MANOWAR
utorak, 21.06.2005.
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Ako je tko gledao "Mjenjacnicu" sa Milanom Bandicem mogao je vidjeti kako su neki mladi decki svirali Manowar-ovu stvar "Hail And Kill" :-) U ovom postu moci cete saznati i kako je nastao MANOWAR, te njegove pocetne clanove. Drugi dio posta donosi jedan od prvih intervjua sa Ross The Boss-om, jos iz davne 1982 ! Biografija (1983 METAL FORCES MAGAZINE) They were dubbed in music journals throughout the world as the Barbarian barons of brazen metal sounds. The idea of MANOWAR first came to light while lead guitarist Ross The Boss was playing in the French band SHAKIN' STREET, who were opening for BLACK SABBATH on a European tour. It was during one of the gigs in England that Ross met bassist Joey Demaio who was working for SABBATH as a pyrotechnician. As well as serving time with SHAKIN' STREET and New York's LYRE, Ross The Boss is probably best known as being a founding member of the mid-seventies punk/metal outfit THE DICTATORS. Where he gained a reputation for having the hottest repertoire of guitar licks in rock. Joey Demaio too has learnt his trade playing in numerous New York rock bands and at one time played alongside guitarist David 'Rock' Feinstein of THE RODS fame, and Ronnie James Dio in the now legendary ELF. It was whilst playing in a band called THUNDER that Joey Demaio's music career nearly went up in smoke quite literally, when during his bass solo a row of flash and smoke bombs went off prematurely setting on fire his fringed costume. Demaio suffered severe burns which put him in hospital for two months, during which time he underwent countless hours of physical therapy before his hands were supple enough to play his bass guitar again. In comparison vocalist Eric Adams musical career started with a bang, when as an 11 year old his band THE KIDS, had a Number One hit single in Spain of all places. Adams portrays his wild man of rock'n'roll image both on and off the stage. He spends much of his spare time in the woods hunting wild game, a hobby which probably stems from his former occupation of a butcher and meat cutter. Drummer Scott Columbus is the newest member of MANOWAR. He replaced Donnie Hamzik who beat the skins on the "Battle Hymns" album. To say that Columbus, who is said to have been kicked out of all his previous bands for playing too loud, was brought up on Heavy Metal would be an understatement as he used to work in a foundry pouring liquid aluminium heated to 1200 degrees Fahrenheit! ROSS THE BOSS Intervju dijelovi (1982 KERRANG MAGAZINE) "If your sound is smooth, inoffensive, and runs into all the other songs played on the radio every day, then you're safe. The end result is this 'faceless' music played by all these 'faceless' bands who've got no identity and no balls!" "We felt we had to make a statement with our name," Ross explains. "If we didn't it just wouldn't be right. Once we heard Manowar we knew it---it was us. It describes the way we are." "The fact is Manowar is a 'mannish' band founded on 'mannishness'---believe me!" RE: Such curious terminology. What the hell is 'mannishness'? "Mannishness is something that's gone in this country and it's basically the spirit we have. To me, a lot of the great ethics of Heavy Metal have been negated. Heavy Metal is the most powerful music in the world---it's the most glorious next to classical. Great metal will never die!" |
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srijeda, 08.06.2005.
Blood Of My Enemies
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Budući da je nedavno stavljena na blog pjesma Blood Of My Enemies za download od Power Symphony-a, reci cemo nesto i o ovoj pjesmi. Prva pjesma sa Hail To England albuma jos je jedna u nizu od Manowar-ovih himni. Ovo je prica o borbi, odnosima i radnjama oca i njegovih sinova. Krv Manowar-ovih protivnika je predmet rasprave u kojoj Manowar izrice svoje negativno borbeno stajaliste prema njegovim protivnicima. Njegovi protivnici u biti nisu ljudi koje Manowar u relanom vremenu zbilja ubija; je to borba protiv lažnog bezsrcanog rocka i metala te šunda. Ljudi koji cine Manowar nisu naravno ubojice, nego strastveni borci za svoja uvjerenja. U pjesmi Manowar pripovijeda o 3 sina koja ima – svaki od tih sinova ima jednu osobinu koja ga čini spremnog za bespostednu borbu - jedan je divlji, jedan mracan, i jedan pokvaren. Manowar pobjedu vidi u njegovom odgoju tih sinova u zivotinjsko-divljem stilu zivota...tako se on bori i prezivljava. Zajedno sa svojim sinovima (koji su metaforički i njegovi fanovi, prosjetimo se pjesme Carry On, ..my sons) se stupa u borbu protiv neiskrenog metala i cijelog laznog bljestavila u svijetu . Kljucne su rijeci „we ride down my enemies on their half-hearted flight“ pri cemu se istice borba protv svega sto se na ovome svijetu ne cini sa srcem (kao sto moze biti i taj metal bez srca, proiv cega se oni najvise bore). Milosti nema, jer samo snazna borba ce maknuti te bez srca. Izrazava se poganski bijes; jer Manowar je u svom imaginarnom svijetu uvijek i u svijetu Vikinga, Odina, Thora... i tako se obucen u zivotinjsku kozu priblizavajuci se time vise duhovnom nego materijalnom pokusava oduprijeti globalizaciji i ostalim nepogodnim elementima. Manowar prica kako se smije dok umire, toliko je jak, i zmiri na svoju unutarnju bol. Tamna saznanja su njegova kako izrice, zeleci reci da razumije probleme, jer tek se iz tame moze bolje vidjeti svjetlo, a ne iz samog svjetla „Dark knowledge is mine.“. pritom Manowar naravno nije pod utjecajem nikakvih tamnih sila, to nema veze s Manowar-om. Prvi grijeh je bio povjerenje – izgubljeno povjerenje temeljeno na lazima, tu je taj grijeh; te se tim grijehom on takoder razocara te osvecuje i ide u tesku i okrutnu borbu „Kill without warning“. Spominje se i takoder kao i iz pjesme Swords in The Wind, Valkries, mitologijsko bice Nordijske kulture, koje potjece iz vjerovanja u Rune; te nosi mrtve hrabre ratnike. Ako se slusali kad Therion biti ce vam i poznato i mjesto Asgard. Ovdje se spominje nosenje mrtvih tijela nakon borbe, u koju Manowar bespostedno sa srecm ulazi, ne osvrcuci se nazad. 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. Mighty messengers-heathens rage Witness our coming-gods of the dead. I ride through the air- I laugh as I die-with powers of evel Dark knowledge is mine. The 1st sin was trust.- Kill without warning-for blood now I lust Strong wind-magic mist To Asgard the Valkries fly High overhead-they carry the dead Where blood of my enemies lies. 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. Strong wind-magic mist To Asgard the Valkries fly High overhead-they carry the dead Where blood of my enemies lies. |
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petak, 03.06.2005.
