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I can't believe these guys are still releasing albums! 19 years after their debut "Time Tells No Lies", the Troy brothers Tino (guitars, keyboards) and Chris (bass, keyboards) are releasing "Nowhere To Hide", their sixth studio album. Throughout the years, Praying Mantis had countless singers (Steve Carroll, Paul Di'Anno - ex-Iron Maiden, Gary Barden - ex-MSG, Mark Thompson-Smith), this time it's Tony O'Hara (he also sang on the last album "Forever In Time"). He has a clean AOR voice and does a great job on "Nowhere To Hide". Bruce Bisland (drums) and Dennis Stratton (guitar, another ex-Iron Maiden member) are completing the band. "Nowhere To Hide" contains ten great AOR songs produced by ex-MSG guitar player Steve Mann. Most of the tracks are midtempo to uptemto, have huge melodies and great guitar lines (for example "Can't Stop The Fire" and "Future Of The World" or the title track). "Whenever I'm Lost" is a very soft ballad with a bombastic chorus. Sometimes the backing vocals are too sweet, like on "You'll Never Know". So the song sounds a bit powerless. It's strange that the bonus track "Naked" is the heaviest track on the album - and also one of the best! The album ends with "SOS", another fast track with great harmonies. Melodic rock at its best.

Rating: 8

Review by: Rage

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