SENTRY (ex-Manilla Road members) - Album out on High Roller Records March 1rst 2024! Epic Metal!

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5 ай бұрын

#epicmetal #manillaroad www.hrrrecords.de ** Bryan Hellroadie Patrick - Vocals, Phil Ross - Bass, Kalli - Guitars, Neudi - Drums. Mastered by Patrick Engel, produced by Coldsmith. When Mark Shelton died on July 27th 2018 at the age of only 60 years after a gig of Manilla Road at Headbangers Open Air in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, the shock to the heavy metal underground community was huge. The band dissolved while a Manilla Road tribute show in honor of Mark was celebrated at the Keep It True festival in 2019. It took five long years for ex-Manilla Road members Bryan Patrick (vocals), Phil Ross (bass) and Andreas “Neudi” Neuderth (drums) to make up their minds and form a new band, continuing the legacy of the epic metal masters. They are joined by Kalli Coldsmith on guitar. The name of the band is Sentry and they debuted with a two track promo EP in 2023 (featuring “Heavensent” and “Black Candles”) before signing a deal with High Roller Records. The result is their self-titled debut album consisting of six brand new compositions plus the two songs from the promo EP (the CD edition comes with an additional bonus track, “Incarnation Of Evil” by the mighty Candlemass). The material on the album was recorded at Kalli Coldsmith's studio near Darmstadt as well as Phil’s own studio in Wichita, Kansas, USA. One thing is very important to Sentry, they won’t like to be seen as a carbon copy of Manilla Road, as guitarist Kalli Coldsmith makes absolutely clear: “We’re simply a different band with own original songs and without a huge back catalog. We’re trying to stand for ourselves and find our own style that makes you recognize ’This is Sentry!’” He continues: “Since I wrote most of the material and I never was in Manilla Road, the songs don’t go back to the times of Mark. ‘Heavensent’ is a song that was written reflecting the impressions of the Mark Shelton tribute show at Keep It True which was an emotional roller coaster ride for all musicians and friends involved. So, this song was sent from the Heavens, so to speak. Most of the other songs were brand new, together with some old ideas from my riff vaults.” Bassist Phil Ross adds: “This band would not exist without Mark, so of course in a way you can classify it as a tribute to him. Lyrically you'll pick up on many tributes you could say are ‘for or to’ Mark. We think he would like this LP but we are absolutely not trying to write music ’for Mark’ or ‘for Manilla fans’. We are doing it because we think we can create something new within the structure of this band that interests metal fans, and that includes Manilla fans! I think each member has contributed to the new album in ways that we haven't contributed to other recordings. We are mindful of respecting where we came from and how we got here but it happened naturally and organically. We never formed the band to ‘make a tribute’ to Mark.”

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@pyromessiah534 3 ай бұрын

Got my copy yesterday. Thank you Neudi for your many contributions to keeping metal alive and well.

@stamosgre3356 4 ай бұрын

True metal!!

@lenyatesmetalhead 5 ай бұрын

Can’t wait for it to be released loved manilla road and this sounds in a similar style RIP Shark

@IntercactusYKW 5 ай бұрын

Shark would be very very proud :D You and the rest are killing it! I cannot wait to listen to the LP. Come play in Ireland, maybe? :)

@StrikeOnStreetclipTV 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! We hope so! When I was in Manilla Road we didn´t play Ireland but there were plans....

@IntercactusYKW 5 ай бұрын

@@StrikeOnStreetclipTV We love you bunch a lot over here, big fans of epic/trad metal.. Cirith Ungol are playing in August and so many people I know are going! I look forward to the future of Sentry 🤘