Gates of Fire (album)


Gates of Fire is an album released by American heavy metal band Manilla Road on October 12, 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Shelton.

The Frost-Giant's Daughter

  1. "Riddle of Steel" – 7:08
  2. "Behind the Veil" – 3:43
  3. "When Giants Fall" – 5:28

Out of the Ashes

  2. "The Fall of Iliam" – 14:47
  4. "Imperious Rise" – 6:08
  6. "Rome" – 11:02

Gates of Fire

  2. "Stand of the Spartans" – 5:36
  4. "Betrayal" – 8:26
  6. "Epitaph to the King" – 9:54

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