First the cons: the opener is completely out of sync with the rest of the album I imagine because the band was nervous starting out with a song like "Secret of Steel", the album is pretty samey otherwise, and yeah "Hatred" has a novel atmosphere but is a tedious song.
Now that that's out of the way OMG THIS ALBUM GANGS AND BANGS. "Warlord" is an odd choice for an opener but it's also classic low class Manowar with the most cringe-inducingly hilarious intro (only Manowar could get away with making light of statutory rape); "Secret of Steel", "Gloves of Metal", and "March for Revenge" are god tier and most of the rest are at least awesome; and I don't think these dudes get nearly enough credit for such a unique and dare I say groundbreaking sound. They made doom metal that wasn't doom metal and was more Conan than anything other than Conan. Was also my first Manowar album so the nostalgia is strong with this one. An easy 10.
And that ****ing video for "Gloves of Metal" smh lol.
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