Artist: Manimal
Title: Trapped In The Shadows
Label: AFM Records
Cat #: AFM395
Release Year: 2015
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case

Trapped In The Shadows is the second album from the Swedish metal band Manimal.

Swedish heavy/power metallers Manimal had a great start in 2009, when they released their debut album “The Darkest Room”. Right away it hit the album charts in their home country Sweden on #36 and received worldwide critical acclaim. The intelligent mixture of powerful melodic metal and a few progressive elements made Manimalone of the genre’s most promising new acts. 

Since a few years already, the Gothenburg-based band has now worked on the follow-up. And it definitely was worth the wait! “Trapped In The Shadows” is a splendid album, delivering energetic, melodic metal which impressively blends “Painkiller”-Judas Priest with the best of Queensryche: the perfect symbiosis of power and finesse! Also, please welcome legendary vocalist Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ex-Accept) who has a guest appearance on the track “The Journey”. Mixed and mastering of “Trapped In The Shadows” was handled by Achim Koehler (Primal Fear, Brainstorm, Sinner).

Recommended if you like: PowerWolf, Sabaton, Battle Beast, Brothers of Metal, Beast in Black, Dragonforce, Sacrament, Metalite, Firewind, Iron Saviour

Track Listing:
01. Irresistible
02. March Of Madness
03. The Dark
04. Trapped In The Shadows
05. Invincible
06. Man-Made Devil
07. Silent Messiah
08. The Journey
09. Screaming Out
10. Psychopomp