Manowar's Reviews

Warriors Of The World

(Average Rating: 7.80 out of 10)

great soft power metal, despite band's age

(Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by Matt Stoessel from Tolland, CT USA

First of all, I'm into modern euro metal. Some of the bands I enjoy include Stratovarius, Spock's Beard, Arch Enemy, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, the Kovenant, Firewind, Summoning, and Tristania, to name a FEW. This is very atmoshperic - the keyboards are very apparent and extrememly well done. So far, what I'm saying is if you are into modern power metal like Falconer, Lost Horizon, or Firewind (Hammerfall to mention someone popular), you'll still love this.

Again, this is mostly very soft and slow, like Avantasia. If you're into modern euro metal, you just gotta be aware of Tobias's writting talent. On the other hand, "House of Death" is more brutal than a God Dethroned song.

The title track reminds me of a Thy Serpent song, "Only Dust Moves". This song is the song that tought me how beautiful death metal can be. Keyboards and symbols are used left and right in that song. In "Warriors of the World United", we see a slow paced song (Only Dust Moves is slow as molasses) that you cannot help but say is catchy. You will get so drawn into the beat of that song that all you'll want to do is hear more and more and more. The 3 songs after it are the 3 speed demons of the album. Also, track 3 is about 3:20 long and reminds me of the song in Italian (track 7) on Power of the Dragonflame. So if you're familiar with that, that is a prelude to what you'll hear on this CD. If you've heard the title track, most of the songs on the CD have the same beat, just not QUITE as good... still amazing, though.

Sometimes I still can't believe how much I love the majority of this CD, and the title track. Any fan of keyboard-oriented metal (notice the bands I mentioned earlier?) should have plenty of respect for this masterpiece.

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