MANOWAR's New Album To Include Tie-In Novel, Feature Film And Video Game

July 16, 2008

A seven-minute video clip conaining highlights from this year's Magic Circle Festival, which was held July 9-12 in Bad Arolsen, Germany, can be viewed below.

Over 35,000 rabid fans braved the cold winds and rain to witness the "Spectacle of Might" known as MANOWAR and their special guests between July 9-12. MANOWAR headlined the Friday and Saturday nights of the festival, performing their first six albums back to back. The highlight of their performance was the 20th anniversary of the "Kings of Metal" album, which boasted a 20-person men's choir onstage. In addition, they performed their new single, "Die With Honor", 20,000 copies of which were given away to those in attendance (in addition to 20,000 free beers and the giving away of four custom built choppers owned by the band).

Very special guest ALICE COOPER headlined the Thursday night presenting his classic live stage show. Heavy metal legend Doro Pesch, and her band performed all their greatest hits and wooed the crowd. One of the big surprises was HOLYHELL. Being no strangers to Germany in the past few years. HOLYHELL had one of the best responses from the Saturday crowd. The played two new songs from their yet-to-be-released debut album, proving they are force to deal with in the metal scene.

Other highlights were performances by W.A.S.P., TED NUGENT, MSG, BENEDICTUM, TITANIUM BLACK, Jack Starr's BURNING STARR, DEATH ANGEL, BELOVED ENEMY, MOB RULES, SIXTH SENSE, GOTTHARD, BRAZEN ABBOT (featuring Joe Lynn Turner),STORMWARRIOR, KRYPTERIA, KOBUS and METAL FORCE (featuring ex-MAJESTY singer Tarek).

Thousands of fans thrilled to the chance to have an autograph with all members of MANOWAR, and due to overwhelming demand, the band signed non-stop for 12 hours over a two-day period. They were not able to complete all the autograph requests, and next year they will be adding an extra day of autographs to make every fan happy.

MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio revealed long-awaited details about a secret project. He announced that next year MANOWAR would perform its new (as-yet-untitled and unreleased) album onstage. And it is not just a normal album... it will be written in collaboration with the biggest-selling German author Wolfgang Hohlbein (over 35 million books sold),and will include a tie-in novel and feature film and video game. When Wolfgang appeared onstage during MANOWAR's Saturday performance, he was joined by his manager Dieter Winkler and close friend Ralf Buxa.

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