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[[File:metal_01.jpg|frame|Hail and Kill!]]
▲{{quote|''Father, on bend-ed knee''<br />
▲''I ask thee, raise thy hand''<br />
▲''[[This Is Sparta|We! The sons! Of Odin!]]''<br />
''Await thy command!''|Manowar, "Gods of War"}}
'''Manowar''' are a heavy metal band from New York, USA, founded in 1980. Fond of [[Horny Vikings|Vikings]] and insanely over-the-top [[Epic Rocking]]. Some believe they are the [[Rated
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▲Discography:
* ''Battle Hymns'' (1982)
* ''Into Glory Ride'' (1983)
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* [[Audience Participation Song]]: "Die For Metal" has a chorus that was made for singing along to.
* [[Battle Cry]]: "Death to false Metal!"
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* [[Cult]]: "Guyana (Cult of the Damned)" is based on the People's Temple led by Jim Jones.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: "Spirit Horse of the Cherokee" supposedly talks about the Ghost Dance Movement, in which the Cherokee tribes never actually took part of. About the indian chiefs mentioned in the song (Red Cloud, Crazy Horse and Geronimo), none of them were Cherokee. The first two were Sioux, and the latter was Apache.
* [[Doing It for
* [[Epic Rocking]]: Plenty, but ''Triumph of Steel's'' "Achilles: Agony and Ecstasy (in Eight Parts)" tops them all as it is over 28 minutes long.
** [[Shown Their Work]]: It goes into quite a bit of depth on ''[[
* [[Good Name for A Rock Band]]: Their name is taken from the name "Man-of-war" given to the battleships from 16th to the 19th century.
* [[Fan Flattering]]: Several lyrics claim that Man O War fans are better than other people, more metal than other people. ''Wimps and posers, leave the hall''.
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* [[Heavy Meta]]: "Metal Daze","Gloves of Metal","All Men Play on Ten","Kings of Metal",Metal Warriors","Brothers of Metal", "The Gods Made Heavy Metal", and "Die for Metal". In fact, the main focus of the band can basically be summed up as; "Heavy Metal is awesome."
* [[Heavy Mithril]]: Possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Hey,
* [[In the Name of
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: The title character of "Defender"
* [[Kayfabe Music]]: They're really manly men, fantasy heroes who are always ready to kill anyone. With STEEL, of course.
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* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The protagonists of Manowar lyrics are often portrayed this way.
** This makes songs like ''Father'', about a peaceful and kind family man, actually pretty jarring.
* '''[[Rated
* [[Serious Business]]: Served up with extra cheese.
* [[Signature Style]]
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