Metal in spirit yes, metal in terms of sonic delivery, no. “The March” and “Valhalla” are majestic, glorious, epic and heart swelling instrumentals but…not metal.
Being Canadian the patriotism was a little much for me but I understand the intention and feel the sincere sentiment in what they did., but I just have the same emotional connection, being far removed from the events of September 11th. “The American Trilogy” did nothing for me as I didn’t recognize two of the three songs in the medley. It was nice of them to include the English translation of the opera tune and Eric’s vocal performance will silence the people who say he is not a good singer once and for all. Only they have the balls to try to do a medley of ballads “An American Trilogy” and an opera tune, “Nessun Dorma” and get away with it.
Manowar have rarely (once I think) done a cover and suddenly we have two cover tunes and one being of a medley of three cover tunes! A break from tradition for sure as Manowar delivers something new and fresh. The pace really is odd…two mid-tempo songs, 2 non-metal songs, a slow song, two more non-metal songs, a mid-tempo song and then a boot to the head with three fast songs top close the album. two mid-tempo songs, two slow songs, and four songs that in all honesty cannot be classified as “metal”. Manowar always pushing for the highest quality, deliver an eleven song CD clocking in at 48 minutes. What no Canadian flag on the cover? Disappointing. Let’s put aside the hype, the history, the bravado and really take a good look at this CD.Īnother excellent Ken Kelly cover. There has been a lot of talk good, bad and otherwise in the global metal community about an event of this magnitude….
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