I taste the serpents poison On The lips of the one I love She brings this gift of witchcraft I wear the cat-skin-gloves
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Ponovno se vracamo Manowar-ovim pjesmama. Each Dawn I Die je pjesma koja dolazi sa Hail To England albuma. Ovaj album, kao i svaki album Manowar-a na neki se nacin razlikuje od ostalih albuma i ima svoj posebni pecat. Ovo je heavy metal pjesma srednjeg tempa i sva je u nekakvom posebnom creepy misticnom (ali ne odvec) raspolozenju. Ritam kao da oznacava zvukove koraka priblizavajuce opasnosti na pocetku pjesme. U pjesmi se opisuju dogadaji. Pjesma je zapravo pripovijest, fantazija mogli bismo reci. Manowar-ova opcinjenost misticnim i fantazicnim temama potpuno se uklapa u koncept polugolih ratnika koji nose samo kozu i lance – Manowar-a. Prolaskom kroz oluju kroz koju ga vode demoni prolazi se kroz svijet koji se nalazi izmedu ljudi i Bogova. Spominje se silovanje svecenika na paganskim nocima; za koje Manowar u toj misticnoj pripovijetci revoltiran ima svoje razloge. (Manowar je ovdje vjerojatno utjecan povijescu; buduci da je Krscanska crkva prognala pogane i maknula njihovu vjeru mogli bismo tako reci, mada se nigdje on ne ocituje protiv nikoga). Manowar zatim kusa otrov na usnama svoje ljubavi. Oni se nalaze u nekakvom ritualu gdje njegova izabranica izvodi vjesticarenje u kojem Manowar nosi rukavice od macje koze. Zanimljiv je vokal koji to pjeva naravno sa entuzijazmom, dok se u pozadini takoder sa laganim zakasnjenjem od prvotnog vokala cuju takoder iste rijeci ali izgovorene saptom. Zatim se u metafori spominju polodovi mladosti koji trunu na stablu na Suncu. Manowar se poziva na svoje ponovno rodenje u masovnom grijehu koji ga je stvorio. Manowar spominje i samoubojstvo - > prvi puta kod njega dolazimo do tih misli u toj pjesmi. Manowar shvaca samoumojstvo kao dogadaj koji je pokretan pozivom tamnih sila koje zaposjednu sve tamniju dusu. „Suicide Suicide don't you know Me-call to the Master-he will Come“. Njegova jasna ali kratka razmisljanja daju nam samo natuknice na sto bi se sve moglo odnositi. Takoder Manowar posto je sam sebi zakon ima tocno definirane stavove koje voli izricati. I takoder ovdje smatra da tamna sila pobjeduje kada covjek izvrsi samoubojstvo te na neki nacin donosi ponovno rodenje, sto je naravno simbolika; jer to moze biti rodenje u obliku onoga sto ide kada nastupa smrt. Tada nastupa dio u pjesmi gdje se zavodljivim dubokim tonom Manowar-ov glas dize „Smoke Of My Sacrifice“. Dim koji nastaje radja se potaknut njegovom zrtvom – putovanjem blagoslovljenima. On moli blagosljovljene da mu podare njihovu slavu; te je zauzvrat nocu uvijek njihov gost. On on jedino, kako govori zna zasto umire u svaku zoru. Njegova smrt ovdje je zapravo simbolika – tako se Manowar izrazava, moze biti shvacena na vise nacina. Svake zore zapravo umire jedan dio njega. Zanimljivo je da on usprkos tim svojim personalnim smrtima je svjesno na toj strani...i premda se bori s time; neobjasnjeno i njemu samome. Passing through the storm- Led by Demons-walk between the World of men and gods- Cast no shadows-draw no light. I rape the priestess on pagans night. I taste the serpents poison On the lips of the one I love. She brings this gift of witchcraft. I wear the cat-skin-gloves. Apples of youth when I wrought Mischief,hung in a tree to rot In the sun.- Reborn in the middle of the Final orgy the gift of slavery To the chosen one. Suicide Suicide don't you know Me-call to the Master-he will Come.-He will bring out Ressurection-cloaked in darkness- He has won. Smoke of my sacrifice.- Journey to the Isle of the Blessed.- Grant my soul your glory. At night time-I'm your guest. Only I know why- Each dawn I die. Smoke of my sacrifice.- Journey to the Isle of the Blessed.- Grant my soul your glory. At night time-I'm your guest. Only I know why- Each dawn I die. |
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