Former
MANOWAR guitarist
Ross "The Boss" Friedman and his solo band will make their only Midwest appearance on Saturday, August 29, at the Station 4 nightclub in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ross will perform songs off the first six
MANOWAR albums as well as material from his new solo CD, entitled
"New Metal Leader".
Tickets for this special engagement are $10 and the doors open at 7:00 p.m.
"I have been a
MANOWAR fan for years and booking this show is one of the crowning moments in my metal promotion career," says
Nathan Block of
SwordLord Productions. "This will be an unbelievable evening for
MANOWAR fans and power metal fans in general!"
Ross was presented with a commemorative plaque for his 35-year career in music by
Nikos Athineos, a rock DJ and presenter on the
"Stargazer" metal radio show, one of the longest-running metal radio programs in the world. The award presentation was held on stage at the Notos Club in Chania, Crete on Friday, May 8 at the conclusion of
Ross' headlining performance at the venue.
"New Metal Leader" was released in August 2008 via
AFM Records. According to a press release,
Ross "continues his legacy with a true metal album that doesn't deny his past and displays his charismatic style of creating great music. Imagine a basket of first-class, stomping, ground shaking epic heavy metal in the style of
'Battle Hymns',
'Into Glory Ride',
'Hail To England' and
'Sign Of The Hammer' — this is exactly what you get here. . . Tracks like
'Blood Of Knives',
'God Of Dying' and
'I Got The Right' would have been highlights even on
MANOWAR's glorious releases from 1982-1988. The battle shouts of
'We Will Kill' haunt you to the day you die, the thrilling up-tempo smasher
'Death & Glory' and a goodtime-rocker like
'May The Gods Be With You' then round off the whole spectrum of
ROSS THE BOSS. Add to this the majestic epic tracks
'God Of Dying' and
'Immortal Son' (both in the tradition of eternal hymns like
'Bridge Of Death' and
'Guyana (Cult Of The Damned)', every fan of the early
MANOWAR must be crying out in joy!"
"New Metal Leader" was made available in the following formats: standard CD, limited digipack CD and limited two-LP gatefold vinyl. The limited digipack and the gatefold vinyl contain two bonus tracks.
