Manticora Part Ways With Guitarist

Due to personal reasons, lead guitarist Martin Arendal has chosen to leave MANTICORA.

Kristian Larsen (guitars) comments: "We (the remaining four members of the band) of course respect the decision, and even if we'll miss our buddy and will have to find a new guy - NOT an easy task, we should say, given Martin's talent and skills - we understand Martin's situation and we'll continue writing material as a four-piece so far. As it is, we're not actively looking for a new lead guitarist immediately, as we're mostly writing new material at the moment, but if you're a fantastically skilled guitarist and you feel that you have what it takes to replace Martin, feel free to contact us, and we'll check you out."

Manticora is right now working on what will be their eighth full length album. The band has previously been very active with seven albums in only 11 years, six European tours and one USA tour plus a large number of festivals played in Europe/USA.

Due to a lot of personal tragedy, the band went into writing/touring hiatus, and have only been playing festival shows and single for the last couple of years. However, Manticora promise all of their fans that they will be back, stronger than ever and with recharged batteries for another 15 years of dark and powerful metal.