| News |
| 04.12.2007 |
| Manitou will salute it´s 10th anniversary on a gig at Sam´s Pub, Karhula at 8.12. + also a gig in Kotka youthcenter at 7.12. Manitou juhlistaa 10-vuotisjuhliaan kahdella keikalla kotikaupungissaan, eli Kotkan nuorisotalolla 7.12. (soittoaika jo 20.00!!!) ja Karhulan Sam´s Pubissa 8.12. Luvassa uutta ja vanhaa tavaraa. |
| 17.10.2007 |
| No signs Of Wisdom on myös ostettavissa mp3-muodossa Täältä |
| 04.09.2007 |
| It´s nice to see that great "No Signs Of Wisdom" album reviews just keep on dropping from the media, cheers!!! INFERNO 4,5/5, ROCK HARD 8,5/10, TUHMA 4/5, VERTIGO 5/5, IMPERIUMI 8,5/10, METAL-RULES.com 4/5, AAMULEHTI 4/5, KORROOSIO 4/5, ROCKUNITED.com 9/10, LORDS OF METAL 82/100, BURNYOUREARS.de 8/10, HARDROCKHOUSE.com 8/10, PANDAIMONIX 8,5/10, SLEAZE-METAL.com 8/10, METALROXX.com 8/10, HALL OF METAL 8/10, FENIX Webzine 90/100 |
| 01.08.2007 |
| "No Signs Of Wisdom" album is now released in Europe via Metal Heaven Records, so go grab your own copy immediately!! |
| 29.06.2007 |
| Preorder "No Signs Of Wisdom" album!!
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| 29.06.2007 |
| New samples / release date
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| 28.05.2007 |
| New Manitou album "No Signs Of Wisdom" pre-listening party will be held at Club Yellowstone in Kotka 1st of June. The new album will be played before our gig at about 22.30. Uuden Manitou albumin "No Signs Of Wisdom" ennakkokuuntelutus pidetään Kotkan Yellowstonessa 1.6. noin kello 22.30. Tämän tapauksen jälkeen siis Manitou keikka... |
| 21.04.2007 |
| Third album from us titled "No Signs Of Wisdom" is finally ready. Recording was done at SouthEastSounds studio, Mixing at Sound Supreme and Mastering at Chartmakers. "No Signs of Wisdom" will be released through Metal Heaven Records in July 2007. Songtitles from the album: - In This Indolence - Dread Of The Freaks - No Signs Of Wisdom - The End Within - Harbinger - Polluted World - Some Of The Sins Revealed - The Loon - August Sky |
| 13.03.2007 |
| Be sure to check out a new OMNIUM GATHERUM album "Stuck Here On Snakes Way" featuring Markus of Manitou. Album full of melodic & technical death metal will be relesed 2nd of April. Check out some stuff from this album at bands myspace site or official homepage. |
| 13.03.2007 |
| Manitou just signed a new recording deal with German METAL HEAVEN RECORDS. Release date of this third album will be published soon.
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| 26.02.2007 |
| Manitou begins recording of the third, still unnamed album today! Studio diary available in Finnish! |
| 02.02.2007 |
| Kaihoro (featuring Markku Pihlaja of Manitou) will release their new album "Boulder" on 14th of March via Sorbus Productions / Playground Music. Go check out the song "I Got The Beast In My Blood" from this upcoming masterpiece at their homepage and myspace site. "Lunar caustic, call into question, the great unknown". Supreme material! |
| 29.01.2007 |
| Some of 3th Manitou album songtitles: NO SIGNS OF THE WISDOM, IN THIS INDOLENCE, SOME OF THE SINS REVEALED, THE AUGUST SKY, INCOHERENT WORLD, DREAD OF THE FREAKS, THE LOON, HARBINGER... You´re going to hear some new songs in the coming next two gigs. |
| 06.01.2007 |
| Manitou is nominee for noise.fi bubbling underground award. You can vote for us at this address http://www.noise.fi/vuosiaanestys/ |
| 29.12.2006 |
| Well well, It's almost new year again. Manitou's year 2006 was great. New album was released and the single from that album reached the second place in Finnish single chart! Thanks to everyone who helped us with that!
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| 17.11.2006 |
| You can order Manitou special package from Firebox
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| 14.10.2006 |
| Our old music videos can be found from youtube.com. Here are the links Face The Snake and The Valley Of Evergreen |
| 12.10.2006 |
| Lyhyellä varoitusajalla MANITOU Kotkan Yellowstonessa lauantaina 14.10. korvaamassa OMNIUM GATHERUMin peruutettua keikkansa. |
| 09.08.2006 |
| "Deadlock" album was just released also in Japan and some Asian territories by Spiritual Beast Records Japan. The Japan release date was 9th of August. The first Manitou review from Japan was 81/100 points at BURRN! magazine which is the biggest metal magazine in Asia! Not bad! |
| 02.08.2006 |
| We have opened our own myspace site! You can find songs, pictures info etc. from this site http://www.myspace.com/manitouband
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| 31.07.2006 |
| Hello there & sorry for the lazy updates here... "Deadlock" was just released in Sweden, Spain, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on July 7 through Metal Heaven Records. It´s very warm summer here, so it´s summer vacation in the Manitou camp. ...And Markus broke his two fingers, that´s the other mani-holiday reason. |
| 14.07.2006 |
| Our singer Markku is getting married today!
