United StatesManowar

Artist rating: 48.80 % (ranking: not set)
Highest rating: 49.57 % (1988)
Most recent trend: 27.59 % (2012)
Highest trend: 61.40 % (1988)

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Tracks (A-Ö)

Statistics

Data

Formed: 1980

Formed 44 years ago
 

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Members

Eric Adams, Scott Columbus, Joey DeMaio, Kenny Earl "Rhino" Edwards, Ross "The Boss" Friedman, Donnie Hamzik, Karl Logan, David Shankle
1984
35.72 %
1984
39.13 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1988
59.50 %
1992
35.70 %

Fighting the World

Manowar - Fighting the World
77.97 %
(2012-06-21)
Date released: 1987-02-17
Type: studio
Genres: Heavy Metal

In collection: CD (2008-10-21)
Best track: Defender
Average track length: 03:52
Average track rating:

Ranking

Manowar:
1
/
11
Year (1987):
15
/
92
Decade (1980's):
86
/
780
Overall:
331
/
2711

Tracks

1
lyrics
03:53
2
lyrics
03:43
3
lyrics
04:19
4
lyrics
04:01
5
lyrics
06:06
6
instr
01:15
7
lyrics
04:45
8
lyrics
01:34
9
lyrics
05:16
 
Total time:
 
34:52

Credits

Band members

4Ross "The Boss" Friedman (33)
4 and 8 string basses

Lyrics

Fighting the World
03:53
Fighting the world every single day
Fighting the world for the right to play
Heavy metal in my brain
I'm fighting for metal 'cause it's here to stay

Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting the world
Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting

Fight for a living, fighting the world

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

Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting the world
Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting

Fight for a living, fighting the world

See my brother standing by my side
Only got one thing on ever mind
Radio's playing this nationwide
Turn it up louder till we all get fright

Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting the world
Fighting, fighting, fighting the world
I been fighting

Fight for a living, fighting the world
Blow Your Speakers
03:43
Wrote a letter to the MTV
What's going on now
Don't you care about me
Send the same letter to the radio
But my party went dead
Like a shot in the head

We all like it, rock and roll
We all want it, on your show
Play it loud, don't play it low
Blow your speakers with rock and roll

We got lots of stations around the nation
And the stuff they're playing
It just ain't worth saying
People want music to get them moving
We don't want labels
We want music on the cable

We all like it, rock and roll
We all want it, on your show
Play it loud, don't play it low
Blow your speakers with rock and roll

We got lots of stations around the nation
And the stuff they're playing
It just ain't worth saying

We all like it, rock and roll
We all want it, on your show
Play it loud, don't play it low
Blow your speakers with rock and roll
Carry On
04:19
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, my sons forever
Carry on, when I am gone
Carry on, for when the day is long
Forever carry on
For as long as we together
Then forever carry on

Darkness all around us
We don't close our eyes
No one's gonna ground us
We were born to fly
Coming at us, no stopping
Born to amplify

Carry on, my sons forever
Carry on, when I am gone
Carry on, when the day is long
Forever carry on
For as long as we together
Then forever carry on

Yeah, be my brother
Fight to stay alive
All the world can't change us
With all their burned-out jive
Come get us, now we're waiting
We won't ride and hide

Carry on, my sons forever
Carry on, when I am gone
Carry on, when the day is long
Forever carry on
For as long as we together
Then forever carry on

Now we're all together
Let's sing a fighting song
One hundred thousand riders
We can't all be wrong
Coming at us, no stopping
Always carry on

Carry on, my sons forever
Carry on, when I am gone
Carry on, for when the day is long
Forever carry on
For as long as we together
Then forever carry on
Violence and Bloodshed
04:01
Civilization crumbling fast
End the world with a blast
People afraid, walking the streets
Scums have their day 'til they run into me

Are you ready?

Living in fear ain't living to me
I'm armed with a gun, defending the free
They blew it in 'Nam, shot up my friends
I'm back in the street, the fight never ends

I was born with a gun in my hand
I'll die for my country, but I'll die like a man

Violence and bloodshed
Violence and bloodshed
Violence and bloodshed

Now that we're back to animal law
The payback's a bitch, I'm paying all
All my life I been waiting to see
Who's gonna win, crumbs or me

Are you ready?

My brother's still in Da-Nang
Putting an ad in the back of Kerrang
I'm looking for people who just wanna kill
We'll go back to 'Nam 'cause no one else will

Land of the free, home of the brave
Now that's how it is and that's how it stays

Violence and bloodshed
Violence and bloodshed
Violence and bloodshed
Defender
06:06
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 mine so long ago
To help the helpless ones, who all look up to you
And to defend them to the end

Defender

Ride like the wind
Fight proud, my son
You're the defender
God has sent

Father, father
Father, I look up to you
And heed thy call

This letter ends my search
I'll live your dream, now passed on to me
And I now wait to shake the hand of fate
Like the dusk awaiting dawn

So wizards, cast your spell
With no heart to do me well
So it is written, it shall be

Defender

Ride like the wind
Fight proud, my son
You're the defender
God has sent
Drums of Doom
01:15
instrumental
Holy War
04:45
Damnation, religion, salvation, fire and steel

I have seen the fire
Of the thousands suns pass by
While blasphemers spread their gospel
Bearing false witness, now we rise
All ye children of the wild
Fists like hammers fill the air
Vast legions, all immortal
Smash the stillness everywhere

Holy, holy war

Holy, we are fighting, fighting a holy war
Holy war, see us fly on winds of doom
Holy war, baptized in fire and steel
Holy war, for the end we bring is soon
Holy war, now face the storm
A holy war

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 this dogs from our kingdom
Bless this ground, our holy land

Holy, holy war

Holy, we are fighting, fighting a holy war
Holy war, see us fly on winds of doom
Holy war, baptized in fire and steel
Holy war, for the end we bring is soon
Holy war, now face the storm
A holy war
Master of Revenge
01:34
Black dogs howl in the night
The lion is dead
A solitary messenger
The master of revenge
Black Wind, Fire and Steel
05:16
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

Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born to teach them all to heel
Born of black wind, fire and steel

Pounded by the hammers of the giants of the world
I can see in darkness, I'm the overlord
Single combat I await, my shadow brings them fear
The spikes upon my chariot will grind them when they're near

Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born to teach them all to heel
Born of black wind, fire and steel

I am an outcast on the path of no return
Punisher and swordsman, I was born to burn
Black wind always follows where my black horse rides
Fire's in my soul, steel is on my side

Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born to teach them all to heel
Born of black wind, fire and steel

I am an outcast on the path of no return
Punisher and swordsman, I was born to burn
Black wind always follows, where my black horse rides
Fire's in my soul, steel is on my side

Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born of black wind, fire and steel
Born to teach them all to heel
Born of black wind, fire and steel