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Artist: Praying Mantis

Title: Time Tells No Lies

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Category: Melodic Hard Rock

Year: 1981

Label: High Vaultage Records (Germany)

Catalog Number: HV-1001

Personnel

Tino Troy guitar, vocals
Steve Carroll guitar, vocals
Chris Troy bass, vocals
Dave Potts drums

Tracks

1.  Cheated  3:52
2.  All Day and All of the Night  3:58  Cover: The Kinks
3.  Running for Tomorrow  3:40
4.  Rich City Kids  3:47
5.  Lovers to the Grave  4:52
6.  Panic in the Streets  3:42
7.  Beads of Ebony  5:34
8.  Flirting With Suicide  5:04
9.  Children of the Earth  5:43
10.  Thirty Pieces of Silver bonus track  3:56
11.  Flirting With Suicide live bonus track  5:02
12.  Panic in the Streets live bonus track  3:46
  
Total Running Time:  52:56

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Existing comments about this CD

From: Daniel Serian Date: February 13, 2001 at 15:43
What can I say. I didn't like this album when it first came out in 1981. That was stupid. It soon grew to be one of my top 5 albums of all-time. If you love early 1980's hard rock/melodic metal ala Scorpions, UFO, etc.. then you will love this. I still listen to this album 20 years later. My favorites are "Running For Tomorrow", "Lovers to the Grave", "Panic in the Streets","Beads of Ebony", "Flirting with Suicide", "Children of the Earth". This is not HEAVY metal, but more subtle hard rock.

From: Axelinger Date: April 15, 2003 at 5:11
Cheated is easily one of the most impressive tracks they've ever recorded...

From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 1 Date: October 22, 2003 at 7:26
Entre el Hard Melódico y el Heavy melódico o para dejarlo mas claro diria q seria una mezcla de Iron Maiden y Thin Lizzy,sobretodo algunas partes de guitarra son clavadas a los grupos q he citado.Algunos temas interesantes serian el inicial Cheated o Thirty Pieces Of The Siver.ACEPTABLE.

From: bernardito Date: December 17, 2003 at 0:10
COINCIDO CON 9 CAMPEONES A UNO, este se me hace un disco retro, si me suena muy viejo pero encuentro temas de buena calidad sin ser maravillosos, es un disco disfrutable, pero no la maravilla. ponemos 75 /100 saludos desde mexico!!!

From: Rycheage Date: March 29, 2004 at 23:55
The band had a professional sheen by the time the recording was made. Evidenced on songs such as 'Cheated' and 'Rich City Kids'. The twin guitar approach from Tino Troy and Steve Carroll add some depth to the tracks, and they can be heard on classic Mantis tunes such as 'Running From Tomorrow' and 'Panic In The Streets'. The remainder of the songs are all solid efforts.

From: mammutus Date: April 6, 2004 at 4:19
Steve Carrol is a great musician this album is forever

From: simon loxham Date: February 12, 2005 at 4:00
Way ahead of their time,I first saw Mantis when they supported Triumph at Manchester Apollo.It's classic melody and muscle with great harmonies,brilliant time changes and fantastic guitar.No Mantis release has matched this album.Quite simply this album is essential for any fan of AOR.Also the cover is brilliant and the CD contains 3 extra tracks including the classic Thirty Pieces of Silver. Buy this album now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: juan carlos Date: November 1, 2006 at 18:28
Ni bien sacaron este album debut se le citaron como la copia o imitación de los Maiden y se nota a leguas eso pero yo diría que suena mas a grupos de los 70s como The Kinks, UFO y por sobretodos a THIN LIZZY! Dios si parece una copia de ellos! asi que si hablamos de originalidad... "Cheated" sin lugar a dudas es su mejor tema, muy AOR y muy bueno. De todas formas se siente mucha la nostalgia del sonido de esos años. 8/10

From: juan carlos Date: November 1, 2006 at 18:50
Por ejemplo, acá tengo a los WITCHFINDER GENERAL con su disco "Friends Of Hell" del 83 (de la NWoBHM) y es una clara copia de los Black Sabbath etapa Ozzy. Era la época de los grupos en masa de la Gran Bretaña que salían a partir de principios de los 80s todo por conseguir un contrato discográfico y que sonaran a Judas Priest o Iron Maiden o en ese estilo. Total, había para todos pero muchos fracasaron en el intento, igual queda la nostalgia de esos años que no volveran..

From: edwithmj Date: September 28, 2012 at 8:35
Very, very good melodic heavy metal. Mantis were more melodic than the other NWOBHM bands and it shows. The songs have a polished sheen and even the Kinks cover sounds like one of their own songs. 95/100

From: CHESSBOARDER Date: July 7, 2018 at 16:46
I can't believe, how to compare this Album with Iron Maidens Music? So much harmonies in every single song. Dunno, I love it, my rating is 100!

From: hair metal again Date: February 15, 2019 at 9:24
very good debut for PRAYING MANTIS in the early 80 s with a solid professional sound & performance and many good songs around like "cheated",'children of the earth","rich city kids"and "flirting with suicide"!a classic of that era for sure


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