Manilla Road

With »To Kill A King«, Manilla Road prove they're not ready for the scrap heap just yet.

Location: Balingen / Messegelände / Germany Date: 15.07.2016 And so the second day of the 21st edition of the legendary Bang Your Head!! festival in Balingen, Germany, rolled around. The night was fresh and the morning properly cold,…

Another outstanding lineup of top-tier bands, each with a unique artistic character, all belonging to the realms of metal and hard rock, with day two's program happily centered on thrash metal.

The album »The Blessed Curse« very successfully and effectively catches up with the brightest chapters of Manilla Road's discography. With a bit more care put into the production, which sadly limps on this record, it would have reached even…

The festival's second day was all about fickle weather that showed us no mercy even late into the night, but during killer sets from Obituary, Manilla Road and Vader, the rain quickly drifted into oblivion.

»Mysterium« brings back only part of the muscular look of Manilla Road's once-brilliant epic metal punch and stature. The guitar riffs are once again pushed into the background, and how inventive they are is questionable too. The album only…

Kansas band Manilla Road are without a doubt one of the legendary metal acts, one that actually helped shape the whole metal movement. Founded back in 1977, the band is sadly also one of metal's most overlooked giants, since it

""Play It Loud festival II." was organized by the label My Graveyard Productions, and this year too it put a heavy emphasis on homegrown bands. But when the organizer throws in legendary acts like Helstar, Manilla Road, Elixir, Steel…

Location: Orzinuovi (Brescia) / Buddha / ItalyConcert date: 23.02.2008Attendance: 2302Ticket price: 1100 Play It Loud! Festival II. 2008, in the little town of Orzinuovi, 30 km from Brescia, headlined by a few living fossils! Impossible to…