PRAYING MANTIS Begin Work On New Album.....

PRAYING MANTIS Begin Work On New Album; Working Title Revealed

Frontiers Records report that NWOBHM act PRAYING MANTIS have started working on their new studio album, with the working title Touch The Rainbow.

Says Frontiers, "They will shortly begin recording and the likelihood is that the album will be recorded during the month of September in Atlanta, Georgia with an anticipated release in early 2009.

The current lineup of the band includes, of course, founding members Tino and Chris Troy on guitars and bass respectively, Benjamin Reid on drums, Andy Burgess on guitar and Mike Freeland on vocals, the lineup of which they have already played a number of successful festivals in UK and Europe during 2008.

The new songs once again present the familiar blend of the hard rock edge with very melodic "hookline" choruses that have always been an essential trade mark of Mantis since the 1980's.

Though this will be yet another album on the ever growing discography of the band, Chris Troy believes that: "This may well prove to be the best album Mantis have ever written!".

Look out the Mantis are definitely back and kicking!"

l'écriture de Threshold of a Dream est terminée, sortie pour le 1er semestre 2009 :

British Melodic Hard Rock combo Praying Mantis has finally completed the songwriting sessions for the new album to be entitled Threshold of a Dream and has been busy in the recording sessions in Atlanta, USA in the past few weeks.

Songs recorded include:
“Threshold of a Dream”,
“Sanctuary”,
“Broken Chain”
“Touch The Rainbow”,
“Turn The Tide”;
“Tears In The Rain”,
“Restless”,
“Heart In Time”,
“So High”,
“Playing God”
“Highway”.

The new songs once again present the familiar blend of the Hard Rock edge with very melodic "hookline" choruses that have always been an essential trade mark of Mantis, still there will be a couple of epic numbers to complete the lot. Frontiers hopes to release the album in the in the first half of 2009.