Ranking the Albums: Manowar (w/Steven Reid & Simon Bray) 

I love this band. I don’t care. Their first 4 albums make me feel like I can literally conquer the world.

Weirdly Simon is literally not joking when he says he enters a room saying hail and kill... it's half my childhood

The four people who downvoted this video are not into metal, and they are not my friends.

Eric Adams one of the greatest metal singers of all time.

OMG Manowar! I graduated with Joey DeMaio, class of 72 Auburn High School. Eric Adams (Louie Marillo) was a couple of years older but I remember him singing in the choir at St. Mary's Church in Auburn, NY. Unfortunately were bigger outside of USA than here. Still see Joey every once in awhile in Auburn walking at the nature trail at the local community college. Glad to see some local guys make the big time.

Man, guys, this is the best, most entertaining video you've ever done on Sea of Tranquility! Hilarious, relaxed, informative, just brilliant. Thanks for making my afternoon here in Melbourne, Australia.

1. Fighting The World 2. Kings Of Metal 3. Battle Hymns 4. Sign Of The Hammer 5. Triumph Of Steel

I'm only going to do a Top 3. 3 - Sign of the Hammer 2 - The Triumph of Steel 1 - Kings of Metal Honorable Mentions! Battle Hymns Into Glory Ride Hail to England Fighting the World And, Warriors of the World Those are My Favorites.

Great to see more Simon Bray. Well-spoken and knowledgeable + funny and laid-back at the same time. Perfect for such shows.

My favourite band in the world! Seen them 7 times.Into Glory Ride and Hail to England, Sign of the Hammer are monuments of epic metal genre.Manowar is considered to be one of the greatest bands in Europe headlining a lot of festivals.Too bad they have never been that popular in America, despite being Americans.

Thanks Pete for doing Manowar!

I met the band back in 1983 in a small rock disco in the east end. i was invited there by the designer at Kerrang magazin Steve 'Krusher' Jewel. I ghout there'd be hundreds there, but the place was literally empty. They joined us at a table and we chatted for an hour or so. All I remember is how quite they were, softly spoken and polite. That'#s all I remember, although Joey talked the most and seemed most earnest. Great band. Ajll I can say is I think they did 'mean it' but there was a glint in their eyes.

"Defender" (the ORIGINAL version from the early single, not the remake on "Fighting The World") is an absolute goosebumps maker !!

Kick ass band. I'll always love Manowar for bringing me into the world of metal and teaching me that metal is a brotherhood and more than just music. Hail to my brothers and sisters of metal! Hail Manowar!

Their early videos were hysterical - Gloves of Metal, Blow Your Speakers... and how about their appearance on Nickelodeon in front of an audience of pre-teens and their parents?!

Thanks for a excellent chat about one of my favorite bands..!! Last concert I seen was manowar in Mexico.!.. Eric Adams .best voice in metal .period.!!!!!!

I love MANOWAR!!! I own everything, but the first 6 records are amazing! everything after that they became a caricature of themselves. Eric Adams is a great singer but the last couple of albums, with the exception of Warriors... he became more of a narrator. Ross The Boss is Phenomenal, and those records without him suffer for it.

Finally Manowar!!!!

1.Hail to England 2.Sign of the Hammer 3.Kings of Metal 4.Battle Hymns 5.Into Glory Ride 6.Fighting the World 7.Warriors of the World 8.Lords of Steel 9.Louder Than Hell 10.Gods of War 11.Triumph of Steel

Another cracking episode! Loved Manowar back in the day. Still remember listening to Fighting the World with my mate Stuart when it came out and our huge grins when Eric Adams went banshee-on-helium on 'Black Wind...' ("I am an outcast on the path of no return!" Love listening to Messrs Reid and Bray, too - no accent issues either, as a Brit - born in Yorkshire and raised in Aberdeen!!! Can't wait for Cats in Space week!! Top 5 - "Never Gonna Turn Down Again!" 5. Kings of Metal 4. Sign of the Hammer 3. Fighting the World 2. Battle Hymns 1. Hail to Scotland... oops, England.

Great Band!! Top 5: #1 - "The Triumph of Steel" - (1992) #2 - "Kings of Metal" - (1988) #3 - "Hail to England" - (1984) #4 - "Into Glory Ride" - (1983) #5 - "Sign of the Hammer" - (1984)

For Me: 1. Fighting the World 2. Hail to England 3.Battle Hymns 4. The Lord of Steel 5.Kings of Metal 6.Into Glory Ride 7. The Triumph of Steel 8.Sign of The Hammer 9. Gods of War 10. Warriors of The World 11. Louder Than Hell

I saw them in 1984 at Newcastle Mayfair. Great show.

