MANOWAR

It's nice when something lives up to your expectations. About five years ago, I was running the metal section in HMV, whenever I'd come across a Manowar album I'd think something along the lines of: "These guys have serious steez, I really need to check them out some day".

Well, half a decade later and I finally got around to checking them out, and this shit just blew my mind apart (especially the very cautious chainsaw battle about halfway through.)