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Praying Mantis | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:PrayingMantisSRF2010.jpg) Praying Mantis at Sweden Rock Festival 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1973–1982, 1989–2003, 2008–present |
| Labels | |
| Members | Chris Troy Tino Troy Andy Burgess Hans in't Zandt John Cuijpers |
| Past members | (see below) |
| Website | prayingmantis |
Praying Mantis are an English heavy metal band. Although a part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene,[1] they pursued a musical direction more melodic and AOR-sounding than their contemporaries Iron Maiden and Saxon.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.