YES! I’m not the only one that loves FIGHTING THE WORLD! That’s my #1 also. I live in Indiana and my parents and I went on a 3 week vacation out west, to California and back and all points in between. Fighting the World and Saxon’s Crusader were 2 of the cassettes I took with me. Played the hell out of them. I think my parents even new the words of the songs by the time the trip was over.😂

Such a great panel, made me smile ear to ear. Thank you, gents.

I remember as a shy teenager buying the Manowar Anthology CD which has an even dodgier cover than Into Glory Ride, the girl at the counter openly laughed when she saw it and all I could offer was a timid "Yeah well the music's good!". The panel pretty much chose all my favourites... 5: Warriors of the World - A welcome return after a 6 year gap, needed this in 2002! 4: Sign of the Hammer - Mountains is a stand out track for me, one of their best and Adam's performance really stands out as one of his most emotional. 3: Hail to England - First 3 tracks are outstanding and Bridge of Death is an incredible way to finish. 2: Battle Hymns - Totally agree about the almost 70s vibe in places, Fast Taker being a good example and underrated song. 1: Fighting the World - Killer all the way though, Carry On is one of their most uplifting and Black Wind, Fire and Steel is like the best punch in the face you'll ever have. HM - Triumph of Steel, Kings of Metal.

Manowar fans need to hear the solo album from Symphony X bassist Michael Lepond called "Silent Assassins"... he is CLEARLY a Manowar fan, and he also has toured with Ross the Boss!

The Manowar catalog is really difficult to rank, because their first 7 albums are really strong: 1. Hail to England 2. Sign of the Hammer 3. Battle Hymns 4. Fighting the World 5. Kings of Metal H.M.: Into Glory Ride

Thank you, I’ve been waiting for this video!

I only like the first 4 so here’s my top 4! 4. Into Glory Ride (1983) 3. Sign Of The Hammer (1984) 2. Hail To England (1984) 1. Battle Hymns (1982)

RU-vid Channels play. Sea Of Tranquility Kills. Great video, Pete.

Love watching/listening to you three guys, always entertaining! Enjoy Manowar and as I mentioned earlier in the chat my son used to play in a Manowar tribute band called Hanowar. Can`t tell you how proud I was to be at Bloodstock a few years ago listening to him singing `Heart of Steel`! Special moment. My top 5 - 1. Hail To England 2. Kings Of Metal 3. Battle Hymns 4. Fighting The World joint 5th Warriors of the World/Louder Than Hell

Great show guys! Juts looked on ebay and the 12" single of "All Men Play on Ten" is going for 45 quid. I had to do a quick check to make sure my copy was still on the shelf! My selection: 5. Gods of War 4. Sign of the Hammer 3. Battle Hymns 2. Kings Of Metal 1. Fighting the World

Steven's accent is thicker than Joey's bass tone. 1. Hail To England 2. Into Glory Ride 3. Sign of the Hammer 4. Battle Hymns 5. Kings Of Metal

I remember they did an autograph session at a record store in Massapequa, NY in the early 80's and I drove over but saw a LONG line stretching outside the store and around the block so I passed on it, sadly...

A band I have never listened to. I might have heard a song or two but I’m not even sure that I have. Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of 80s American metal like Manilla Road, Cirith Ungol, Liege Lord, etc so I will have to check out some Manowar soon. Thanks for the great video 🤘🤘

Steven & Simon are funny as all get out. Takes a few minutes to get through their heavy accents, but they are entertaining while being informative. Just another reason to watch this channel "All the damn Time" as Pete has awesome guests. Don't know anything about this group, so now I get to explore, but I know which albums and tracks to check out.

“i blame Manowar for my baldness “ 😆

The two CD box set Steven has, I bought when I visited Australia in 1994.

MANOWAR...THE Greatest American True Heavy Metal Band...EVER!!! Hail!!!

I've never seen Steven or Simon on this channel before, but they were a welcome addition! Great contributions.

Manowar is pure musical testosterone. Makes you want to strap on battle gear and wield a medieval weapon of your choosing.

1. Hail to England 2. Sign of the Hammer 3. Kings of Metal 4. Fighting the World 5. Into Glory Ride

College radio stations in the NY area in the early 80's would play metal 24/7 every weekend and that's where I first heard them, clearly head and shoulders above the pack. 1. Hail to England 2. Kings of Metal 3. Sign of the Hammer 4. Into Glory Ride 5. Battle Hymns

“I gave some square the finger and he won’t look again” 😂 great review guys as usual, love watching the three of you. I can almost hear a 1973/74 Rush playing some of the songs on Battle Hymns

My top 5: 5. Battle Hymns 4. Hail to England 3. Sign of the Hammer 2. Fighting the World 1. Kings of Metal

1. Kings Of Metal 2. Fighting The World 3. Sign Of The Hammer( my 1st Manowar album) 4.Triumph Of Steel 5. Louder Than Hell H.M. - Into Glory Ride/Hail To England

Steven and Simon are the best. Anytime they join you Pete I rewatch these episodes more than anything. Music talk and comedy. Love it!!! Thanks Pete for SOT.

