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, […]
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 […]
Digital Steel – Netherlands http://www.digital-steel.com/DS/index.php?headpage=albumrevs&id=1414 Praying Mantis 01. In Time 02. Restless Heart 03. Tears In The Rain 04. So High 05. Turn The Tide 06. Touch The Rainbow 07. Threshold Of A Dream 08. Playing God 09. Highway 10. Sanctuary After years of playing their classics live on stage, British hard rockers Praying Mantis […]
Spirit Of Metal Review France http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Praying_Mantis-nom_album-Sanctuary-l-en.html Praying Mantis are a proper old school heavy metal band, formed back in 1979 in the UK. Their newest album ‘Sanctuary’ has come after a gap of 6 years since their last full length ‘The journey goes on’, and they deliver an excellent, rocking album full of soaring riffs, […]
Metalized Magazine Denmark ‘Sanctuary’ review – big thank you to Ole Bach 🙂 http://www.metalized.dk/ PRAYING MANTIS Sanctuary 10/10 Praying Mantis got together way back in 1977 by the two brothers Tino and Chris Troy and they are still in the band. Very impressive because the band through the years have changed line up many times, […]