Nanowar - Other Bands Play Nanowar Gay!
Self-Produced - 2005
By Adam McAuley
The band name here is highly misleading because Nanowar doesn't quite play the brand of epic metal of the similarly named band Manowar, but instead pretty straightforward, catchy power metal. The band are somewhat quirky, which in this case can be determined from their name. See the folky elements and interesting string work of track 5 for an example of this or the Metallica track integrated within the intro of track 8. Another song is in fact the band's take on another classic, Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast".
We can already see a number of problems with Nanowar from this short description alone. First, the band plays a cheesy version of power metal, which is already a considerably cheesy genre as it is. Secondly, there isn't anything particularly original about the band and the lame inclusions of material from other band's earlier discographies only contributes to elevating that fact. Hence, there is very little that would make me want to recommend Nanowar to any degree except perhaps for their slight off-kilter factor that makes them standout and some reasonably solid playing.
They could have turned this into a covers album or something to make up for an inconsistent approach that has both Nanowar's own material as well as that of others. They really offer nothing to cheer about as they play a fairly generic genre no differently than many other bands and try to alleviate this defect with lame little sound effects and portions of other band's material. You're better off just getting an actual Manowar album if you want to hear a band performing cheesy music well because Nanowar just leave you out in the cold.
4.5/10
Official Nanowar Website
Self-Produced - 2005
By Adam McAuley
The band name here is highly misleading because Nanowar doesn't quite play the brand of epic metal of the similarly named band Manowar, but instead pretty straightforward, catchy power metal. The band are somewhat quirky, which in this case can be determined from their name. See the folky elements and interesting string work of track 5 for an example of this or the Metallica track integrated within the intro of track 8. Another song is in fact the band's take on another classic, Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast".
We can already see a number of problems with Nanowar from this short description alone. First, the band plays a cheesy version of power metal, which is already a considerably cheesy genre as it is. Secondly, there isn't anything particularly original about the band and the lame inclusions of material from other band's earlier discographies only contributes to elevating that fact. Hence, there is very little that would make me want to recommend Nanowar to any degree except perhaps for their slight off-kilter factor that makes them standout and some reasonably solid playing.
They could have turned this into a covers album or something to make up for an inconsistent approach that has both Nanowar's own material as well as that of others. They really offer nothing to cheer about as they play a fairly generic genre no differently than many other bands and try to alleviate this defect with lame little sound effects and portions of other band's material. You're better off just getting an actual Manowar album if you want to hear a band performing cheesy music well because Nanowar just leave you out in the cold.
4.5/10
Official Nanowar Website
