Manowar

Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980.

Eric Adams, Joey DeMaio, Donnie Hamzik and Karl Logan

Quotes

• I believe in the fans, I believe in metal more than anybody you've ever met. And you've known me a long time. I've never pissed on you even though you constantly do it to me. And I don't stab the fan in the back. And another thing, I'm prepared to die for metal. Are you?
  • Joey DeMaio, during a 2006 interview in Rock Hard magazine's April issue.

• Heavy Metal will never die!
  • Joey DeMaio, during the Monsters of Rock in Brazil 2002, recorded on the DVD Fire and Blood

• We care about our bands, the quality of music and the metal fans more than anyone else!
  • Joey DeMaio in the Magic Circle Music website.

• This is not Iron Maiden. This is not Judas Priest. This is not fucking Metallica. This is Manowar!
  • Joey DeMaio, during performance in Moscow's DS Luzhniki, April 7, 2007.

• It's a shame that future musicians growing up now are being influenced by trash; it's really upsetting. You are basically formed by what your influences are and if you've got losers for influences, you're going to have a hard time overcoming that.
  • Eric Adams in an interview conducted in 1988.

• He who refuses to take part in modern mediocrity will forever stand alone, an outcast. He is the bringer of change, changes that instill fear in all who go with fashion's flow. Their power comes from others, not from within. They are false! Woe unto them for the bringers of change have banded together. The time is now! We cannot be stopped! We are riding up,,

Ohskiwiwi,oskiwawa,,,after we no steste mo ste Mora high,,,moral danger ,,,,danger moral seage,,,moral swagar,,,,

Song lyrics

Oh, Manowar
Born to live forever more
The right to conquer every shore
Hold your ground and give no more

All lyrics written by Joey DeMaio.

Battle Hymns (1982)

• I hear the sound
  In a metal way
  I feel the power
  Rolling off the stage
  Cause only one thing
  Really sets me free
  Heavy Metal
  Loud as it can be
  • Metal Daze

• Oh, Manowar
  Born to live forever more
  The right to conquer every shore
  Hold your ground and give no more
  • Manowar

• ...And they placed in his hands
  A sword
  Made for him
  Called Vengeance
  Forged in brimstone
  And tempered
  By the woeful tears of the unavenged
  And to carry him up on his journey
  Back to the upper world
  They brought forth
  Their Demon horse
  Called: Black Death
  A grim steed
  So fiersome in might
  And black in colour
  That he could stand as one with the darkness...
  • Dark Avenger

• To the battle we ride
  We crossed a starlit sky
  No space no time
  We'll catch the wind
  Strange losses, men died
  We crossed a starlit sky
  And still no space or time
  We'll catch the wind
  • Battle Hymns

Into Glory Ride (1983)

• Sons of destiny shall wield.
  Hear Wisdom's voice.
  Rise, know the strength that you feel.
  Hold in your heart, but never reveal
  You were called by the Gods, their powers to wield.
  Guard well the secret of steel.
  • Secret of Steel

• Off with the lights, hear the screams
  See the banging heads awaken to their dreams.
  The sound of metal so loud it cracks the beams
  Played by warriors called the Metal Kings.
  • Gloves of Metal

• Valhalla the Gods awaits me
  Open wide Thy gates, embrace me
  Great hall of the battle slain
  With sword in hand

  All those who stand on shore
  Raise high your hands
  To bid a last farewell, to the viking land

  • Gates of Valhalla

• Swear the creed of unity by the circle of blood
  We are one, we know not fear, born to fight not run
  • March for Revenge (By the Soldiers of Death)

Hail to England (1984)

• Three sons have I, and they
  Ride by my side. The fierce,
  The black, and the wicked are
  their names-we ride down my
  enemies on their half-hearted flight.
  No voice of mercy-no evangels of light.
  • March for Revenge (By the Soldiers of Death)

• Strong she stands-reaching her
  Hand. Brave and grant. On English
  Ground-we were born. Proudly
  We return. -To English shore.
  • Hail to England

• You stood beside us,
  The false ones cries.
  Your love is judgment,
  You gave us life.
  You wait in the rain, you walk through the snow.
  We give you our blood, we want you to know.

