwork: Michael P

Tracklist:
1. Shadows
2. The Darkest Room
3. Living Dead
4. I Am
5. Ordinary Man
6. Human Nature
7. Spinegrinder
8. Dreamers And Fools
9. The Life We Lived
 

Tour dates 2023:

Feb 17th - AMSTELVEEN P60 (NL)
May 20th - MAGDEBURG Rock and Metal Dayz (DE)
Nov 10th - STOCKHOLM Nalen Klubb (SE)
Nov 11th - GOTHENBURG Musikens Hus (SE)
Nov 17th - ESSEN Don't Panic (DE)
Nov 18th - SIEGBURG Kubana (DE)
Nov 19th - MANNHEIM 7er-Club (DE)
Nov 21th - STUTTGART Club Zentral! (DE)
Nov 22th - MUNICH Backstage (DE)
Nov 23th - NURNBERG The Cult (DE)
Nov 24th - SELB Rockclub Nordbayern (DE)
Nov 25th - HANERAU-HADEMARSHEN Hademarscher Hof (DE)
Nov 26th - BREE Ragnarok (BE)
Tour dates 2022:

March 18th - KUNGSBACKA Kba Teater (SE)
May 5th - KOPERVIK Karmøygeddon Metal Festival (NO)
May 7th - GOTHENBURG Valand (SE)
May 14th - VITORIA Urban Rock Concept (ES)
June 17th - NOKIA Tuhdimmat Tahdit (FI)
June 18th - HELSINKI On The Rocks (FI)
Tour dates 2019:

March 22nd - ESSEN Turock (DE)*
March 23rd - PRAG Nova Chmelnice (CZ)*
March 24th - BUDAPEST Durer Kert 041 (HU)*
March 25th - MUNICH Backstage (DE)*
March 26th - MANNHEIM Ms Connexion (DE)*
March 27th - HAMBURG Indra (DE)*
March 28th - VOSSELAAR Biebob (BE)*
March 29th - ROTTERDAM Baroeg (NL)*
March 30th - PRATTELN Z7 (CH)*
March 31st - LEIPZIG Hellraiser (DE)*
May 11th - KURIM Rockfest (CZ)
Jul 18th - FRITZLAR Rock Am Stück (DE)
Jul 28th - SERPUKHOV Big Gun Festival (RU)
Aug 15th - FALUN Sabaton Open Air (SE)
Dec 1st - BALTIC SEA Sabaton Cruise X (SE)
(* with Bloodbound & Dynazty)

Tour dates 2018:

May 12th - KURIM Rockfest (CZ)
Sep 7th - ATLANTA ProgPower USA (US)
Sep 15th - GOTHENBURG Sticky Fingers (SE)

Tour dates 2017:

Feb 15th - GLASGOW Audio (UK)*
Feb 16th - MANCHESTER Academy 3 (UK)*
Feb 17th - SHEFFIELD Corporation (UK)*
Feb 18th - WOLVERHAMPTON Slade Rooms (UK)*
Feb 19th - LONDON Underworld (UK)*
Feb 21st - SOUTHAMPTON Engine Rooms (UK)*
Feb 22nd - PARIS Backstage By The Mills (FR)*
Feb 24th - WETZIKON Hall Of Fame (CH)*
Feb 25th - VIENNA Szene (AT)*
Feb 26th - BUDAPEST A38 Ship (HU)*
Feb 27th - MUNICH Feierwerk (DE)*
Feb 28th - ASCHAFFENBURG Colos-Saal (DE)*
March 1st - BOCHUM Matrix/Rockpalats (DE)*
March 2nd - VOSSELAAR Biebob (BEL)*
(* with Firewind & Scar Of The Sun)

Tour dates 2016:

Jan 23rd - KUNGSBACKA Kungsbacka Teater (SE)
March 18th - BOCHUM Matrix (DE)*
March 19th - BREMEN Tivoli (DE)*
March 20th - BERLIN K17 (DE)*
March 21st - MANNHEIM Alte Seilerei (DE)*
March 22nd - NURNBERG Hirsch (DE)*
March 23rd - LUDWIGSBURG Rofa (DE)*
March 24th - MUNICH Backstage (DE)*
March 25th - BUDAPEST Club 202 (HU)*
March 26th - VIENNA Viper Room (AUT)*
March 27th - SALZBURG (AUT)*
March 28th - ASCHAFFENBURG Colos-Saal (DE)*
March 30th - PRATTELN Z 7 (CH)*
March 31st - BRESCIA Circus Colony (IT)*
April 1st - MEMMINGEN Kaminwerk (DE)*
April 2nd - ANDERNACH Juz (DE)*
April 3rd - ARNHEM Willemee (NL)*
(* with Orden Ogan & Almanac)