Manowar

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1. Warriors of the World United
2. Nessun Dorna
3. Carry On
4. Metal Warriors (Brothers Of Metal Pt. I)
5. Hail and Kill
6. Black Wind, Fire And Steel
7. Return of the Warlord
8. I Believe
9. Metal Daze
10. Blown Your Speakers
11. Swords In The Wind
12. Warriors of the World (Alternate Version)
13. Kings of Metal
14. Courage
15. Call to Arms
16. Master Of The Wind
17. Heart of Steel
18. Die For Metal (live)
19. Die For Metal

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Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980.
Joey DeMaio was working as a bass tech / pyrotechnic for Black Sabbath when he met with guitarist Ross the Boss, playing for a group called Shakin Street, a Black Sabbath support band. They later recruited Eric Adams for vocals and Donnie Hamzik for the drums, to create Manowar — a band with an unusual epic sound. Manowar recorded Battle Hymns, their debut album, which featured "Dark Avenger", a slow epic track with narration by Orson Welles (Welles later returned on the Fighting the World album and did the narration on another slow track called "Defender").

Their second album, Into Glory Ride, was the first to feature Scott Columbus as drummer. Because of his viciousness behind the drums, standard kits simply collapsed. Custom stainless steel kits had to be built just for him. Their third album, titled Hail to England, was mixed and recorded in only six days. The band's "Spectacle of Might" tour of Great Britain is subject to claims that the loudness of one of the band's performances was measured at 129.5 decibels. Their following albums were Sign of the Hammer, Fighting the World, Kings of Metal, The Triumph of Steel, Louder Than Hell, Hell on Wheels (live), Hell on Stage (live), Warriors of the World and Dawn of Battle single. Meanwhile DeMaio started his own label, Magic Circle Music, including symphonic epic metallers (e.g. Rhapsody) in their roster.

In 1984, Manowar found themselves in the book Guinness World Records as the "loudest band in the world," following the release, and during the supporting tour, of their fourth album Sign of the Hammer. The 1992 release of The Triumph of Steel, and its subsequent tour, saw Manowar break their own Guinness record, again being named "Loudest Band in the World". Manowar is the only band allowed to play the "Drums of Doom".

The release of their next album, which was scheduled for April 3, 2006, was delayed due to severe left arm injuries sustained by guitarist Karl Logan during a motorcycle accident on January 24, 2006. He will be unable to perform for an unknown period of time, but is expected to recover.

The latest Manowar recordings are the songs "King of Kings" and "The Ascension", released in 2005 with their latest DVD Hell on Earth Part IV. A new single, planned for release on February 27 2006, containing the ten-minute unreleased epic "Sons of Odin" as well as a rerecording of "King of Kings", was postponed due to Karl Logans injuries. According to the official website a new release date for the singal has now been set for October of 2006, to be followed in November 2006 by a full length DVD release containing the historic EarthShaker Fest of 2005. (Manowar - Wikipedia)

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