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a pic from Guillotine Fanzine guys/managers Mark Conrad and John Gross- I used to trade with them and I think I still have some old handwritten letters etc... remember the cool old days when the letters were always written on the back of flyers
Artist: Mantas
Release: Demo and Reh.-tapes
Genre: Thrash / Death Metal
Country: USA-FL
►Hidden Link
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All the demos, reh and live I have.
Most of this was compiled by demophil
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mantas/35328
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Emotional rehearsal 1984
1.Legion of Doom
2.Legion of Doom 2
3.Legion of Doom 3
4.Evil Dead
5.Evil Dead 2
6.Mantas 1 & 2
supposed to be their very first recording before the demo
only recording with bassist
Rehearsal 1984
1 - legions of doom
2 - evil dead
3 - mantas
exact date unknown, but should be short after Emotional. These are not the songs from "Death By Metal" demo, even if, in successive editions of it, they added some of them
Instrumental rehearsal 03-1984
1 - beyond the unholy grave
2 - legion of doom
the date is not 100% certain, anyway, should be short before the demo
Rehearsal late 1984
1 - legions of doom
2 - mantas
3 - death by metal
4 - evil dead
5 - rise of satan
date should be october 1984, but not 100% sure
Live In Florida 01-09-1984
1 - legion of doom
2 - zombie
3 - demon's flight
4 - death by metal
5 - evil dead
6 - power of darkness
7 - black magic
8 - guitar solo
9 - beyond the unholy grave
from different version
10 - Poison
11 - Zombie
parts of this were traded as Demo #3
Death by Metal (1984)
1. Legion of Doom
2. Evil Dead
3. Mantas
4. Death by Metal
5. Power of Darkness
Description: this is the original "Death by Metal" demo,
recorded by Mantas in early 1984 on Rick Rozz's Panasonic
tape recorder in Chuck's Mom's garage. Originally this demo
was 4 tracks, the first 4 listed; apparently they shortly
added "Power of Darkness.