Praying Mantis

Classic Rock Present AOR vol 8 features a review of Praying Mantis’ career and is on sale from today.

Praying Mantis have the current gigs line up so far this year.

Sat. 23rd March – Merton Manor, 76 Kingston Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 1LA, United Kingdom – See facebook
Sat. 30th March – Very ‘Eavy Festival, “De Spont”, Gandhiplein 4, Stadskanaal, The Netherlands (also features a special set from Dennis Stratton)
26th-28th July – Headbangers’ Open Air festival, Schierenhöhe 13, 25364 Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany
Sat. 5th October – Metal Wave UK festival, The Circus Tavern, Meads Corner, Purfleet, Essex, RM19 1TS, United Kingdom (also features a special set from Dennis Stratton’s Maiden Years)

My details for these show are a limited but Praying Mantis have the following shows planned.

Thursday 19th July, Merton manor, 76 Kingston Road, South Wimbledon, London, SW19 1LA
Friday 27th July, Nicosia, Cyprus, Power of the Night festival
Saturday 28th July, Stuttgart, Germany, Rock of Ages festival

“It’s a book about my times in both IRON MAIDEN & PRAYING MANTIS. It covers all of the time spent in ‘MAIDEN, all in chonological order, in great detail, along with early snapshots of the band, which have never been seen. It also covers all my ‘MANTIS gigs, and both tours (METAL FOR MUTHAS & MAIDENS first headline tour, on which we supported them ),and details all the ridicoulous situations that we go into on the road!) It contains about 12 early Maiden pix, plus various shots of ‘Mantis. There are many references to other bands and members from around the time, and I’m sure it will be a very interesting and amusing read !!!”

We are pleased to tell fans that Derek Oliver and his team at Rock Candy are going to be re-releasing ”Time Tells No Lies’ available from 13th February 2012. If you haven’t already, please check it out. Have given you a taster of  ’Panic In The Streets’ from the album.

The brand new PRESSING features 24-BIT remastered audio, special liner notes and a long-overdue repressing! 2012 ROCK CANDY RECORDS | ENGLAND IMPORTED

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You can order it directly from Rock Candy after 13th Feb 2012 through their online store located at: http://www.rockcandyrecords.co.uk/News/

Many thanks for the support in advance!

If you havent already, please check out the new Fan Photo gallery that is growing by the day!

It is located on our Official Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.354126900809.163657.59973165809&type=1

If you have any photos from days gone by or more recently, please drop me a line at sonia.waterfield@lycos.com, I look forward to hearing from you!

Keep rocking strong!

Please find these fantastic photos taken by fans to share with you guys. Cheers to Derek Carter and Mark Taylor for their contributions!

Check them all out here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.354126900809.163657.59973165809&type=1

If you want to contribute, drop me a line at sonia.waterfield@lycos.com with your piccies attached and I will upload and credit them to you with a copyright! Looking forward to seeing them

Merton Manor Club, South Wimbledon - Jan 2012

Photos Courtesy of Derek Carter. Copyrighted.

Many thanks to Ian at Rock Radio Oni who is featuring Praying Mantis on Thursday, 7pm, repeated Friday 10pm http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/

Anytime, http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/hosts/balatty.html

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If your ever in Northern Ireland, make sure you give us a shout!!

Metalmorphosis – Japanese Edition was released 21 December 2011

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(Many thanks to Mark for his support and taking the time out to interview and review the gig for Metal-Talk)

Praying Mantis flew off to Japan today for gigs in Tokyo and Osaka and Mark spent some time chatting to the band on Saturday night before their London warm up gig. Here’s what they had to say…

Watch it here at the official Metal-Talk site: http://metaltalk.net/columns/20101743.php