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MANOWAR – WARRIORS OF THE WORLD
2002 Metal- Blade
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FINALLY! Manowar returns. Warriors to the bone, these guys are beyond patriotic, and have fans throughout the world. They are citizens of the free world. September 11th inspired the band to record this album. Most of the songs are about fighting the disbelievers of freedom. They take jingoism to new heights on some of these tracks, but Manowar is the band to do this. No one can stand in their way. No one will stop them. No one else has the balls! This album kicks ass.

The album opens with "Call To Arms," a solid, upbeat kick-your-ass rocker. Classic Manowar. Then things change because they go straight to the epic ballads. "The Fight For Freedom" is a power ballad. Song number two is too soon for a ballad, guys. Good song though. The next song, "Nessun Dorma" (Italian for 'No One Sleeps') must be heard to fully appreciate Eric Adams' vocal range. No shit, this is an opera tune with full orchestration, sung in Italian! I always thought Eric was great, but WOW...simply inspiring. A true vocal god! I think this song should be further into the album also. It doesn't fit as track three. A filler instrumental "Valhalla" follows. Note: Valhalla, Odin and Thor are the themes of the album. (They are mentioned numerous times throughout the album.) The next track, "Swords In The Wind" is yet another ballad. The coolest track is the next one, a cover of Elvis Presley's "An American Trilogy." This song is a combination of parts of three classic songs, as the name implies: "Dixie", "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "All My Trials." Very cool song folks. Yet another filler instrumental, "The March," follows.

From there, the album picks up more steam and finishes very powerfully, with the crushing title track "Warriors Of The World," followed by "Hand Of Doom," "House Of Death" and "Fight Until We Die." All of these four songs rule. Great lyrics, great music. The production on the entire album is crystal clear and heavy. The album artwork, again by Ken Kelly, is awesome. This is probably Manowar's best album cover ever. And you need good artwork and packaging these days, or people will just copy the CD from a friend or download the songs for free.

Complaints: Not much, but some of these songs are just too melodramatic. You know what I mean. Other than that, I would also question the song order. You have one power song followed by three ballads to start off the album. Need to mix things up a bit. But the album ends so strongly and all these songs ARE cool, (even the ballads) that it doesn't matter. It's classic Manowar, no doubt about it. Go buy it.

DISCOGRAPHY:

BATTLE HYMNS (1982) Metal Blade
INTO GLORY RIDE (1983) Metal Blade
HAIL TO ENGLAND (1984) Metal Blade
SIGN OF THE HAMMER (1984) Metal Blade
FIGHTING THE WORLD (1985) Atlantic
KINGS OF METAL (1986) Atlantic
THE TRIUMPH OF STEEL (1992) Atlantic
LOUDER THAN HELL (1996) Atlantic
HELL ON WHEELS (1999) Metal Blade
HELL ON STAGE (1999) Metal Blade
WARRIORS OF THE WORLD (2002) Metal Blade
Click here for link to MANOWAR Real Audio!
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