Warlord

Warlord is one of those little known bands who should have earned much more fame. Their first album “Deliver us” was published in the early ’80s (1983) and it was enough, along with “And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun” that followed with only few more new songs, to make them a historical metal band of the early US power metal scene. The style is progressive, melodic heavy metal of exceptional inspiration and great musical talent. Standout tracks are “Winter Tears”, “Child of the Damned”, “Black Mass”, and the monumental “Lucifer’s Hammer”. The vocals are very melodic which contrasts with the heavy rythym and guitar riffs. Guitar playing is very solid with technical solos. Songs are well constructed and carry a deep, strong feeling. It is a shame that they never really got the attention that they deserved. Nevertheless, their drummer, Thunder Child, made a great career-he is actually, Mark Zonder of Fates Warning. Metal fans who appreciate epic and early power scene should not miss them!
Recently, in the year 2002, Destroyer (guitarist W.Tsamis) returned with M.Zonder (drums, of course) and J.Cans (vocals) and published Warlord’s “Rising Out From The Ashes”. And the legendary Warlord proved again the dark power of epic metal…


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This is a gotta have for any early power meta, epic metal fan. Some of the best in the genre the two first albums.

Average rating for the two albums on RYM are 4.06 and 4.04 and just that says something i think.

And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun is one hell of a album and very underrated as well. Deliver Us From Evil is my fave track from that album.
I just learned that Joacim Cans from HammerFall is singing on their 2002 album. I better chack that out as well....

Yeah it is really a masterpiece. A fantastic piece of work. The ep is epic as well.

Haha yup i was suprised to see that, maybe its alright. Haven't got the same resonse as the old albums though.


Underrated as fuck, more people need to hear em.

Rising Out From The Ashes was pretty good too. Half of the songs was really good and the other half quite forgettable....

Nice. Yeah after reading some reviews that was about what a was expecting from it as well.

Rising out Of The Ashes is pretty good. Couple of real good tracks like the 1st and a couple of not so good ones as well.

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Rising out Of The Ashes is pretty good. Couple of real good tracks like the 1st and a couple of not so good ones as well.

Heard the old ones?

No but I just grabbed their first, Deliver Us. I'll check it out later or tomorrow. It's good?

Fuck yeah its great. Much better then the new ones.