Mark Of The Beast - Manilla Road

Kansas based Manilla Road is the brainchild of lead guitarist Mark the Shark, this album was to be the band's second album back in 1981 but was eventually scrapped and it wasn't until 2002 when it was cleaned up and re-released. Once you get past the moving Mark of the Beast track, you may be forgiven for thinking you had been coaxed in to buying or listening to it under false pretences as the 2nd track is a bit of a weak track. I, myself thought that I had the answer to all those hardcore fans who question why the band never gained mainstream popularity - that being the vocals which were like Phil Collins doing Megadeth and had very little appealing to them. ...  Read the complete review