# Manowar

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

## 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

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 handAll 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
** 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
** 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
** 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
** 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
** 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, 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
** 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 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
** 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