Another great video. My top 5: 1). Battle Hymns 2). Fighting the World 3). Kings of Metal 4). Sign of the Hammer 5). Louder than Hell Best live album: Hell on Stage 2

Yeah !! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻Top 5: Kings of Metal, Battle Hymms, Triumph of Steel, Warriors of the World and Gods of War. I Love all of their epic Stuff. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

The greatest most epic heaviest episode ever !

I think this might be my favourite ranking show yet. All 3 of you entertained the shit out of me. Thank you for that. Ross The Boss does play the UK quite regularly (he has played Bannerman's Bar in Edinburgh a couple of times if my memory is correct)! I remember one of Devin Townsend's appearances at Bloodstock where Ziltoid was seen on the side screen encouraging Devy to play "proper metal" and apparently especially for that "fat bastard in the Manowar shirt". Luckily I was standing very near a large gent in a Manowar shirt who screamed out "Ziltoid sees me" causing everyone around to piss themselves laughing. At the end of shows Devin has requested that the audience should hug a Manowar fan at every opportunity😂.I recommend it 😀.

1) Into Glory Ride 2) Hail to England 3) Sign of the hammer 4 Battle Hymns 5) Kings of Metal

Fantastic episode. Couldn't stop smiling (and sometimes laughing out loud) all the way through.

The most difficult part in a Manowar Top 5 album ranking is to pick No 5, because the first 4 albums would easily dominate the places 1-4. Greetings from Greece!!Manowar are MASSiVE here. I Really enjoy your channel and views (already subscribed)!

5. Sign Of The Hammer 4. Into Glory Ride 3. Kings Of Metal 2. Fighting The World 1. Battle Hymns Honorable mentions... Hail To England Triumph Of Steel Warriors Of The World

Into The Glory Ride is my absolute favorite. One of my all time favorite metal memories was hearing Hatred for the first time on a underground metal radio show as a kid. The Imperial edition of Into The Glory Ride and Hail to England are excellent!!..A remix and remaster done right.

Top 5: 1. Gods of War 2. Kings of Metal 3. Sign of the Hammer 4. Warriors of the World 5. Hail To England

This channel being online all the damn time is not a myth.

5. Warriors of the World 4. Battle Hymns 3. Gods of War 2. Triumph of Steel 1. Kings of Metal Honorable mentions Sign of the Hammer Hail to England

This is a total hoot!

My picks: 5) Into Glory Ride 4) Sign Of The Hammer 3) Kings Of Metal 2) Battle Hymns 1) Fighting The World (to think that I originally disliked this!) Hail & Kill, brothers! Thanks fro the video!!

Goddamn it, Steven and Simon throwing some heat! 🔥🔥🔥 Great video 👍

Hail to England - greatest metal album ever in multiverses. Kings of Metal Fighting the World Triumph of Steel Sign of the Hammer

Hail to England Sign of the Hammer Battle Hymns Into Glory Ride Warriors of the World

1. Hail to England 2. Battle Hymns 3. Fighting the World 4. Sign Of The Hammer 5. Triumph Of Steel

In the late eighties to mid 90s Manowar were THE metal band in Germany. Such great times 😀🤘

Manowar are the Kiss of power metal. They even both have the leader be the bass player

Great show🤘

Here's my top 5: 1) Hail To England 2) Sign Of The Hammer 3) Into Glory Ride 4) Fighting The World 5) Kings Of Metal Love a few tracks from the debut and two or three from Triumph Of Steel, don't care for anything after that.

I took note of Manowar from the jump, purchasing the debut on vinyl for "Defender." I enjoyed the show, think the band is awesome, but couldn't help reflecting the elephant in the room: the tragic story of Karl Logan. Manowar is bigger than one member, but some the band's best work was produced during the tenure of this troubled guitarist.

I recently went to the Bloodstock festival in the UK, and was shocked to see a band called Glory Hammer so high up on the bill, and they were loved, they also had an army of fans attending, and yet Manowar is looked upon as some kind of joke over here, it's baffling???

