MANILLA ROAD signs to Black Lotus Records Articles / Labels' News Date: Oct 19, 2005 - 01:00 AM BLACK LOTUS - Press Release New signings “That’s how everything started…. And that’s how it will continue to be…” Epic Metal inventors MANILLA ROAD belong to the roster of Black Lotus! A glorious career started back in 1979 and made their name synonymous to the word ‘legend’. Black Lotus is proud to have such a band within it’s ranks… a band to be considered as one of the most classic and uncompromised acts that shaped and led the movement of epic metal for over 20 years. Their upcoming album is scheduled for late 2006 and according to Mark Shelton we should expect an epic metal thunder! Here is a statement from Mark Shelton: “Manilla Road is highly honoured to join with the ground breaking label Black Lotus. We are very excited about this partnership and are sure that only great epic things shall come about because of this union. With the outstanding business expertise of the Black Lotus staff at the helm combined with the best line-up that Manilla Road has ever been blessed with and the ever faithful support of the best fans in the world we shall raise the banners high and bring forth true epic metal thunder with our next album. It is a huge honour to have such a great label behind us.” May The Lords Of Light Be With You Up The Hammers & Down The Nails Mark The Shark Shelton Manilla Road http://truemetal.org/manillaroad/main.html http://www.manillaroad.net This article comes from Holy Sword http://truemetal.org/holysword/ The URL for this story is: http://truemetal.org/holysword/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=109