Danish doom metallers Manali announce self-titled debut album and release first single »Sinful«!
Kolding, Denmark based doom/sludge metal band Manali premiere the first single »Sinful« taken from their self-titled debut album, scheduled for release on April 17th, 2026 via Vinyltroll Records and Virkelighedsfjern.
»Sinful« is available now on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. In This Body
02. Sinful
03. Mary
Courtesy of Audible Music:
Danish doom/sludge metallers Manali have announced the release of their self-titled debut album on vinyl and digital formats on April 17, 2026, via Vinyltroll Records and Virkelighedsfjern. Today, the band releases the album’s sole single »Sinful«, while pre-orders for the album are also available via Vinyltroll HERE and Virkelighedsfjern HERE.
The album release will be celebrated with a release show in Manali’s hometown Kolding the following day, April 18th alongside Solens Folk and Slowjoint, and followed by a show in Aarhus on April 25th with Svækling and Præfix Suffix.
Manali is an atmospheric and droning doom/sludge metal quartet from Slicetown, aka Kolding, Denmark. The band has existed since 2020 and was originally formed as an instrumental trio, who released the two demos »Rehersal Tapes Vol.I« and »Rehersal Tapes Vol.II« in close succession in 2021-22. The expression gradually changed as a new drummer, synth, and vocals were added. This development marked a clear shift and shaped the band’s current more simple, direct, and uncompromising expression, as first heard on »Rehearsal Promo MMXXIV« released on cassette in 2024 and followed by a string of Danish shows.
Photo by Thomas Peber Sørensen
Manali has now completed their self-titled debut album, where, drawing inspiration from bands such as Gaia and Yob, they have found a balance in which the primitive and caveman-like meets cathartic and emotional outbursts. Manali’s debut record was recorded live in an old warehouse in the summer of 2025, and this is clearly audible in the recordings: the music is presented raw and unpolished, with small variations in the riffs and passages that the listener moves through. The music keeps you firmly rooted in the ground in a rocking, repetitive motion – a moment that builds until it becomes so raw and intense that it collapses into a release of powerlessness and ecstasy.
Thematically, »Manali« revolves around contrasts, conflicts, and encounters with society’s norms and the expectations of others – the feeling of being unable to find one’s place, of being uncomfortable, deselected, and experiencing feelings of misanthropic numbness and shame. The conflicts and contrasts are visually reflected on the vinyl, where illustrations painted by Steven Plato show both the light and the dark side of the same scenario. Some will be drawn to the darkness, others to the light—both sides exist in parallel.
With the release of their debut album, Manali marks its right to exist through a heavy, distorted soundscape that slowly envelops the listener, and lyrics that deal with dualism as a human condition and a circumstance that most people can recognize.
Manali is:
Mikkel Hansen – Guitar
Sammy Jagdev – Bass
Pætter Wollesen – Synth, vocal
Tommy Skouboe – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well