Best Of the Best

I just got this CD recently, although having heard all the songs before elsewhere. I love it, everything is great. it's got everything from Deliver Us EP (Almost in Order -- Deliver us From Evil, Winter Tears, Child of the Damned[This ver is from "And the Cannons of Destruction have Begun"]), Penny For A Poor Man, Black Mass, and Lucifer's Hammer.
It includes the Metal Massacre III masterpiece, Mrs. Victoria, The awesome instrumental in the form of "MCMLXXXIV" (That's '1984', btw, if you dont know numerals), and the original version of Child of the Damned and the newer version of Lucifer's Hammer from "...And the Cannons of Destruction have begun".
I do think the booklet was a bit lacking. However, It is a Best of CD though, so it doesnt really matter. This is a great compilation. i only wish they'd have put a few more things on there (the other ver. of Deliver Us from Evil, and "Hands And Feet(ThunderChild's Farewell)", and the "Ending" from "...And the Cannons of Destruction have begun".)

All in all, i reccomend it 100%. It's one of those albums that grows on you, too. It never gets old (hasnt for me anyway), and provides some awesome listening...

The legend of the Warlord

This "best of" is all we have from Warlord, because this albums cover virtually their entire career. This German Epic Metal Band, disbanded at early 80's, comes back this year (I hope) with the core of the band (Tsamis, Zonder and Joacim Cans (hammerfall) with a new album (Rising Out Of The Ashes, july 22, 2002)

Underrated classic...

When i first heard Warlord i was amazed by the skills of Bill Tsamis(Guitar) and Mark Zonder(Drums).I immediatelly bought "The Best of Warlord" which is a great compilation because it contains almost every song Warlord ever recorded!

I was not disappointed at all because all the songs are really good especially "Deliver us...","Black Mass",Winter tears" and "Lost and lonely days".

Bill Tsamis playing is very passionate and accurate and his compositions are first class while Mark Zonder is one of the best metal drummers ever.

Warlord were a really unfortunate band because they appeared at the music scene in a bad time and place and were playing a euro-metal style that wasn't trendy at the time in L.A.
But now this compilation is a great tribute to this great band and is recommended to all epic hard rock - metal fans.