Manic Frustration

Manic Frustration
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 1992
Recorded1991
StudioIndigo Ranch Studios (Malibu, California), Studio II (Culver City, California), and Hollywood Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, California)
GenreHeavy metal, psychedelic rock, stoner rock
Length43:12
LabelDef American
ProducerRick Rubin and Trouble
Trouble chronology
Trouble
(1990)
Manic Frustration
(1992)
Plastic Green Head
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10
Kerrang!
Rock Hard9.0/10

Manic Frustration is the fifth studio album by American doom metal band Trouble, released on June 16, 1992. The album marked a change in style toward a faster-paced, psychedelic sound, as opposed to the slower, doom metal style on their previous albums. It was the band's last release via the label Def American. A promotional disc was released with the songs "'Scuse Me," "The Sleeper," and "Memory's Garden" in 1992, the last song of which also had a music video. The album was reissued and remastered by Hammerheart Records in 2020.