NEWS
Here you can read about the latest happenings with the band.
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January 24th 2007
New label-home in Europe ...

After 2 albums (and 3 re-releases of the back catalogue) MANTICORA have left Massacre Records in mutual agreement with the label. Instead we've signed with Locomotive Music for Europe (who've been our US-record label since "The Black Circus Part 1"). This also means that we now have the same label covering both the EU and US territories, which hopefully should make the promotion campaigns have more impact.

And, in related news, MANTICORA will today leave for Jailhouse Studios in order to begin mixing the new album, "The Black Circus Part 2", which have been recorded during 2006. We hope to have the album ready in less than 2 weeks, and with a bit of luck our labels will be putting it out in the stores before summer.
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November 15th 2006
First gig for 2007 ...

The first gig for 2007 has been announced ... it'll be on board the METALBOAT sailing between Sweden and Finland ... 24 hours of drinks, booze, beers and wine (ehhh???). www.metalbaten.se.
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July 10th 2006
Tour updates ...

The September tour alongside labelmates Andromeda has been updated - check out the CONCERTS section.
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June 22nd 2006
The Black Circus comes to town ...

The release of "The Black Circus Part 1 - Letters" will take place in August through Art Union Group in Japan, Melodic Heaven in the rest of Asia, Massacre Records in Europe and Locomotive Music in USA. The French release will be in October through Replica Records.

A couple of concerts has already been arranged for September.

For now, check out the MP3 sample in the SOUND section of this site.
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January 31st 2006
Updates, updates, updates ...

Manticora will enter Jailhouse Studio with producer Tommy Hansen in April 2006 for the recordings of the upcoming albums. Yes, 2 albums at once! More info on that part soon ...

The band have been rejoined by Martin Arendal after they parted ways with temporary guitarist Stefan Johansson (who helped them on their 2005 gigs and tours).
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June 26th 2005
Lots of updates ...

For the past months, Manticora has been writing material for what is to be their next opus (hopefully a 2006 release). In the meantime, the band is working on incorporating Stefan Johansson into the band as a full-time member, leaving the open slot as lead guitarist closed.

Also, the re-release of Manticora's first 3 full-length albums (Roots Of Eternity, Darkness With Tales To Tell and Hyperion) is now formal. The albums are being released in Europe, Canada and Australia by Massacre Records, in France by Replica Records and in the USA by Nightmare Records.

All 3 albums come with bonus material, which is songs from the legendary Mcd "Dead End Solution" - originally released in 1997 and completely sold out - and all albums have been re-mastered by Andy Horn in Germany, as well as having re-made artwork.

Last but not least, Manticora is working on putting together a DVD that is set for release at spring time next year, if everything works out fine.
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Feb 01st 2005
First US appearence ...

MANTICORA has been announced as the opening act for this years installment of PROG POWER FESTIVAL in USA. Fantastic news!!!
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Dec 14th 2004
Upcoming tour news ...

MANTICORA has been confirmed as one of the two supporting bands for the ANGRA European tour taking place in February 2005. You can find the tour dates in the concert section of this site. Manticora will be co-supporting Angra alongside fellow Massacre Records / Replica Records artists Edenbridge, and the two bands will share the opening duty between them.
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Dec 08th 2004
Live review ...

ANTENNA - webzine - Denmark
http://www.antenna.nu/manticora/live1.php
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Dec 08th 2004
Interview ...

METAL OBSERVER - webzine - International
http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=4&id=7039
POWERMETAL.DK - webzine - Denmark
http://www.powermetal.dk/interviews/manticora.htm
REVOLUTION MUSIC - webzine - Denmark
http://www.revolution-music.dk/Anmeldelser/iv_manticora.htm
WALLS OF FIRE - webzine - Germany
http://www.wallsoffire.de/Interviews/show_interview.php3?interview_id=785&alle=1
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October 28th 2004
Interview ...

ANTENNA - webzine - Denmark
http://www.antenna.nu/manticora/interview1.php
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October 27th 2004
Updates ...

The album is FINALLY out now ... here's a little information on what to find on it:

The European version (out through Massacre Records this week), the French version (out through Replica Records in 2 or 3 weeks) and the US version (out through Nightmare Records in a few days) are basically the same, although the booklet has been altered a bit.

It features 8 songs (one for each sin), plus an intro and an outro, which are more or less real tracks but doesn't represent a sin (this is when the main character is reminiscing on his life).

The Japanese version (out today through King Records) features a bonus track, which is a new version of "Private Hell" from the ROOTS OF ETERNITY album, adapted by the current line-up and a bit more "modern" sounding.

