Dawn of Battle
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Dawn of Battle is a three song EP
released in 2002 on the Nuclear Blast
label by heavy metal
band Manowar
.
This peculiar disc is a CD on one side and a DVD
on the other side; the outer (unused) region of each side is painted black like a regular CD or DVD back side.
The EP also contains some video
material from Ringfest, a promotional trailer for the Fire and Blood DVD, and a link to a special website.
To promote the EP, a promotional music video was made for the song "I Believe".
"The Dawn of Battle" was featured in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend
.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released in 2002 on the Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
label by heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Manowar
Manowar (band)
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York. Formed in 1980 the group is known for its lyrics based on fantasy and mythological topics along with their "loud and bombastic" sound...
.
This peculiar disc is a CD on one side and a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on the other side; the outer (unused) region of each side is painted black like a regular CD or DVD back side.
The EP also contains some video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
material from Ringfest, a promotional trailer for the Fire and Blood DVD, and a link to a special website.
To promote the EP, a promotional music video was made for the song "I Believe".
"The Dawn of Battle" was featured in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure/real-time strategy game created by Double Fine Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released during October 2009 in North America and Europe...
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Track listing
- "The Dawn of Battle" 6:44
- "I Believe" 4:04
- "Call to Arms" 5:27