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With the new line-up Mark The Shark Shelton
(Guitars, Vocals), Bryan Hellroadie Patrick (vocals), Harvey The
Crow Patrick (bass) and Corey Hardcore Christner, Manilla Road have
created a new masterpiece in their long carrere: Gates Of Fire.
This album is 100% Manilla Road. Why? |
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The album was recorded back there, where it all begun: At the original Roadster Records Roadhouse in Wichita. The result is a rough and unique sound which canīt be placed in any period of the band. Even all these arguments sound like a retro-project, Gates Of Fire fits very well into the year 2005. Manilla Roadīs style makes it happen that you donīt need terms like "modern" or "old school" as they are the only band in the world playing this style of heavy metal. Again they have shown that they are too unique and special to discuss this. You canīt call the songs progressive, even some are very long, you canīt use any metal-substyle-term like "thrash" or "doom" to discribe what you will hear on Gates of Fire. The album contains influences of all previous Manilla Road releases. You could take any song of any older record and put it on Gates of Fire - it would fit (except of the lyrical content of course). |
Here are the songs of the trilogy:
TRILOGY 1: THE FROST GIANTīS DAUGHTER
riddle
of steel
behind the veil
when giants fall
TRILOGY 2: OUT OF THE ASHES
the
fall of iliam
imperious rise
rome
TRILOGY 3: GATES OF FIRE
stand
of the spartans
betrayal
epitaph to the king
The CD was released by Battle Cry Records (ex-Iron Glory) and it seems like the only distribution they have are mailorder companies like www.hellionrecords.de