The Asian version (out through Melodic Heaven / Universal next week) - features another bonus track, and enhanced cover in digipack + poster. The bonus track is a song from the 2003 demo, which wasn't used for the album as it wasn't part of the concept. The song is called "Spawn of Darkness", and some parts of it were later used on the "8 D.S." disc.
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October 25th 2004
Updates ...

Uploaded a new sound sample (2 minutes from "Enigma").
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September 08th 2004
Updates ...

A couple more of the territories have fallen in place by now;

France: REPLICA RECORDS
Asia (excluding Japan): MELODIC HEAVEN / UNIVERSAL
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July 12th 2004
Updates ...

Uploaded new cover for "8 Deadly Sins" as well as a sound sample (2 minutes of "Help Me Like No One Can").
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June 28th 2004
Updates ...

The deals for Europe and USA are in place now as well;

Europe/Australia/Canada: MASSACRE RECORDS
USA: NIGHTMARE RECORDS

We're confident that these two labels will be able to push MANTICORA to new heights - releases are set for early November 2004.
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June 03rd 2004
Updates ...

The deals are falling nicely in place now.

"8 Deadly Sins" will be released in October in Japan by KING RECORDS who liked the new disc and therefor decided to pick up their option for it. It's always nice to work together with King Records, as we have had a good experience with them so far, so it was definitely good to hear they'd like to continue the cooperation.

We've also found a deal for Europe/Australia which we'll announce in just a few days - actually, the contract will be signed tomorrow evening - followed by a big party, haha.

We're close to having the deal for USA in place as well, and then of course we're going to look into the South american market, which we for some reason never had any official licensing deals in, although we've been getting tons of fan mail from that region over the years.

All in all, things are shaping up and looking good in the Manticora camp. Check back in a week's time for the next update.
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May 17th 2004
Updates ...

The new album, "8 Deadly Sins" has been completed and are currently lying in the hands of the A&R executives at various record labels. We hope to have some good news to inform you about in the coming weeks (or even days).

In the meantime you can check out this site some more, as we've updated the band biography and discography page.
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January 10th 2004
Updates ...

Manticora has booked JAILHOUSE STUDIOS for recording their next album. The album will be produced by Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Beyond Twilight, TNT and more) - and the band will be joined on the disc by guest-keyboardist Finn Zierler (from Beyond Twilight).

The title of the new disc is still unknown.
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August 12th 2003
Updates ...

The band have completed their new demo featuring 4 songs (okay, 3 full songs and one 2-minutes intro). It will now be used to shopping for the purpose of obtaining a new record deal.

The band is booked to play at Tex Hot'N'Rock Café in Copenhagen on the 7th of November. It's a very special day for us Danes, as it is the traditional "J-Day"; the day where the Christmas Brew (our favorite beer!!!) is being officially released. This means that there will be LOTS of people in the bars and café's in town, and we hope that many of them will join us at Tex :-)
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June 21st 2003
New concert ...

Manticora will be playing at Ballerup Festival, the 29th of August.
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May 29th 2003
Concert review ...

Manticora/Platitude 2003 -
http://www.danishmetal.dk/Manticora_aabenraa.htm
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March 18th 2003
European Tour ...

If you check out the CONCERT SECTION of the Intromental website (or of the www.manticora.dk homepage) you can now find the first 6 dates for the upcoming European tour, which will take place in May 2003. Manticora is looking forward to finally meeting their fans on the road, and kicking some real heavy metal ass!!!
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March 1st 2003
Interview ...

PAST AND PRESENT - Webzine Denmark http://www.geocities.com/pastandpresent2001/manticora.htm
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February 8th 2003
Interview ...

METALLUS.IT http://www.metallus.it/metallus/MANTICORA1.doc_cvt.htm
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January 29th 2003
Interview ...

HEAVYMETAL.DK http://www.heavymetal.dk/interviews_view.php?id=7
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December 12st 2002
Interviews ...

METAL EXPRESS, NORWAY http://www.metalexpress.no/showinterview.asp?id=200

BEHIND THE VEIL http://www.geocities.com/behind_the_veil2001/imanticora.html

URKRAFT WEBZINE http://www.metalprovider.com/urkraft/interviews/interviewmanticora2.html

METAL GLORY http://www.metalglory.de/index.php?bereich=2&inhalt=1&int_id=68

METAL ONLY http://www.metal-only.com/index/Interviews/e/manticora.htm
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November 21st 2002
Promotion campaign ongoing ...
MANTIORA is one busy band... At the moment the band is doing interviews all the time for promoting the new disc, "Hyperion". Email interviews as well as phone interviews are being arranged all the time. We're also working on the plans for a Spring 2003 European tour.