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Out of the Abyss

1988 studio album by Manilla Road

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Out of the Abyss is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Manilla Road. It was first issued in 1988 on Leviathan Records, then re-released in 2005 on Cult Metal Classics. Though the band had been constantly increasing the thrash metal influence to their music since their album Open the Gates, this album was its peak, being almost completely thrash metal.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Out of the Abyss” as 1988 studio album by Manilla Road. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Abyss, studio and album.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Abyss, studio and album providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Out of the Abyss”, the useful work is to connect “1988 studio album by Manilla Road” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2025. The first chronological checks are 1988 and 2005.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Out of the Abyss primary sources, Out of the Abyss archive and Abyss research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Out of the Abyss” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.