# First of the Five Elements

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{{Infobox album
| name       = First of the Five Elements
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Warmen](/source/Warmen)
| cover      =First of the Five Elements.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 30 September 2014
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Power metal](/source/Power_metal), [neoclassical metal](/source/neoclassical_metal)
| length     = 47:26
| label      = [Spinefarm](/source/Spinefarm_Records)
| producer   =
| prev_title = [Japanese Hospitality](/source/Japanese_Hospitality)
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [Here for None](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/power_metal) band [Warmen](/source/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](/source/Children_of_Bodom) frontman [Alexi Laiho](/source/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](/source/Alice_Cooper) and [Madonna](/source/Madonna_(entertainer)).<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](/source/Like_a_Virgin_(song)) <small>([Madonna](/source/Madonna_(entertainer)) cover)</small> – 3:38
#Anger – 4:17
#Human Race – 4:45
#Man Behind the Mask <small>([Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper) cover)</small> – 3:38

== Personnel ==
* Antti Wirman – guitar
* [Janne Wirman](/source/Janne_Wirman) – keyboard
* Jyri Helko – bass
* [Mirka Rantanen](/source/Mirka_Rantanen) – drums

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

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

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