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Kings of Metal

Manowar

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
November 18th, 1988
Catalog ID:
81930-1 / 7 81930-1
Version desc.:
US
Label:
Atlantic Records
Format:
CD
Reviews:
16 reviews (avg. 81%)
1. Wheels of Fire 04:10   Show lyrics
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2. Kings of Metal 03:44   Show lyrics
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3. Heart of Steel 05:10   Show lyrics
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4. Sting of the Bumblebee 02:49   instrumental
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5. The Crown and the Ring (Lament of the Kings) 04:50   Show lyrics
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6. Kingdom Come 03:55   Show lyrics
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7. Pleasure Slave 05:37   Show lyrics
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8. Hail and Kill 05:58   Show lyrics
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9. The Warriors Prayer 04:19   Show lyrics
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10. Blood of the Kings 07:29   Show lyrics
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Band members
Joey DeMaio Bass (4 string, 8 string, piccolo), Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 5-9)
Eric Adams Vocals
Scott Columbus (R.I.P. 2011) Drums, Percussion
Ross the Boss Guitars, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 2, 7)
Guest/Session
Arthur Pendragon Wilshire Grandfather voice (track 8)
Grant Williams Grandson voice (track 8)
Canoldir Male Choir Vocals (choirs)
Miscellaneous staff
Elvis T. Gruber Engineering (assistant)
Vince Gutman Recording (supervision), Mixing (supervision), Digital programming, Pre-production
Jason Flom Executive producer
Dorothy Sicignano Executive producer (assistant)
Rich Breen Recording, Engineering, Mixing
Howie "Iron" Weinberg Mastering
Ken Kelly (R.I.P. 2022) Cover art
Joey DeMaio Bass (4 string, 8 string, piccolo), Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 5-9)
Eric Adams Vocals
Scott Columbus (R.I.P. 2011) Drums, Percussion
Ross the Boss Guitars, Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 2, 7)
Arthur Pendragon Wilshire Grandfather voice (track 8)
Grant Williams Grandson voice (track 8)
Canoldir Male Choir Vocals (choirs)
Elvis T. Gruber Engineering (assistant)
Vince Gutman Recording (supervision), Mixing (supervision), Digital programming, Pre-production
Jason Flom Executive producer
Dorothy Sicignano Executive producer (assistant)
Rich Breen Recording, Engineering, Mixing
Howie "Iron" Weinberg Mastering
Ken Kelly (R.I.P. 2022) Cover art
Read Grandfather, Tell Me A Story! 90% Twisted_Psychology October 11th, 2023
Read The Kings of Metal? No.... 80% Vincevon November 20th, 2022
Read NOT EVEN IN THE ROYAL FAMILY 80% Master Ov Reality March 20th, 2022
Read Not for wimps, poseurs, and... 98% Ancient_Mariner March 1st, 2019
Read Kings of WHAT THE FUCK??? 61% simonitro February 27th, 2014
Read Pretty silly. 52% Empyreal March 28th, 2010
Read More duct tape, Igor! The... 92% Napero March 23rd, 2010
Read Somewhow overestimated 60% Moonglum_Of_Elwher September 24th, 2008
Read Superb album and personal... 96% morbert September 4th, 2007
Read Magnificent, but it wasn't... 92% Eisenhorn July 22nd, 2007
Read May Your Sword Stay Wet... 70% Frankingsteins July 15th, 2007
Read Their Crowning Achievement 86% DawnoftheShred November 18th, 2006
Read Almost too much Metal to... 95% hells_unicorn October 14th, 2006
Read Really Hitting Their Stride... 85% corviderrant June 2nd, 2006
Read Manowar's best, very epic. 94% The_Ghoul May 7th, 2006
Read Kings of Inconsistent 62% UltraBoris August 24th, 2002

All original tracks by DeMaio, except 2 & 7 by DeMaio/Friedman.
Track 4 is an interpretation of the orchestral interlude "Flight of the Bumblebee," composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1899-1900).

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Universal Recording, Chicago.
Digital Mastering / Direct Metal Master at Masterdisk, N.Y.
Canoldir Male Choir recorded in St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, England (incorrectly identified as St. Paul's Cathedral in the album credits).
Crowd on A2 recorded live at the Thirsty Whale.

Identifiers:

Barcode: 0 7567-81930-2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 3 81930-2 SRC-01 M2S11
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 3 81930-2 SRC-01 M1 S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 3 81930-2 SRC-01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 3 81930-2 SRC-01 M2S3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): 3 81930-2 SRC-01 M2S8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): 3 81930-2 SRC-01 M2S10

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