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| 13.07.2006 |
| MANITOU:lle peruutuspaikka Ilosaarirockin Töminä-klubille perjantaina 14.7. Jäähalli. Liput 8€. Ovet avataan kello 17.30.
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| 13.07.2006 |
| Latvia gig went great. Stork´s all over the fields and pillars. Nice bird, boys were flurried! |
| 29.06.2006 |
| Estonian gig cancelled. Manitou playing in Latvia anyway. |
| 22.06.2006 |
| Spiritual Beast Records from Japan licensed the "Deadlock" album to Japan and other Asian territories. Release date still TBA, more info coming later. |
| 16.05.2006 |
| We are glad to announce new co-operation deals; DEX-VIIHDE will be our new gig booking agency for the Finnish gigs and TWU-MUSIC artist management / Juha Ruusunen will handle our management from now on. Mani-crew salutes! |
| 15.05.2006 |
| Speciaali keikka tulossa! Te kaikki jotka haluatte olla todistamassa harvinaista Manitou keikkaa tulkaa ja ihmetelkää! Kitaristi Antti suorittaa road tripin Amerikan Yhdysvaltain maaperällä 14.-30.5.2006. Ajanjaksolle sijoittuvan Kouvolan Rytmikatin keikan 19.5. tuuraa Risto (Vode) Voutilainen (Destination X). |
| 08.05.2006 |
| As some Finnish fans may have noticed already, our cover-version of "Beat It" ("Fools In Control" single´s b-side) have been played on TV at YLE´s ice-hockey world championship games and goal collages. Sporty Manitou, coooool!!! |
| 03.05.2006 |
| We just confirmed a 2-date Balticum Tour - that means we´ll hit the road for the first abroad gigs of MANITOU! These dates are: 07/07/2006 Blome, Latvia - Latvian Metalshow.lv Open Air 08/07/2006 Tallinn, Estonia - Rockstar´s club |
| 19.04.2006 |
| MANITOU have signed a licensing deal for the European release of the "Deadlock" album with Germany´s METAL HEAVEN RECORDS. "Deadlock" will be released in Sweden, Spain, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on July 7 through Metal Heaven Records. |
| 22.03.2006 |
| DeadLock Album is relased today in Finland!! |
| 13.03.2006 |
| Manitou video "Fools In Control" available for download
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| 10.03.2006 |
| First review from Deadlock-album available at reviews page |
| 07.03.2006 |
| You can pre-order DeadLock album from here |
| 05.03.2006 |
| Download section has new samples from upcoming Album "DeadLock" |
| 22.02.2006 |
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| 15.02.2006 |
| Our Single Fools In Control reached 2nd place in Finnish Singlechart!! Check it out here |
| 09.02.2006 |
| Single is released!! You can order it from here
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| 01.02.2006 |
| Muutoksia ja lisäyksiä Sam´s Pubin Pre-Listening sessioon. Eli U.D.O. keikan takia 17.2. manitou ukot ei pääse paikalle, mutta levy soitetaan läpi ja video näytetään. Varsinainen pre-listening sessio järjestetään 10.2. Pahoittelemme muutoksia !! |
| 31.01.2006 |
| The official "Fools In Control" CD-single release gig will be at 11.2. in Nosturi, Helsinki (with Kilpi & Machine Men), be there! "Fools In Control" CD-single will feature also a cover song, heavy maniversion from Michael Jackson´s "Beat It". |
| 31.01.2006 |
| Manitou will be supporting legendary German heavymetallists UDO at Pakkahuone, Tampere 17.2.! |
| 30.01.2006 |
| Two pre-listening sessions confirmed for Manitou album - Deadlock.
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| 25.01.2006 |
| Fools In Control - Sample is online! You can check it out here and make your pre-order too. |
| 22.01.2006 |
| Video shootings done. "Absolute zero" has spoken, crew freezed in deepest forest! Temperature was only -25 degree. Video will be edited before FME 2006. |
| 16.01.2006 |
| Video shootings started. "Bandscenes" were filmed last sunday. Awesome heavymetal moshing digitized to tape. Shootings will continue next weekend. P.S. What a mystery, carkeys vanished during the moshpit. |
| 13.01.2006 |
| A big bunch of new gigs confirmed, check out gigs section... Manitou´s gonna get aaalll of ya! |
| 04.01.2006 |
| "Fools In Control" single-cd (featuring also one coversong) will be released 8.2.2006 and the second full-length Manitou album will be released at the end of March / beginning of April. More info about these new releases / gigs / etc. will follow soon, so stay at this frequency! |
| 23.12.2005 |
| New gallery system added, some studio pictures added, old pictures will be online soon too.. You can access the new gallery from here |