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Rapid Log: 012 - Warkings Discography

A slight change to the Rapid Log format brings me to the international power metal band Warkings, who happen to have five albums so far—though it's more fitting if I use the Discography Overview format.

Warkings adopt costumes and stage names based on various knights—like Spartan, Templar, gladiator, and Viking—to reinforce their medieval warfare theme, led by Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), with members from various countries: female vocalist Secil Sen (Turkey), bassist Chris Rodens, drummer Steffen Theurer, and Markus Pohl (Germany). Markus left in June 2026 and was replaced by a mysterious figure under the alias The Highlander.

Here's the list:

Reborn (2018)


Production: 9/10
Composition: 7/10
Tracklist:
1. Give em war 7.5/10
2. Never surrender 7/10
3. Hephaistos 5/10
4. Gladiator 7.5/10
5. Holy Storm 7.5/10
6. Battle Cry 7.5/10
7. Fire Falling Down 6.5/10
8. Sparta 7.5/10
9. The Last Battle 7.5/10
10. Die flut 4.5/10
OVERALL: 70/100

Revenge (2020)


Production: 9/10
Composition: 7/10
Tracklist: 
1. Freedom 7.5/10
2. Maximus 6/10
3. Warriors 7.5/10
4. Fight in the Shade 6.5/10
5. Odin's Sons 7.5/10
6. Banners High 7/10
7. Mirror, Mirror 7/10
8. Azrael 7/10
9. Battle of Marathon 7/10
10. Warking 7/10
11. Sparta 7/10
OVERALL: 70/100

Revolution (2021)


Production: 9/10
Composition: 7.5/10
Tracklist:
1. We are the Fire 7.5/10
2. Sparta, pt. II 7.5/10
3. Fight 7.5/10
4. Spartacus 7/10
5. Kill for the King 7.5/10
6. Deus lo vult 7.5/10
7. Ave Roma 7.5/10
8. Ragnar 7.5/10
9. By the Blade 7.5/10
10. Where Dreams Die 7.5/10
OVERALL: 75/100

Morgana (2022)


Production: 9/10
Composition: 8/10
Tracklist:
1. Hellfire 7.5/10
2. To the King 7.5/10
3. Monsters 7/10
4. Last of the English 7.5/10
5. Heart of Rage 7.5/10
6. Row (into the Storm) 7.5/10
7. Immortal 7/10
8. Shame 7.5/10
9. The Rite 7.5/10
10. Legend Untold 6.5/10
11. Armata Strigoi (Powerwolf cover) 7.5/10
12. Cry Thunder (DragonForce cover) 6.5/10
OVERALL: 70+/100

Armageddon (2025)


Production: 9/10
Composition: 8/10
Tracklist:
1. To Lindisfarne... 7.5/10
2. Armageddon 7.510
3. Genghis Khan 7.5/10
4. Kingdom Come 7/10
5. Morgana's Incantation 5/10
6. Circle of witches 7/10
7. Kings of Ragnarök 7.5/10
8. Call to Arms 5/10
9. Troops of Immortality 7.5/10
10. Nightfall 7/10
11. Hangman's Night 7.5/10
12. Varangoi 8.5/10
13. Here comes the rain 7/10
14. Stahl auf Stahl 7.5/10
OVERALL: 70+/100

Additional Comments

Warkings are one of those bands with a modern format, leaning toward melodic death metal through the use of growl vocals on several early tracks like "Sparta" and "Odin's Sons"—which later gained a more significant portion starting with the album Revolution. Likewise with additional instruments, such as keyboards, organ, and folk elements, to strengthen the atmosphere of traditional European warfare, particularly in Scandinavia, Rome, and Greece. There are also several connections between one song and another, both in musical elements and themes. For example, the "Gladiator" riff appears in "Kill for the King," the mention of Son of Odin ("Odin's Sons") in "Ragnar," and the Spartan chants carried over from "Sparta" to "Hangman's Night."

Although they have evolved—especially with Armageddon, which is clearly more conceptual—I still can't accept the intervention of growl vocals in the power metal genre. And no power metal offering has truly conquered my head and heart, even though I once liked "Gladiator" for its resemblance to the Power Rangers theme song chant. "Varangoi" managed to sit at the top of my rankings simply because it sounded fresh to my ears. I'm actually stuck in a vicious cycle: I want fast power metal with clean vocals throughout. If there are growls, I'd rather listen to melodic death metal—but when I listen to that genre, I end up wanting power metal or melodic death/doom metal instead. Even though my ears now consider melodic death metal to have the same repetitive patterns, dating all the way back to the Slaughter of the Soul era.

So, in short, I find Warkings' first two albums boring, and I'd recommend trying their later releases instead—which are also relevant for fans of bands like Unleash the Archers.

That's all.
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