Manowar - Hail To England
| Release date: | 1984 |
| Style: | Heavy metal, US power metal |
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01. Blood Of My Enemies
02. Each Dawn I Die
03. Kill With Power
04. Hail To England
05. Army Of The Immortals
06. Black Arrows
07. Bridge Of Death
Top 20 albums of 1984: 13
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02. Each Dawn I Die
03. Kill With Power
04. Hail To England
05. Army Of The Immortals
06. Black Arrows
07. Bridge Of Death
Top 20 albums of 1984: 13
Featured in "Getting Into: Manowar"
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The leather and loincloth clad Manowar need no introduction to anyone vaguely into metal. They are perhaps amongst the most polarizing bands in metal - people either love them or hate them, with few in the middle. With "Hail to England" purported to be their high-water mark, I figured this would be the best place to start. I cast aside preconceived notions, burnt the loincloth images from my mind, and inserted them into iPod rotation? Read more ›› |
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Once in a while I'll put on an old album I haven't heard in a long time for nostalgia purposes rather than wanting to hear something of actual quality. Manowar's Hail To England, which happens to be one of my first metal albums, seemed to fit that bill perfectly. After all, I do remember having a great time at their live show when they came down here with Rhapsody (either a sign of the apocalypse, or a dream come true depending on perspective). Manowar actually acquired their "cheese cred" after their Hail To England/Sign Of The Hammer releases. Don't get me wrong though, there's plenty of lame moments on this album. All of it just happens to be appropriate for the time and context without aging too badly. So it's not as bad as one might expect. Read more ›› |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Yaniv on 15.11.2012 at 08:37 Disagree, for me that would be Into Glory Ride, and the instrumental Black Arrows is the epitome of a watse of album space and boredom.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| rogerfukleston Posts: 4 |
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| Infernal Eternal Posts: 647  |
The mix could have been better in some parts, but a great album overall. Probably my favourite Manowar album. Kill With Fucking Power!
---- {}::::::[]:::::::::::::::::> ONLY DEATH IS REAL <:::::::::::::::::[]::::::{} Rest In Peace: Bon Scott, Dave G. Halliday, Michael "Destructor" Wulf, Jerry Fogle, Quorthon, Witchhunter
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
Almost similar as the previous album, though I see this one having stronger individual tracks. I can hear greatness in "Kill With Power", "Black Arrows" (ppl say this is bad, but to me it's a 100% great Manowar track) and the true classic "Blood Of My Enemies".
---- My vision is augmented
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| Maasai Mara Posts: 159  |
So this is the album in which this pussies began fighting the enemies of metal. Each note they have played since black arrow has been nothing but an arrow to themselves. Bridge of death marks the point where they also begun sounding like a church choir and a christmas carol act. Only their debut is worth anyones' time.
---- You are not metal enough until you visit Kenya. The cradle of mankind, where man learnt first to work with stones and first enjoyed the sounds produced by banging stones which later influenced metal in all its sounds and genres.
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| vincent_furnier Posts: 1  |
Many people do not notice, but in the first few Manowar albums, the sound of the guitar is too low and it cannot be heard in the tracks. On the other hand, there are two basses - sometimes three! Joey Demaio is a great bassist and composer, no doubt and is the main figure in this band. But just hear the two albums of 1984 Hail to England and Sign of the Hammer! There's Joey's 8-string bass, which sounds like a guitar, because his strings are very thin (for bass) separately in the record, and there's 4-string bass, and for the guitar just - solos. The only two tracks in which the guitar can be heard are Each Dawn I Die and Armies of Immortals, perhaps because they are composed by Ross the Boss.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62002  |
Good album whit one good song, I mena killer song and edge of sanity made cover to it  Its better as 1th one but weeker as second one. Maybe last good manowar album.
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1507  |
Only 30 minutes of music if you discount the horrendous Black Arrows so it's quite a short one. Nice album though, the five first songs are all enjoyable and Bridge of Death, while a bit plodding, is also pretty nice. On the other hand the production sucks, the guitar is way too low and that bass tone is ass. Not sure what they were thinking.
---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301  |
Eventhough this is such an iconic U.S. power metal album, I can't say that I'm overly find of it. The production is poor quality, otherwise the album could of sounded a whole lot better imo. "Bridge Of Death" is my favourite track, eventhough it does plod on too much in parts, as is mentioned above. The rest of the album doesn't do that much for me, but it dies have it's good moments amidst the cheesiness. And I'm sorry but "Black Arrows" was annoying as hell.
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| Majesty1911 Posts: 194  |
Damn "Black Arrows" sucks hard, I just pretend this abomination does not exist. Everything else - super catchy, anthemic, energizing, battle ready, blood thirsty PERFECTION ! ! ! Hail! Hail! Hail!
---- Glory to the Nation!
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