Witching Chronicles: Exploring Mandy Manala’s Something Wicked
The first thing I noticed about Something Wicked wasn’t the riffs. It was the voice. A lot of bands working somewhere between occult rock, doom and heavy rock end up treating vocals like another layer of atmosphere. Mandy Manala go in the opposite direction. Christa NedergĂĄrd sits right in the middle of everything, and after […]
Witching Rating: Top 20 Most Buzzed Albums of 2025
Another year in music has come and gone, and I’ve spent the past twelve months spinning, digging, and obsessing over records that really stuck with me. 2025 brought a mix of heavy hitters, hidden gems, and a few surprise twists I didn’t see coming. Here’s my personal top twenty albums of the year – the […]
Witching Riffs: Behind the Sound of MANDY MANALA
Mandy Manala is a five-piece, female-fronted rock band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2021 by musicians with over two decades of experience in the scene. Their sound blends the heaviness of stoner rock with melodic and theatrical influences, drawing inspiration from artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, and Ghost. Fronted by the powerful […]
Witching Chronicles: Exploring The MANDY MANALA’s Mandy Manala
This one feels like it came from below the floorboards. Mandy Manala’s debut is soaked in something old, heavy, and weirdly alive – like someone lit a candle in an abandoned rehearsal space and this is what came crawling out. They’re from Vaasa, Finland, but they don’t lean on that as a gimmick. No frostbitten […]