Crystal Logic
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Crystal Logic is an album released by Manilla Road
in 1983
(and reissued in 2002
). On this album the band fully embraced heavy metal
, leaving behind the space
, progressive
and hard rock
influences which could be found on the two previous albums.
Manilla Road
Manilla Road are an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by lead guitarist Mark 'the Shark' Shelton .- Beginnings :...
in 1983
1983 in music
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(and reissued in 2002
2002 in music
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). On this album the band fully embraced heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, leaving behind the space
Space rock
Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...
, progressive
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
influences which could be found on the two previous albums.
Track listing
- "Prologue" - 1:35
- "Necropolis" - 3:10
- "Crystal Logic" - 6:01
- "Feeling Free Again" - 2:48
- "The Ram" - 3:46
- "The Veils of Negative Existence" - 4:41
- "The Riddle Master" - 4:34
- "Dreams of Eschaton" - 10:24
- "Epilogue" - 1:55
- Re-release adds "Flaming Metal System" as the 3rd track.
Credits
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- Lead vocals, 6- and 12- string guitars - Scott Park - Bass Guitar
- Rick Fisher - Backing vocals, Drums and percussion