Atlantis Rising

Atlantis Rising is a concept album released by heavy metal band Manilla Road in 2001. Its content revolves around the lost continent of Atlantis re-emerging and the resulting war between the Æsir and Great Old Ones over the continent.

Atlantis Rising
Studio album by
Manilla Road
Released2001
GenreHeavy metal
Length56:58
LabelIron Glory
Manilla Road chronology
The Circus Maximus
(1992)		 Atlantis Rising
(2001)		 Spiral Castle
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Themes and reception

The album was a reunion release after the band dissolved ten years earlier, according to metal.de. It met with a mixed reception. Metal.de criticized the mix and recording quality, but praised the song material itself, calling it a decent comeback album.[2] Rockhard.de praised the album, saying productive was predictive but perfect for the band's traditional metal sound. The review called the track "Resurrection" the best song of the year.[3]

Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia called it one of the "finest albums of the cult-heavy metal heroes' long career," calling the band's sound vibrant and epic.[1] The album's lyrics link stories such as the legend of Atlantis, the Cthulhu Mythos, Greek and Norse deities "like some outrageously mishmash omnibus," according to Rivadavia.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Megalodon" - 8:20
  2. "Lemuria" - 2:50
  3. "Atlantis Rising" - 7:01
  4. "Sea Witch" - 4:29
  5. "Resurrection" - 6:38
  6. "Decimation" - 6:38
  7. "Flight of the Ravens" - 2:11
  8. "March of the Gods" - 5:09
  9. "Siege of Atland" - 4:53
  10. "War of the Gods" - 8:49

Credits
  • Mark Shelton - guitars and vocals
  • Scott Peters - drums and drum arrangements
  • Bryan Patrick - vocals, drum arrangements (drums on "Sea Witch")
  • Mark Anderson - bass guitars and six-string classic guitar
  • Darby Michael Pentecost - vocals (title track "Atlantis Rising")

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Atlantis Rising at AllMusic
  2. Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising - Review (in German), metal.de, 2001, retrieved May 15, 2023
  3. Kaiser, Boris (2001), Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising - Review, Rockhard.de, retrieved May 15, 2023


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