MANOWAR

STYLE of Manowar was heavily influenced by Ozzy Sabbath on the musical side, and by an outburst of interest to Sword-and-Soucery fiction in early 80th on the side of the lyrics. This made band exceptionally popular in Europe (esp. Germany and England), but next to unknown in USA. They were dropped by their label month after “Battle Hymns” was released. They had problems with Megaforce. But they didnt have too much problems with Geffen , which released them in Europe. Atlanic picked them up in 87, promoting their “Fighting the World” album quite well, “Kings of Metal” was promoted way worse, after the band refused to sell it out in their “Trimph of Steel”(92) release, they were finally dropped by Atlantic. Now they back with Geffen also for the US (as well as European) deal for the oncoming album.