R.I.P. Mark Shelton

[Master_Yoda77]

How did I miss this thread? Definitely a sad weekend. High Spirits played Alehorn of Power Fest in Chicago this Saturday and the staff at Reggie's played nothing but Manilla Road inbetween the bands. High Spirits also dedicated their song "High Spirits" to Mark. It was great.

 

[mutantllama]

R.I.P Mark, the two times I was fortunate to see them live were two of the best moments in my life. I remember Mark saying that if anyone at the show wanted to come to Witchita he'd play music with them and smoke weed. Coolest fucking guy.

 

[CiG]

This one has been getting shared around Facebook recently.

Invasion : "The Empire"
Metal : "Metal"
Crystal Logic : "The Veils of Negative Existence" (on a different day it could also be the title track or "The Ram")
Open the Gates : "The Ninth Wave"
The Deluge : "The Deluge"
Mystification : "Mystification"
Out of the Abyss : "Return of the Old Ones" ("Helicon" a close second)
The Courts of Chaos : "The Prophecy"
The Circus Maximus : "Throne of Blood"
Atlantis Rising : "Atlantis Rising"
Spiral Castle : "Seven Trumpets"
Mark of the Beast : "Avatar"
Gates of Fire : "The Fall of Iliam" ("Rome" a close second)
Voyager : "Totentanz (The Dance of Death)"
Playground of the Damned : "Abattoir de la Mort"
Mysterium : "Mysterium"
The Blessed Curse : "Tomes of Clay"
To Kill a King : "To Kill a King" ("The Arena" a very close second)

 

[Vegard Pompey]

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This one has been getting shared around Facebook recently.

Invasion : "The Empire"
Metal : "Metal"
Crystal Logic : "The Veils of Negative Existence" (on a different day it could also be the title track or "The Ram")
Open the Gates : "The Ninth Wave"
The Deluge : "The Deluge"
Mystification : "Mystification"
Out of the Abyss : "Return of the Old Ones" ("Helicon" a close second)
The Courts of Chaos : "The Prophecy"
The Circus Maximus : "Throne of Blood"
Atlantis Rising : "Atlantis Rising"
Spiral Castle : "Seven Trumpets"
Mark of the Beast : "Avatar"
Gates of Fire : "The Fall of Iliam" ("Rome" a close second)
Voyager : "Totentanz (The Dance of Death)"
Playground of the Damned : "Abattoir de la Mort"
Mysterium : "Mysterium"
The Blessed Curse : "Tomes of Clay"
To Kill a King : "To Kill a King" ("The Arena" a very close second)

Great list. I need to relisten to some albums first but I will do this also.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Invasion: "The Empire"
Metal: "Metal"
Crystal Logic: "Necropolis"
Open the Gates: "The Fires of Mars"
The Deluge: "Divine Victim"
Mystification: "Mystification"
Out of the Abyss: "War in Heaven"
The Courts of Chaos: "Road to Chaos"
The Circus Maximus: "Murder By Degrees"
Spiral Castle: "Seven Trumpets"
Mark of the Beast: "Court of Avalon"
Gates of Fire: "Behind the Veil"
Voyager: "Totentanz (The Dance of Death)"
Playground of the Damned: "Art of War"
Mysterium: "Hermitage"
The Blessed Curse: "The Blessed Curse"
To Kill a King: "To Kill a King"

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Invasion : Street Jammer
Metal : Queen of the Black Coast
Crystal Logic : The Veils of Negative Existence/Riddle Master
Open the Gates : The Road of Kings
The Deluge : The Deluge
Mystification : Haunted Palace
Out of the Abyss : My least favorite album probably. Hard to say. I guess Helicon
The Courts of Chaos : Dig Me No Grave
The Circus Maximus : Throne of Blood
Atlantis Rising : Megalodon
Spiral Castle : Seven Trumpets
Mark of the Beast : Triumvrate
Gates of Fire : When Giants Fall
Voyager : Tree of Life
Playground of the Damned : Art of War
Mysterium : The Fountain
The Blessed Curse : Tomes of Clay/After the Muse
To Kill a King : The Arena

 

[rms]

Invasion : Street Jammer
Metal : Cage of Mirrors
Crystal Logic : Necropolis
Open the Gates : Astronomica
The Deluge : Isle of the Dead
Mystification : Death By the Hammer
Out of the Abyss : Slaughterhouse
The Courts of Chaos : Vlad the Impaler
The Circus Maximus : Throne of Blood
Atlantis Rising : Megalodon
Spiral Castle : Throne of Lies
Mark of the Beast : Court of Avalon
Gates of Fire : Fall of Illiam
Voyager : Totentanz

 

[Master_Yoda77]

WUT? Throne of Lies might be the worst Manilla Road song ever...

 

[CiG]

Huh, don't think I even know that song. It's not on my copy of Spiral Castle.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Haven't heard them all but of what I have:

Crystal Logic : Necropolis
Open the Gates : The Fires of Mars
The Deluge : Dementia
Mystification : Mystification
Out of the Abyss : Return of the Old Ones
The Courts of Chaos : The Prophecy
The Circus Maximus : Murder by Degrees
Atlantis Rising : Megalodon
Spiral Castle : Seven Trumpets
Mark of the Beast : Avatar
Gates of Fire : Epitaph to the King

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Huh, don't think I even know that song. It's not on my copy of Spiral Castle.

I think it's that nu metal song they did.

 

[Bloopy]

According to their old website it's an outtake/vinyl bonus track. It's on the 2013 CD reissue and there's a download of it here: http://truemetal.org/manillaroad/mp3.html

 

[CiG]

Nice one @rms your favourite song on one of Manilla Road's best post-classic era albums is a nu-metal song not even originally on the album.

Low metal IQ stuff.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

According to their old website it's an outtake/vinyl bonus track. It's on the 2013 CD reissue and there's a download of it here: http://truemetal.org/manillaroad/mp3.html

First time hearing this. It's actually pretty good aside from the cringey "telling me lies, telling me lies, telling me" part.

 

[CiG]

First time hearing this. It's actually pretty good aside from the cringey "telling me lies, telling me lies, telling me" part.

They took a cool song and pissed all over it for no reason with that "tellin' me lies tellin' me lies tellin' me" bullshit.

 

[rms]

WUT? Throne of Lies might be the worst Manilla Road song ever...

well you like that shit show of a last album

this shit is nu-metal? da fuq. gatekeeper is metal and this is nu metal, world is bizarro.

probably mark's best vocal performance after the 80s. i barely have favorite tracks anyways so i'm kind of a poser for even doing this list.

 

[CiG]

How can anybody actually like that "tellin' me lies tellin' me lies tellin' me" bullshit? It's clearly influenced by some kind of shitty nu-metal/rap rock and completely unsurprising that it's an outtake.

 

[rms]

bro the faccccccking signing behind that is legendary. and the drums. the guitar work.

fack you guys (boston accent)

 

[HamburgerBoy]

You managed to name a bunch of my least/near-least favorites from their respective albums actually (Death by the Hammer, Slaughterhouse, Vlad the Impaler). All of those are even worse than Throne of Lies.

 

[rms]

how can you not like the gallopping slaughterhouse with them fucking vocals