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Mannhai enthusiastically returns this year with a new sound, a new lineup, and a new album. 'Hellroad Caravan' marks Mannhai's fourth full-length album and the band's first release with vocalist Pasi Koskinen, the former Amorphis frontman. Pasi joined the group in the middle of Mannhai's European tour in April 2005, as the band had to let go of their Norwegian vocalist at the time. Upon completion of the tour, however, they noticed that things were working better than ever; therefore it wasn't a tough decision to keep the new lineup.

After months of hard work on the new material, Mannhai locked themselves into Jive Studio in their hometown Helsinki/Finland to achieve a new and heavier Mannhai sound. Two months later the band emerged from the studio with their most significant album ever. Produced by Jukka Varmo and Mannhai, 'Hellroad Caravan' is full of heavy songs with a wild groove, and punctuated by thunderous and explosive rock 'n' roll outbursts born at the crossroads where Black Sabbath meets Alice in Chains, where Mother Love Bone got KISSed by desert-dry riffs in best Kyuss-style - seems like Pasi lead MANNHAI back to their roots.

But what makes the band so unique is their ability to play together as a team, forming a kind of cohesiveness that other bands often struggle to find.

We got a taste of what is to come when "Spaceball", the first single from 'Hellroad Caravan', entered already the Finnish single charts at 1 and stayed in the Top 10 for 3 weeks. Mannhai anxiously awaits their upcoming tour, which will begin in Finland after the release of 'Hellroad Caravan'. Following the Finnish tour dates, the band heads out to the rest of Europe in summer. The show promises to be powerful and sweaty with pure rock energy, so fasten your seatbelts and hold on tight as the Mannhai caravan comes rolling in your direction!