First of the Five Elements

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = First of the Five Elements | type = Album | artist = Warmen | cover =First of the Five Elements.jpg | alt = | released = 30 September 2014 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Power metal, neoclassical metal | length = 47:26 | label = Spinefarm | producer = | prev_title = Japanese Hospitality | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Here for None | next_year = 2023 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Imperiumi'' | rev1Score = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jaakko Nikko |title=LEVYARVOSTELU: Warmen – First of the Five Elements (reissue) / Imperiumi.net |url=https://impe.fi/reviews/1/23725 |website=Imperiumi |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Metal.de'' | rev2Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenske |first1=Jürgen |title=Warmen – First Of The Five Elements |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/warmen-first-of-the-five-elements-471989/ |website=Metal.de |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Metal Temple'' | rev3Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Marck |title=Warmen – First of the Five Elements (Reissue) – Metal Temple Magazine |url=https://metal-temple.com/review/warmen-first-of-the-five-elements-reissue/ |website=Metal Temple |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> }}

'''''First of the Five Elements''''' is the fifth studio album by the Finnish power metal band Warmen, released on 30 September 2014. The creation of the album was financed with crowdfunding.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/children-of-bodom-keyboardists-warmen-to-release-first-of-the-five-elements-album/ | title = CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist's WARMEN To Release 'First Of The Five Elements' Album | date = 13 July 2014 }}</ref> This is the band's last album in their neoclassical power metal era and the final one with guest contributions by Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho before his death in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=104433 | title = Warmen To Release New Album "First Of The Five Elements" | last1 = Deathbringer) | first1 = Doug Gibson (aka }}</ref> The album includes two covers of songs by Alice Cooper and Madonna.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://blabbermouth.net/news/children-of-bodom-keyboardists-warmen-fourth-first-of-the-five-elements-studio-webisode | title = CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist's WARMEN: Fourth 'First Of The Five Elements' Studio Webisode | date = 9 August 2014 }}</ref>

== Track listing == #Intromental – 3:31 #The Race – 3:54 #The Red Letter – 3:52 #Ruler of Your World – 4:10 #Suck My Attitude – 4:02 #When Worlds Collide – 3:30 #First of the Five Elements – 3:41 #Devil in Disguise – 4:28 #Like a Virgin <small>(Madonna cover)</small> – 3:38 #Anger – 4:17 #Human Race – 4:45 #Man Behind the Mask <small>(Alice Cooper cover)</small> – 3:38

== Personnel == * Antti Wirman – guitar * Janne Wirman – keyboard * Jyri Helko – bass * Mirka Rantanen – drums

=== Guest artists === * Alexi Laiho – vocals (tracks 5 and 12) * Pasi Rantanen – vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11) * Jonna Geagea – vocals (tracks 3 and 9)

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Category:2014 albums Category:Crowdfunded albums Category:Warmen albums Category:Spinefarm Records albums