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Manilla Road Manilla Road
a Traditional Metal band from Wichita, KS, USA   flag

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Last Update: August 10, 2009

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One of the great cult metal bands from the eighties, Manilla Road still has a strong following, particularly in Europe. Isolated from the metal world in their home in Kansas, the trio (recently expanded to a quartet) have released an impressive array of albums over their career, all with a distinctively original sound. That sound consisted of gruff vocals, low-tuned, heavy guitar work, lyrics often delving into fantasy topics, and mostly slow to mid-paced riffing, with an emphasis on creating an epic feel to their works. If asked to name their best albums, the votes here would go to The Deluge and Open The Gates. The band was quiet for most of the nineties, but band leader Mark Shelton revived the group in 2001, and the group continues to record and enjoy cult success.

members
current lineup:
Bryan Patrick
   vocals
Mark Shelton
   vocals/guitars
Vince Goleman
   bass
Cory Christner
   drums
 former members:
Scott Parks
   bass
Andrew Coss
   bass/keyboards/vocals
Mark Anderson
   bass
Harvey Patrick
   bass
Rick Fisher
   drums
Randy Foxe
   drums/keyboards/backing vocals
Aaron Brown
   drums/vocals
Scott Peters
   drums
discography
Invasion
1981 independent

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     Track Listing:
  1. The Dream Goes On
  2. Cat And Mouse
  3. Far Side Of The Sun
  4. Street Jammer
  5. The Empire
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Rick Fisher

Metal
1982 independent

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     Track Listing:
  1. Enter The Warrior
  2. Defender
  3. Queen Of The Black Coast
  4. Metal
  5. Out Of Control With Rock & Roll
  6. Cage Of Mirrors
  7. Far Side Of The Sun
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Rick Fisher

Crystal Logic
1983 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Prologue
  2. Necropolis
  3. Crystal Logic
  4. Feeling Free Again
  5. The Riddle Master
  6. The Ram
  7. The Veils Of Negative Existance
  8. Dreams Of Eschaton
  9. Epilogue
  10. Flaming Metal System (CD bonus track)
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Rick Fisher

Open The Gates
1985 Black Dragon

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• BNR Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Metalstorm
  2. Open The Gates
  3. Astronomica
  4. Weavers Of The Web
  5. The Ninth Wave
  6. Heavy Metal To The World
  7. The Fires Of Mars
  8. Raod Of Kings
  9. Hour Of The Dragon
  10. Witches Brew
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

The Deluge
1986 Black Dragon

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• BNR Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Dementia
  2. Shadow In The Black
  3. Divine Victim
  4. Hammer Of The Witches
  5. Morbid Tabernacle
  6. Isle Of The Dead
  7. Taken By Storm
  8. The Deluge (Trilogy)
  9. Friction In Mass
  10. Rest In Pieces
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

Live Roadkill
1987 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Dementia
  2. Open The Gates
  3. Mystification
  4. The Deluge
  5. Masque Of The Red Death
  6. Witches Brew
  7. Spirits Of The Dead
  8. Far Side Of The Sun
  9. Death By The Hammer (CD bonus track)
  10. Shadow In The Black (CD bonus track)
  11. Hammer Of The Witches (CD bonus track)
  12. Taken By Storm (CD bonus track)
  13. Friction In Mass (CD bonus track)
  14. Rest In Pieces (CD bonus track)
  15. Isle Of The Dead (CD bonus track)
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

Mystification
1987 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Haunted Palace
  2. Spirits Of The Dead
  3. Valley Of Unrest
  4. Mystification
  5. Masque Of The Red Death
  6. Up From The Crypt
  7. Children Of The Night
  8. Dragon Star
  9. Death By The Hammer
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

Out Of The Abyss
1988 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Whitechapel
  2. Rites Of Blood
  3. Out Of The Abyss
  4. Return Of The Old Ones
  5. Black Cauldron
  6. Midnight Meat Train
  7. War In Heaven
  8. Slaughterhouse
  9. Helicon
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

The Courts Of Chaos
1990 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Road To Chaos
  2. Dig Me No Grave
  3. D.O.A.
  4. Into The Courts Of Chaos
  5. From Beyond
  6. A Touch Of Madness
  7. (VLAD) The Impaler
  8. The Prophecy
  9. The Books Of Skelos (trilogy)
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Randy Foxe

The Circus Maximus
1992 Black Dragon

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     Track Listing:
  1. Throne Of Blood
  2. Lux Aeterna
  3. Spider
  4. Murder By Degrees
  5. No Sign From Above
  6. In Gein We Trust
  7. Flesh And Fury
  8. No Touch
  9. Hack It Off
  10. Forbidden Zone
  11. She´s Fading
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Andrew Coss
  • Aaron Brown

Atlantis Rising
2001 Iron Glory

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     Track Listing:
  1. Megalodon
  2. Lemuria
  3. Atlantis Rising
  4. Sea Witch
  5. Resurrection
  6. Decimation
  7. Flight Of The Ravens
  8. March Of The Gods
  9. Siege Of Atland
  10. War Of The Gods
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Mark Anderson
  • Scott Peters

Spiral Castle
2002 Iron Glory

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     Track Listing:
  1. Gateway to the Sphere
  2. Spiral Castle
  3. Shadow
  4. Seven Trumpets
  5. Merchants of Death
  6. Born Upon the Soul
  7. Sands of Time
Lineup:
  • Bryan Patrick
  • Mark Shelton
  • Mark Anderson
  • Scott Peters

Mark Of The Beast
2002 Monster

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     Track Listing:
  1. Mark of the Beast
  2. Court of Avalon
  3. Avatar
  4. Dream Sequence
  5. Time Trap
  6. Black Lotus
  7. Teacher
  8. Aftershock
  9. Venusian Sea
  10. Triumvirate
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Rick Fisher

Gates Of Fire
2005 Battle Cry

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     Track Listing:
  1. Riddle Of Steel
  2. Behind The Veil
  3. When Giants Fall
  4. The Fall Of Iliam
  5. Imperious Rise
  6. Rome
  7. Stand Of The Spartans
  8. Betrayal
  9. Epitaph To The King
Lineup:
  • Bryan Patrick
  • Mark Shelton
  • Harvey Patrick
  • Cory Christner

Voyager
2008 My Graveyard

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     Track Listing:
  1. Tomb Of The Serpent King / Butchers Of The Sea
  2. Frost And Fire
  3. Tree Of Life
  4. Blood Eagle
  5. Voyager
  6. Eye Of The Storm
  7. Return Of The Serpent King
  8. Conquest
  9. Totentanz (The Dance Of Death)
Lineup:
  • Bryan Patrick
  • Mark Shelton
  • Vince Goleman
  • Cory Christner

After Midnight Live
2009 High Roller

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     Track Listing:
  1. Chromaphobia
  2. Life's So Hard
  3. Pentacle of Truth
  4. Dream of Peace
  5. Herman Hill
Lineup:
  • Mark Shelton
  • Scott Parks
  • Rick Fisher

Recorded in December of 1979.