MONDAY - FEBRUARY 13 - 2006 Saturday June 10th : The Alehorn of Power Festival Double Door is pleased to announce the lineup of the first annual "Alehorn of Power Festival" which will take place Saturday, June 10th, 2006. Intended as a showcase of some of the finest American epic, classic, and doom metal from around the country, the lineup will bring together six exceptional bands for this legendary event. You are invited to raise your alehorn high and quaff deeply from it as you purvey this devastating lineup which includes: Manilla Road (Wichita, KS), Slough Feg (San Francisco, CA), Bible of the Devil (Chicago, IL), Winterhawk (Chicago, IL), Twisted Tower Dire (Richmond, VA), Gates of Slumber (Indianapolis, IN). Tickets will go on sale Monday, February 13th, and will sell for $12 in advance from the Double Door box office and Ticketmaster or tickets can be purchased for $13 through paypal at rawsquadbooking@yahoo.com.  Admission will be $14 at the door the night of the event. Black Lotus Records from Greece has signed Manilla Road for their upcoming new album.

SUNDAY - MARCH 20 - 2005 Battle Cry Records from Germany will release the latest Manilla Road album, "Gates of Fire", sometime in the summer of 2005.         Also, now available on the Cult Metal Classics label from Greece are the "Invasion" & "Metal" albums released as a double-CD and also the "Out of the Abyss" & "Roadkill" albums released as a double-CD.           Look for the store page here to be updated soon with nothing but Manilla Road releases, hopefully, all of them. This will be your one-stop shop for Manilla Road!

SUNDAY - MAY 09 - 2004 Battle Productions in Germany is putting together a MANILLA ROAD tribute CD. Anyone interested in participating should contact Andreas Neuderth immediately. Some of the groups already participating include Stygian Shore, Iron Sword and Seduction. MONSTER RECORDS is going to release another album of MANILLA ROAD rarities! This time it is pre-Invasion material that hasn't been heard anywhere in 25 years! Songs on the release include " Life's So Hard", "Dream of Peace", "Chromaphobia", "Pentacle of Truth" and "Herman Hill. Mark Shelton and company are hoping to get back into their own Midgard Studios very soon to start work on a brand new CD for the IRON GLORY label. Mark says that this new album will be a pure concept release with long epic songs! It appears that Greek label, Cult Metal Classics, will be releasing the "Invasion" and "Metal" reissues rather than Iron Glory.

TUESDAY - DECEMBER 02 - 2003 MANILLA ROAD have a new line-up! The new bass player is Harvey Patrick and the new drummer is Cory Christner. Harvey is the brother of Bryan "Hellroadie" Patrick.   Recording won't begin on a new album until late spring/early summer of 2004, but there has already been mention of a new 20 minute epic entitled, "Gates of Fire", to be recorded.   The group will kick off a European mini-tour on April 10th, 2004 with a headlining slot at the 2nd KEEP IT TRUE Festival. Here's a rundown on the dates/places:   April 10th, 2004 - KEEP IT TRUE Festival (Germany) April 12th, 2004 - Port of Viscali, Italy April 14th, 2004 - Milan, Italy April 16th, 2004 - Thessaloniki, Greece April 18th, 2004 - Athens, Greece   We've been told to expect more classic 80s material on this tour!

TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 11 - 2003 Finally, after numerous delays at the pressing plant (with whom I'll never work again!!) the MANILLA ROAD - "Mark of the Beast" 2-LP gatefold vinyl release has arrived!! All those who pre-ordered will have their orders filled as soon as possible. The vinyl release also contains a B&W 11"x17" poster of the original line-up!

FRIDAY - JANUARY 31 - 2003 This is whats happening so far in the year 2003. Shark is working on a acoustic guitar album with Andy(from Circus Maximus)that will have several different local musicians on it. This is NOT a Manilla album, but I beleive the Manilla fans will like it. He is recording it at his studio. Mark Anderson(bass) and I (drums) are working on a album to be released in 2003. This is with our other band Grand Facade. We were both in this band before Manilla and released a cd in 2000 called "Fields of Thought". The music is really nothing like Manilla Road or for that matter any other band on the planet. We mix Metal, Progressive, Death, Jazz, Acoustic guitar and what ever else we feel like. I do all the recording and the artwork from my home and self release. As well as the above 2 projects, we have begun working on songs for a new Manilla Road release as well which we should have finished up by the end of the year(maybe). Thats about all the news I have for now. We are being contacted by some people overseas about some shows, when I get more info I will let you know. Thanks Scott Peters Manilla Road/Grand Facade