''New Metal Leader'' is the debut album recorded by guitarist

Ross "the Boss" Friedman 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 ...

and his German band under the moniker, "The Ross the Boss Band". It was released on August 22, 2008 on Candlelight records in the US and A.F.M. Records in Europe.

Background

While the band is called, "''Ross the Boss''", Friedman has stated that "It is a real band with each member having his share of the whole." When asked about the meaning of the title "''New Metal Leader''", Friedman said "There are several reasons why I chose the title. People do consider me a leader in metal. It is a metal record. And I may not be new, but my band certainly is. The last thing I did n the same musical vein as "New Metal Leader"was he Manowar album

Kings of Metal ''Kings of Metal'' is the sixth album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released on November 18, 1988 by Atlantic Records. The album was the last to feature guitarist and founding member Ross "The Boss" Friedman, who later went on to r ...

. The title of this new record had to be in the same realm; it had to have the same sick sense of humor."

Track listing

Notes

*The tracks, "Plague of Lies" and "Constantine's Sword" were co-written by Ross for the

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, with Albert Bouchard (former Blue Öyster Cult drummer), and Deborah Frost., and originally appear on the

2006 album, "

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Personnel

;Band *

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 ...

- guitar, keyboards *Patrick Fuchs - vocals, guitars *Carsten Kettering - bass *Matthias "Matze" Mayer - drums ;Session Members *Tarek Maghary - keyboards on "I Got the Right" and "We Will Kill" *Christof Steiner - keyboards on "I.L.H.", "God of Dying" and "Immortal Son" ;Miscellaneous staff *John Rup - recording (additional) *Ronny Lang - arrangements (choir), producer *Tarek "MS" Maghary - recording (tracks 1-11) *Achim Köhler - mixing, mastering *Dimitar Nikolov - cover art *Oliver Szczypula - recording (track 12) *Ross the Boss - producer

References

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