Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer - guest review
Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer - guest review
Tracklist
01. All Men Play On Ten02. Animals
03. Thor (The Powerhead)
04. Mountains
05. Sign Of The Hammer
06. The Oath
07. Thunderpick
08. Guyana (Cult Of The Damned)
Guest review by
Joey Jo Jo August 06, 2005
The album starts off with very commercial sounding metal in the form of the first 2 tracks. This throws me off since the title and appearance of the release represent otherwise. Luckily, then we get these very melodic and epic, yet raw tracks that I can only compare with Viking-era Bathory, especially in "Mountains", which is an ode to the people that served in Vietnam. A lot of fan favorites are here like "All Men Play on 10", "Thor(the powerhead)" and the title track. My personal favorite and cult classic "Guyanna(cult of the damned)" also appears. It is a very humorous historical track about some cult in the 70s that attempted mass suicide. The only thing negative that I can point out here is the pointless bass solo "Thunderpick" but anyone who listens to Manowar already knows about these. I strongly recommend this album to anyone who is curious about these self-proclaimed "Kings of Metal". This happens to be the peak of the band creatively and musically, while later efforts are of little or no interest to me whatsoever.
Written by Joey Jo Jo | August 06, 2005
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Posts: 40071 Written by Ulquiorra on 30.03.2007 at 18:37 Disagree, although this is their last okay album IMO. Their classic album is and always will be Hail To England to me.
---- 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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Posts: 136 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.03.2007 at 18:48 Hail to England is great too-all first 4 manowar albums are monuments but for me the best is kings of metal...
---- Don't turn away just take my hand and when you make your final stand i ll be right there i ll never leave all i ask of you is believe...
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hail to England was Manowars worst before Gods of War. This is a classic, an 8.8 for me. Thor (The Powerhead) has to be one of the best Manowar songs of all time, especially live.
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I remember Sign Of The Hammer to be the last song i played in my mp3player before my school leaving exams started 
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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Eric Adams' vocal delivery in Mountains is ridiculously good, i got quite teary right now while listening to that track.
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If you read a lyrics of opening song you will know why its commercial
---- 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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