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Manowar
- Hell On Stage
1999 Metal Blade
Track
Listing:
Disc 1
1. Metal Daze
2. Dark Avenger
3. March for Revenge (By The Soldiers Of Death)
4. Hatred
5. Gates Of Valhalla
6. Bridge Of Death
7. William's Tale
8. Guyana (Cult Of The Damned)
Disc 2
1. Warrior's Prayer
2. Blood Of The Kings
3. Sting Of The Bumblebee
4. Heart Of Steel
5. Master Of The Wind
6. Outlaw
7. Power
8. Crown And The Ring [Outro Version]
Line-Up:
Vocals: Eric
Adams
Guitars: Karl Logan
Bass: Joey DeMaio
Drums: Scott Columbus
Website: www.manowar.com Horatio's Rating:
D
Average Album Rating: D Also be sure to read:
Manowar
- Hail To England by Horatio
Manowar
- Warriors Of The World by Horatio |
Horatio's Review:
'This album was made to be played FUCKING
LOUD!!!!'. So says the sleeve notes. I agree with the statement.
If you play this low you might forget it's on, so playing it loud might keep you awake.
Even then I doubt it. I had some nerve to label Dio's 'Evil Or
Divine' the worst live metal album ever, especially when this piece of drivel exists.
I've owned this since its release in 1999 and not once have I listened to it fully.
I knew it was a dud from the opening bars of 'Metal Daze'. Take all the problems I associated with
Dio and apply them to this. That saves me from having to explain why this is boring beyond compare.
In a move of excess this was Manowar's second live album in two years, the other coming in 1997,
'Hell On Wheels' if I'm not mistaken. Since then they've also
released eight live DVD's, ten more live CD's and a whopping one studio album.
This double CD is a joke. The songs are more obscure than it's predecessor, but twice as dull.
I'll commit suicide before I listen to a nine minute version of 'Bridge Of
Death'. Manowar pride themselves on being the baddest dudes in metal, yet their live sound is less exciting than
Megadeth's. Eric Adams' banter in between tracks is worse, his robotic delivery suggesting he is addressing an assembly of retarded folk unable to grasp any dialect.
'It... feels... good... to... be... back... with... our... true...
brothers... of... metal... here... in... Switzerland'. He's obviously reading from a cue card in the studio, the
clichéd rants too impossible to digest.
The track listing may thrill hardcore fans, but on paper it's diabolical.
I've never been a fan of 'March For Revenge', 'Gates Of Valhalla',
'Guyana (Cult Of The Damned)', 'Blood Of The Kings', 'Sting Of The
Bumblebee' or 'Heart Of Steel' so this falls on flat ears.
Plodding and drawn out, it's hard to grasp the fact Manowar consider themselves the loudest band on earth.
I can't even remember what albums half these songs are off. Listening to the crowd talk along with the narration to
'The Warriors Prayer' makes me ill for some reason. Fanatics or losers?
I admire Manowar for a portion of their catalogue, like Dio, but this whole package is senseless and a waste of the
environment's natural resources. Even a couple of faster tracks, 'Outlaw' and
'The Power' fall flat. Manowar fail to understand that the success to a live album is by keeping it raw and free of overdubs, and actually deviating from a songs studio progression.
Hey Joey, why don't you:
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Throw in a few unexpected passages.
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Get a producer who captures the essence of a live show. Not this thin mockery of a job.
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Better still, don't make a live album at all.
Horatio's Rating: D
Discography (last updated 12.10.05):
Battle Hymns - 1982
Defender EP - 1983
Into Glory Ride - 1983
All Men Play On 10 EP - 1984
Hail To England - 1984
Sign Of The Hammer - 1984
Blow Your Speakers EP - 1987
Fighting The World - 1987
Kings Of Metal - 1988
Kings Of Metal/Herz Aus Stahl EP - 1988
Manowar Kills - 1992
Metal Warriors EP - 1992
The Triumph Of Steel - 1992
The Hell Of Steel - 1994
Courage EP - 1996
Louder Than Hell - 1996
Number 1 EP - 1996
Return Of The Warlord EP - 1996
Anthology - 1997
Courage Live EP - 1997
Hell On Wheels Live - 1997
Secrets Of Steel box - 1997
Steel Warriors - 1998
The Kingdom Of Steel - 1998
Hell On Stage - 1999
Live In France - 1999
An American Trilogy EP - 2002
The Dawn Of Battle EP - 2002
Warriors Of The World - 2002
Warriors Of The World United EP - 2002
King Of Kings EP - 2005
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