Unknown Soldier (Warmen album)

Unknown Soldier
Studio album by Warmen
Released	24 February 2000
Genre	Power metal, neoclassical metal, instrumental
Length	45:29
Label	Spinefarm Records
Producer	Janne Wirman
Warmen chronology
Unknown Soldier (2000) Beyond Abilities (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal.de	6/10 [1]
Soundi  [ fi ]	4/5 [2]

Unknown Soldier is the first studio album by the Finnish neoclassical/power metal band Warmen, released in February 2000.

Reception

Soundi  [ fi ] 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  [ de ] said the instrumental portion of the album barely rises above the status of refined background music. ^[3] Vampster  [ de ] gave an overall positive review and noted "the beautiful and interesting piano intro" on "Treasure Within". ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 0:52
2. "The Evil That Warmen Do" – 4:13
3. "Devil's Mistress" (feat. Kimberly Goss) – 5:52
4. "Hopeless Optimism" – 5:08
5. "Unknown Soldier" – 3:19
6. "Fire Within" (feat. Kimberly Goss) – 3:22
7. "Warcry of Salieri" – 5:55
8. "Into the Oblivion" – 3:53
9. "Piano Intro To" – 3:37
10. "Treasure Within" – 4:21
11. "Soldiers of Fortune" – 4:57
12. "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

1. DanDevil (16 November 2000). "Warmen – Unknown Soldier Review". Metal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
2. Säynekoski, Marko (August 2000). "WARMEN: Unknown Soldier". Soundi  [ fi ] (in Finnish). Pop Media  [ fi ]. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2025. Arvio julkaistu Soundissa 08/2000
3. Raithel, Rainer (1 September 2000). "Review – WARMEN – Unknown Soldier". Powermetal.de  [ de ] (in German). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
4. Fierce (25 August 2000). "Reviews - WARMEN: Unknown Soldier". Vampster  [ de ] (in German). Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
5. "Back cover of the CD". Unknown Soldier. Spinefarm Records. 2000.
6. "Discography – Unknown Soldier". Warmen.org. Warmen. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2025.