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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-08-2019 Encoder......L3.100 -v0 ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2019 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........04 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.manowar.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Manowar Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Final Battle 1-(MCA 01261-2)bel : Magic Circle M ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Six and a half years after Manowar last released ║ │
│║ new material in form of the horrible The Lord of ║ │
│║ Steel, the band has decided to release what is ║ │
│║ supposed to be its final album in three separate ║ │
│║ extended plays to make more money. This release ║ │
│║ is the first of the trilogy and one has to ║ │
│║ wonder whether the band is ever going to bring ║ │
│║ the other two to life since it's hard to imagine ║ │
│║ any overtly positive reactions to this travesty. ║ │
│║ Those releases might just never come to fruition ║ │
│║ like the Asgard Saga in collaboration with ║ │
│║ Wolfgang Hohlbein that was supposed to be ║ │
│║ released throughout the past decade. Don't get ║ │
│║ me started on the old-fashioned misogynist cover ║ │
│║ artwork, the cringe-worthy lyrics or the sub-par ║ │
│║ production with loud bass guitar sounds and thin ║ │
│║ electric guitar sounds. Let's strictly talk ║ │
│║ about the four songs that are offered to anyone ║ │
│║ who is still willing to give this band that has ║ │
│║ overstayed its welcome by a decade and a half ║ │
│║ another shot. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ ''March of the Heroes into Valhalla'' is an ║ │
│║ instrumental overture with a weird break that ║ │
│║ basically separates the tune into two even ║ │
│║ shorter instrumental tracks. It's not the first ║ │
│║ time the band has done this as could be ║ │
│║ witnessed on the endlessly dragging Gods of War. ║ │
│║ The music manages to establish an epic ║ │
│║ atmosphere even though it would have had even ║ │
│║ more energy with actual orchestral sounds ║ │
│║ instead of keyboard sounds recalling scores for ║ │
│║ adventure video games of the nineties. One also ║ │
│║ has to wonder whether such a short extended play ║ │
│║ consisting of only four songs in total even ║ │
│║ needed an instrumental overture. The track is ║ │
│║ average, forgettable and you should skip it ║ │
│║ right away. ║ │
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│║ ''Blood and Steel'' is an average mid-paced ║ │
│║ heavy metal tune with domineering bass guitar ║ │
│║ sounds, decently employed keyboard layers, thin ║ │
│║ electric guitar riffs and stoic drum patterns ║ │
│║ that don't impress much. The emotional, epic and ║ │
│║ skilled vocals by Eric Adams who is going to ║ │
│║ celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday this year ║ │
│║ save the tune from mediocrity. ║ │
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│║ ''Sword of the Highlands'' is the best track on ║ │
│║ here and this above average tune would have even ║ │
│║ been great if it had been about two minutes ║ │
│║ shorter towards the end. The cinematic keyboard ║ │
│║ layers, smooth bagpipe sounds and diversified ║ │
│║ vocals make this gradually more intense ballad ║ │
│║ stand out. It's rather a song one would expect ║ │
│║ from other heavy metal bands like Grave Digger ║ │
│║ and it's interesting to see Manowar try out ║ │
│║ something new so late in its career. ║ │
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│║ Extended play closer ''You Shall Die Before I ║ │
│║ Die'' also tries out something new but that ║ │
│║ isn't positive in said case. That's actually an ║ │
│║ understatement. That might be the single worst ║ │
│║ song Manowar has ever written. Instrumentally, ║ │
│║ this song is unspectacular which would make this ║ │
│║ track boring and forgettable. However, the ║ │
│║ terrible vocal performance by Joey DeMaio makes ║ │
│║ this track unintentionally funny. He sounds like ║ │
│║ a grumpy grandfather who is about to have a ║ │
│║ stroke. The performance is somewhere between ║ │
│║ theatrical spoken word efforts and low growls ║ │
│║ that don't have anything to do with extreme ║ │
│║ metal but rather with a slightly irritated dog. ║ │
│║ The track could have been average if it had been ║ │
│║ sung by Eric Adams but nobody seems to have had ║ │
│║ the courage to tell Joey DeMaio that he was ║ │
│║ committing an atrocity. The unusual closer ║ │
│║ doesn't leave anyone wanting for more and should ║ │
│║ make most listener wish the band just called it ║ │
│║ quits already. ║ │
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│║ Manowar's The Final Battle I isn't a triumphant ║ │
│║ victory but a dragging defeat. The final result ║ │
│║ is painfully average and should only please to ║ │
│║ unconditional Manowar fans who would even praise ║ │
│║ the recording of Joey DeMaio's farts as ║ │
│║ masterful true metal. To be fair, this extended ║ │
│║ play is better than the vapid The Lord of Steel ║ │
│║ and the unnecessary new recordings of past ║ │
│║ records which makes this release the best since ║ │
│║ the Thunder in the Sky extended play ten years ║ │
│║ earlier. However, this new release is still ║ │
│║ worse than anything Manowar has recorded in the ║ │
│║ first three decades of its career which speaks ║ │
│║ volumes for the quality of the band's ║ │
│║ accomplishments for the past ten years. Manowar ║ │
│║ should just quickly complete its final tour and ║ │
│║ call it quits. Aside of delusional true metal ║ │
│║ followers who would like to be brave warriors ║ │
│║ surrounded by female sex slaves as the ║ │
│║ characters in Manowar's lyrics and on their ║ │
│║ album covers instead of having boring or no jobs ║ │
│║ and being domineered by people around them, ║ │
│║ nobody really wants to listen to any new Manowar ║ │
│║ material anymore. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - March Of The Heroes Into Valhalla [02:39] │
│ 02 - Bl±ood And Steel [04:42] │
│ 03 - Sword Of The Highlands [06:00] │
│ 04 - You Shall Die Before I Die [06:09] │
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│ Total Length : [19:30 minn │
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