11. The Lord Of Steel 10. Warriors Of The World 9. Fighting The World 8. Into Glory Ride 7. Gods Of War 6. Sign Of The Hammer 5. Hail To England 4. The Triumph Of Steel 3. Kings Of Metal 2. Battle Hymns 1. Louder Than Hell My top 3 flip around alot. Louder than Hell i know is a weird pick for a number 1 choice but i really love each song alot.Yes its a very simplistic album but so is pretty much their whole discography. The song number 1 i listened to alot when i was number 1 deadliest assassin in the world on Hitman Absolution on PS3 from 2013-2018. I continued for awhile on the next 2 hitman games and did pretty good but got really burned out and moved on to other things.

I'm gonna have to revisit their catalogue it's been many years

About time! Metal on guys

That was fun! I can only recommend to watch Ross the Boss' 2016 Keep It True festival appearance, that vocalist, wow!

Benny Hill killing it again 😁 seriously, I would love for these 3 to do a top 5 Iron Maiden albums ranking.

Great episode. My top 5- Manowar albums are 1. Hail To England 2. Sign Of The Hammer 3. Warriors Of The World 4. Into The Glory Ride 5. Kings Of Metal. C’mon Pete. Lets do W.A.S.P. next, shall we?

1. Battle Hymns - bought on cassette in summer 82 , Williaaim Tell was the least worse Bass solo - should have left it at that, but the whole album is just fantastic. 2. Hail To England 3. Into Glory Ride 4. Sign of the HAmmer 5. Kings of Metal Hon mention - Fighting the World The live DVD The Day The Earth Shook -The Absolute power is great because it has Ross The Boss on Battle Hymn, showing how it should be played. When they toured the uk in early 84 Mercyful Fate were suposed to be the opener, however they left the tour after the first or second show so the band I was in went backstage after the gig at Bournemouth to ask if they didnt have a band lined up for the next show in Bristol could we please do it - we turned up with our gear in a transit van and low and behold no support act so they let us play - I was palying bass at the time and used our small pa on stage. Scott Columbus watched us as gave some great feedback - we also went to say thanks after we finished and they were cool guys - short of stature as I recall though. Personally Manowar stopped being the Manowar I loved when Ross the Boss was kicked out , after him the sound just wasnt ever the same - never liked David Shankle, far too widdly for my tastes at the time. I still bought their albums and those later ones Simon mentioned are pretty good but I didnt want to hear their take on Elvis and I got the impression that they were maybe trying to be a bit more like Rhapsody, who Joey DeMaio managed and allegedly caused them to nearly call it a day.

Love Man of War!

Pete this was one of the greatest videos you have done ✔. Love Stephen and Simon. Simon's deadpan humour is killer. Stephen's honest thoughts-killer entertainment. I think here in the UK only my opinion is Manowar burst on to the scene as wow wtf is this. Different, no doubt about their impact and the sort of band as you guys said we are Manowar and we do what we want. The music is good. Their problem was they never broke into the big arena type band a la Kiss. Maybe one of those bands on your bucket list see once enjoy etc. But the extortionate ticket prices and Stephen and Simon will vouch charging £60 or more to play a small venue may have been the reason plus over the top merchandise prices. Don't get me wrong not the only band to do this. They recently started going into GnR type behaviour and attitude cancelling shows turning up late or not at all because they had to headline etc and had to be their way. But wtf they made some great music 🎶and we have to wonder did they take themselves seriously. I think they did - excellent musicians. And Simon I am 30 miles down the road from you in Bolton lol.

They were featured in the first Kerrang I ever brought, I seem to remember had photos of them signing the record contract in their own blood, how metal is that. Hail To England was my best, also wasn't Sign of the Hammer released in the UK, on the label, 10 Records, and that was to reference of the song All Men play on 10

I can recall listening to Friday night Rock Show in UK with Tommy Vance back in 1982. He played Metal Daze which sounded great through my ghetto blaster. Went out to my record store and bought the album the following day. Brilliant album , has my favourite Manowar track "Fasttaker".

