PRAYING MANTIS - TIME TELL NO LIES

Well well what we have to say about this release. I believe it has some of the best tracks that Mantis ever recorder in their first period. The record starts with Cheated a rather quick song for Mantis and I think it was one of the hits of Mantis. Next track All day and all of the night a song I never understood why this track has to be in this Lp and why they had to release it as a single. I think it doesn’t fit the Mantis style even though the original version it is a little better. Running for tomorrow and rich City Kids are 2 songs in the classic nwobhm style that Mantis had. Next song Lovers to the grave is along with Raining in Kensington and Listen what your heart says the best love songs of Mantis. Panic is the streets is a raw metal song with rather strange lyrics I must say searching like vampires for the blood on the streets the next track Beads of ebony has a more melodic hard rock feeling but after you hear it the chorus is stuck in your mind. Then it is my favorite song Flirting with suicide and the record ends with the beautiful Children of the Earth. 10/10 why? Because this record is on the top 10 of the Nwobhm era and because this record brings me very good feelings everytime I am hearing it.

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