They present themselves either as their own tracks or as parts of the actual songs. The flow of the songs is constantly interrupted by the interludes, narrations and sound effects such as galloping horses or cracking thunder. The same pattern repeats itself throughout the whole “Gods Of War” album. Again bringing down the tempo and any excitement “King Of Kings” had stirred up. And after the song we have… you guessed it, another interlude. As a stand-alone track the spoken part could’ve worked but after already too lengthy opening tracks it takes some fire off the song. The song itself is good quality Manowar, although it too has a part of that same monotonous narration in the middle. Finally some nice singing of Eric Adams begins and at last the album switches on to high gear with an instantly recognisable Manowar sound of the song “King of Kings”. What we get is basically a second intro, this time with eerie witch drums and a frustratingly boring narration. But as the album proceeds to track number two “The Ascension”, alarm bells start go off in the back of the listener’s mind. Some might’ve expected the album to kick off with a little heavier opener, but knowing Manowar’s tendency to throw in some extra drama, the Hymn works just fine. The first track, suitably pompously titled “Overture To The Hymn Of The Immortal Warriors” turns out to be a symphonic intro for the album. There’s a short interview that is remotely interesting, but overall the DVD becomes very disposable.Īnother nasty surprise, sadly, presents itself as you start to listen to the album. Lousy booklet design, no matter how well it might fit the theme.Īs for that bonus DVD, sufficient to say if you’re not dying to know how Manowar t-shirts are made or really want to see Karl Logan advertising the guitar he’s designed, you won’t be too sorry to skip the whole thing. Grantedly, the Manowar camp has added english version of the booklet to be downloaded from their website, but the damage’s already been done. Personally I doubt many listeners will want to go through the trouble. There is a translation code attached to the end of the book, so good luck to those who actually bother to go through the book rune by rune. An idea that probably has felt pretty cool to whoever came up with it, but in practice renders everything in utter gibberish. As does the text… but only if you happen to read fluently ancient runic alphabets! Indeed – all the text from song lyrics to album credits is written in (what I can only assume are) old viking runes. Drawings and band photos look just the way they should be. First one jumps straight at your face as soon as you open the booklet to see what it has to offer. The nice covers, however hide a pile of nasty surprises. The latter, seeming like the obvious choice for any self-respecting metal collector, will also work as the subject of this review. There are a couple of different versions of Gods Of War to choose from, the ‘normal’ version with usual Manowar artwork displaying a group of big barbarians and a bunch of busty babes, and the special edition with a bonus track and a bonus DVD, wrapped not only in a pretty stylish ‘leather’ -bound booklet but also in a sturdy metal case. The band’s been mainly concentrating on releasing DVD’s since their last studio album, 2002’s “Warriors Of The World” so as the new Manowar release Gods Of War finally hit the stores recently, it can be considered as quite a major event in the metal scene. This eight legged steed crosses eight Points of the compass, from eight directions Into eight dimensions.The new Manowar album has been a long time coming. He rides across land, sea and air From the land of the living, to the land of The dead. His father loki God of fire, is the sworn blood brother to Odin himself.
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