I think it's mostly Joey that takes it too seriously. The others seem relatively normal. Well, Karl Logan's legal problems aside. But let's not get into this. They were for a time pretty big in Germany. Also one of the 1st Bands I listened to. I've got all the Albums but the latest one. Not all of the EPs or whatever that is. Certainly never listened to any of the re-recordings of their older Albums. Don't see any reason to change that. So, just ranking the Albums I have: 10. Into Glory Ride: Never really warmed up to that one. Couldn't even tell you a favorite song off of it. 9. Warriors of the World: That seems to be a little unfinished. Kinda like they rushed its release. A lot of filler material on it. 8. Fighting the World: I like some of it, especially "Defender". But it's a bit commercial for my tastes. 7. Triumph of Steel: A buddy of mine called it their most progressive Album. That might be. I like most of it. That really long 1st track is somewhat tiresome, though. Also not big on "Demon's Whip" 6. Louder than Hell: That would most likely rank higher if it weren't for those two pesky instrumentals towards the end of the Album. Certainly above the next one. 5. Kings of Metal: I like it. Like FtW it's a bit radio friendly. But not as bad as this one. 4. Gods of War: I'm a fan of Norse Mythology. So this always kinda worked for me. Even if some call it an Audio Play. 3. Battle Hymns: It took me a while to warm up to it at first. That's basically why the other two that are left rank better. Might go up at some point in time. 2. Sign of the Hammer: That one I loved from the start. That too might have to do with my affinity for Norse Mythology. 1. Hail to England: And that one blew me away when I 1st got it.

Steven and Simon must be the best combo to take the co pilots seats. Loved every show you guys have done and this one was also absolutely so funny and on point (btw bought Into glory ride on release). .. Just going to throw this into the mix, but I would love to see you guys do the band DARE...

Kings of metal is my fave. Great car driving and exercise music. Battle hymn long live version with several former members is great.

1) Battle Hymns 2) Hail to England 3) Into Glory Ride 4) Sign of the Hammer 5) Kings of Metal 6) Fighting the World 7) Warriors of the World 8) Louder Than Hell 9) The Triumph of Steel 10) Battle Hymns MMXI 11) Kings of Metal MMXIV 12) Gods of War 13) The Lord of Steel

Same as you Pete, saw them in 1989 at the Hummingbird - Birmingham UK. It was painful how loud they were, the floor and walls were shaking.

I love "Into Glory Ride" but "Kings of Metal" is a masterpiece and my all-time favorite.

I don't think Joey was influenced by Twisted Sister on Sign of the Hammer. Actually, both bands were big rivals and they almost came to fistfights (according to Dee's biography). Things calmed down when Mark Mendoza had a talk with Ross the Boss, as both were in The Dictators. Up in Canada, all their albums up to Fighting the World were also imports, as Pete mentioned. I don't recall them touring Canada during that time period. We were also unaware about Manowar and the metal scene in NY at the time (cheesiness, etc.).

I've never sat through a Manowar album, so far. But i did go to see them in 1984 at the Glasgow Apollo. There was probably no more thsan 500 people in the venue, out of a 3500 capacity. Enjoyable night yet hilariious too.

11. The lord of steel 10. Battle hymns 9. Louder than hell 8. Warriors of the world 7. Kings of metal 6. Fighting the world 5. The triumph of steel 4. Into glory ride 3. Gods of war 2. Sign of the hammer 1. Hail to England Might be controversial, but as I especially love Manowar‘s epic side I absolutely love "Gods of war" (and the rest of my top 5).

Awesome band.My favourite is Hail To England.

I can't believe that nobody can take Manowar seriously.

Never got into Manowar. I had to watch just for the banter of Steven and Simon, always hilarious.

1. Hail to England 2. Battle Hymns 3. Fighting the World 4. Kings of Metal 5. Into Glory Ride HM: Sign of the Hammer

My first album was Fighting the World, my second was Sign of the Hammer. So my top 4 is: Hail to England, Battle Hymns (original), although I have heard the reworking and it's more Manowar than the original, but Eric's vocals are not as high. Fighting the World, Sign of the Hammer( though this features Mountains the best Manowar song ever) . There's a tie for 5th place with 3 albums as I can't make up my mind. Into Glory Ride (Warlord and Hatred), Kings of Metal (Pleasure Slave. Warrior's Prayer, Bumblee), Triumph of Steel(Achilles drum solo). I've been relistening and my 5th is Warriors of the World , with the three now vying for 6th place.

My first Manowar album was Into Glory Ride. Remember buying it at The Record Bar. Thought it was fantastic and I loved, and still do , Warlord. Lol, different strokes for different folks I guess. Anyway, it's my #5 4 The Triumph of Steel 3. Louder Than Hell 2. Kings of Metal 1. Fighting The World

I was hooked with Fighting the World! Never heard of them before this album when I bought it in 90. Bought it because of the cover and the band name. Manowarrior ever since! This is my number one album as well. Because it is the one that began it all.

I don't know why Shankle and Rhino only lasted for one album but I wonder if it was because they were TOO good and Joey wanted them confined to a certain style, especially the drums with Scott Columbus's simplistic style. There's a live video where Shankle does a classical guitar intro to a song and I wish they would have incorporated something like that into future songwriting. Shankle could shred as good as Karl Logan but I found Logan's playing to be clinical while Shankle's had more personality.