MANITOU Completes Work On New Album

Finnish traditional heavy metal band MANITOU, which features in its ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, MALPRACTICE and KAIHORO, has completed work on its third album, "No Signs of Wisdom". The CD was recorded at SouthEastSounds Studio in Karhula, Finland with producer Teemu Aalto (OMNIUM GATHERUM, SINAMORE) and was mastered at Chartmakers. According to a press release, the new material will appeal to fans of "IRON MAIDEN, QUEENSRŸCHE, ANNIHILATOR, DIO, TAROT, WHITESNAKE... Traditional heavy metal, that is!" A July release via Metal Heaven Records is expected.

"No Signs of Wisdom" track listing:

01. In This Indolence
02. Dread Of The Freaks
03. No Signs Of Wisdom
04. The End Within
05. Harbinger
06. Polluted World
07. Some Of The Sins Revealed
08. The Loon
09. August Sky

MANITOU released its second full-length album, "Deadlock", in March 2006 through Firebox. The group's video for the track "Fools in Control" has been posted online at their official web site (.MPG file, 29 MB). The "Fools in Control" single, which entered the Finnish single chart in February 2006 at position No. 2, also features a cover of MICHAEL JACKSON's "Beat It".

MANITOU parted ways with Firebox Records in December 2006.