THE DAWN OF BATTLE
Uno de los grupos con mayúsculas dentro del heavy metal, los estadounidenses Manowar. Sin duda no necesitan de presentación alguna, tan solo una breve pincelada de su historia. Se forman en 1979, cuando el bajista Joey DeMaio, quien ejercia como técnico de sonido con Black Sabbath y el guitarrista Ross The Boss se encontraron en una gira que Black Sabbath estaba realizando. Pronto se dieron cuenta de que su concepto musical era compatible y en 1981 sacan su primera demo bajo el nombre de Manowar. En 1982 sacan su primer larga duración y desde entonces 13 discos de estudio han visto la luz así como dos EP's. Su música ha derivado en un subestilo del power metal nuevo, del que ellos son los principales abanderados, el True Metal, y se caracteriza por la epicidad ocasional de sus composiciones y sobre todo por la actitud, en que todos los tópicos se cumplen a rajatabla. Manowar se ha convertido en una máquina bien engrasada de vender material, su merchandise es infinito así como sus continuos experimentos empresariales para aumentar las ventas, como editar directos continuamente, lo que en ocasiones hacen que se les vaya la mano, como ha sucedido en su última obra de estudio en que la experimentación con el sonido del bajo ha hecho que el disco sea digamos mediocre. Aún así, más de 10 millones de discos vendidos hablan de una superbanda, y atendiendo a su discografía no se puede decir otra cosa, pues en ella encontramos temas memorables y discos irrepetibles haciendo de ellos uno de los grandes a nivel mundial en la historia de nuestra música. Escoger solo un tema se antoja dificil, igual que escoger solo un disco. Me decantaré en esta ocasión por una canción llamada The Dawn of Battle, de 2002, sacado de un single y que no pertenece a ningún disco en concreto, aunque la época es la del disco Warriors of the world, de 2002 también, uno de sus discos más aclamados, sobre todo por el público más nuevo. Un tema este The dawn of battle con todos los ingredientes tipicos de Manowar y que a mi es uno de los que más me gustan. Dejo un enlace a youtube.
Dreadful Thunder
The storms moving in
And Judgment day is calling
My soul has been healed
By the power of steel
And the sound of glory
I will send into the ground
All that are found
By the sign of the hammer falling
Yes Heathens will fall
I will strike down them all
Then you will know my calling
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
Dawn of Battle
I will rise up from the chaos
I will rise up from the grave
A brother to the darkness
A master to the slaves
I am the soul descendent
Of the fire and the rage
I was wrought upon the earth
Born to rule and battle wage
By the total domination
Of the world in my command
By the Air and the water
By the Fire and the land
I give no explanation
I was branded by the will
Bringer of Death and Destruction
To all that I now kill
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
Dawn of Battle
I long to be free
So I wait for a sign
I wait for a star
To fall from the sky
From the dust of sleep
A promise to keep
Then all who see shall believe
Deliver into my hand
The sword of the land
Let my journey begin
So all shall understand
That if I fall
I will live again
I will rise up from the chaos
I will rise up from the grave
A brother to the darkness
A master to the slaves
I give no explanation
I was branded by the will
To bring of Death and Destruction
To all that I now kill
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
The storms moving in
And Judgment day is calling
My soul has been healed
By the power of steel
And the sound of glory
I will send into the ground
All that are found
By the sign of the hammer falling
Yes Heathens will fall
I will strike down them all
Then you will know my calling
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
Dawn of Battle
I will rise up from the chaos
I will rise up from the grave
A brother to the darkness
A master to the slaves
I am the soul descendent
Of the fire and the rage
I was wrought upon the earth
Born to rule and battle wage
By the total domination
Of the world in my command
By the Air and the water
By the Fire and the land
I give no explanation
I was branded by the will
Bringer of Death and Destruction
To all that I now kill
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
Dawn of Battle
I long to be free
So I wait for a sign
I wait for a star
To fall from the sky
From the dust of sleep
A promise to keep
Then all who see shall believe
Deliver into my hand
The sword of the land
Let my journey begin
So all shall understand
That if I fall
I will live again
I will rise up from the chaos
I will rise up from the grave
A brother to the darkness
A master to the slaves
I give no explanation
I was branded by the will
To bring of Death and Destruction
To all that I now kill
Bravery calls my name
In the sound of the wind in the night
My sword will drink blood
And I will fight
Yes I will fight
In the dawn of battle
By Nash
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