Mystification (album)

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Mystification
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1987
Recorded1986
Studio
Genre
Length43:02
Label Black Dragon [1]
Producer Manilla Road, Paul Zaleski, Larry Funk
Manilla Road chronology
The Deluge
(1986)
Mystification
(1987)
Out of the Abyss
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chronicles of Chaos 9/10 [3]

Mystification is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Manilla Road, released in 1987. [4] [5] It was re-released in 2000 on Sentinel Steel Records.

Contents

The album was inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe. [6]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "bandleader Mark Shelton's stirring guitar work often comes to the rescue, spinning beautiful melodic yarns across the near epic 'Children of the Night' and the Haley's Comet-inspired 'Dragon Star', while additional album standouts such as 'Spirits of the Dead' and the title track finally display the clever combination of melodic savvy and compelling oft-spiritual lyrics to get them through." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Haunted Palace" – 4:23
  2. "Spirits of the Dead" – 4:24
  3. "Valley of Unrest" – 3:41
  4. "Mystification" – 5:35
  5. "Masque of the Red Death" – 5:21
  6. "Up From the Crypt" – 3:02
  7. "Children of the Night" – 6:55
  8. "Dragon Star" – 5:56
  9. "Death by the Hammer" – 3:45

Credits

Manilla Road
Production

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Mystification - Manilla Road | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "CoC : Manilla Road - Mystification : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
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