Description
WARNING FROM HISTORY is the fifth release from the U.K. heavy metal band, Marshall Law. With 12 tracks and a guest spot from Magnum and Grim Reaper guitarist Tony Clarkin, the album is a worthy follow-up to 1997s METAL DETECTOR.
12 cuts in all, including the European bonus track storming To Power’.
1. Foregathering 02:22
2. Victory at Last 04:54
3. Locked and Loaded 05:38
4. Remembered Forever 06:00
5. Harbinger 05:48
6. Blood on Blood 04:37
7. Crucified 03:36
8. March of History 06:59
9. Pray for Deliverance 05:15
10. God King 06:09
11. Retreat 06:43
12.Storming to Power(Bonus European Track) 4:50
Total time 63:01
5.0 out of 5 stars metal classic
Mega, probably their best effort to date. This band should have been the next big act to come out of England. Marshall Law are great.
SOUND SAMPLES DON’T HAVE A GOOD SOUND BUT STILL:
Victory at Last
Victory At Last… – 91%
I fucking love this album. Seriously. It may not be one of my favorites ever, but I wholly embrace “Warning From History” as Marshall Laws strongest studio effort, beating out their fun Priest-esque début out in sheer holy shit solos and pounding riffs. Well thats that, lets just get right into it, shall we?
Andy Pykes vocals have now gone full power metal; the guy sounds more energized and alive in his singing than ever. Roger Davis returns to bass duties, and he too is a treat yet again. His bass is pounding and almost always very noticeable throughout the album. Andy Southwell and Dave Martin return as well for their Tipton-Downing dueling. “Warning From History” sees some of their finest, searing solos and a number of really good, memorable riffs.
When it comes to speeders, the opening tune “Victory At Last” takes the cake of ass-kicking. A live favorite, it assaults the senses with a classic scorcher solo, booming bass and a really catchy, if dumb simple chorus. The epic title track and the groovish crusher “God King” crawl and crush with booming heavy duty riffs. “Harbinger”, another huge speeder, attacks with yet another nifty, memorably sinister chorus and a nice melodic breakdown. Solid mid-paced affairs abound too. “Remembered Forever” brings a sort of Judas Priest meets Metal Church thing to the mix; crunchy rhythms and bass bounce along a nifty, well-done chorus and a dark, swimming solo. Even better is the catchy as hell “Retreat”, which brings into even more memorable Priest/Church-like riffage; very cool song.
Overall, Marshall Laws 4th studio album is probably their best. The performances are energetic and ruthless, the riffs more memorable than ever, and the songs a bunch towering, well-constructed fortresses of power metal. Like its older brother “Metal Detector”, “March From History” is quite a difficult album to come by. However, unlike its earlier goof-up sibling, this epic crusher is very much worth tracking down.
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