Many Thanks to Mark Taylor for coming down and giving both his support and excellent review!!!

PRAYING MANTIS
MERTON MANOR CLUB, LONDON

What a good way to warm up for another year full of more gigs than with a low key warm up Praying Mantis gig before they head off to Japan for gigs in Tokyo and Osaka.

Japan has been kind to Praying Mantis over the years. Whilst the rest of the world was getting drenched in a sludge of grunge in the early nineties, the Japanese market was lapping up a trio of albums; ‘Predator In Disguise’, ‘A Cry For The New World’ and ‘To The Power Of Ten’ which kept the band very much alive.

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HARD ROCK HELL V
Pontins, Prestatyn
2nd/4th December 2011

(**Many thanks to Mark Taylor for his fantastic review**)

Read the full Hard Rock Hell review here: http://www.metaltalk.net/columns/20101732.php

”Praying Mantis are a band who are going from strength to strength. In fact they are better now than they have ever been in their career. I thought that their brand of harmonic melodic rock might be too much for most sozzled minds on this graveyard shift but Praying Mantis soon captured everyone’s imagination as they gave a very well crafted and polished set.

CD Japan has listed ‘Metalmorphosis’ as one of there ‘Top Future Sellers’ listed here: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/music/cd/j_index.html

To order your copy, follow this link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KICP-1598

Many thanks to Andy who has listed ‘Metalmorphosis’ among his Top 30 2011 – Praying Mantis comes in at a brilliant 18!

Check it out here:  http://metalmark.blogspot.com/2011/12/andys-top-30-heavy-metal-album-reviews.html

Praying Mantis … finally!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_jcNQi1tzo

Yes, true, despite a whole year waiting, finally on Saturday 26N in Barcelona, true NWOBHM Legends were delivering a great show. Raven and Praying Mantis were headliners. Before, Bourbon Society, Wild and Tysondog were opening the festival METALCOVA IV.

Around 23:00 h local time, Praying Mantis went on scene and checking sound. After 20 minutes which seemed eternal, finally thumbs up from Tino and drummer.

http://www.dangerdog.com/2011-music-reviews/praying-mantis-metalmorphosis-review.php

Many thanks to Craig for his awesome review via Danger Dog USA!

PRAYING MANTIS: METALMORPHOSIS

It’s unlikely as an American, unless you’re a devotee or historian of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), you will know of England’s Praying Mantis. Their origins go deep into the late Seventies and then breakout with a substantial NWOBHM classic Time Tells No Lies in 1981. Difficult times followed, even though they had support slots with Iron Maiden, and the band fumbled. A resurrection occurred in 1991 and continued through 2003 until another lapse. 2009 brought usSanctuary, a positive and true example of PM’s melodic hard rock, on the Frontiers label.

“Metalmorphosis” of “Praying Mantis” (2011, self-distribution)

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Many thanks to Lee for this awesome review!

Check it out at the following link:

http://www.planetmosh.com/hard-rock-hell-v-%E2%80%93-village-of-the-damned-thursday-festival/

A distinctly positive review from Prestatyn, courtesy of the folk at CackBlabbath

Read it here: http://www.cackblabbath.co.uk/2011/12/04/hard-rock-hell-v-thursday/

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