Mystification | ||||
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Released | August 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
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Length | 43:02 | |||
Label | Black Dragon[1] | |||
Producer | Manilla Road, Paul Zaleski, Larry Funk | |||
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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.
The album was inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe.[6]
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]