MANZANA

Band BiographyManzana means an apple. Forbidden, delicious, nutritious. fresh, tasty….
A Manzana a day keeps the doctor away!
Manzana is a pop-metal band from Tampere, Finland. The four of them have known each other for years, and feed musically from the 90´s grunge-alt-metal heritage. They make music that is dramatic, elastic, melodic and strong. The band came to life in the summer 2003, by Henkka, Heikki and Piritta. Ville joined the band a year later, and fit in perfectly. They played a bunch of gigs to test themselves, and released a promo EP “Nothing a Whole As A Broken Heart” in the summer 2005. Feedback was very good, and some labels were interested in signing them, but they didn’t get a good enough deal with anyone. They decided to make an album with their own TRC-Records label.
“Falling to Pieces” was released by TRC November 6 th 2006, and it went on single charts number 2 highest. The Album “Nothing As Whole As A Broken Heart” came out on January 31st. 2007 and went on Finnish chart number 24.
The album got well and widely reviewed in the Finnish media, and the band visited several shows after the album release, including MTV´s Headbangers Ball. The album Nothing... was distributed by Playground International,and got released in 25 countries.The band has a reputation of intensive and groovy live performer, and they have a heavy live sound for a pop-metal band. The bassist Ville "Mr Willy " Mäkinen of the Bombfunk MC´s was replaced with Klasu Wirzenius in October 2007 due to practical problems.The band toured Germany and Switzerland in November 2007 with Lovex, and a lot of Finland with bands like Teräsbetoni, Sara and Apulanta.
Manzana signed a record deal with Tampere based metal label Dynamic Arts Records on March 2008, and the next album is scheduled out Aug. 2008.