Manowar - Gods Of War

Well I said nothing about this until now, I recently bought this CD and apart from all the bad reviews it's getting, I found the (few) songs that I could find on the album ok but there's too much crappy intros and overtures on the CD to make it enjoyable, the first real song was track 3 !!!!!.

arttieTHE1manparty wrote:

Wow, I am in the VAST minority, I guess, as
I didn't dislike it at all. Not my fave by the by ANY means, but I
liked it for what it was, I guess.

+1

I've started to really appreciate this album too!

Thanks for the insights, guys. Ult, just read your review... To think, I almost picked this up last week sight unseen!

Metal Misfit wrote:

Thanks for the insights, guys. Ult, just read your review... To think, I almost picked this up last week sight unseen!

Hopefully someday Manowar will start playing real metal again and give up the opera, classical and story telling bull.

ultmetal wrote:

Metal Misfit wrote:

Thanks for the insights, guys. Ult, just read your review... To think, I almost picked this up last week sight unseen!

Hopefully someday Manowar will start playing real metal again and give up the opera, classical and story telling bull.

Yeah, my first and only Manowar album is Warriors of the World. It was a mixed bag. The actual metal songs are awesome, the rest is junk.

Coming from such a band like Manowar who are supposedly all about metal, it's funny to hear that album and to read about this latest one.

I really enjoy this album. I think they did a good job with it. Manowar stuck their necks out and came out a little worse for wear, but produced a solid album altogether. You have to just take the time to listen to it from beginning to end on headphones the first time, I think. I enjoy the over the top story and bombastics, myself. I would recommend this to anyone who has liked Manowar in the past that has an open mind and is willing to see the band in a different light. Not their best, not their worst.

Well, I liked "Warriors of the World" - a lot. So I'll probably like this one too. Haven't picked it up yet though.

Funny this topic pops up again... cuz over the weekend I started getting a list together of all the 2007 releases I've heard, so I can start thinking about my year-end "best and worst" round up column for Detritus 'zine...I still think GODS OF WAR is going to be my numero uno stinker of the year

My biggest disappointment of the year is Deliverance - As Above/So Below.

I was expecting so much more out of that album.

blackieboy wrote:

My biggest disappointment of the year is Deliverance - As Above/So Below.

I was expecting so much more out of that album.

Still haven't heard that one (and I don't think I'll get to it before the year's out) but what little of it I've heard (on their MySpace and so forth) beats the loincloths off the new Manowar.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I still think GODS OF WAR is going to be my numero uno stinker of the year

without a doubt!