Rocktopia: Manowar - 'Battle Hymns 2011' - CD Review

A Rocktopia / Fireworks Magazine album review by Ian Johnson: A long (LONG) time ago, there used to be a radio programme here in the UK called The Friday Night Rock Show, hosted by the late and eternally great Tommy Vance. Each week I would tune in to Tommy's show and listen intently as he played a selection of old and new tracks, and I would avidly take notes of the band's names, hoping to discover acts that I hadn't heard before. Then I would go off in search of those albums the following day at my local record shop (remember when you used to be able to do that?). The reason I tell you all this is because one night in late 1981, Tommy played two songs by an as yet unknown band called Manowar ... http://ping.fm/sYq4O