MANOWAR — Into Glory Ride (review)

MANOWAR — Into Glory Ride album cover Album · 1983 · US Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Battle Hymns did sound the call you came to our side, you heard true metal Into Glory Ride!"

Manowar came out with a blaze of glory on their first 2 albums and the lyrics and image made many take notice, for the wrong reasons. Despite the Norse warrior posing, the music always spoke volumes, no nonsense riffs and power metal with some scorching lead breaks on each song and the vocals powered out by Adams.

Ross' Lead work is excellent though the production is rather muddy as it is on a lot of these early Manowar albums. Highlights are found with the killer opener Warlord especially the unforgettable intro where an irate father bursts in on two lovers in the act, and the bikie has a fight and ends up smashing the father and running out into the night laughing like a maniac - this was the 80s and anything goes when metal was king.

Revelation (Death's Angel)is another highlight focussing on the last book of the Bible and moving into many riffs and a sense of grandeur that is imposed by Adams bombastic vocals and very heavy percussion by the late great Columbus. Its an album to relish for all these reasons but was surpassed easily by the next 2 albums.
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