Manowar Return to the UK For First Time in 16 Years
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Heavy metal gods Manowar have announced that they will be returning to the UK after 16 years for what they promise is a ‘full’ UK tour with dates in every part of the country.
The ‘Brothers of Metal’, who currently hold the world record for the loudest live performance and the longest heavy metal concert (5 hours and 1 minute in Bulgaria!), have scheduled The Battle Hymns UK Tour 2011 which will feature shows in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and England. Ticket information and dates are expected to be revealed tomorrow.
Bassist and songwriter Joey DeMaio also told fans that they would be playing their iconic first album ‘Battle Hymns’ in its entirety, which they re-mastered and re-released in November last year, as well as “classic metal hymns that you’ve come to know”. You can see the DeMaio talking about the tour in the video below.
The New York-based band are one of the original power metal bands, starting their career back in 1980. Their lyrics are often based on Nordic mythology and fantasies involving sword fighting and wizardry, and can best be described as a loud and epic metal band. These qualities have earned the four-piece a cult following in their native US as well as in Europe and Japan. With eleven studio albums, two world records and four half-dressed Viking lookalikes, you can’t really get much more metal than Manowar.
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