Manowar - Kings Of Metal

Originally released on 18th of November 1988 by Atlantic Records.

This was the last album to feature guitarist and founding member [a=Ross The Boss],
who later went on to rejoin punk band The Dictators.

Drummer [a=Scott Columbus] left the band after this album,
but rejoined for 1996's [m=2257] and remained with the band until 2008.

"Sting of the Bumblebee" is a reworking of Russian classicist [a=Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]'s "Flight of the Bumblebee"
"Pleasure Slave" is a bonus track included in some releases, taken from [r=2469254].

In 2014 it was re-recorded titled as: [r=5704552].

In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 13th best power metal album of all time.

Vinyl releases:

1988
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