  In our eyes you're immortal
  In our hearts you'll live forever

  • Army of the Immortals

• Let each note I now play
  be a black arrow of death
  sent straight to the hearts
  of all those who play false metal
  • Black Arrows

• Slowly crossing as the river runs below
  Never stopping for whats waiting soon will show
  And this last time looking back I'll see
  My home for he awaits me reaching for my
  soul. He calls my name, and waves me on
  The fallen one he stands in flame
  • Bridge of Death

Sign of the Hammer (1984)

• I made a rock-n-roll sin
  When I tried giving in, to make money had to turn down loud
  They said, "Why be proud, don't play so loud
  Be like us and get a sound that's real thin
  Wear a polyester suit, act happy, look cute, get a haircut
  And buy small gear"
  That's when I turned to them and said, hold it, right there
  • All Men Play on 10

I'm in the ground,
I'm in the air, I'm all
I live in the hearts of all men
I'm the call to greatness
Not all can hear
I awaken the creator, in those who dare
And the day will come,
when we all must die
And enter the mountainside

• I'm in the ground, I'm in the air, I'm all
  I live in the hearts of all men
  I'm the call to greatness
  Not all can hear
  I awaken the creator, in those who dare
  And the day will come, when we all must die
  And enter the mountainside
  • Mountains

• Four sworn to vengeance, see the hate in our eyes
  Called by the gods and given a sign
  • Sign of the Hammer

• Let loose the knot that binds
  The spirit and flesh, let it fall
  For only courage and heroism linger after death
  So, hold fast thy sword, rejecting pain, feel the dragons breath
  • The Oath

• Thank you for the kool aid reverend Jim
  We're glad to leave behind their world of sin
  Our lifeless bodies fall on holy ground
  Rotting flesh a sacrificial mound
  • Guyana (Cult of the Damned)

Fighting the World (1987)

• Now people keep asking if we're going to change
  I look'em in the eye
  Tell'em no way
  Stripes on a tiger don't wash away
  Manowar's made of steel not clay
  • Fighting the World

• The north star always guides me
  When winter skies are gray
  And I wait for the sun when all are one
  I shall not betray
  Calling at me
  I'm waiting when all are led astray
  • Carry On

• When you are old enough to read these words
  Their meaning will unfold
  These words are all that's left
  And though we've never met, my only son
  I hope you know
  That I would have been there to watch you grow
  But my call was heard and I did go
  Now your mission lies ahead of you
  As it did my so long ago
  To help the helpless ones who all look up to you
  And to defend them to the end
  • Defender

• Damnation, Religion
  Salvation, Fire and Steel
  • Drums of Doom

• Brothers of metal know no masters
  Metal's our religion
  Take it to the grave
  Rulers of the earth
  Our dawn of glory
  All reborn we live again
  Hold true, ye sacred army
  Our last battle is at hand
  Sweep these dogs from our kingdom
  Bless this ground, our holy land
  • Holy War

• Black Dogs howl in the night
  The Lion is dead!
  A Solitary Messenger
  The Master of Revenge
  • Master of Revenge

• Full moon's light is calling me
  My kingdom lies within
  The mystic soul and lion's heart
  Brought by the talisman.
  The ecstasy of battle takes me
  Where the falcons fly.
  Immortal youth was granted me
  I will never die.
  • Black Wind, Fire and Steel

Kings of Metal (1988)

Other bands play Manowar kill

• Other bands play Manowar kill
  • Kings of Metal

I fight the world
and take all they can give
There are times my heart hangs low
Born to walk against the wind
Born to hear my name
No matter where I stand I'm alone

• I fight the world and take all they can give
  There are times my heart hangs low
  Born to walk against the wind
  Born to hear my name
  No matter where I stand I'm alone
  • Heart of Steel

