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Praying Mantis

'Nowhere To Hide'

(Frontiers - FR CD 073)

It seems amazing to think that a band whose memory is still accorded such respect for their excellent 'Time Tells No Lies' album actually released it some 20 years ago. But since they reformed in 1990, Praying Mantis have been hard at work releasing a string of albums, though mostly in Japan.

'Nowhere To Hide' is their second album to feature vocalist Tony O'Hora, once briefly of Onslaught and, if memory serves me well, Runaway Stray too, and now with a settled line-up their finely tuned melodic rock has once more hit heights similar to that of their 1981 debut.

Although 'Nowhere To Hide' doesn't exactly break new ground, any old Mantis fans will revel in its solidly pleasing wall of rhythmic guitars and lush keyboards, which still evoke memories of the band during their NWOBHM hey day. It may be a far cry from today's numetal strain, and, sadly, even hardly likely to attract much attention, but it's a class hand from a band who prove they can still cut it.

Jerry Ewing

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