The keyboards are used QUITE well, and Manowar have FINALLY found a good production after Kings of Metal. The song, in itself, is one of my favorite Manowar songs. It tells the tale, of, well, a man's ascension to the throne of King of Kings, and his newfound power from the gods, and how he used that power. It functions as 1 song, in that The Ascension is more of an intro. This single would've made a kickass opener for WotW. why didn't release Sons of Odin, King of Kings, and The Dawn of Battle singles with Warriors of the World? To keep up with the theme, I would've loved it if they took out the patriotic mumbo jumbo from WotW and put these songs in. For one, although I have had nothing but love for their new work, it makes me think. Fortunately the good aspects of 'King of Kings' make up for it, but I'd rather not have to fast forward through boring interludes.īut seriously, I have always had the nagging feeling Manowar are giving into commercialism. So what we have here is an overlong intro and a great song that is partially ruined because of an interlude which takes up a quarter of the song. Man, if they had taken out the interlude and replaced it with more soloing, it would be sheer ownage. After about a minute though, it explodes back into a blazing solo which almost makes up for it, and the track finishes with the chorus. Around 1:30 you're happily headbanging when it suddenly goes quiet into one of those stupid fucking interludes, which ruins all of the momentum which had been previously built up. The next track however, is simply awesome, with a fast riff driving it forward, and while the chorus is cheesy it is still good. I realise it's an intro, but it goes on for far too long, and it could've finished before the talking bit (about 40 seconds in). The first track, 'The Ascension', is some keyboard driven bullshit with some story about the King of Kings. Here, the title track suffers for it, with the crappy interlude seen in 'King of Kings'. This single suffers from the same thing as their newer albums, namely stupid, keyboard driven interludes that are supposed to sound 'epic' but instead are completely stupid.
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If you happen across this single in a bargain bin somewhere and you don’t have the full length, it would be worth picking up, but real fans of Manowar get the whole experience on the LP with the volume maxed out. It is a pretty good indicator of the musically ambitious nature of the full length release “Gods of War”, which is heavily criticized for being too book-on-tape oriented. This is a song that will no doubt satisfy the prolonged desire of the Manowar faithful who have seen a slowing in the band’s output since “The Triumph of Steel”. But afterwards we get an amazing methodical solo display on the part of Karl Logan, who bests a good deal of Ross the Boss’ work with the band. I hope that the critics who obsess over the interludes here were consistent with older Manowar classics such as “Defender” which sported similar narratives. Things do slow down a bit for a keyboard driven and narrated interlude, but for those who understand Manowar’s history, this is something that has always been present in their music.
Although keyboard heavy throughout, the thunderous rhythm section and pounding guitar give this track an equal dose of adrenaline that is comparable to the blazing fury of such classics as “Black Wind, Fire and Steel” and “Blood of the Kings”.
The featured track that follows the prelude “King of Kings” is classic 80s speed vintage with no apologies to a musically dead mainstream outside of metal’s bounds.
In spite of being seasoned veterans of their craft and sometimes derided as old timers, they have not relented, as can be heard on this triumphant single.Īlthough a bit longwinded for a single, I can see the point of a prelude of this magnitude to kick off a full length album that is quite ambitious musically. Not one to shrink from the task of diversifying the barbaric slaughter that is their sound with some epic interludes, what you often get is a middle ground between a very melodic and cheesy speed metal and a quasi-symphonic film score with keyboards and narrations blazing away. For twenty-seven years Manowar has unapologetically sent the balls of the whorish mainstream through their eye sockets with the iron boot that is heavy metal.
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