The prior album is fast and comes at you like a runaway train. In fact, this album may be best appreciated as a companion piece to LOUDER THAN HELL. The material here, while generally slower and less aggressive, is much more complex and packs a more powerful emotional wallop in my opinion. I think on the whole WARRIORS OF THE WORLD is a far stronger album than the last one, LOUDER THAN HELL, which, although definitely Manowar, was packed with fairly simple fast-paced crowd pleasers (with a few notable exceptions). That said, I can understand why some people have been disappointed, but I certainly don’t agree.
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If I had a free Manowar T-shirt for every time the lyrics, delivery or sheer power of the music gave me goose bumps, I’d be wearing their stuff for the rest of my life! In short, this album is exactly what you sign up for when you buy a Manowar album. Indeed, this is probably Manowar’s most epic album ever. I could go on all day–track after track after track presents another shattering Manowargasm, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, but always well-played, well-sung, and incredibly epic. I never thought I would hear Manowar’s vocalist give José Carreras a run for his money, but he definitely does so! “Valhalla” sounds exactly like what you’d expect from a Manowar song with that title. The slow, experimental stuff–of which I admit there’s more on this album than on previous releases–kicks in with “Nessun Dorma,” a Puccini opera aria covered by Eric Adams in rare form. This is one of the strongest and catchiest Manowar tunes in years and is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser at concerts to come. True to form, Manowar starts out with a rollicking anthem, “Call To Arms,” followed by an extremely rousing, melodic, and patriotic fist-in-the-air song, “The Fight For Freedom,” which is dedicated to the victims (and heroes) of the horrors of September 11. However if, like me, you just can’t resist pledging your eternal soul to the purest metal band that ever lived, you’ll be happy to know that WARRIORS OF THE WORLD is well worth your time and money. If you’re not a Manowar fan you can stop reading here, because this review (and this album) is not for you. WARRIORS OF THE WORLD is the triumphant return of the self-proclaimed Kings of Metal, the band whose gestalt inspires fanatical loyalty, teary-eyed admiration, virulent hatred, or hysterical laughter the world over–depending on who you ask.
Well, it’s here, and the first question asked is, “Was it worth the wait?” Manowar fans the world over have already given their answer (and continue to do so, particularly in Europe, where stores can’t stock this album fast enough), but Metal-Rules now goes on record by answering YES! Scarcely a week goes by on our message board that some long-suffering Manowar fan doesn’t comment about how long it’s been (six years) since the last studio album, and how much they’re looking forward to the next one. I will say that Eric Adams does have an impressive voice suited for either metal or apparently, the opera, but who wants to listen to opera? Not me.Īfter all this, I considered picking up the band’s 2007 release “Gods of War”, but the reviews for that album are even worse than reviews for this one.To say this is one of the most eagerly awaited albums of the still-young decade is something of an understatement. Just way too many soft spots where Manowar forgets they’re a metal band and begin think they’re at the opera. There’s going to be some absurdity in every Manowar release, but “An American Trilogy”? Really? For someone who’s never heard a Manowar album before this one, I’ll say it’s just pretty average. This is regarded to be one of the worst Manowar albums. My first Manowar album and I’ve been trepidatious to try them ever since.
Joe Rozler – Piano, Backing Vocals, Pipe Organ Manowar – Warriors of the World (2002, Metal Blade Records)
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