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“Made in the USA” are words that apply to only a minority of the death metal bands that have been active in the 21st century. Death metal…
It has been said many times but bears repeating: Pro-Pain are a very angry band. And the alternative metal/hardcore…
The Scandinavian countries have been dominating death metal for so long that it’s easy to forget how important a player the United States…
Let it never be said that Sick of It All lack dedication. After almost 25 years of recording and touring, the New York hardcore legends are still going…
In Helmet’s twenty years over a dozen musicians backed up Page Hamilton, and with the exception of Chris Traynor, who played bass for Helmet’s previous two albums…
Manowar weren’t always Manowar. Their first album, 1982′s Battle Hymns, hinted at the epic warriors-of-metal style they’d pursue on every…
Delivering on a threat that had slowly been rearing its bewigged head in the band’s music over recent releases, self-proclaimed metal gods…
Thanks to the alternative rock explosion of the early ’90s, Manowar and similar power metal outfits have been widely regarded…
Like most latter-day Manowar outings, Warriors of the World is a mixed affair rife with all of the clichés that make Manowar either…
Led by bassist Joey DeMaio and his singular metallic musical vision, Louder Than Hell is another exercise in power metal evangelism…
With a 28-minute opening track, slightly expanded lyrical themes, and some of the best rhythmic onslaughts recorded by…
On their anthemic mission statement “Kings of Metal” Manowar once again proclaim their metal superiority thusly:…
For four albums, Manowar blazed a self-appointed crusade for “True Metal,” devoid of image or any commercial leanings, only…
After getting everything right on the previous year’s Hail to England, Manowar rushed back into the studio to record 1985′s…
Laugh all you want at their absurd macho posturing and “death to false metal” hootenanny, but with 1984′s Hail to England…
Into Glory Ride is something of a transitional album, moving away from the melodicism of Battle Hymns and toward…
Manowar were guilty of committing more heavy metal clichés in the first half of their 1982 debut, Battle Hymns, than most bands commit in their whole careers…
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