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Manilla Road - Roadkill Tapes & Rarities [Compilation]



7 | 1 vote |
Release date: 27 September 2019


Disc I
01. Friction In Mass
02. Isle Of The Dead
03. Mystification
04. Dementia / Open The Gates
05. The Books Of Skelos
06. Haunted Palace
07. Masque Of The Red Death
08. Witches Brew
09. The Deluge
10. Spirits Of The Dead / Death By The Hammer
11. Up From The Crypt
12. Far Side Of The Sun
13. Cage Of Mirrors
14. Hammer Of The Witches (l)[bonus]
15. Beware Of The Shark [bonus]

Disc II
01. The Empire
02. Centurian War Games
03. Unreleased Song
04. Unreleased Song [live]
05. Early Unreleased Song
06. One Of These Days [live]
07. The Damage Is Already Done [live]
08. Illusions [live]
09. Unreleased Song
10. Unreleased Song
11. Upon The Wings Of Fate [demo]
12. Necropolis [Live BYH]


Comments

Comments: 1   Visited by: 7 users
24.02.2020 - 18:02
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
Disc 1 is good: it's the Roadkill live with some additional songs, one of which, The Books Of Skelos, is one of the best songs from this set. Other highlight songs Mystification, The Deluge and Spirits Of The Dead are already familiar from the Roadkill album. So it's pretty good a set, but like I stated in the comments of Roadkill, is missing some classic Manilla Road songs, especially the Crystal Logic songs. I know the band might have wanted to focus on their newer material, but if we ask the question can the band neglect playing Necropolis, Flaming Metal Systems, The Riddle Master, Veils of Negative Existence, The Ram and even Dreams Of Eschaton I find the answer to be negatory as there is none of these songs included...

The Disc 2: Well it's somewhat interesting. The psychedelic songs ála Mark of the Beast are the most intriguing ones from second disc. I'd claim that there's some filler material, at least two first tracks seem unnecessary and the live Necropolis is not very good in any sense. If I was to rate these discs individually I would easily rate the first one higher.

In conclusion, it's best to focus on those headbanging inducing fast live tracks from disc 1.

I don't wanna see a single head not banging here tonight, cause I know that's what y'all came here for -- Mark the Shark Shelton
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