Unknown Soldier (Warmen album)
| Unknown Soldier | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 24 February 2000 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, neoclassical metal | |||
| Length | 45:29 | |||
| Label | Spinefarm Records | |||
| Producer | Janne Wirman | |||
| Warmen chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal.de | 6/10[1] |
| Soundi | 4/5[2] |
Unknown Soldier is the first studio album by the Finnish neoclassical/power metal band Warmen, released in February 2000.
Reception
Soundi concluded its positive review: "And once again the whole is greater than the sum of the parts".[2] Metal.de didn't like the whole album and called it avant-garde.[1] Powermetal.de said the instrumental portion of the album barely rises above the status of refined background music.[3] Vampster gave an overall positive review and noted "the beautiful and interesting piano intro" on "Treasure Within".[4]
Track listing
- "Introduction" – 0:52
- "The Evil That Warmen Do" – 4:13
- "Devil's Mistress" (feat. Kimberly Goss) – 5:52
- "Hopeless Optimism" – 5:08
- "Unknown Soldier" – 3:19
- "Fire Within" (feat. Kimberly Goss) – 3:22
- "Warcry of Salieri" – 5:55
- "Into the Oblivion" – 3:53
- "Piano Intro To" – 3:37
- "Treasure Within" – 4:21
- "Soldiers of Fortune" – 4:57
- "Dead Reflection" (bonus track, feat. Kimberly Goss) – 4:43[5]
Personnel
- Janne Wirman – keyboards
- Sami Virtanen – guitars
- Mirka Rantanen – drums
- Lauri Porra – bass guitar
Guest musicians
- Kimberly Goss (from Sinergy) – vocals on tracks 3, 6 and 12[6][5]
- Roope Latvala (from Sinergy) – guitars
- Jari Kainulainen (from Stratovarius) – bass guitar
References
- ^ a b DanDevil (16 November 2000). "Warmen – Unknown Soldier Review". Metal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ a b Säynekoski, Marko (August 2000). "WARMEN: Unknown Soldier". Soundi (in Finnish). Pop Media. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
Arvio julkaistu Soundissa 08/2000
- ^ Raithel, Rainer (1 September 2000). "Review – WARMEN – Unknown Soldier". Powermetal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Fierce (25 August 2000). "Reviews - WARMEN: Unknown Soldier". Vampster (in German). Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Back cover of the CD". Unknown Soldier. Spinefarm Records. 2000.
- ^ "Discography – Unknown Soldier". Warmen.org. Warmen. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2025.