The Best Female Hard Rock Album Ever!
'Triumph and Agony' is a very violent album but it has it sensitive parts. Opening track 'All We Are' is good live song but it also sounds like live in studio. If you like rocking, listen tracks 1,2,6,7,and 9: you find out it. 'Kiss of Death' is maybe the best song in this album: the top of the cream. Because of its violent lyrics I don't recommend to sing it in the bus. Metal tango is a song about dancing in hell? Don't take lyrics too seriously (you wouldn't like to be in hell, there is too hot and you don't see your friends, only demons who are dancing, you dance only because fire makes you dance). Für Immer, the classic! The most ballad song of Warlock! I'm sure I've heard it on the radio when I was a child. Make Time for Love is also brilliant ballad! Every track is standout track, but especially All We are, Für Immer, Kiss of Death and Make time for love you must listen!
Timelessly Solid
It was in 1988 that I first heard Triumph and Agony, and Warlock, screaming pure rock; the type I hadn't heard of till that day. To be honest, I hadn't been curious about the band, and their style.I was then, influenced by much harder and heavier bands like Running Wild (of which I'm still a great fan)and Mercyful Fate.I wasd simply under an influence by many more thrash and black metal bands, therefore, I hadn't given a damn for slower and especially female singer featuring bands.How wrong had I been then!! Warlock was just the type I wanted to hear of, with incredibly agrressive riffs as in 'I rule the Ruins'.That was the first track I had heard in a tape which I had barrowed from a friend.This song struck me,and ý surely would be chasing after the entire album.Having bought it, I witnessed how heavy rock should be played,including both mysterious and sentimental lyrics throughout the album.Metal Tango,Kiss of Death,Touch of Evil,are timeless rockers, and Make Time for Love; this power bollad has the spirit of melancholy, and loneliness, it makes me want to fall in love each time I hear it,even today.Für Immer is also another power ballad, half German, half English totally different from the rest of the tracks in the album.Less solid, and talking of a mysterious love, which reveals the sentimental side of Doro.It fits her I confess, to scream for love as well as screaming for Burning the wiches! Metal Tango has the first and only tango rhythms adopted with electrical guitar, which drove me crazy back then.To sum up, the album is a complete success in German metal history,still stands proud against today's so called Underground and grunge..
Warlock :
This was one of the most well rounded, and most impressive releases of the 80's Heavy Metal era in my opinion. "Triumph And Agony" is also the best release Warlock has ever put their name on....Lead vocalist, and founding member Doro Peche is not only a total fox, she's got one hell of a voice as well. A pure Metal voice that is infectious, and beautiful at the same time. You'll fall in love with her if you're not careful. In 1987, I know I was....
"Triumph And Agony" was a graet purchace in 1987, and even today this release has stood the test of time as one of the best in Heavy Metal. Warlock totally rips on this release, and the songs are all very powerful and heartfelt. They had a unique sound, one that has not been duplictaed since IMO. I love this release, and from start to finish, it's a great ride. You wont know what hit you at first, and soon you'll understand why "Triumph And Agony' is so highly respected by Metal fans world wide.....
Do yourself a favor. Even if you've never heard Warlock, or anything Doro has done as solo artist, buy this immediately. It's a classic Metal masterpiece, and your collection wont be complete without it....
Highly Recommended. Five Stars.
With a disc as good as this I can't believe Doro went solo to write mostly crap.
Triumph & Agony was a pleasant surprise from beginning to end. Great sound and great vocals. A true classic must have.
Triumph And Agony
At first this album seemed kinda weak and timid, in comparison to the other groups I like (I.E. Megadeth, Disturbed, Metallica, Slayer, etc), and the truth be told, it is. However, after I had listened to this album a few times, i found myself discovering a depth and feeling that megadeth lacks. Its pretty cool, you should get it merely for the balance of really cool guitarwork, and competent vocals.
