Anders Manga

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Anders Manga
Background information
Origin	United States
Genres	Darkwave, Electropop, psychedelic rock
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Napalm Records
Website	www.andersmanga.com

Anders Manga is an American recording artist best known for his self named Darkwave work and under the name 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, his heavy rock project with wife Devallia. 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 (magazine) compilation titled "They Came From Rue Morgue".

Personal life[]

He is currently married to band member Devallia since 2005.

Musical Influences[]

Anders was eleven years old when he first began teaching himself Bass guitar, after borrowing a bass from a neighborhood friend. Anders identifies Alice Cooper 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, Nick Cave, Roky Erickson, The Sisters of Mercy and Black Sabbath also had a major influence on his musical tastes.

Current Band Members[]

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

Discography[]

Albums[]

Coffin Moth[]

• Coffin Moth (1997) (Self Released)

Solo releases[]

• 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[]

• 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)

Terrortron[]

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

Other releases[]

• The Traumatics - The Traumatics (1993) (Irregular Records)
• The Traumatics - Republic (1995) (Irregular Records)
• The Dogwoods - The Dogwoods (1997) (Irregular Records)
• A Tribute to Alice Cooper (1998) (Wasted Records)
• Interbreeding VIII: Elements of Violence (2006) ()
• Sweet Leaf - A Tribute to Black Sabbath (2015) (Cleopatra Records)

References[]

• Interview with Anders Manga on VampireFreaks.com (2007)
• Interview with Anders Manga at Side-Line.com
• Article on Side-Line.com "Anders Manga finishes 3rd album"
• regenmag.com Artist Spotlight: Anders Manga
• "Blood Lush" Review on Chain D.L.K. by Steve Mecca
• Review of "Left of an All-Time Low at virus-mag.com by Vlad McNeally (2006)
• Anders Manga at Metropolis Records
• Interview at Guitar World
• Interview at Meta Temple
• Interview at Zombie Hamster
• August 2014 Interview with Metal-Temple.com
• May 2014 Interview with KAMP Arizona State Student Radio
• Interview with Harvest Moon Music 2013
• AXS.com Interview with Anders Manga
• 'Lovely Sort of Death' article on noisey.vice.com

External links[]

• Official website