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Manilla Road is an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, forming around its master of lead guitar Mark ‘the Shark’ Shelton (vocals and guitar).

Manilla Road was created by Shelton in 1977 with high school friends Benny Munkirs, Rick Fisher and brothers Robert and Scott Park. After playing in local bars, the group first gained attention with their song “Herman Hill,” inspired by the Herman Hill riot. Their first album “Invasion” was released in 1980 on the band’s own label, Roadster Records. Between this time and their next release the band recorded material for an album to be titled “The Dreams Of Eschaton”, however this was not released until 2002 (under the name “Mark Of The Beast”) as they were not happy with the sound. Shelton has been quoted as saying the music was “not metal enough” and “sounded like shit.” Despite this “Mark of the Beast” was critically well received when it was eventually released. These early albums have more in common with progressive rock and proto-heavy metal than the band’s later epic metal sound.

The next record was “Metal” in 1982, which began to define the future musical direction of Manilla Road. Their “classic” sound was solidified with the epic release of “Crystal Logic” in 1983.

The next five Manilla Road albums (along with a live release, “Roadkill”) featured new drummer Randy Foxe, who had more of a thrash-oriented style than original drummer Rick Fisher.

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RedneckStomp wrote:
yesterday afternoon

The Ninth Wave!

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Deathriderdoom wrote:
Thursday morning

Into Necrooooh-Poliiiiiiis!

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tristan_f wrote:
11 days ago

Open The (Fucking) Gates \m/ . The Be-All and End-All Album of Heavy Metal !!!

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Bakashih wrote:
14 days ago

helicon ftw

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mcc1200 wrote:
15 days ago

necropolis, fuck yes

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LordLeviathan wrote:
19 days ago

Gods

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takusamadotcom wrote:
last month

... and sweet solos tooo !!!!!! ;)

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takusamadotcom wrote:
last month

awesome band, for raw vocal, brutal guitar riffs and wild drums... HAIL!!!

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Neasse wrote:
last month

The Veils Of Negative Existence!

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Deathriderdoom wrote:
last month

NECROPOLIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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HeavenTaichou wrote:
last month

Flaming Metal System is my favorite track =3

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GroupSupport wrote:
last month

The Spinal Pap has landed.

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Gilad-Pellaeon wrote:
last month

Yep, the rest is superb.

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Irenicus_ wrote:
last month

That's quite funny, exactly those 2 are also my least favourite songs! I really don't like them and I think they just don't fit to the overall mood, theme and songwriting of the respective album. The lyrics are just silly and reminiscent of Manowar to be honest, and the music, well it's not bad, but not really good either. And other than that...I'm not too fond of Defender and if you consider "The Circus Maximus" a Manilla Road album (which I don't), most of it is nominated too. But that's it really, I like/love pretty much every Manilla Road song.

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Gilad-Pellaeon wrote:
last month

What are your least favorite songs? Mine are Feeling Free Again and Heavy Metal to the World. I FUCKING HATE songs about women and metal.

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Irenicus_ wrote:
last month

New photo of the current line-up, PLEASE VOTE: http://www.last.fm/music/Manilla+Road/+images/37623293

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Irenicus_ wrote:
last month

"Crystal Logic is the perfect starting point IMO. " It don't think so at all, because it is actually different to virtually every other album. The songwriting is really catchy and Mark is singing clean most of the time, you won't find that on any other album, not even Invasion and Metal are that catchy. So I think, if someone only listens to CL and no other album, he/she will get the wrong impression of their style. It's just not representative of their typical style. I would recommend Open the Gates or The Deluge as a starting point, if you don't like those, you don't like the Road.

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Irenicus_ wrote:
last month

Yes, you're probably right, either OOTA or The Courts of Chaos, both absolutely brilliant!

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Thrashhard wrote:
last month

Out of the Abyss is probably their most underrated album, INTO THE FIYYAHH, BURNING DESIRE, CHAOTIC DREAMS OF SIN

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MegaHassan wrote:
October 2009

The Deluge FTW

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