Artist Name

Praying Mantis

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Members
5 Male

Popularity

29

Followers
39,989

Origin
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England

Genre
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Metal

Style
Rock/Pop

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Born

1974

Active
1974 to Present...

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Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
Cheated	13,314		4 users
Children of the Earth	14,338		4 users
Lovers to the Grave	11,271		4 users
Panic in the Streets	11,391		4 users
Running for Tomorrow	14,532		4 users
Lonely Way Home		23,300 views	1 users
Only the Children Cry		9,731 views	1 users

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Lonely Way Home

Letting Go

Only the Children Cry

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Praying Mantis are an English rock band. Although a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they pursued a musical direction more melodic and AOR-sounding than their contemporaries.
Their formation considerably pre-dated the NWOBHM movement. They were formed in 1974 by the Troy brothers, Tino and Chris, both college students. Like several NWOBHM bands they made their first available recording at Neal Kay's Soundhouse recording studio, which was released as the Soundhouse Tapes EP in 1979.
1980 saw their profile considerably raised with support slots for Iron Maiden and Ronnie Montrose's Gamma. The attention won them a recording contract with Arista Records and they released their best-known work Time Tells No Lies in 1981.