Manowar - Hail to Italy (1994)

Manowar live in Italy, 1994. The band's in full form and Eric Adams is full of his usual over-the-top enthusiasm, maybe even a little too much slightly to the detriment of this as a live album (would have sounded way more appropriate at the actual show I'm sure), plus the sound isn't perfect and some of the talkative crowd members are pretty annoying. But still, worth hearing for the dedicated Manowar fans, with a good long setlist sporting tracks from as early as their debut through to Kings of Metal (although no tracks from Triumph of Steel, which leads me to believe they either don't like that album or that this was recorded early than I have down on record) plus a guitar and (pretty long) bass solo to boot.

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