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Tracklist
01
Dark Matter
02
The Haunting
03
Heavensent
04
Valkyries (raise The Hammers)
05
Awakening
06
Black Candles
07
Raven's Night
08
Funeral
09
Incarnation Of Evil (candlemass Cover) (cd Bonustrack)
Description
When Mark Shelton died on July 27, 2018 at the age of just 60 after a performance by Manilla Road at the Headbangers Open Air in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, there was great shock in the heavy metal underground community. The band broke up while a Manilla Road tribute show was held in Mark's honor at the Keep It True Festival in 2019. It took five long years until ex-Manilla Road members Bryan Patrick (vocals), Phil Ross (bass) and Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth (drums) decided to form a new band and continue the legacy of Epic -Metal masters to continue. They are supported by Kalli Coldsmith on guitar. The band's name is Sentry and they signed with High Roller Records straight after their first sign of life - a two-track promo EP (with "Heavensent" and "Black Candles"). The result is their self-titled debut album, which consists of six brand new compositions as well as the two songs from the promo EP (the CD edition includes an additional bonus track, "Incarnation Of Evil" by the mighty Candlemass). The material on the album was recorded at Kalli Coldsmith's studio near Darmstadt as well as Phil's own studio in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
One thing is very important to Sentry - they don't want to be seen as a copy of Manilla Road, as guitarist Kalli Coldsmith makes it clear: "We're just a different band with our own original songs and without a big back catalog. We try to stand for ourselves and finding our own style where you know 'This is Sentry!'" He continues: "Since I wrote most of the material and was never in Manilla Road, the songs don't go back to Mark's days. 'Heavensent ' is a song that was written under the impressions of the Mark Shelton Tribute Show at Keep It True, which was an emotional roller coaster ride for all the musicians and friends involved. So this song was sent from heaven, so to speak. Most of the other songs were brand new, together with some old ideas from my riff cellars." Bassist Phil Ross adds: "This band wouldn't exist without Mark, so of course you could call it a tribute to him in some way. Lyrically there are a lot of tributes that you could call 'for or to' Mark. We think that he would like this LP, but we are absolutely not trying to write music 'for Mark' or 'for Manilla fans.' We do that because we think we can create something new within the structure of this band, that is metal -Fans care, and that includes Manilla fans! I think each member contributed to the new album in a way that we haven't done on other recordings. We're careful to respect where we come from and "How we got here, but it happened naturally and organically. We never started the band to pay 'tribute' to Mark."
One thing is very important to Sentry - they don't want to be seen as a copy of Manilla Road, as guitarist Kalli Coldsmith makes it clear: "We're just a different band with our own original songs and without a big back catalog. We try to stand for ourselves and finding our own style where you know 'This is Sentry!'" He continues: "Since I wrote most of the material and was never in Manilla Road, the songs don't go back to Mark's days. 'Heavensent ' is a song that was written under the impressions of the Mark Shelton Tribute Show at Keep It True, which was an emotional roller coaster ride for all the musicians and friends involved. So this song was sent from heaven, so to speak. Most of the other songs were brand new, together with some old ideas from my riff cellars." Bassist Phil Ross adds: "This band wouldn't exist without Mark, so of course you could call it a tribute to him in some way. Lyrically there are a lot of tributes that you could call 'for or to' Mark. We think that he would like this LP, but we are absolutely not trying to write music 'for Mark' or 'for Manilla fans.' We do that because we think we can create something new within the structure of this band, that is metal -Fans care, and that includes Manilla fans! I think each member contributed to the new album in a way that we haven't done on other recordings. We're careful to respect where we come from and "How we got here, but it happened naturally and organically. We never started the band to pay 'tribute' to Mark."
