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Manilla Road - The Courts Of Chaos



7.5 | 42 votes |
Release date: 1990
Style: Heavy metal, US power metal

Owners:

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6 want it


01. Road To Chaos
02. Dig Me No Grave
03. D.O.A. [Bloodrock cover]
04. Into The Courts Of Chaos
05. From Beyond
06. A Touch Of Madness
07. (Vlad) The Impaler
08. The Prophecy
09. The Books Of Skelos
    1 - The Book Of The Ancients
    2 - The Book Of Shadows
    3 - The Book Of Skulls
10. Far Side of the Sun [live] [2002 re-release bonus]

Additional info
There exists a rare cassette version of the album that was issued under the
name Mark Shelton instead of Manilla Road

Reissued in 2002 by Iron Glory with a bonus track:
10. Far Side of the Sun (Live) - originally appeared on the Roadkill live
album.

Guest review by
iaberis
Rating:
8.6
"The Courts Of Chaos" was the last official release of Manilla Road, since the internal conflicts of the band, lead to a split-up some months later? As Mark Shelton (vocals) said, this was the first Manilla Road masterpiece, an opinion that many fans of the band share. Some people even believe that it should not be absent by any Heavy Metal collection? Personally, although I like this genre very much, I don't believe this album is so special? I'd rather say it becomes boring after the first songs?

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published 24.11.2006 | Comments (1)

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Comments: 3   Visited by: 58 users
28.08.2016 - 18:39
Rating: 8
Joppe
Steelemeister
Good album with weakish middle part. The first four songs are pretty strong, but then things go wrong until the last two songs that are EPIC. "Into The Courts Of Chaos" and "The Books Of Skelos" are certainly 'Road classics
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30.09.2020 - 12:06
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Joppe on 28.08.2016 at 18:39

Good album with weakish middle part. The first four songs are pretty strong, but then things go wrong until the last two songs that are EPIC. "Into The Courts Of Chaos" and "The Books Of Skelos" are certainly 'Road classics


I think this starts as those doom, heayy bands what mix those 2 genres, I hear some doom touch in beginning, I have no comment about middle part, but ending was beck to roots whit some epic , bit manowar mix between 70's 5 min studio sings turns to 16min live nonsence. There songs are OK, but some riffs something was uncerserlyu
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01.10.2020 - 19:17
Rating: 8
Joppe
Steelemeister
Written by Bad English on 30.09.2020 at 12:06

Written by Joppe on 28.08.2016 at 18:39

Good album with weakish middle part. The first four songs are pretty strong, but then things go wrong until the last two songs that are EPIC. "Into The Courts Of Chaos" and "The Books Of Skelos" are certainly 'Road classics


I think this starts as those doom, heayy bands what mix those 2 genres, I hear some doom touch in beginning, I have no comment about middle part, but ending was beck to roots whit some epic , bit manowar mix between 70's 5 min studio sings turns to 16min live nonsence. There songs are OK, but some riffs something was uncerserlyu


Don't you think that The Prophecy and The Books Of Skelos are super epic killer heavy metal, and From Beyond, A Touch Of Madness and (Vlad) The Impaler are sorta weak compared to them? And yes Far Side of the Sun sounds always different, as studio and as demo too.
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