• Stand and fight
  Live by your heart
  Always one more try
  I'm not afraid to die
  Stand and fight
  Say what you feel
  born with a heart of steel
  • Heart of Steel

Odin I await thee
Your true son am I
I hail you now as I die
I pledge you my sword
and to no man I kneel
Ours is the Kingdom of Steel

• Odin I await thee
  Your true son am I
  I hail you now as I die
  I pledge you my sword and to no man I kneel
  Ours is the Kingdom of Steel
  • The Crown and the Ring (Lament of the Kings)

• See the white light
  The light within
  Be your own disciple
  Fan the sparks of will
  For all of us waiting
  Our kingdom will come
  • Kingdom Come

• Kingdom coming
  Another kingdom falls
  The rightful are waiting
  But all are not rightful
  Wait and receive the weight of the fall
  • Kingdom Come

• My father was a wolf
  I'm a kinsman of the slain
  Sworn to rise again
  I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
  The hammer of hate is our faith
  Power and dominion are taken by the will
  By divine right hail and kill
  • Hail and Kill

• Gods of war I call You. My sword is by my side.
  I seek a life of honor, free from all false pride.
  I will crack the whip with a bold mighty hail.
  Cover me with death if I should ever fail.

  Glory, Majesty, Unity
  Hail, Hail, Hail

  • The Warrior's Prayer

• On a crusade
  The world we bring
  Four Kings of Metal
  Four Metal Kings
  Death to the false ones
  Dance on a string
  'Til the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
  'Til the blood on your hand is the blood of a king
  • Blood of the Kings

The Triumph of Steel (1992)

• I hear the silent voices I cannot hide
  The gods leaves no choices so we all must die
  Oh Achilles let thy arrows fly.
  Into the wind, where eagles cross the sky
  Today my mortal blood will mix with sand
  It was foretold I will die by thy hand
  Into Hades my soul descend
  • Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts

• Heavy metal or no metal at all wimps and posers leave the hall
  • Metal Warriors

• If you're not into metal, you are not my friend
  • Metal Warriors

• Rule in hell or serve in heaven choose an altar or throne
  All Commandments and the laws of man disown
  Now eat the fruit of knowledge unto no one ye atone
  Into the fire with your soul!
  • Ride the Dragon

• The trail of tears began for all the Cherokee
  The white men came to trade & borrow but then they would not leave
  Some of us were taken by boat, and died at sea
  Those of us who lived were sold to slavery
  • Spirit Horse of the Cherokee

• Crawl to the silence renounce and deny,
  The stars and the numbers foretold of this time,
  To the words and the wisdom too the promise of lies
  By their anger and fury the strong will survive.
  • Burning

• The clash of honor calls
  I will stand when others fall
  Open magic doors
  They will know the power of my sword
  • The Power of Thy Sword

• In the place where evil dwells death can live when all life dies
  Wage eternal war on heaven immortal hate below the sky
  Your scripture and your sermons, are leaves born on the wind
  To heal the unrepentant one needs a greater sin
  • The Demon's Whip

• Far beyond the sun across the western sky
  Reach into the blackness find a silver line
  In a voice I whisper a candle in the night
  We'll carry all our dreams in a single beam of light
  • Master of the Wind

Falling stars now light my way
My life was written on the wind
Clouds above, clouds below
High ascend the dreams within

• Falling stars now light my way
  My life was written on the wind
  Clouds above, clouds below
  High ascend the dreams within
  • Master of the Wind

Louder Than Hell (1996)

• Time to burn you losers better learn
  No one controls our goddamn lives
  We'll do just what we feel riding horses made of steel
  We're here to burn up the night
  • Return of the Warlord

• Our hearts are filled with metal and masters we have none
  And we will die for metal, metal heals, my son
  • Brothers of Metal Pt. 1

• We are the true believers
  It's our turn to show the world
  In the fire of heavy metal we were burned
  It's more than our religion it's the only way to live
  But the enemies of metal we can't forgive
  • The Gods Made Heavy Metal

