MANOWAR: Albums Ranked (From Worst to Best) - Rank 'Em All
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- In todays video I'm going to rank Manowar's full discography. Manowar is an American heavy/power metal band. They were one of the early pioneers of sword and sorcery styled epic heavy metal but also one of the first bands that dealt with viking themed metal. Manowar from New York released their debut album Battle Hymns in 1982 and ever since then Joey DeMaio and Eric Adams has kept the band alive through various lineups. So today we're ranking Manowar's full discography from the worst to the best. Rank Into Glory, Enjoy!!
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MANOWAR ALBUMS RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST.
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0:00 Intro
0:52 The Ranking
13:45 The Summary
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And albums like: Battle Hymns, Into Glory Ride, Hail to England, Sign of the hammer, Fighting the World, Kings of Metal, The Triumph of Steel, Louder than Hell, Warriors of the World, Gods of War & The Lord of Steel
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Into glory ride and Hail to England. Absolute masterpieces
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My first Manowar album was Kings of Metal, I listened to it in the early 90's, so it's my favorite to this day.
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Agreed same for me
Totally agree. Kings of Metal is The BEST Manowar album without any shadow of a doubt... Period!
Same here
That album cemented the idea of metal as religion for me. I mean it has a lot of 'soft' stuff on it... But the overriding thing you get from it is that you just went to metal church. Like you just stood in the presence of greatness that you're almost not worthy of...
Someone asks you 'what is metal'? Sure, play them Sabbath, play them extreme metal, play them Painkiller... All correct answers... But play them 'The Crown & The Ring' together with 'Kingdom Come' and they now have been exposed to the unique power & glory of true heavy metal \m/
My personal top 4:
1. Kings of Metal
2. Battle Hymns
3. Warriors of the World
4. Triumph of Steel
I'm simply not old enough (born in '91) to be a "classic" Manowar fan, but I'm proud to state that Manowar was the band which introduced me to the whole metal genre at the age of 12.
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Underappreciated Gem= Louder Than Hell from 1996.
"When losers say its over with/ you know its a lie/ The Gods made Heavy Metal/ its never gonna die"
Their most underrated album
It has the energy, but the monotonous chug-riffing kills it for any savvy listener. It could have been perfect with proper guitar-playing
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@@vsear5911 exactly! I love that album but all the riffs sound the same jn that album, its only the vocals and solos which differentiate song from song in that album.
Those lyrics are hilarious!
We agreed on the number one again.
Iâll suggest Virgin Steele.
I have hardly even heard the later half of their discography, but maybe some day if I get into it. :) Hail and Cheers! đ€
Yo
Virgin Steele are amazing and still go under many radars. The unfortunate but serious decline of de Feisâs voice doesnât help much. However I truly think that up until their early 2000âs albums Virgin Steele were Manowar for the thinking metal fan.
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I dont think you mentioned but what really makes the first six albums way better than the rest of thier stuff was Ross the Boss on guitar. He wrote a majority of the classic song from that era and really put down the heavy riffs, and a heavy riff is what specifically makes a song metal. After he left all their stuff (except Metal Warriors, which I've always suspected was a Ross the Boss compossion) had a focus on singing about being metal rather than actually being metal and what is music called that is centered around the vocals kids? That's right, pop!
I totaly agree that Manowar lost some quality when Ross was kicked out.
Can't say agree that they go into pop after that. But I think overall all the songs about how "true" they are gets a bit tiresome.
The old school brutal war/viking theme is what i mainly love about their stuff.
There are still some good songs on newer albums. But yeah you can se a overall decline in quality.
Yeah, the best albums are definitely with Ross the Boss. Cheers!
Agreed... But Triumph of Steel says hello ;)
My favorites:
1 - Hail to England
2 - Sign of the Hammer
3 - Kings of Metal
4 - The Triumph of Steel
5 - Battle Hymns
6 - Louder than Hell
7 - Fighting the World
8 - Into Glory Ride
9 - Warriors of the World
10 - Gods of War
11 - The Lord of Steel
Hail and Cheers! đ€
Into Glory Ride is one of the best metal albums of all time, eternally filtering plebs with the band's image, the cover and THAT opening track.
"Gates of Valhalla" is the uncredited prototype for Viking Metal. It came out long before Bathory ripped it off, sometimes to a comical extent like in "Valhalla".
"March for Revenge" is the uncredited prototype for Epic Doom Metal, coming out multiple years before Epicus Doomicus Metalicus.
I fully agree. Cheers!
It's almost funny how much Bathory ripped of Manowar. And the trve cvlt crowd always denies/forgets that, wich is embarrassing.
Aah, here they are... Sensible people who actually get it. Well done for having brains & ears, everyone \m/ We may be few in number but... Fuck the world, hail & kill!
THAT opening track is the weakest to me. Pretty generic. The rest of the album slays, of course
The Triumph of Steel (1992) was my introduction to the band band in 2000/2001 and to this day, it is still my favourite albums of theirs. I don't find the 28 minute track boring at all and the rest of the tracks kick ass, such as Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee, Burning (love the heavy intro riff), The Demon's Whip, The Power Of Thy Sword, and the gorgeous Master Of The Wind (reminiscent of Heart Of Steel from Kings of Metal).
It was first Manowar album I bought after I got in to couple of their songs I had in mp3's.
I never really understood that 28 minute epic either, so I definitely agree with RM here. That album opener kind of made me phase out of their discography almost completely.
That album is amazing. The only song I always skip is Metal Warriors, which does not fit the rest of the album. I love the 28-min opener. No issues here.
@@Canuck1000 Hey my fellow Canadian! Yeah, Metal Warriors is also the only song I am not a fan of either. The rest of the album (28 minute song included) is stellar. People think this was where their decline started. I truly don't hear it at all.
@@Danimal77 I agree. It somewhat started after this album.
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1. Hail To England
2. Battle Hymns
3. Sign of the Hammer
4. Into Glory Ride
imo
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I somewhat agree with this list..... The first time i ever heard ManOwaR was in 1987... the FtW album. I was 12 and my slightly older cousin bought it from Columbia House just because he loved the name and it turned out to be the best tape out of all the bunch. I was in love with it from the first time he played it for me and then i wore out 2 FtW cassettes myself over the next 3 years or so. The music was great but Eric Adams voice just captivated me beyond this world. At just about the same time i got a hold of KoM in '88 and from that point on they were my favorite band over Anything else. Years later after the ToS album came out i immediately bought it when i saw it at the record store (Now only knowing of 3 ManOwaR albums) I sent off to join the Army Of Immortals fan club and got a booklet (The Oracle Vol 2) And it had an order form in the back with all their older albums for sale on cassette. That Is when i discovered all their earlier stuff, I still have all four black cassettes today as well as my well-worn out KoM shirt i had bought too. Its no secret their newer albums are almost on trash level.. But they will always be 80s ManOwaR to me as when i originally discovered them............ Leaving out all KL junk... Here Is My ranking starting with #7 TRIUMPH of STEEL #6 BATTLE HYMNS #1 IGR,HTE,SOTH,FTW,KOM
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Can you start a series on reviewing new albums from classic bands when they are released?
So glad first four are tops, completely AGREE! My favorite is Sign but sometimes itâs Into Glory Ride. Such an influential period, Quorthon definitely took a thing or two from Manowar for his Viking metal period of Bathory
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The first 6 albums are all great ( despite how cheesy the whole Manowar image is ) Fighting the world will always be my favourite as it was the first album of theirs I heard . Brings back lots of good memories from the 80's
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Awesome đ„ đ€đ„
Looking forward to this after work !
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1. Into Glory Ride
2. Hail to England
3. Battle Hymns
4. Sigh of the Hammer
5. Fighting the World
6. Kings of Metal
Cheers!
Very nice, a video about the Kings of Metalđ€đ€
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Another great video. STAY HEAVY, man!
thanks, Cheers!
1982 "Battle Hymns" - 10/12
1983 "Into Glory Ride
" - 10/12
1984 "Hail to England
" - 11/12
1984 "Sign of the Hammer
" - 11/12
1987 "Fighting the World
" - 11/12
1988 "Kings of Metal
" - 12/12
1992 "The Triumph of Steel
" - 10/12
1996 "Louder than Hell
" - 10/12
2002 "Warriors of the World
" - 10/12
2007 "Gods of War
" - 8/12
2012 "The Lord of Steel
" - 6/12
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1982 "Battle Hymns" - 6/12
1983 "Into Glory Ride
" - 16/12
1984 "Hail to England
" - 16/12
1984 "Sign of the Hammer
" - 12/12
1987 "Fighting the World
" - 11/12
1988 "Kings of Metal
" - 10/12
1992 "The Triumph of Steel
" - 7/12
1996 "Louder than Hell
" - ?/12
2002 "Warriors of the World
" - 8/12
2007 "Gods of War
" - 1/12
2012 "The Lord of Steel
" - ?/12
@@Hasse.Andersson 16/12 - math is not your forte ))))))
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lol - no!
I don't care what anyone says Manowar rules, have been a fan since Fighting the world was released. Finally saw them live in 2014
Yes, I agree. they are an essential band, at least in the early days. Hail and Cheers! đ€
I mostly agree with your list, the albums from the 80s were all great! Hope to see the ranking of Motorhead albums in the future.
They have so goddamn many albums it will take forever to go through them, especially since I haven't kept up with them in the 90's and beyond. Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT Yeah that will be an epic hair splitting contest... That's one band I've never even tried making a full ranked list of. I mean I may get near half way, but then they all start to blur quality wise ;)
1. Battle Hymns
2. Into Glory Ride
3. Hail to England
4. Sign of the Hammer
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Pretty great ! I'd forgotten about this band.
man, late '80s, i stroll into a local record store and ask the owner to play Hail To England after all the 'real men play on 10' stuff.
A guy walks in, "George, wtf is this ???!!!"
"I'm playing it for a customer".
That was that.
haha, Hail and Cheers! đ€
My nr 1 Sign of the Hammer, Guyana rules !!!
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Guyana is an underrated masterpiece. Probably the coolest bass solo played with a pick that I can think of. It's a nice break from the sword and sorcery theme as well.
1 Hail to England
2 Into Glory Ride
3 Sign of the Hammer
4 Battle Hymn
5 Kings of Metal
6 Triumph of Steel
7 Fighting the world
8 Warriors of the world
9 Louder than hell
10 Gods of War
11 Lord of Steel (love blacklist from that album)
Hail and Cheers! đ€
1. Sign of the hammer
2. Hail to England
3. Battle hymns
4. Kings of metal
5. Fighting the world
Hail and Cheers! đ€
Just discovered your channel a few days and it totally kicks ass brother! I often have different rankings than you but enjoy hearing your opinions of these iconic bands. This one though I was exactly the same lol. Thanks again!
thank you! glad you like 'em. :)
Even after all these years, Battle Hymn remains the ultimate heavy metal track. Death to false metal!
classic. Cheers!
Say what one will about "God's of War", "Sons of Odin" is a banger. Despite being a very lackluster album, that song alone is in my top ten Manowar songs. Got to see them play that one live a few years ago. First four are still my favorites though.
yeah they are alright, nothing special in my opinion. but hey. Hail and Cheers! đ€
Sons of Odin is an amazing song. First Manowar song I heard and got me into the band.
King of Kings, Hymn of The Immortal Warrior, Odin and Sleipnir are awesome songs too.
Yep. Sons of Odin is fucking great.
This album is full of epic. In my opinion one of the best Manowar album. Sleipnir an hymn.
So, back in 1984 I'm listening to a local high school radio station and I hear this wicked song come on. I absolutely loved it, but after it was over I only heard the DJ say Manowar. I didn't catch the name of the song. Next day I go to Harmony House and head straight for the metal section. I find Manowar and end up buying Battle Hymns because I didn't know the name of the song I heard the day before. I ended up loving Battle Hymns anyway. The title song is one of my favorite Manowar songs. Later I find out that the song I heard on the radio was Each Dawn I Die, so I ran out and bought Hail To England. I loved that album from the first time I heard it. Those two albums are my favorites from them.
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Great! Louder than Hell my favorite, underrated heavy metal gem of the 90s
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Battle Hymns and Into Glory Ride swap back and forth between 1 and 2 for me depending on the month. The rest is spot on. I actually never listened two their last two albums because I was a bit disappointed with Warriors of the World and didnât bother checking out anything after. Itâs hard to say which album was the first I listened to because I bought all their CDs that had come out before Warriors of the World at the same time. I discovered them randomly on Yahoo Music back in the 90s and wanted their entire discography. So I did full immersion.
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Not a huge Manowar fan but I love the song Die For Metal and itâs only a b-side. I think itâs good some bands fly the flag for metal unashamedly
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Nice. One of my favorite bands. My personal favorite will be Hail to England. Sing of the Hammer is second.
Best track Guyana (Cult of the Damned).
Sing of hammer
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1/ Kings of Metal 2/ Fighting the World...đ€đ€
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I agree
Never listened to this band, never even heard of them, but I like your rankings, so I'm gonna watch this
Never heard of Manowar? They are one of the most popular metal bands in the world. check my top listed albums, so classic. Hail and Cheers! đ€
I started out listening mainly to death, black, and power metal in my youth.
I've shifted to 80's and traditional metal in my middle age, and your videos (especially Ranking videos) always prove a great guide to listening to the bands I ignored in my youth.
Thanks boss, Cheers!
I always thought Manowar were OK in their early days, but silly. However, I enjoyed them right up to Kings of Metal, even with all the tweaks in their sound. After that, the music became more hit or miss, and the gimmick got old. Those bass solos were horrible wastes of time on albums. Anyway, I guess my favorites are:
1) Hail To England
2) Sign of the Hammer
3) Fighting The World
4) Kings of Metal
5) Battle Hymns
Yeah it can look a bit silly with todays standards, but I love this stuff, this is the essence of metal. the first four are more or less perfect. Hail and Cheers! đ€
For bass solos, Guyana was pretty darn good, but the worst were the rambling distorted messes that Joey would play in live concerts on a piccolo bass. Even the die hard fans couldn't contain their annoyance.
My personal favorites are Into Glory Ride and Hail To England.
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Into Glory Ride and Hail to England is my fave Manowar albums =T=
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MANOWAR is an interesting band. Outrageous. Proud. Loud.
Kinda like THOR was, but really really good musicianship.
I heard the drummer died somewhat young. That bugged me.
And Ross the Boss reveals in interviews that the bassist was the boss.
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It is the year 1989. Two German High School student discovered the âKings of Metalâ album and canât stop listening to it. In particular the lyrics of the last song âBlood of the Kingsâ is most interesting. The band is listing within the lyrics their studio albums in chronological order. But two albums were totally unknown. Unknown to us, unknown by the record shop. At times where there was no internet it took us weeks to find out, that these two albums âHail to Englandâ and âInto Glory Rideâ where not available on German market because of legal issues. A few months later I found them as a bootleg on CD (both on one CD). I still keep it as a treasure. Real masterpieces!
Yeah I remember Manowar being quite popular amongst a few friends when I was a kid but I don't remember hearing much from them myself until I've heard them through the internet.
Been a Manowarrior since 2005. They are very much influential and inspiring to me, both in terms of true metal might and to fight on in this life as life is like a battle and we just fight on. They had a good influence on me on my college days. Call to Arms is my first Manowar song I ever heard, however I did start with listening to Battle Hymns and went up from there. For the old ones, I consider Kings of Metal to be their best as well as Hail to England. Gods of War is still fantastic to me because of the orchestration, the Norse themes and a number of songs that I like, though it is kinda long with the narration. However, honestly, The Lord of Steel is rather disappointing and lame, even though there are a few songs that I like there. I really wonder how things will be like if they went on with their Hammer of the Gods album. Hail to Manowar and true metal!
My personal rating:
1 - Kings of Metal
2 - Hail to England
3 - Gods of War
4 - Warriors of the World
5 - Into Glory Ride
6 - The Triumph of Steel
7 - Sign of the Hammer
8 - Louder Than Hell
9 - Battle Hymns
10 - Fighting the World
11 - The Lord of Steel
Cheers!
Im glad to see someone else putting Kings on the lower. I never could get into that album. The first four are definitely the best. Id probably have Hail to E. as a first. Its really a powerhouse of hardhitting songs.
Itâs a classic. Too low on this list
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Seen them live for the first time in 1986, great band đ€đ€
indeed, cheers
The first Manowar album I bought was Fighting the World. I love that album. I also like Kings of Metal, Warriors of the World, Battle Hyms, Hail to England and Louder than Hell. Eric Adams is an awesome singer.
perfect match Eric Adams and Manowar. Hail and Cheers! đ€
After so many bands form the US, I'd really appreciate more melodic stuff form EU. Hoping for HELLOWEEN
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1. Hail to England
2. Into Glory Ride
3. Battle Hymns
4. Sign of the Hammer
5. Kings of Metal
What do you think about Imperial editions and their production? I personally prefer them over the 'originals', because they sound 'firmer"
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1. Into glory ride
2. Hail to England
3. Battle Hymns
4. Sign of the Hammer
5. Kings Of metal
6. Fighting the World
7.Triumph of steel
8. Louder Than Hell
9. Gods of war
10. Warriors of the World
11. Lord of steel
Manowar was the band that finally made me a metal head with the song Hand of Doom. I love the band and accept that they are cheesy, over the top, and sometimes ridiculous, but I love them regardless. I think your list is great. The only thing I'd change is I'd move Gods of War higher on the list because I find it enjoyable to listen to personally. I think I like both Gods of War and Warriors of the World more than Louder than Hell and The Triumph of Steel.
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I would definitely put their 90's albums before FtW, but I agree with this list. Into Glory Ride is by far their greatest album. Their first four albums are pretty much filler free.
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into glory ride - a dark epic masterpiece - well chosen sir
i'd put either hail or sign next, battles hymns has two killer tunes (title track, dark avenger) but lacks significantly as a whole i feel
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Used to listen to these guys in the early 90s. Awsome stuff đ„đȘ
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Now, I am only 12 and I enjoyed all of your videos. Thanks for the ranking. Long Live Metal!
:) Thank you!
I agree with you, 100%, on the sound and production of the early 80's. đ€
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My personnal favourite is Kings of Metal and i like a lot The Triumph of Steel he left a good impression on me afterwards I really liked his concept đ€đ„
good stuff, Cheers!
1. Hail to England 2. Sign of the hammer 3. Into the glory ride
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My favourite album is Sign of the hammer. It has everything that makes early Manowar great.
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Excellent work, I'm a big Manowar fan, (next do a from worst to best) with the band Venom.
He already did czcams.com/video/SLjD7PFyZPI/video.html
He already ranked venom
He did a video on Venom. About 3-4 months ago.
already done Venom. ;) Cheers!
Good list. I'm not super fan of Manowar but I'd very like early albums.
Maybe next 'Album ranked' you will do about Manilla Road? Many young metalheads don't know this awesome band, pioneers of Epic Metal.
My top is:
1. Hail to England
2. Into Glory Ride
3 Sign of the Hammer
4. Battle Hymns
5. Fighting The World
6. Louder Than Hell
7. Warriors Of The World (good album return except Nessun Dorma)
8. Kings of metal.
Up the hammers and down the nails.
Cheers!
Depending on my mood I will go between Hail to England, sign of the hammer and triumph of steel as my absolute favourites. That being said you can't go wrong with any of the 80s albums and the later stuff has quite a few classic songs on each album.
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for me there is really no "weak" album from Manowar, yeah of course some are "weaker" than others, but overall the style and quality is in every album great for me. But I do have the absolute album "Triumph of Steel" this is masterpiece beyond masterpiece for me. Achilles Agony And Ecstasy in eigth parts is the best song ever, period. No debate!
I listen to all albums regularly on my phone from time to time.
What I think that most people doesn't realize is Eric and Joey are 60+ years old, it's understandable they will not rock crazy 200mph fast songs as in their 30s. So it must (I think) reflect on their latest albums, but I still honestly like those album.
The only thing I agree with many people is, it would be nice to release proper full length album.
Btw, Thunder in the Sky and last Final Battle pt1 are also great... just the same thing, very short... we need full album
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Love Manowar!!!! Great video...but 2 songs I was disappointed that werenât mentioned...Dark Avenger and Guyana Cult Of The Damnedđ€·đ»ââïž
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"Manowar, Manowar living on the road..." đ.
For me, their best song is The Secret Of Steel. I always get goosebumps when i listen to it. If all of their art sounded like that, they would have been even better band.
BUT - why you didn't include the "Thunder In The Sky" EP?
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Only full albums I guess... And yes, that song is amazing \m/
I pretty much agree with the ranking, the first albums being the best, and the newest the worst. But I also have to say that in my opinion Manowar is generally difficult to rank because almost all albums have awesome songs and weird fillers as well. Not the most consistent band ever!
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1. The Triumph of Steel
2. Gods of War
3. The Lord of Steel
4. Into Glory Ride
5. Hail to England
6. Sign of the Hammer
7. Fighting The World
8. Kings of Metal
9. Louder Than Hell
10. Battle Hymns
11. Warriors of The World
Love all the albums, and this was pretty hard.
Great video!
MANOWAR KILL!
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Your Channel are awesome đđđ
Thanks boss, Cheers!
My favorite song from Manowar is Fighting the World. There is the hookiest vocal melodies that little kid me just fell in love with. When little kid me listened to music I would love anything with a killer riff and anything with guitar harmonies as well. I need to take a trip back to the other earlier albums and see what I can remember from this band. Always cheesy, almost homoerotic, but without a doubt full on METAL!!!!!!
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1. Battle Hymns
2. Into Glory Ride
3. Sign of the Hammer
4. Hail to England
5. Kings of Metal
6. Fighting the World (The live version from '92 of the title track is probably my favorite Manowar song of all time.)
7. Louder Than Hell
8. Warriors of the World
9. The Triumph of Steel
10. Gods of War
11. The Lord of Steel
cheerios
1. Into Glory Ride
2. Kings of Metal
3. Sign of the Hammer
4. Hail to England
5. Battle Hymns
Cheers!
Ha! I never realized those ABS and that chest on the Eagle on Battle Hymns before! How did i miss that?
hehe. Cheers!
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@@kenzaxxon12 Cheers!
Still cracks me up to watch them perform "Revelation" in front of a elementary school kids on Nickelodeon
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My top five
1. Triumph of Steel
2. Into the Glory Ride
3. Hail to England
4. Kings of Metal
5. Fightin the world
Hail and Cheers! đ€
After Ross the Boss left the band it wasn't the same.
My favourite is Hail to England!!
Into Glory Ride's main problem is shitty quality of mixing. And I have all the first five albums in original LP formats
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Into Glory Ride was actually a demo they decided to release as an official album. Btw, the version of Defender from that period is far superior to the Fighting the World version in my opinion. If you find the single (Defender from 1983) I Highly recommend picking it up. I have it on vinyl
11. Lord of Steel
10. Louder Than Hell
9. Fighting The World
8. Gods of War
7. Warriors of the World
6. Triumph of Steel
5. Manowar
4. Into Glory Ride
3. Sign of the Hammer
2. Hail To England
1. Kings of Metal
I love all Manowar albums. Even their worst album is great, to me. Its production is a bit obnoxious but it's so epic heavy and brutal at the same time. Born in a Grave, Righteous Glory, Touch The Sky, and Kingdom of Steel are great songs! Warriors of the World with the bonus songs: I Believe and Dawn of Battle is the version to get, they make the album better. Also their EP Thunder in the Sky is one of their best! Eric Adams is the greatest Heavy Metal vocalist of all time.
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Into Glory Ride and Sign of the Hammer are my absolute favorites
i think the guitar work on both those albums is under rated as hell. RtB was a killer
Sign of the Hammer is pretty underrated, love that album
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đ€Awesome album #1#2n'#3đ€Great Rankedđ€
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Fighting the World was a definite change in direction from the previous album. Put an ad in the back of Kerrang looking for people who just want to kill, carry on an ode to Kansas. I know that the Kansas is different than the Manowar, but Manowar sounds like Kansas on Carry On as well as some of the ballads on Kings of Metal. It's not an insult, the fact that Eric Adams can pull off Vocals that could have been on a Styx or Kansas songs is a compliment to what a great Vocalist he actually is. I always thought that most of Eric's Vocals resembled Dan Beehler of Exciter, but like a more controlled and trained rendition of Dan . Basically if Dan Beehler would have taken some Voice lessons he would probably sound exactly like Eric Adams. I always noticed similarities in their actual Voices, not their techniques
yeah it's a bit more commercial. Cheers!
What is best in life?
Crush the enemy
See them driven before you
And hear the lamentation of the women
Conan the Biologist
haha, classic lines. Hail and Cheers! đ€
My favourite albums are of course Into Glory Ride and Hail To England, absolute masterpieces. But I really love The Lord Of Steel album, just because of the production, really raw.
1. Sign of the Hammer 2. Kings of Metal 3. Into Glory Ride 4. Hail to England 5. Fighting the World 6. The Triumph of Steel 7. Battle Hymns 8. Gods of War (Sleipnir is easily the best track, album otherwise contains much filler) 9. Louder Than Hell (Brothers of Metal and Power, even though it would have been sub-par on their 80's albums). They made only 1 weak track with Ross The Boss and that's Violence & Bloodshed, not counting the bass solos, well, Kings of Metal title track ain't good either, a song straight out of the Spinal Tap notebook). The Triumph of Steel has a mindless shred guitarist in Shankle, but still has fantastic tracks like Power of Thy Sword (album's only brilliant guitar solo, just before the fade out), Spirit Horse of the Cherokee, Ride the Dragon and Master of the Wind. Ross is one of the best and sorely missed in Manowar. The other 2 albums are shite. 80's Manowar is the so called gold standard of American power metal, as are Crimson Glory, Savatage and Riot.
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Hot take: Am I the only one that likes the Nessun Dorma cover? I can see people why dislike it but I see it as a big flex and pretty much proves Eric Adams can sing pretty much anything.
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My actual rank:
1.Hail To England
2.Into Glory Ride
3.Kings of Metal
4.Triumph of Steel
5.Sign of the Hammer
6.Fighting the World
7.Battle Hymns
BTW I don't skip bass solos like infamous Black Arrows... I'm listen to this with smile on my face :)
Best band to listening at any workouts!
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Vastly underrated band, Kings of Metal still got a mention, which gives the honor due them
yes, manowar is amongst the best.
Goog ranking!!! When I want tray something new I like listen to the song Mountains fro the Sign of the hammer disc, this part:
"Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Just climb"
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Ive cut/separated the Triumph 28min track so i can listen the tracks individually and skip the drum and bass solos.
Triumph is one of the best power aggressive metal albums of all times.
All albums till Louder are amazing, Warriors is half good and all the others are EPs in the best option.
yeah that longass intro track kills it a bit for me. Hail and Cheers! đ€
Right on the money dude!
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I agree that the first four are their best and IGR is their very best. Sign of the Hammer was release seven or eight months after Hail To England. I know online sources list HTE as being released in July, 1984, but it had to of been released in February or March. I bought it when it was new (my first Manowar album) and I still had two or three months left in my freshman year of high school (I am CERTAIN of this). My freshman year ended in late May or very early June.
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The first three albums are the best for sure. Here's my ranking..
1 Battle Hymns
2 Into Glory Ride
3 Hail To England
4 Louder Than Hell
5 Sign Of The Hammer
6 The Triumph Of Steel
7 The Lord Of Steel
8 Warriors Of The World
9 Fighting The World
10 Kings Of Metal
11 Gods Of War
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Manowar paying homage to Puccini was epic. Love it.
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I totally agree with this ranking, I think all 4 are about equal. Sign of the Hammer had the really intense Mountains, Guyana, and Thor ( Hammerhead) , but also the awful Animals, and the funny All Men Play On Ten. Hail To England musically was great with the exception of Black Arrows , but the silly over the top Cut off my head release all my evil, impale me on the horns of death speech followed by the gospel sounding chorus of I Know the Man who waits , Satan is his name, Across the Bridge of Death there he stands in Flames, Satan don't forsake me , I wait for you to take me impressed me when I was 16 , but I have since found it embarrassing to listen to. Into Glory Ride other than the intro to Warlord, which must have been a premonition of the guitar player who would join replace the mighty Ross the Boss , but it says she's only 16 , to correctly predict the future guitar player it would have had to say he's only 6. Even Nostradaumus didn't predict the future with 100% accuracy, so it was close enough. I remember when I first bought Battle Hymns on vinyl, and the groovy rhythm of Death Tone kicked in with lyrics like you were sitting home when I got sent to Nam , I went to the Big House you just work a job, my social worker keeps me out of jail so the paper reads his name, and he likes it. I was thinking WTF is this crap , I immediately skipped to Metal Daze and was much more impressed. I got to say though Manowar - Death Tone and Cirith Ungol - Atom Smasher might be 2 of the most unique songs ever done. Accept - I'm a Rebel kind of unique as well. Those 3 tracks back to back would be total insanity
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@ Gode Tonter: There goes a rumor that Malcolm Young wrote "I'm a rebel"!
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I always thought they were a bit too mellow
Hail Demaio though he is a hell of a bassist
@@juddlongacre4293 you mean Manowar is too Mellow?
1. Sign Of The Hammer
2. Hail To England
3. Battle Hymns
4. Into Glory Ride
They lost me after the first four albums, but those four I do love (except for the bass noodles).
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For me it is
1. Hail to England
2. Into Glory Ride
3. Sign of the Hammer
4. Kings of Metal
5. Battle Hymns
6. Fighting the World
All the rest I donât really care about. First six are metal legend. HtE is in my top 3 Metal albums of all time.
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Next I'd like to see rankings of three great Swedish bands:
- Falconer
- Morgana Lafey
- Therion
not my faves. ;)
I would group the albums in the same three blocs: 1-4., 5-9.,and 10-11. However, my ranking would be different within these blocs. Hail to England is the absolute masterpiece and number one for me. 33 minutes of heavy metal perfection, sound, writing and performance wise as well. In the second bloc I would rate WOTW higher (I didn't hold it in high regard, but lately I kind a discovered its virtues) đ. I agree that beginning with FTW the quality wine of Manowar began to get watered, including more fillers, less epic stuff, and when it tried to be epic it lacked the strength of the first 4 albums. So my ranking is:
1. Hai to England (I would name Bridge of Death as my favourite Manowar song with all its Faustian drama)
2. Into Glory Ride
3. Sign of the Hammer
4. Battle Hymns (it's not higher because it's a bit mixed for me: some incredible epic songs are mixed with some more generic hard rock/metal songs).
5. Kings of Metal
6. Triumph of Steel (for its 2nd half đ)
7. Warriors of the World (despite the weird covers đ)
8. Fighting the World
9. Louder than Hell (I used to like it really much, but guitar wise it seems a bit dull and I miss that epic power the earlier albums had)
10. Gods of War
11. Lords of Steel
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The problem is that these 11 albums have 11! permutations, so nearly everybody has his own list.
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1- Into Glory Ride
2- Hail To England
3- Battle Hymns
4- Sign Of The Hammer
5- Kings Of Metal
6- Fighting The World
The rest seems like a parody of themselves IMO. First four records are epic!
Agreed đ
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I borrowed Triumph Of Steel from my middle school teachers assistant back in -92 or -93.
Still have it!! :D
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1. Hail to England
2. Battle Hymns
3. Fighting the World
4. Into Glory Ride
5. Sign of the Hammer
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Hail to England was my first and still is my fav Manowar album. Into Glory Ride and Sign of the Hammer make my top 3
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Hail to England is #1 for me mate, closely followed by Battle Hymns, and Sign of the Hammer and Into Glory Ride. Cheers buddyđ€
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@@RuthlessMetalYT I saw 'em at at Leeds Tiffany's night club back in 1984, Wow.. What a gig, Around ÂŁ2 a ticket đ€
haha insane. :) I saw them in 2001 or something 20 bucks, still way cheaper than today. :D
Waiting for the ranking of great swedish bands like Candlemass, Bathory and others.
Bathory is coming up some time this spring/summer. Cheers!