''Kings of Metal'' is the sixth album by the American
heavy metal band
Manowar
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, released on November 18, 1988 by
Atlantic Records
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. The album was the last to feature
guitarist
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and founding member
Ross "The Boss" Friedman, who later went on to rejoin
punk
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band
The Dictators
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Origins
The band was formed in 1972 by Andy "Ad ...
. Drummer
Scott Columbus
Scott Columbus (November 10, 1956 – April 5, 2011) was an American drummer, best known for his long period of collaboration with Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Manowar (band), Manowar.
Biography
Born Walter Scott Columbus, youngest of fou ...
left the band after this album as well, but rejoined for 1996's ''
Louder Than Hell'' and remained with the band until 2008.
In 2017, ''
Loudwire
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'' ranked it as the 13th best power metal album of all time.
Track listing
All songs written by Joey DeMaio except where noted.
Personnel
; Manowar
*
Eric Adams
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− vocals
*
Ross the Boss
Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar.
History
Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed t ...
− guitars
*
Joey DeMaio
Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music.
Biography
He is a childhoo ...
− bass
*
Scott Columbus
Scott Columbus (November 10, 1956 – April 5, 2011) was an American drummer, best known for his long period of collaboration with Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Manowar (band), Manowar.
Biography
Born Walter Scott Columbus, youngest of fou ...
− drums
; Additional musicians
* Canoldir Male Choir directed by Clive Griffiths
* Arthur Whilshire – voices on track 9
* Grant Williams – voices on track 9
; Production
*Richard Breen – engineer, mixing, Synclavier programming
*Elvis T. Gruber – assistant engineer
*Vince Gutman – digital programming, recording and mixing supervision
*
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize.
Career
Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album ''Future Shock''. Other m ...
– mastering at
Masterdisk
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, New York
*Jason Flom – executive producer
Charts
Certifications
References
External links
Official artist website
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1988 albums
Manowar albums
Albums with cover art by Ken Kelly (artist)
Atlantic Records albums