New WARLORD album - "The Holy Empire"

Yes!

This sounds promising... I really like the drumming.

It is a bold statement to say "all killer, no filler" when promoting your own release. I hope it lives up to the statement

The music isn't bad, but the vocalist doesn't really work with the "epic" feeling they're going for, IMO.

Too epic. Don't like this

Sounds good to me. Looking forward to this!

This should be out now. I'm hoping to receive my copy any day now...

Yeah, I pre-ordered this some time ago.

Got this a couple of days ago. I've been playing it pretty much non stop, but so far I'm still not sure what I think of it... For one, it reminds me much more of Lordian Guard than Warlord: the songs are much slower and more atmospheric than older Warlord material. This isn't necessarily a bad thing (hell, I LOVE Lordian Guard!), but the lack of a faster song is noticeable. The only song I don't really like is Kill Zone, which reminds me a bit too much of Ripper-era Iced Earth (weird, I know). The other songs are very good for the most part (the title track is effing amazing), but I still feel that there's something wrong with the album...

If anyone cares, this is on Spotify now. It's not as great as classic Warlord, but it's still pretty damn good.

I think it's an excellent album. Great guitars and drums and catchy songs. Might've been nicer if the singer had a bigger range and there were more up-tempo tunes like "Child of the Damned" but it is still excellent and head-and-shoulders above what is called "power metal" or "epic metal" these days.

Been listening to best of...CD. It's fantastic. Gothic, mystical metal.
King Diamond could sing Miss Victoria Great Spring night type sound -
Anyone else recommend this new CD...? 2:33 Egypt.

Never mind - bought it on ebay for 7 bucks free s/h -
cant wait to listen to it in a dark room at midnight

Upon first listen, I thought the drums a touch bit loud -
besides that - it's the same beautiful melodies
and haunting refrains - lyrics -
The band also plays upon, somewhat lightly, Christianity too -
I have listened to it at night - in the dark -
and fell asleep - over and over, after the first 3 songs -
it's that dreamy and epic - of a metal masterpiece -

After a few listens, I have totally changed my mind about this album. Truly great.

Here's one of my favourite tracks: