It was an epoch where the war was seen as the continuation of the politics by other means and it afforded, nay it demanded, this conjunction between reality and fantasy if not for other reason as a cover up of the realpolitik. The band became the idol of all the wannabe Conans, the Barbarians. MANOWAR seemed to be in the right place at the right moment. The problem the band faced unaware of its consequences is that the world had changed dramatically from the early 80’s which partly due to the defeats in Vietnam, partly because of the increased consumerism, witnessed an increase of the amounts of public narcissism.
It is not only that Fantasy as such is a retreat or an intermission from reality. Second and not completely unrelated to the first one it was the world of fantasy they’ve created. The first was the feeling of permutation of lyrics and catch phrases that were recycled from their previous albums and by that time they’ve turned into what Orwell used to call ‘dead metaphors’ clichés that lacked any emotion or thought in them. But there are quite a few reasons for the aforementioned fall. Neither did for the matter of fact their live shows. DeMaio’s ability to write catchy music and with Adams’s vocal skills along with those of the rest of the band members surely didn’t lose anything of their lustre.
All the more so since the band decided to re-release it with the only obvious differences being the quality of the sound plus a live version of the ‘House of Death’. It is interesting to see either in retrospect or in hindsight why this mediocre album signified the beginning of the fall for the MANOWAR. Title: Warriors of the World (10th Anniversary Re-mastered Edition) LAMB OF GOD & KREATOR - Postpone “State of Unrest” European Tour to 2022 ROCK MEETS CLASSIC - Will rock again from April! WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN 2022 - First bands confirmedĪRCHIVE - New album “Call To Arms & Angels” MESH - Announce live Blu-ray “Touring Skyward - A Tour Movie” KIEFER SUTHERLAND - New Single “Two Stepping In Time” and new album on January 21, 2022 KORN - New album “Requiem” / first single “Start The Healing” out now!ĭANIEL BENYAMIN - “Digital Lovers” video premiere and tour start PLACEBO - Announce new album and release new song “Surrounded By Spies” ()
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