The Triumph of Steel

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The Triumph of Steel
Studio album by ManowarLogo.svg

Publication
(s)

29th September 1992

Label (s) Atlantic Records

Format (s)

CD, LP, MC

Genre (s)

True metal

Title (number)

8th

running time

69:22

occupation

production

Manowar

Studio (s)

Wahnfried House, New York (USA)

chronology
Kings of Metal
(1988) 		The Triumph of Steel Louder than Hell
(1996)

The Triumph of Steel ( English for " The Triumph of Steel ") is the seventh studio album by the American true metal band Manowar and was released on September 29, 1992.

Emergence

It is the only album on which Kenny "Rhino" Earl Edwards and David Shankle star. Edwards replaced the retired Scott Columbus , who allegedly had to leave the group for a short time for private reasons. Shankle left the group two years later to work with his own David Shankle Group .

Track list

  1. Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts - 28:38
    • Prelude
    • I. Hector Storms the Wall
    • II. The Death of Patroclus
    • III. Funeral March
    • IV. Armor of the Gods
    • V. Hector's Final Hour
    • VI. Death Hector's Reward
    • VII. The Desecration of Hector's Body
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • VIII. The Glory of Achilles
  2. Metal Warriors - 3:54
  3. Ride the Dragon - 4:33
  4. Spirit Horse of the Cherokee - 6:02
  5. Burning - 5:10
  6. The Power of Thy Sword - 7:51
  7. The Demon's Whip - 7:50
  8. Master of the Wind - 5:26

All titles were written by Joey DeMaio, except Ride the Dragon , Burning , The Demon's Whip and Master of the Wind by Joey DeMaio & David Shankle.

The illustrations on the cover were created by Ken Kelly , who has been responsible for the illustrations since the album Fighting the World .

Song information

Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts is a 28 minute and 38 second piece that examines parts of Homer's Iliad . In the foreground is the battle of Achilles against the Trojan Hector . The song was presented entirely live on the 1994 Agony and Ecstasy Tour. The song was created, among other things, in response to the record company's marketing plans that Manowar should incorporate more popular elements into their music.

Metal Warriors is a typical metal anthem. The song is subtitled Brothers of Metal Part 2 , the first part was later released on the follow-up album Louder than Hell .

Spirit Horse of the Cherokee is about the Cherokee Indian people and their fight with the white man in the battle of the Wounded Knee .

Single releases

Metal warriors

Metal Warriors was released as the only single on the album. The CD version contains the B-side Herz Aus Stahl and a live version of Fighting the World . The Japanese version of the single also contains the theme song in a live version. A limited 12-inch picture disc did without the live song.

success

The album entered the charts in Germany at position eight and in 2003 received a gold record for 250,000 copies sold - the third gold record for Manowar after Fighting the World and Kings of Metal .

Trivia

  • The LP was released in two different versions. In the very rare " Gatefold Edition" the CD cover can be seen on the inside that can be opened.
  • A video clip was shot for the song Metal Warriors and can be seen on the DVD Hell on Earth Part III .
  • Unfolded, the CD cover makes an approximately 36 × 24 cm poster.
  • The German metal band Die Apokalyptischen Reiter covered the song Master of the Wind in 2003 on their studio album Have a Nice Trip .
  • A cover version of the song The Power of Thy Sword was released by the Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire on their DVD Visions From The Enchanted Lands in 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Classic Rock . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 19, 2012 ; Retrieved June 2, 2010 . 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.classicrockmagazine.com
  2. ↑ http://www.manowar.com/
  3. ↑ http://www.manowar.at/mwg//site/backgrounds/cherokee.php
  4. ↑ http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksuche.php
  5. ↑ Gold / Platinum database of the IFPI ( Memento of the original of September 27, 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 / ifpi.de

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