Battles are fought by those
with the courage to believe
They are won by those
who find the heart
Find a heart to share
This heart that fills the soul
will point the way to victory
If there's a fight then I'll be there

• Battles are fought by those with the courage to believe
  They are won by those who find the heart
  Find a heart to share
  This heart that fills the soul will point the way to victory
  If there's a fight then I'll be there, I'll be there
  • Courage

• Today is the day all the training through
  We have come for the number one not the number two
  Let the contest begin play hard fight to win
  Immortality victory and fame
  • Number 1

• Into the fight of hopes and dreams
  The master of the wind knows nothing's what is seems
  The melting of the soul the wish of those who scheme
  The taking of the will by destroyers of the dream
  They live to spread the fear of the wrong of right of self
  They want us all to live like books upon a shelf
  But we know we have the power to fight and make a stand
  Strike when we are challenged all across the land to be king
  • King

• All of the dreams held deep inside have a meaning to the soul
  Freedom to bring a thought to the wing is waiting to unfold
  For the crown and the ring
  The power of the man who would be king
  • King

• This power's greater than love and of hate
  This is the power of will and of fate
  The power to kill the power to feel
  The power of blood the triumph of steel
  Greater that the power of a priest or a sinner
  The power to defy to fight and be the winner
  • The Power

Warriors of the World (2002)

• There's a sound heard across the land
  It's heard across the sea
  You'll only hear it if you listen with your hearts
  And one day hope to be free
  • The Fight for Freedom

Call the witch to cast the runes
Weave a magic spell
We who die in battle are born
Not for heaven, not for hell

• Call the witch to cast the runes
  Weave a magic spell
  We who die in battle are born
  Not for heaven, not for hell
  • Swords in the Wind

• Many stand against us, but they will never win
  We said we would return and here we are again
  To bring them all destruction, suffering and pain
  We are the hammer of the gods, we are thunder, wind and rain.
  • Warriors of the World United

• Into the darkness I command my soul
  Never shall I repent, never shall I be saved
  I go into the house of death
  Before my last breath my enemies all shall die
  • House of Death

Gods of War (2007)

• Power of the Universe had sired a Son
  He was baptized by Fire Water Earth and Sky
  From darkness he rose up in Triumph
  To ascend the Throne of Light
  And He Alone shall forever be known
  As the King of Kings
  • The Ascension

All the days of his life
He walked without fear
All whose lives he touched
Were made better for knowing him
As he returned goodness with good
So true is justice and retribution were unfailing

• All the days of his life
  He walked without fear
  All who's lives he touched
  Were made better for knowing him
  As he returned goodness with good
  So true is justice and retribution were unfailing
  • King of Kings

• His sacred blood mixed with black wind and rain wept down from the world tree deep into the earth.
  He commanded the earth to crack open and to spew forth the strongest of the strong!

  On this day he did bestow unto the world the sons of Odin!

  • The Blood of Odin

• ...And in their hour of need
  He sent forth onto them The Berserker Rage
  Now gods embed
  They rose up from the ground
  Screaming like wild animals
  Such is the gift of absolute power
  No blade or weapon would hurt them
  They killed them and horses alike
  And all who stood before them died that day
  Hail Gods Of War
  • The Sons of Odin

The Lord of Steel (2012)

• I kneel to no one except the lord
  And my lord is steel
  • The Lord of Steel

I was born with a hero’s soul
If you got one then you know

• I was born with a hero’s soul
  If you got one then you know
  • Touch the Sky

• Into thy hands I Commend my soul -
  And thy service attend
  Justice and truth live in the world
  In those we defend
  Now is the hour upon us
  Each one of us will decide
  Take up the sword
  And live and by your heart
  Into glory we ride
  • The Kingdom of Steel

Other

• For the weak of heart I will be strong
  To the defenders of faith I will belong
  Till the last of us fight till we die
  Till the keys of the kingdome are mine
  • I Believe, from the 2002 EP Dawn of Battle

• Remember me as one who would not kneel
  • Die with Honor, from the 2009 EP Thunder in the Sky

External links

• Official website
• Record Label