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New Manilla Road
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:24 pm
by tomas
Has anyone heard this one?
http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=185090
The cover doesn't look good according to me, looks like ugly photoshop madness!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:33 pm
by mordred
It's a bit of a dissapointment so far. Unexpected, since 'Gates of Fire' was so great. That's one of their best efforts as far as I am concerned.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:26 pm
by Helm
Actually I think this is easily one of their best efforts as of late.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:43 pm
by Black Axe
Well, the one guy on Metal Archives sure loves it.
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:21 am
by Brainbiter
It's a good album. That much I can say right now but I still need to listen to it a couple more times. Certainly not a disappointment.
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:47 pm
by Cochino
I didn't like much Atlantis Rising, and that was the newer album I've heard. Are they still playing in that style, or what does this one sounds like?
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:34 pm
by Piotr Sargnagel
I'm not a fan of *Atlantis Rising*, *Spiral Castle* I like a lot, *Gates of fire* bored me so much I haven't listened to it all, gonna try again this weekend, haven't bothered with the new one yet...
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:59 pm
by mordred
It took a while to get into it. I like it now, though not as much as Gates of Fire. The letdown is the vocals, because Shelton sounds really weak. I wish Hellroadie would have sung on this album, because he has so much more power these days, and he sounds exactly like Shelton used to sound anyway.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:31 am
by Abyss
I was pretty disappointed with it on my first listen, It got better with repeated listens but I still don't think it measures up to gates of fire,Blood Eagle and the title track are probably my favorites from it.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:32 pm
by mordred
Cochino wrote:I didn't like much Atlantis Rising, and that was the newer album I've heard. Are they still playing in that style, or what does this one sounds like?
All Manilla Road albums sound similar to each other yet each is different. I think they are a good example of a band that has managed to vary their sound back and forth while still retaining their trademark sound. The new one is somewhat similar to Atlantis Rising actually, but there's hints of Mystification as well. Gates of Fire on the other hand is more along the lines of Open the Gates and The Deluge.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:42 pm
by Helm
Ι don't find the Shark's vocals weak here, but it's been a repeated complaint so there must be something to it.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:30 am
by Abyss
I don't find his vocals weak but you can hear how his voice has aged because of his vocal style I guess.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:43 am
by Tormentor
What happened to Hellroadie? Funny, I just got ahold of Gates of Fire and loved it and thought he was holding things together quite well on the vocal front.
Crystal Logic = best album ever, take it to the bank
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:10 pm
by TheUnborn
Pretty good album, a grower, without a doubt.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:11 pm
by omen of hate
I've ordered it last week, but I haven't receive it yet.