Praying Mantis was released June 1980
(23 votes, average: 8.91 out of 10)
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| Catalogue | |||
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| Type | Cat No. | Label | Country |
| 7″ | GEMS36 | Gem | UK |
| CD Comp – NWOBHM Metal Rarities Volume 1 | CD Metal 2 | British Steel | UK |
| Track List | ||
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| Title | Writers |
Length
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| 01. Praying Mantis | Troy/Troy | 3′ 20″ |
| 02. High Roller | Angelo | 3′ 09″ |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Studios | Engineering |
| •Unknown | •Unknown |
| Mixer/Producer | Artwork |
| •Alan Leeming | •Rodney Matthews |
| General Notes | |
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I have been a Praying Mantis fan since I first heard "Captured City" on Metal for Muthas. Time Tells No Lies has always been on of my favourite albums and I was overjoyed when I first discovered it was out on CD. I didn't know what had happened after the first album until in about 1994 I discovered "A Cry For The New World". I was worried about getting it as I thought it had to be a disappointment but I was wrong. I loved it and have followed the band and maintained this website ever since.
Wow, that sure brings up some good memories!!!
This is the second effort of the Mantis boys on the NWOBHM history
but the first official and available to the public release since “Sounhouse Tapes or Captured
City 7”” was released for promotional reasons.
The 7” has 2 songs the homonymous track which i’d rather say is one of the weakest songs
that Mantis ever made, still there is a good underground feeling in it. The b’ side was
“High Roller” a rather weird song that was also written by Rob Angelo (ex-Iron Maiden).
As far as i know the 7” got some great reviews and just for the history the very
first copies of the single came with a t-shirt patch with the cover of the single…