Warriors of the World

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Warriors of the World
Studio album by ManowarLogo.svg

Publication
(s)

May 27, 2002

Label (s)

Format (s)

CD, hybrid SACD , LP, MC

Genre (s)

True metal

Title (number)

11

running time

47:58

occupation

production

Manowar

Studio (s)

chronology
Hell on Stage
(1999) 		Warriors of the World Gods of War
(2007)

Warriors of the World (English for. " Warriors of the World ") is the ninth studio album of American True Metal band Manowar and was published on 27 May 2002.

Track list

  1. Call to Arms - 5:31 (Joey DeMaio)
  2. The Fight for Freedom - 4:19 (Joey DeMaio, Karl Logan)
  3. Nessun Dorma - 3:23 ( Giacomo Puccini , Renato Simoni, Giuseppe Adami)
  4. Valhalla - 0:32 (Joey DeMaio)
  5. Swords in the Wind - 5:08 (Joey DeMaio)
  6. An American Trilogy - 4:12 (Milton "Mickey" Newbury)
  7. The March - 3:52 (Joey DeMaio)
  8. Warriors of the World United - 5:56 (Joey DeMaio)
  9. Hand of Doom - 5:38 (Joey DeMaio)
  10. House of Death - 4:16 (Joey DeMaio)
  11. Fight until We Die - 3:58 (Joey DeMaio)

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

The album begins with Call to Arms , a classic heavy metal song. Followed by Fight for Freedom , which can be related to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 , but according to the band, it was created completely before this event. Nessun dorma comes from the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini . As a tribute to the Italian fans, it was first sung by Eric Adams at the Gods of Metal Festival in Milan before it was recorded in the studio and found its way onto this album. With this piece, the band wanted to show that Eric Adams is an innovative and varied singer who can also penetrate classical operatic areas.

After the shortest Manowar song to date, Valhalla , an instrumental, Swords in the Wind tells the story of a dying warrior whose desire is to come to Valhalla , the resting place of the Vikings who fell in battle .

An American Trilogy is an Elvis - cover song , which the history of the American Civil War tells the first part, "Dixie", the south is dedicated, while the second part, "Battle Hymn of the Republic", the anthem of the North was. The song is rounded off with a prayer for the fallen.

The March can be described as classical music rather than heavy metal and was dedicated to Richard Wagner , the "father of heavy metal" (quote from the booklet).

With Warriors of the World United follows the most famous song from this album, which was released in advance as a single on April 15, 2002. It was presented to a larger audience on April 18 in Stefan Raab's TV program TV total , on which Manowar was a guest. The line of text “ We said we would return and here we are again ” refers to Eric Adams saying “we will return” every concert. completed.

The album closes with Hand of Doom , House of Death and Fight until We Die , three more typical Manowar songs.

success

The album rose to position 2 in the album charts in Germany and remained in the top 100 for a total of 31 weeks. In 2004, the album received a gold record for 100,000 copies sold. This was the first gold record for the Nuclear Blast record company - for Manowar the fourth gold record after Fighting the World , Kings of Metal and The Triumph of Steel .

Trivia

  • The LP was released in the vinyl colors white, orange and yellow and is limited to 500 copies each. There was also a limited “picture disc” version. On the occasion of the following tour, the CD was released again as a limited “Picture Shape” tour edition.
  • Unfolded, the CD cover makes an approximately 48 × 24 cm poster.
  • Valhalla / Sword in the Wind is part of the soundtrack for the TV film Die Nibelungen in 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Karl Logan of Manowar ( Memento from October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 3, 2008 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.musicline.de
  3. ↑ Gold / Platinum database of the IFPI ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )