Jump to content

Anders Manga

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anders Manga
Background information
OriginUnited States
GenresDark wave, death rock
Years active2000–present
LabelsNapalm Records
Websitewww.andersmanga.com

Anders Manga is an American recording artist best known for his solo darkwave work and with his wife Devallia in the heavy metal band Bloody Hammers. His first release was under the name "Coffin Moth" in 1997, a deathrock music project. In 2012, Anders' song "Glamour" was featured in Season 4 Episode 04 of The Vampire Diaries.

In 2019, he released "The Summoning, a new album by Bloody Hammers. In late 2013 he signed Bloody Hammers to Napalm Records and have since released four albums with the label. In 2015 he started another project inspired by horror soundtracks from the seventies and eighties called Terrortron which was featured on the Rue Morgue compilation titled They Came From Rue Morgue.

Personal life

[edit]

He is currently married to band member Devallia since 2005.

Musical Influences

[edit]

Anders was eleven years old when he first began teaching himself Bass guitar, after borrowing a bass from a neighborhood friend. Anders identifies David Bowie as having been his main musical influence as a child, and has said that he was the reason why he wanted to pursue music. Other artists such as Gary Numan, Alice Cooper, Roky Erickson, The Sisters of Mercy and Black Sabbath also had a major influence on his musical tastes.

Current Band Members

[edit]

Devallia (Organ) & Anders Manga (Vocals, Bass, Guitar)

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]

Coffin Moth

[edit]
  • Coffin Moth (1997) (Self Released)

Solo releases

[edit]
  • Murder in the Convent (1999) (Vampture)
  • One Up for the Dying (2004) (Vampture)
  • Left of an All-Time Low (2005) (Vampture)
  • Welcome to the Horror Show (2006) (Vampture)
  • Blood Lush (2007) (Vampture)
  • X's & the Eyes (2008) (Vampture)
  • Perfectly Stranger (2018) (Sacrificial Records)
  • Andromeda (2020)

Bloody Hammers

[edit]
  • Bloody Hammers (2012) (SoulSeller Records)
  • Spiritual Relics (2013) (SoulSeller Records)
  • Under Satan's Sun (2014) (Napalm Records)
  • Lovely Sort of Death (2016) (Napalm Records)
  • The Horrific Case of Bloody Hammers (2016) (Napalm Records)
  • The Summoning (2019) (Napalm Records)
  • Songs of Unspeakable Terror (2021) (Napalm Records)

Terrortron

[edit]
  • Hexed (2015) (Sacrificial Records)
  • Necrophiliac Among the Living Dead (2016) (Sacrificial Records)
  • Orgy of the Vampires (2017) (Sacrificial Records)

Other releases

[edit]

References

[edit]
[edit]