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Black Sabbath guitar tech Joey DeMaio and ex-Dictators guitarist Ross the Boss met on tour in 1980 and decided to form a band: Manowar, with singer Eric Adams. Some different members came and went across the years as DeMaio remained the primary songwriter of Manowar, whose majestic metal extends from blinding speed ("Sting of the Bumblebee") to dramatic ballads ("The Crown and the Ring"). Those songs are on the band’s 1988 LP "Kings of Metal," which here joins the albums "Fighting the World" (’87) and "The Triumph of Steel" (’92). You’ll also hear "Defender" (the only metal track with narration by Orson Welles!), "Blow Your Speakers" (an MTV favorite), "Wheels of Fire," "Kings of Metal," the nearly half-hour epic "Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts," the non-album bonus track "Herz Aus Stahl" and more. And nothing beats the lightning-and-swords pageantry of those Ken Kelly cover paintings! Hear No Evil.