Sunday, August 23, 2009

Metal

Manilla Road is America's best kept secret. For over three decades Mark "The Shark" Shelton has been delivering some the greatest epic metal and yet Manilla Road remains generally unknown. I gave you their best album and their first album, but the second record Metal is another favorite of mine. This sits perfectly between the other two, it shows the band realizing their more metalized NWOBHM sound but still retains some of the naive wonky charm of the debut. I swear Tenacious D's career was built on the song "Cage of Mirrors."

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7 comments:

  1. Θόρυβος ΤώραAugust 23, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    you re back to reality with metal?
    welcome!!!

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  2. CrimsonAugust 23, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    Thank you for this great album. I have always wanted to hear the albums before Crystal Logic. Going to get the first album also. Everyone should listen to Manilla Road!

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  3. GOODNIGHT WHATEVER YOU ARE!August 23, 2009 at 6:53 PM

    Classic album, Classic band.
    Underated as hell.

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  4. Fritzl RamirezAugust 24, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    Amazing stuff, thanks

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  5. ECWAugust 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    Holy Hell, this rips. What an opener: the horror score picked riff of "Enter the Warrior" before that chugging line starts. Wowza.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 29, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    the lyrics to the title track basically explain my religion and personal connection to metal in about five minutes.

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  7. solidturdSeptember 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    TRAPPED IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS.
    :lose two rolls:

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