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Classic Album Review: Manowar | Hell On Stage Live

The Viking metal veterans double down with their second live album in a row.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


This isn’t just the second two-disc live album from this veteran Viking metal foursome — it’s the second one in a row!

And no wonder it’s a double: With songs that routinely hit the eight-minute mark, it takes them two CDs just to get through a 16-song set of their intricate, Iron Maiden-ish metal. But that doesn’t seem to bother the rabid fans who chant along with every vocal, shout along with every hunk of taped dialogue, and presumably play air-guitar with every Flight Of The Bumblebee-inspired guitar solo. With a crowd like this, their next release could very well be the triple-live CD Hell On Stage — The Encore.