There has been much killing, there will be much more!
(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
Patrick M. Tracy
from Salt Lake City
As they themselves stated in "Metal Daze" so many years ago, Manowar is a social wedge. Not that many people are on the fence about this band. Love them for all their hairy chested, macho power, or hate them as cheesy wackos who belive their own hype. If you love Conan the Barbarian or 13th Warrior, if you've read Beowulf more than twice, you'll probably love this band. If you're tired of the endless, undifferentiated, overprocessed metal that is rampant today, but have fond memories of groups like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, this might just be the thing. Yes, Manowar has its moments of overblown bombast and sometimes verges on the absurd, but the quality of the musicianship is hard to deny. On this record, as well as all their other releases, they show you unvarnished emotion and dedication to a vision. It's always easy to pick on a true believer. Give "Triumph of Steel" a chance, though, and you might find yourself "melted down and reforged in the fires of true heavy metal". Could be fun.
