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01. Prologue 02. Necropolis 03. Flaming Metal System [2000 reissue bonus] 04. Crystal Logic 05. Feeling Free Again 06. The Riddle Master 07. The Ram 08. The Veils Of Negative Existence 09. Dreams Of Eschaton 10. Epilogue
Mousy vocals, reedy tones, modest production... but bombastic riffs, lofty concepts, fantastical mystique, and complete mastery over the art of flaming metal systems. Touching on power, prog, speed, and traditional heavy metal, Manilla Road produced a string of the finest albums ever released in any of those genres, and Crystal Logic crowned them all with its ensorcelling grooves. In losing Manilla Road, the heavy metal genre has lost one of its most literate and classically epic artists.
It makes me think of traditional doom with a bit more speed. Still have no idea what I think of the voice. I love it and hate it at the same time. It makes me think of a Saint Seiya opening or something.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you.
Aye, its definately doomsy-heavy metal, Manilla Road's pretty diverse (at times) in my opinion for a ''heavy metal'' band. Enjoyed the album, ''Flaming Metal System'' was the highlight for me, ESPECIALLY that crazy intro.
It makes me think of traditional doom with a bit more speed. Still have no idea what I think of the voice. I love it and hate it at the same time. It makes me think of a Saint Seiya opening or something.
The voice to me essentially sounds like a great vocalist pinching his nose the whole time. I love his vocals though, no doubt about that.
Written by [user id=4365] on 02.08.2012 at 01:03 The voice to me essentially sounds like a great vocalist pinching his nose the whole time. I love his vocals though, no doubt about that.
He probably was sick that day.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you.
Written by [user id=4365] on 02.08.2012 at 01:06 A bit like Phoebe from friends when she has a sexy singing voice when she was ill. Not to get all mainstream on everyone there...
Never watched Friends so I'll have to check out her voice. The only Phoebe I know from tv is from Hey Arnold!
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you.
Never watched Friends so I'll have to check out her voice. The only Phoebe I know from tv is from Hey Arnold!
Ah Hey Arnold! Good old football head. Haven't watched that in years.
Phoebe's voice wasn't really that sexy to be honest, it was only sexy for the purposes of the program, if that makes sense. Almost like dramatic irony I suppose.
Huge improvement here from the earlier albums. Truly a classic album in heavy metal and a beginning for more amazing albums to follow.
I don't think I connected so much with other heavy metal songs than I did with this album. Absolute perfect, great songwriting from start to finish, excellent lyrics and a strong cultish feel that persists til today.
Indeed a great album. The vocals are characteristic here.
I like almost all tracks, except for Feeling free and the closer maybe.
The riddle master is probably my favourite song here, followed by The veils.
About 7.8 overall for me.
I guess I should check out some of their others albums (which are unknown to me so far), or should I better not...?
This is when band from boys became a men, where they born, because firts 2 are not close at all.
Good intro, then powerful Necropolis, what is their best song. Epic classic, same time it offers Flaming Crystal Logic, Flaming Metal Systems , and The Veils Of Negative Existance.
4 killer songs plus last one 13 mikes epic. Its not bad, but same time some parts of songs has bad mix, you see 80's was not always prefect, if they put this out today, whit PC help those isues would be fixed . A killer piece
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This is when band from boys became a men, where they born, because firts 2 are not close at all.
Good intro, then powerful Necropolis, what is their best song. Epic classic, same time it offers Flaming Crystal Logic, Flaming Metal Systems , and The Veils Of Negative Existance.
4 killer songs plus last one 13 mikes epic. Its not bad, but same time some parts of songs has bad mix, you see 80's was not always prefect, if they put this out today, whit PC help those isues would be fixed . A killer piece
All songs great in different ways and genres IMO; Feeling Free Again, which gets attacked by some people, is like the two previous albums and it sounds like tribute to late 60s and 70s rock, weakest song, sure, but I still don't skip it. "Dreams Of Eschaton" is kind of repetitive and at the same time it's the birth of epicness, long song pattern which will be more common on their later albums (spoiler alert) I'm enjoying the song quite a lot. Masterpiece album, I don't say it's 10/10 for no reason, and posers won't agree.
Such a unique album, that still stands the test of time as being one of the greatest and most important U.S. power metal albums.
Those vocals are really what make this album so special, they are so unusual, unlike any vocals I've heard before, but I really like them, they seem to have a 60's psychedelic vibe about them, a wee bit acid sounding if that makes sense
The guitar tone and riffs are also unique, they are really heavy, deep sounding, and slow to mid paced, borderline doom metal. I mean it's almost like listening to a speedier early Black Sabbath at times. The solo's are also great and the hazy production works well, it makes this album sound old school for it's time.