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

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music project. In 2012, Anders' song "Glamour" was featured in Season 4 Episode 04 of ''

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''. 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

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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

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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

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, after borrowing a bass from a neighborhood friend. Anders identifies

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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,

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, Roky Erickson,

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and

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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) *''Songs of Unspeakable Terror (2021) (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) ( BLC Productions) *''Sweet Leaf - A Tribute to Black Sabbath'' (2015) (

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)

References

Interview with Anders Manga on VampireFreaks.com (2007)Interview with Anders Manga at Side-Line.comArticle on Side-Line.com "Anders Manga finishes 3rd album""Blood Lush" Review on Chain D.L.K. by Steve MeccaReview of "Left of an All-Time Low at virus-mag.com by Vlad McNeally (2006)Anders Manga at Metropolis RecordsInterview at Guitar WorldInterview at Zombie HamsterMay 2014 Interview with KAMP Arizona State Student RadioAXS.com Interview with Anders Manga'Lovely Sort of Death' article on noisey.vice.com

External links

Official website
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