Manowar - Warriors Of The World review
| Band: | Manowar |
| Album: | Warriors Of The World |
| Style: | Heavy metal, US power metal |
| Release date: | July 2002 |
01. Call To Arms
02. The Fight For Freedom
03. Nessun Dorma
04. Valhalla
05. Swords In The Wind
06. An American Trilogy
07. The March
08. Warriors Of The World United
09. Hand Of Doom
10. House Of Death
11. Fight Until We Die
12. Kill With Power [live] [Japanese bonus]
Let me start by saying that I've never really liked Manowar. I've found their music quite repetitive, and they're cheesier than a marguerita pizza. But in recent years they've made a small handful of songs that are catchy to listen to as well as being as cheesy as a double stuffed crust pizza with...
As with...all Manowar albums, the lyrical themes here are about metal, steel, war, heroics and fighting for metal in general. By 2002, this is starting to get a bit boring. The cover artwork for the album is also the classic Manowarian warrior similar to that on the cover of their Kings Of Metal album.
Ok now, so onto the music... Well structurally, the metal being played here is reasonably simple. It's basic Heavy Metal that works quite well. The music isn't slow paced, but each strum and riff change is generally a smooth, spread out transition. The band has modernised itself a bit more and the guitar-work is more solid. The drumming doesn't exactly blast your head off either. It's actually often like the sort of American "going-into-battle" style of drumming which fits in with their war theme. The bass isn't generally all that prominent, but there is a nice bass intro to the song "Warriors Of The World". I wouldn't say that Eric Adams is the best vocalist ever either. His vocal performance is quite flat toned, and sounds a bit monotonous after a while. Perhaps not as bad as you'd think it to be, but really not that interesting.
As a whole, Manowar have followed the usual formula for their albums. There are the metal tracks and also the piano tracks and the ballad style songs. You could say that the varying style of songs could be interesting, but I end up just skipping through the album as it really just causes about half the album to be boring. When listening to the Heavy Metal on the album though, at times it can be catchy, strongly played, nice listening music. But at times it can still sound bland.
So if you're a Manowar fan, you'll most likely enjoy this. They've followed their usual method, so you know what to expect. For everyone else, be warned that it's repetitive, but it's even repeating stuff they've repeated before. You might like to hear the three or four not-so-bad songs on this album, but I wouldn't really bother.
Best songs: Call To Arms, Fight For Freedom, Warriors Of The World.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 6 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written by Raiden | 07.02.2007
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Rating:
3.8
3.8
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Rating: 3.8 |
For a band that claims to be the truest ambassadors and embodiment of heavy metal, this is the greatest joke that I have ever come across. Other than "Fight Until We Die," which has some weak guitar soloing, this album is devoid of guitar solos and the riffing is pretty mediocre and nothing special. The sound is heavy just for the sake of it being called heavy metal, and the accompanying lyrics? If you thought death metal lyrics are bad, then these lyrics will make you want to smash your face with a hammer. Read more ›› |
Comments
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698  |
Quote: LooooL! That's funny cause it's true... I usually enjoy listening to them, but after a bit I get bored of the same music... A change every now and then wouldn't be bad... 
---- Bitch! Please
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| Raiden Down Under Staff Elite Posts: 8292  |
Written by iaberis on 07.02.2007 at 22:51 Haha yes, after 27 years, a change would actually be refreshing.
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
The album wasnt that bad. Standing on its own its actually a really good album, originality isnt good well...reasons obvious, but its got quite a few good catchy tunes. definitly not deserving of such a low score.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698 |
Written by Doc G. on 12.02.2007 at 01:39 Dude it's something like 7 - Good. Not albums deserve a 10 you know...
---- Bitch! Please
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by iaberis on 12.02.2007 at 11:33 Im aware, but id give it more a 7.5.....i guess it really doesnt matter all that much, just 7 looks a hell of alot bigger than 6.8
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Danny Thomas Posts: 552  |
dude, you didn't even mention hand of doom which might be the best song on the cd. but anyways, i am a manowar fan myself, but even i skip about half the album, im not a fan of those slow soft piano songs.
