If you are looking for a band with hidden messages in the music forget Manowar. Their messages are in your face from start to finish. With songs mainly about Viking folklaw, it's all kill, kill, hail and kill. And I love it. When they leave the folklaw behind and play more modern songs... it's ... Read review
Advantages: They are very very loud Disadvantages: They are very very loud
...a bit of how great Manowar are. And of course it has my all time favourite Manowar song on it, Battle Hymn. Not bad for a debut.
The Fact type bit.....
**Brief(ish) History**
A long long time ago in a dim and distant past Joey DeMaio formed a band to do in-your-face Metal, with Ross The Boss on guitar, Eric Adams on vocals and Donny Hamzik on drums. The recorded debut album Battle Hymns with no less than Orson ... ...you wanted to know about Manowar but were afraid to find out. If you like your music loud then this could be the band for you, I have already converted my 12 year old son into a fan and some of his friends too. I would tell you this band were like Judas Priest or some other band but they aren't, they are unique. It's not Thrash Metal, it's not Death Metal, it's not anything apart from Pure Metal.
If you are looking for a band with hidden messages in the music forget Manowar. Their messages are in your face from start to finish. With songs mainly about Viking folklaw, it's all kill, kill, hail and kill. And I love it. When they leave the folklaw behind and play more modern songs... it's mostly about how loud they are. This is metal at its most metally. Once the loudest recorded live band in the guinness book of records,(when I saw them play back in 1990 you could feel the music in your bones). Oh yeah one other general point... the clothes (or lack of them) they wear loin clothes and are muscley... puts some off I am told!!!
There have been a few line up changes but it's always Eric Adams and Joey DeMaio as the back bone.
Eric Adams vocal range is amazing.. he seems to be able to hold a note forever and he can go from screachy to melodic in a heartbeat.. yes there are ballardy bits.
Joey DeMaio is a bass player with a difference, he does solo's.... ever heard flight of the bumble bee on the bass? it's amazing.
All the albums are great but if I had to pick just one it would be Battle Hymns, it has a bit of Viking stuff, a bit of sex n violence and a bit of how great Manowar are. And of course it has my all time favourite Manowar song on it, Battle Hymn. Not bad for a debut.
The Fact type bit.....
**Brief(ish) History** A long long time ago in a dim and distant past Joey DeMaio formed a band to do in-your-face Metal, with Ross The Boss on guitar, Eric Adams on vocals and Donny Hamzik on drums. The recorded debut album Battle Hymns with no less than Orson Welles (actor, director and man from the sherry ads) doing narration on the track Dark Avenger. Then it was time for a contract with a new label... which they signed in blood, and a new drummer Scott Columbus that hit drums so hard they needed to make him custom ones. They recorded Into Glory Ride then Hail to England and then it was tour time. They invaded Great Britain, then conquered Europe, recorded Sign of The Hammer and made it into Guinness book of world records. Then it was Fighting The World and Kings of Metal before returning to America. Four years later in 1992 was The Triumph of Steel, then two years for Louder Than Hell. The latest album, Warriors Of The World, came out in 2002.
**Discography**
BATTLE HYMNS Death Tone Metal Daze Fast Taker Shell Shock Manowar Dark Avenger William's Tale Battle Hymn
INTO GLORY RIDE Warlord Secrets of Steel Gloves of Metal Gates of Valhalla Hatred Revelation (Death's Angel) March for Revenge (By The Soldiers of Death)
HAIL TO ENGLAND Blood of My Enemies Each Dawn I Die Kill With Power Hail to England Army of The Immortals Black Arrows Bridge of Death
SIGN OF THE HAMMER All Men Play On Ten Animals Thor (The Power Head) Mountains Sign of The Hammer The Oath Thunder Pick Guyana (Cult of The Damned)
FIGHTING THE WORLD Fighting the World Blow Your Speakers Carry On Violence And Bloodshed Defender Drums Of Doom Holy War Master Of Revenge Black Wind, Fire And Steel
KINGS OF METAL Wheels of Fire Kings Of Metal Heart Of Steel The Crown And The Ring (Lament Of The Kings) Kingdom Come Hail And Kill The Warriors Prayer Blood Of The Kings Pleasure Slave
THE TRIUMPH OF STEEL Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts (over 28 mins long!!) Metal Warriors Ride The Dragon Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee Burning The Power Of Thy Sword The Demon's whip Master of the Wind
LOUDER THAN HELL Return Of The Warlord Brothers Of Metal Pt 1 The Gods Made Heavy Metal Courage Number 1 Outlaw King Today Is A Good Day To Die My Spirit Lives On The Power
HELL ON WHEELS (Live Double Album)
HELL ON STAGE (Another Live Double)
WARRIORS OF THE WORLD Call To Arms The Fight For Freedom Nessun Dorma Valhalla Swords In The Wind An American Trilogy The March Warriors Of The World United Hand Of Doom House Of Death Fight Until We Die
Offical website is www.manowar.com
There you go.. everything you wanted to know about Manowar but were afraid to find out. If you like your music loud then this could be the band for you, I have already converted my 12 year old son into a fan and some of his friends too. I would tell you this band were like Judas Priest or some other band but they aren't, they are unique. It's not Thrash Metal, it's not Death Metal, it's not anything apart from Pure Metal.
