FUZZ MANTA
Heavy.Hippie.Hard.Rock.Denmark
FUZZ MANTA plays Psychedelia infused Hard Rock, Blues and Rock! The quintet’s sound is being charakterized by two lead-guitars, the melodic-dynamic interplay of the rhythm section as well as the voice of singer Lene Kjær Hvillum who essentially coins the band’s sound with her charismatic and expressiv-guttural delivery.
FUZZ MANTA’S influences range from Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad via Black Sabbath or Whitesnake to comtemporary artists like Clutch, Graveyard, We and the neo-hippies of Black Mountain. Since 2006 the band has established itself firmly in the Copenhagen Rock sene through countless concerts, two self-released EPs as well as various contributions to samplers.
FUZZ MANTA has collected thorough touring experience during three German tours as well as concerts in Austria and Sweden. The band’s development has been highlighted by a well-deserved support slot for heavy psych rockers Nebula in the fall of 2008 as well as a performance at Austria’s Sauzipf Rocks Festival in the summer of the same year where the band was hailed by festival promoters and visitors alike as the best band and most surprising discovery of the year. Spring 2009 sees the release of FUZZ MANTA’s debut full lenght- album “Smokerings†on the German label Bad Deal Records (distributed by World in Sound) followed by extensive touring in Germany between June and October 2009.
FUZZ MANTA - "SMOKERINGS" (CD / BDR 001 / 2009)
TRACKLIST:
01. Cage of Glass
02. Night Fright
03. The Killer
04. Strange Day
05. Desire
06. Smoke Rings
07. Mysterious Thoughts
08. Sickness
09. Who Sees You
10. Over the Mountain
CREDITS:
All music by Fuzz Manta. All Lyics by Lene Kjær Hvillum. Artwork by Christian Peters (www.sunartworks.com). Recorded at Ventura Recordings Studio, Christiania, Denmark, January-May 2008. Produced, mixed and mastered by Fuzz Manta, Richard P. and Evald.
INFO:
After a very long and mysterious journey it's finally here: The debut album of Danish heavy hippie hardrockers FUZZ MANTA.
You take two guitars, mix them up with bass and drums, and finally you add one powerful female vocal. Stir it all up for a while with blues, hardrock, stoner and an over all heavy hippie approach to life, send it out on a number of adventures along the highways and off-roads of Denmark, Austria and Germany and you end up with SMOKERINGS.
FUZZ MANTA is five devoted musicians united by their deep dedications and desires in music. All five members have contributed to the songwriting on SMOKERINGS, and this results in a huge variation in the repertoire. A great trademark for this album is the variety within each song. FUZZ MANTA use several ideas within each song, taking the listener to new and unforeseen places all the time, although always bound together by their melodic, heavy sound.
And FUZZ MANTA'S influences are wide: Individual inspiration comes from everything inbetween The Beatles, Motorpsycho, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Free, Kyuss, Jefferson Airplane, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and even Tool. Allow yourself to join FUZZ MANTA on this album made of pure soul and heart.
SMOKERINGS is the baby of a long lasting love of playing and composing. Although a pretty young band (FUZZ MANTA was formed in late 2006) the musicians have many years of experience from a wide range of other bands (a few mentioned: The Davolinas, Cherry Overdrive, Triggerbells, Aron, Hellroute 16). SMOKERINGS is a do-it-yourself production and the band has been deeply involved in every step of the process from songwriting to recording and mixing.
Collaborating with German/Danish booking & promoting company Magnificent Music FUZZ MANTA has already been around on the live stages of Northern Europe supporting/playing with bands like Nine Pound Hammer (US), Nebula (US), Color Haze (Ger), Phased (Swi), La Ira de Dios (Peru), The Magnificent Brotherhood (Ger), Orange Sunshine (Nl), Dzjenghis Khan (US), Marulk (Swe) and Hypnos69 (Bel) just to mention a few.
Summer/fall 2009 features festivals in Denmark and Germany, touring in Italy and furthermore FUZZ MANTA is touring Germany on a regular basis.
PRESSCLIPS:
“WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM!! Full-on hardass southern stoner rawk from hell! The boys were tight as a scotsman’s wallet, and the fat riffs had bigger cojones than Attila The Hun. And Lene, Christ all fuckin’ mighty, she really let it all hang out, rockin’ harder than any Dane! Musically Fuzz Manta belongs somewhere between southern boogie titans like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet and newer artists like Clutch.â€
Lowcut, Denmark
„Fuzz Manta eröffneten mit einer Improvisation den Abend und fühlten sich in Black Sabbath-Orgien sichtlich wohl. Schöne dunkle Blues-Rock-Riffs, die teilweise „Into The Void“ als Erzeuger hatten, wurden durch eine moderne Janis Joplin am Gesang veredelt. Der Sound der Band war sehr gut, um nicht zu sagen: fett!“
Flaming Youth, Germany
„Bei glücklichem Bestehen der Band, reift hier etwas Gewaltiges heran, das weithin in der Heavy Rock- und Stonerszene Vergleiche suchen wird!“
Generated X, Germany
"Zur Abenddämmerung enterten Fuzz Manta aus Dänemark die Bühne. Was sich, wenn man den Namen liest, wie irgeneine 08/15 Alternative- Combo anhört, entpuppte sich sehr schnell als Highlight des Festivals. Die Mischung aus Led Zeppelin und ein bisschen Kyuss (ja, das funktioniert, und wie!), und dem voran die extrem starke, rockige Stimme einer gewissen Lene Kjær Hvillum trieb mir beinahe die Freudentränen in die Augen und als ich ganz verwirrt inmitten der zahlreichen jubelnden Gäste um eine Zugabe flehte, erhörte mich die Band und sie spielten gleich zwei."
Metalfanatics.net, Austria
"Fuzz Manta is a new band from Copenhagen formed by members of The Davolinas and Triggerbells. The band plays rather 70’s styled hard rock with influences from blues, stoner, grunge and southern rock. "Night Fright†is a rather slow, a bit Soundgarden-like number with some heavy riffs. There’s nice guitar soloing in the middle. The band’s female singer Foxy somehow succeeds to bring Led Zeppelin to mind! . They do have plenty of nice riffs for sure, so check them out if you get your buzz from 70’s styled hard rock."
Psychotropic Zone, Finland
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