Hi all, we have added two new dates to our gig listings. They are as follows: 29th Jan 2010 The Tavern, Wigan, UK with Tygers of Pan Tang The Tavern, 37 Mesnes St, Wigan, WN1 1QP www.myspace.com/thetavernwigan 30th Jan 2010 Rock & Blues Festival Butlins, Skegness Skegness, Lincolnshire United Kingdom http://www.bigweekends.com/splash-pages/rock-and-blues.aspx More information as we […]
Marios Metal Mania http://www.mariosmetalmania.com/CDDVDreviews.html PRAYING MANTIS – Sanctuary (CD) United Kingdom October 2009 Kostas Kounadinis Style: Melodic Metal Running time: 61:40 (Tracks: 12) Hard Rock veterans Praying Mantis are back with a brand new studio album. The Troy brothers have recruited a new line up and present us the long anticipated “Sanctuary”. Initially I was […]
Praying Mantis – Sanctuary…. Details: 2009, Frontiers, CD Just like their nwobhm contemporaries Tygers Of Pan Tang last year, Praying Mantis, still guided by Tino and Chris Troy, have returned with what I think is an impressive new album, and for a band occasionally labelled as disappointingly lightweight since a superb debut way back when, […]
Tino Troy (PRAYING MANTIS) Interview “Due to the occasion on the release of the new Praying Mantis album under the title “Sanctuary” an opportunity was given to Rockwind.eu to attain an interview with Tino Troy through our colleague Kyriakos Athanasiadis A lot have been told and very interesting stuff. So here it is…” Hallo there! What’s the news […]
Metal Integral France: Praying Mantis ‘Sanctuary’ review http://metal-integral.com/chronique.do?chronique_ID=1050 PRAYING MANTIS – Sanctuary Style : Hard Rock Support : MP3 – Year : 2009 Origin of the record : Received from the Label 10track(s) – 51minute(s) Label(s) : Frontiers Records (16/20) Author : Rémifm Publishing date : 21/05/09 L’ venture continues… 30 years ago, yes you […]
PRAYING MANTIS “Sanctuary” (Frontiers Records) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=es|en&u=http://risemetal.com/2009/10/05/reviews-de-cds-praying-mantis-sanctuary/ The British Praying Mantis , led by brothers Tino and Chris Troy (guitar and bass respectively), are part of the scene for over thirty five years prior to the outbreak of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal between the late ‘ 70 and early ’80s where bands like […]
http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-5818.html Praying Mantis – 5 Sanctuary (Frontiers Records) Total Time: 50:58 Mantis did it again man. Yes I would expect nothing by those British pioneers of electric Rocking melody than another catchy, hard as a rock and melodic masterpiece. Sanctuary is already on my top ten list with the albums of the year. Why? Because […]
Get Ready To Rock.com Bridgefest Review (Praying Mantis, Dennis Stratton & OD Saxon) …………………… OLIVER DAWSON SAXON/DENNIS STRATTON/ PRAYING MANTIS Bridgehouse II, London, 30 August 2009 Thirty years ago the new wave of British Heavy metal (NWOBHM) was alive and well here in Canning Town East London at the Bridgehouse in East London, where the […]