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Open the Gates

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Track listing
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Open the Gates
| type = Album
| artist = Manilla Road
| cover = ManillaRoad OpenTheGates.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = 1985
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 52:45
| label = Black Dragon Records
| producer = Manilla Road, Max Merhoff and Rick Fisher
| prev_title = Crystal Logic
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = The Deluge
| next_year = 1986
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}^[1]
|rev2 = Kerrang!
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[2]
|rev3 = Rock Hard
|rev3score = 7.0/10^[3]
| noprose = yes
}}

Open the Gates is the fourth album by American heavy metal band Manilla Road. It was released in 1985 on the Black Dragon record label, rather than the band's own label, Roadster Records, which they had used on their previous releases.

The album is heavier than earlier material in part due to the departure of drummer Rick Fisher (who assisted with the production) and his replacement by Randy Foxe. The space rock elements of the band's sound were also superseded by more fantasy themes and a greater epic sensibility. Many of the songs are inspired by the Arthurian legends of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, others by R.B. Anderson's original translation of Norse mythology. The song "Astronomica" is based on the work by Marcus Manilius. The cover art is by Eric Larnoy.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Shelton.

"Metalstrom" – 5:17
"Open the Gates" – 2:20
"Astronomica" – 4:59
"Weavers of the Web" – 4:17
"The Ninth Wave" – 9:30
"Heavy Metal to the World" – 3:19
"The Fires of Mars" – 6:13
"Road of Kings" – 5:46
"Hour of the Dragon" – 4:44
"Witches Brew" – 6:20

Note

The 2001 digipack includes live versions of "Open the Gates" and "Witches Brew".

Personnel

Mark Shelton – vocals, guitar
Randy Foxe – drums
Scott Park – bass guitar

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/open-the-gates-r778588/review | title = Manilla Road Open the Gates review | accessdate = 2011-08-31 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
2. ^{{cite book | last1 = Wall | first1 = Mick | title = Kerrang! | chapter = Manilla Road 'Open the Gates' | volume = 106 | publisher = Morgan Grampian | date = 1 November 1985 | location = London, UK | pages = 27 }}
3. ^{{cite magazine |work=Rock Hard |url= https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/7665-open-the-gates.html |issue=12 |year=1985 |title=Review Album: Manilla Road — Open The Gates |first=Holger|last=Stratmann |language=German}}

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