Kings Of Metal

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Album Information
  • Artist: Manowar (See All Albums by Manowar)

  • Date Released: Nov 1, 1988

  • Genre: Rock/Pop, Style: Hard Rock

  • Label: Atlantic Records

  • Copyright: 1988 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States

Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 48:04

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Not my favorite

tn-rudeboy

Let me start by saying there is some good stuff here, but this is not my favorite Manowar album. Louder Than Hell would be my favorite, followed by Battle Hymns, Sign of the Hammer, and Triumph of Steel. IMHO the best tracks on this album are Wheels of Fire, Kings of Metal, Hail and Kill, and Blood of the Kings. The rest of this album is not up to the usual Manowar standard. Sting of the Bumblebee is a really good bass solo, but I'm just not into bass solos. The Crown and the Ring and Kingdom Come are not very interesting to me. Pleasure Slave would be good if I were a prepubescent kid who thought sounds of women faking orgasms was really cool. The Warriors Prayer is not music, but a tale - a four and a half minute tale - no music. So that makes four out of ten tracks that I like. Two stars for this album simply because its not all bad.

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On their anthemic mission statement “Kings of Metal” Manowar once again proclaim their metal superiority thusly: “Other bands play, Manowar kills.” The twin sentiments of the group’s metal mastery and the majesty of medieval heroism in battle are repeated on their sixth full-length release, Kings of Metal. There aren’t too many surprises on the disc, with the possible exception of bassist Joey DeMaio’s blinding 64th-note bass playing on a reworking of Russian classicist Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” entitled “Sting of the Bumblebee.” Considered by some fans to be a classic of its own, the 1988 release has quite a few ballads, though speedier tracks like “Wheels of Fire” demonstrate the groups talents best. Besides their refreshingly totalistic loyalty to form, Manowar’s most admirable trait is their prodigious metal musicianship. – Vincent Jeffries

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