Angel warrior

Angel warrior
Studio album by Subway to Sally
Publication (s)	2003
Label (s)	Motor Music
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Folk metal , new German hardness , medieval rock
Title (number)	11
running time	50 min 09 s
occupation	Eric Fish - vocals, oboe, bagpipes Michael Boden - guitar, hurdy-gurdy, vocals Ingo Hampf - guitar Simon Levko - guitar, vocals, bass violin Silvio Runge - bass Silke Volland - violin David Pätsch - drums
chronology Heart's Blood (2001) Angel warrior North North East (2005)

Engelskrieger is the seventh studio album by the band Subway to Sally , it was released in 2003 on the Motor Music label . It represented a stylistic change for the band, fans and the press compared to its predecessors.

style

Musically, this expressed itself in a hardness not known for the band, the electric guitars are clearly in the foreground. The texts, generally socially and socially critical , deal with child abuse ( evening song , little sister ), politics ( False Savior ), religion ( Occident ), euthanasia ( 2000 miles under the sea ), AIDS ( immortal ), attitude towards life and body cult ( bone ship ) as well self-injurious behavior ( scars ). On the other hand, themes that seem medieval, as they appeared again and again on previous albums, were completely dispensed with.

success

Commercially the album was very successful. It came to number 9 in the German album charts. For Subway to Sally, this meant the highest chart success to date. The next album Nord Nord Ost was even more successful.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Angel warrior   DE 9 03/24/2003 (5 weeks)

Singles

False Savior   DE 94 02/17/2003 (1 week)

1. Spirit of the Warrior - 3:41
2. False Savior - 4:02
3. Immortal - 3:41
4. Little sister - 4:00
5. Evening Song - 3:13
6. Scars - 4:28
7. 2000 Leagues Under the Sea - 4:40
8. Bone Ship - 3:42
9. Wolf Dream - 3:55
10. Lost - 3:09
11. Occident - 6:45

Single releases

The songs Falscher Heiland and Immortal were decoupled , but a new version appeared on the single . Falscher Heiland reached number 94 in the German single charts.

trip

The tour for the album was the band's longest and most successful to date, the concert on April 11, 2003 in Berlin's Columbiahalle was completely recorded and was released on October 27, 2003 under the name Live as a double DVD .

criticism

• Michael Edele wrote for laut.de in March 2003 : “There should certainly be quite a few astonished faces. Some might even turn their backs on the folk metallers Subway To Sally after this album or talk about a sell-out. Everyone has to decide for themselves whether this accusation is justified. While ' Herzblut ' was still an unequivocal matter for every fan, 'Angel Warrior' presents itself as a very double-edged sword. The question that Subway To Sally has to put up with in any case is: What does all this have to do with medieval rock? "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ musicline.de: Subway To Sally in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ musicline.de: Subway To Sally in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Michael Eddele: The Potsdamers dare to change course radically. (Review) Review by Michael Edele. laut.de, March 10, 2003, accessed on August 23, 2014 (German).