"Valhalla" is an instrumental leading into "Swords in the Wind" an awesome Manowar ballad-like tune that really captures that Viking feeling.
So that leaves us with the good stuff ! "Call to Arms" is an excellent intro song and a classic Manowar tune. "Nessun Dorma" is somewhere in the middle and once you read in the liner notes that this is a tribute song for Eric Adams mother who passed away during the recording of this very album, you can't really dislike the song can you ?
I reserve the opinion that it just sounds that way, because I don't want to believe they did sell-out, but it sure does sound that way.Īnyway, so the low points are "The Fight for Freedom", "An American Trilogy" and possibly "The March". And the timing and the lyrics themselves just sound like a sell-out. Now if you buy this album now, it may not bother you too much, but this album came out sho rtly after 9/11 and while I was rolling my eyes at all the dozens of seemingly "patriotic" songs that all of a sudden flooded the airwaves in the country and pop genres (like I believe it for a second guys, you were cashing in on the latest fad!!), my favorite band to "NOT" sell-out wrote "The Fight for Freedom". Personally, while the Elvis cover would have probably better belonged on a single, it isn't the one that I feel is Manowars low point, that would be the song "Fight for Freedom". This album didn't disapoint, but there is some headache-inducing filler here as well. Manowar has a very distinct sound and when you buy a Manowar album, certain things are expected. Now, I'll be honest, I review Manowar albums very differently from how I would review other albums. And while in general this is a great album, there are certain songs and elements to this album that drive me up the wall. Well, I guess one can expect that when a group like Manowar starts doing Elvis covers there's bound to be some falling out.
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