Gods of War (Manowar album)

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Gods of War
Studio album by ManowarLogo.svg

Publication
(s)

February 23, 2007

Label (s) Magic Circle Music

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

True metal

Title (number)

16

running time

73:51

occupation

production

Manowar

Studio (s)

chronology
Warriors of the World
(2002) 		Gods of War Gods of War Live
(2007)

Gods of War ( English for: " Gods of War ") is the tenth studio album by the American true metal band Manowar . The concept album was released in Germany on February 23, 2007, in France on March 5, 2007 and in the rest of Europe on March 26, 2007.

Emergence

This album was originally supposed to be released a year earlier. Due to a motorcycle accident and the resulting hand injury of guitarist Karl Logan , the release and the tour were postponed.

Band boss and main songwriter Joey DeMaio used the time gained to fundamentally change the concept of the album. In particular, he researched Norse mythology intensively and converted it into a concept album . Gods of War is intended to be the start of a cycle of four concept albums, each dealing with a god of war. In Gods of War , this is the Norse god Odin . The cycle is closely related to Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen .

The song Die for Metal is a bonus track as it is not part of the album's concept. The song was created in reference to a controversial interview between Joey DeMaio and the rock hard editor Götz Kühnemund , at the end of which DeMaio announced that he would die for metal if necessary. The band's self-irony behind this song culminates in the dedication of the song in the booklet of the CD (“We honor those below ... Die for Metal: Götz Kühnemund”).

Track list

  1. Overture to the Hymn of the Immortal Warriors - 6:19
  2. The Ascension - 2:30
  3. King of Kings - 4:17
  4. Army of the Dead, Part I - 1:58
  5. Sleipnir - 5:13
  6. Loki God of Fire - 3:49
  7. Blood Brothers - 4:54
  8. Overture to Odin - 3:41
  9. The Blood of Odin - 3:57
  10. The Sons of Odin - 6:23
  11. Glory Majesty Unity - 4:41
  12. Gods of War - 7:25
  13. Army of the Dead, Part II - 2:20
  14. Odin - 5:26
  15. Hymn of the Immortal Warriors - 5:29
  16. Die for Metal (bonus track) - 5:16

All tracks were written by Joey DeMaio, except Sleipnir and Die for Metal by Joey DeMaio & Karl Logan.

Trivia

  • This album was released as a conventional jewel case and as a collector's edition with bonus DVD, presented as a book in a metal slipcase.
  • The text in the booklet of both available editions of the album is written entirely in runes , with the Latin letters of the English language being transferred to Futhark . A version in Latin script can be downloaded from the band's homepage.

EP

The album was preceded by an EP called The Sons of Odin . It was released in 2006 and contains alternative and live versions of the songs from the album. The EP also appeared in the Immortal Edition with an additional DVD.

  1. The Sons of Odin - 6:22
  2. Gods of War - 7:49
  3. Odin (Orchestral Version) - 3:43
  4. The Ascension (Live at Earthshaker Festival 2005) - 2:49
  5. King of Kings (Live at Earthshaker Festival 2005) - 4:21

reception

The album received negative reviews from large parts of the metal press. The band was accused of the radio play character of the album, fan rip-off and lack of ideas.

The album entered the charts in Germany at position 2.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with DeMaio in: Michael Custodis, Chapter: Manowar and the legacy of Richard Wagner, in: Classical Music Today. A search for traces in rock music, Bielefeld transcript-Verlag 2009 ISBN 978-3-8376-1249-3
  2. ^ Controversy between Joey DeMaio and Götz Kühnemund
  3. ↑ Booklet ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 949 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.manowar.com
  4. ↑ Booklet as PDF ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.manowar.com
  5. ↑ Multiple criticism in Rock Hard, No. 239, April 2007; Criticism in Heavy-Magazin, No. 100, April 2007
  6. ↑ http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksuche.php