---- Our children are dead. Burnt in the ruins that were left by war.
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| Raiden Down Under Staff Elite Posts: 8292 |
Written by Danny Thomas on 03.04.2007 at 04:18 Well you don't necessarily need to go into detail about every single song in an album review. I thought that song was probably fourth best on the album, but it still didn't really strike me as being that good.
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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| Danny Thomas Posts: 552 |
Written by Raiden on 03.04.2007 at 09:50 i thought it was a good review personally, we just have a slight difference in taste of songs.
---- Our children are dead. Burnt in the ruins that were left by war.
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| Raiden Down Under Staff Elite Posts: 8292 |
Written by Danny Thomas on 03.04.2007 at 17:32 Yes, everyone has different opinions as to which songs are good or not 
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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| APOHAKC The Bard Posts: 3585  |
Warriors Of the world s strange, but I liked the review 
---- They say that we are gone but I can't let you down The heathen faith will rise again we won't fail now I know we cannot die forever is our time Give my people back to me free from Christianity!!!!
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662  |
Swords In The Winds - this ballad rocks...i'm gonna get the full album to check the rest
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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| Grey_Dandelion Posts: 131  |
an american trilogy is by very very very far their worst song ever..a real junk!the album is ok but worse than the older ones
---- Don't turn away just take my hand and when you make your final stand i ll be right there i ll never leave all i ask of you is believe...
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
i like the "heroic-pathos" of this album...and tracks Call to Arms, Fight for Freedom and Swords in the Wind are my favourite
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Raiden Down Under Staff Elite Posts: 8292 |
Well I tried not to let my previous Manowar encounters sway my rating. On reflection I think 6.8 was pretty generous of me haha.
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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| DayFly Posts: 383  |
I never understood the point of having "An American Trilogy" on the album. The band can hail it's influences as much as they like, but they don't have to force-feed their listeners with stuff like that.
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| Powerslavex Alexskywalker Posts: 777  |
Call me crazy but i really liked this album, Warriors Of The World (United) is a really catchy song
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| GamlaSonn Posts: 169 |
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
I like from this album (more or less): Call To Arms The Fight For Freedom Nessun Dorma Swords In The Wind Warriors Of The World United Hand Of Doom
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| GamlaSonn Posts: 169 |
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| Slayer666 Posts: 2466  |
Raiden's right. These guys raise the meaning of cheesy to a whole new level. Their music is basicaly: "Oooh, yeah! Look at us, we are such a big and bad bunch of tr00 metal warriors! But we actually play some of the most commercialized metal there is! And we haven't changed our style in over 20 years! That's so tr00!"
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 |
This is true...but whatever?
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084  |
The first time i ever heard Warriors of the World United 4 years ago on a defunct TV station, i fell in love instantly. that song is extremely interesting, the fact is that it's basically the simplest, most to-the-point metal song i've ever heard, and it works extremely well. Warriors isn't one of my favorite Manowar albums, but it sure kicks ass.
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469  |
Written by Slayer666 on 02.10.2009 at 10:53 Totally agreed. The perfect band for people who want to boost their ego by thinking they're more 'metal' than everyone else around them, while in fact they listen to ultra-commercial poser cheesemetal.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469 |
Written by Grey_Dandelion on 01.07.2007 at 20:26 I agree that this trilogy is a real piece of junk. But it's not much worse than tons of other Manowar songs. Almost everything they ever done is pure junk.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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| INÆRIS Posts: 204  |
I can't believe they did a cover of Puccini's aria Nessun Dorma. They actually did a really great job with it. He's no Pavarotti, but it's a very powerful well-done interpretation. Manowar has officially earned my respect for bringing opera into metal and not failing at it.
---- Still Life, Still Death
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61012  |
Written by iaberis on 07.02.2007 at 22:51 man they are even worth then pizza , its poswer band, I dont mind bands play shit metal, but other bands dont bitch thet they are best and play true metal
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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