The Deluge was released in 1986 and is one of the classic Manilla Road albums that are often highly praised by fans. The album proves to be a fast paced album with only clocking in at 39 minutes and having a strong factor in fast pace songs, especially with some speed/thrash metal elements. The title track is the slowest track on the album but has the strongest epic feeling out of all ten tracks. The only flaw that can be spotted from The Deluge is the interlude known as Morbid Tabernacle that doesn't really contribute anything to The Deluge. At least the other instrumental track Rest in Pieces nicely finishes off the album despite the bizarre noise right at the end. That aside, The Deluge is a brilliant album and with it being recently re-issued by Shadow Kingdom Records, now is a great time to pick it up.
Shadows in the Black starts off with a clean intro which gradually rises in intensity and then launches a heavy metal frenzy. The direction could have been a doomy song which the band experimented with for some of the previous releases but instead they take a thrashy route and this song is easily one of the fastest they've ever played. Although Mark Shelton is the only guitarist for this album, at times the song is multilayered to hear the riff and solo played together. Even so, the solos are damn fast and show how Mark Shelton can fucking shred on his guitar. It isn't just Shelton that makes the song, Scott Park has some sweet basslines and Randy Foxe does what he can to pound those drums fast to keep up with the pacing of the song. From these aspects, you can tell Shadows in the Black is a fantastic and gets you pumped up as fast as this song goes.
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