Albums are available in a few record shops but they aren't easy to find unless you go to more specialist places, but can all be ordered from their website, but as it's American there is postage of $20 ontop... unless you are American of course. A few are available on Amazon and Ebay, if I do manage to find anywhere that has them all I will update this.... as I am looking for them myself as I'm replacing all my old vinyl slowly.
Have added a few pictures so you can see The Kings of Metal in all their glory (but I still haven't been able to find anywhere that stocks the back catalogue without a ridiculous delivery fee though!)
Advantages: The kings of metal! Disadvantages: not very PC
I've been a Manowar fan for 18 years, and in all that time there has only been a few songs I haven't loved. The self proclaimed Kings of Metal sing about many things but there is an overwhelming theme of swords, sorcery, war and death running through it all. Their battle cry throughout their long career is 'Death To False Metal' by which they mean and I quote "Manowar wanna rock, not pose, wearing jeans and leather not crackerjack clothes"
The first ... ...Getting back to their albums, Manowar really came of age with the album 'Fighting the World' they even had a chart hit with the single 'Blow your Speakers'. Every song on the album is slick, hard and heavy, some of the subject matter could be considered cheesy I suppose, but if you like films like Conan the Barbarian, you'll love every minute of it.
FTW was followed by the monster album 'Kings of Metal', fantastic production coupled with awesome ...
G-dog34 20.10.2004
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Advantages: Total Freedom Disadvantages: Total freedom to get biten/eaten by various aminals!
With my luck, my getting stranded on an island wont start off with the best of ways. I would have had to dive off a ship JUST before the giantexplosion wiped it all out. THEN I would be battling with sharks, man-o-war jelly fish and other nasty sea-faring animals to finally arrive at the island, only to find the only other surviving passenger had got there before me and had levied an imigration tax, forcing me to worked off my outstanding debt for the rest of my stay!
Now....... the things I would take with me (even though they tell you to leave all personal belongings and valuables when there's a fire!!!) would be as so:
#1:
A kids pop-up tent, you know the ones that you can't actually put DOWN!!! That way, I could just add my own branches and leaves and have my own shelter without wasting any item places on things like rope ...
scenes that make him question the effect of this unknown land on its inhabitants' sanity. A prime example of this was when Willard came across a French man-o-war shelling an empty coastline for no apparent reason. This effect of the land and situation on its inhabitants was a theme carried into the Apocalypse Now film version. It is estimated that 20-60% of all US Vietnam veterans may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their experiences in the war (Pacific University, 2002). Characters such as Lieutenant Kilgore, Chef, and obviously Kurtz, show characteristics of PTSD and psychological illness. Willard too begins to loose track of his mental awareness in the latter stages of the film. War, and in particular Vietnam, was an ideal method of retelling this theme in 20th century terms.
Another ...
dolf77 01.02.2004 (25.02.2004)
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Advantages: You get to poke about in my CD collection Disadvantages: You will end up thinking I'm odd(er)
to always be off to see some live performance, in the glory days of Hammy O.. no idea what it is now, probably a bingo hall!
I started with OMD, then Ultravox, then Iron Maiden, then it was Marillion. Infact the only tour I missed of Marillions when Fish was the singer was the first one as I wasn?t allowed to go to that one! As well as those 4 I also saw Hawkwind, Judas Priest, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Meatloaf, Rick Wakeman, Dumpies Rusty Nuts, Metallica, The Alarm and Manowar all at Hammersmith Odeon.
Then there is the old Marquee club in Soho, saw loads down there, and the Ruskin Arms East Ham, the Black Horse Walthamstow and Oscars where I used to work, and then there is the Wembley Arena ones? Def Leppard, Meatloaf again (not my fault honest!) and Madness. Wembley Stadium for Guns & Roses, Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row. Then there ...
