Thursday, March 20, 2014
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Artist : Manilla Road
Country : USA
Release : Atlantis Rising
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
What makes Atlantis Rising so great is that it takes nearly every part of Manilla Road’s impressive discography and incorporate it into this album announcing to a new millennium that the Road is back. The nasally vocals, the powerful riffing, solid and aggressive drumming, rumbling bass, fantastical lyrics, and a good healthy dose of prog, they are all here. The production is a little rough as always (perhaps it is intentional though), but it also adds a little bit of atmosphere. But Mark refuses to simply rest on his past glories (which he could have easily done. Fans would flock to a new Manilla Road album after a decade). Instead, he continues to innovate. For example, he uses A LOT more progressive elements. Listen to Lemuria and Sea Witch and you’ll hear a heavy emphasis on atmosphere with some great clean guitars and synth work.
