Three years since their latest and highly acclaimed record, “Purgatorio”, October 8, 2021 will see Gothenburg metal force Manimal return with their brand new studio album, entitled “Armageddon” through German powerhouse label AFM Records.
Despite the band‘s loyalty to traditional heavy metal influences, Purgatorio was a prime example of modern and trend-setting power metal characterised by musical enthusiasm, exceptional talent and new ideas. As expected of a band that claims Judas Priest, King Diamond and Queensrÿche as major influences on their sound since Day 1, Manimal’s new record is a high energy, in-your-face salute to the music that inspired them over the past 20 years.
But calling Manimal “just” a power metal band, however, is way off the mark according to vocalist Samuel Nyman. “We are more than power metal. It was our label that put Manimal into the power metal category with our first album, and we understand that completely because they had to put us in a genre to guide people. Power metal for me are bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray and Stratovarius; they have more up-tempo songs, more vocal harmonies. Sure, Manimal does have power metal elements but we’re not pure power metal. There is more to us than that and I think the new album is perfect example of that.”
Each single marked for the release of “Armageddon” proves that. After the previously- released singles “Forged In Metal” and “The Inevitable End”, today Manimal have unleashed the epic album title track!
