Heavy Metal...Or No Metal at All!!!

Manowar - the seventh album: ...they have had long carriere...over 10 years. They haven't lost their power or started to make music for old people or for the teenagers...no...they are TRUE METAL heads. They are true warriors...warriors of METAL! The first song is "Achilles"...quite long I would say, almost half an hour. There's an intro and eight parts music. Some parts are powerful rock...some are ballads and some are instrumental...I think this is quite an good track...there's two parts that are my absolute favourite in this song: "Hector Storms the Wall" and "Death Hector's Reward". The both are quite fast songs. "Metal Warriors" is TRUE METAL again..."If You're not into metal, you're not my friend. Heavy metal or no metal at all...whimps and posers, leave the hall...". That's important message. "Ride the Dragon" and "Spirit Horse of the Cherokee" (There's an indian's speech in the beginning of the song) are basic metal songs, nothing special. "Burning" is a terrible song...uh...it sounds like someone would be suffering in the lake of fire...the voice of the singer is painful. "The Power of Thy Sword" is again a good song. There's great guitar riffs and the vocalist Eric Adams has a great voice. "The Demon's Whip" has a kind of feeling that there would be whipping...at least the fast-tempo end makes me feel creepy...and the lyrics are satanic. "Master of the Wind" is maybe the best ballad Manowar has ever made...it is one of the best ballads in the world.

Stars: Master of the Wind, The Power of Thy Sword, Metal Warriors

if you had a life you would realize that manowar are awesome

To all those who rate manowar albums such as this one, pretending to sound intelligent by using "typical power chord structure" and cheesy meaningless lyrics, and most humorously "how can anyone take this seriously" as an INSULT are simply missing the point of what amkes manowar awesome. Manowar is awesome because it is cheesy, loud, repetive and HILARIOUS. Furthermore those who complain that each album is exactly the same as the last, should realize that this simply means you don't need to buy every album(unless you're a die-hard, and if you were you wouldn't be complaining about manowars repetitiveness, as you would realize that it's part of their act!). Rather you can buy any five(or less) albums in any order and laugh your ass off for every listen. If you want more go ahead and buy more of this amazing junk, I know you won't complain. I myself am not a big manowar fan, and haven't actually bought any of their albums but I have listened to them and i laugh proudly every time. Triumph of Steel does the manowar legend proud(as do all of them).Hell it's worth it just for the album cover. So for fans of anything campy, or simply those who bang their heads in the most supremely manly way that is known to metal, buy this record or any other manowar record. PS for those fools who like to bash amazon reviewers for their grammar and spelling, i realize my grammar sucks and i have enough of a life, as to not be caught up with the perfectness of my amazon reviews.)



HIGHLY RECOMENDED.

Manowar - 'The Triumph Of Steel' (Atlantic)

Any band,especially metal that can lay down and record a twenty-eight minute epic that is based on the tale of Homer's 'Iliad',the disc's opener,"Achilles,Agony&Ecstasy In Eight Parts" must be given credit where credit is due.What a concept album.On the track "Death Of Patroclus",vocalist Eric Adams puts some emotion about the pain in which Achilles endures when his best friend gets slain by the evil Hector.A couple of the CD's rockers I also liked were "Ride The Dragon" and "Power Of The Sword".This was the band's seventh lp.Might be their best work since 1984's 'Hail To England'.If you are looking for some fine earth-shattering heavy metal,look no further.