Gates of Fire (album)
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Gates of Fire is an album released by heavy metal
band Manilla Road
in 2005. It is divided into a trilogy
: "The Frost's Giant Daughter", inspired by the story of the same name
written by Robert E. Howard
; "Out of the Ashes", based on Virgil
's Aeneid
; and "Gates of Fire", inspired by the stand of King Leonidas and his Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae
.
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...
band Manilla Road
Manilla Road
Manilla Road are an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by lead guitarist Mark 'the Shark' Shelton .- Beginnings :...
in 2005. It is divided into a trilogy
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games...
: "The Frost's Giant Daughter", inspired by the story of the same name
The Frost Giant's Daughter
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard, but not published in his lifetime....
written by Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
; "Out of the Ashes", based on Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
's Aeneid
Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter...
; and "Gates of Fire", inspired by the stand of King Leonidas and his Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August...
.
The Frost Giant's Daughter
- "Riddle of Steel" – 7:08
- "Behind the Veil" – 3:43
- "When Giants Fall" – 5:28
Out of the Ashes
- "The Fall of Iliam" – 14:47
- "Imperious Rise" – 6:08
- "Rome" – 11:02
Gates of Fire
- "Stand of the Spartans" – 5:36
- "Betrayal" – 8:26
- "Epitaph to the King" – 9:54
Credits
- Mark SheltonMark SheltonMark David Shelton is an Australian politician.Shelton was Mayor of Meander Valley from 2003. In 2010, he was endorsed as a Liberal candidate for Lyons at the state election of that year. He defeated Jane Howlett for the final Liberal seat.-References:...
- acoustic and electric guitars, vocals - Cory Christner - drums
- Harvey Patrick - bass guitar
- Bryan Patrick - vocals