Editing Manowar (section)

{{short description|American heavy metal band}}
{{About|the band||Man O' War (disambiguation){{!}}Man O' War}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Manowar
| image            = Manowar 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Manowar in 2016
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| landscape        = yes
| origin           = [[Auburn, New York]], U.S.
| years_active     = 1980–present
| genre            = {{Flatlist| 
* [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
* [[power metal]]
}}
| label            = [[Magic Circle Music|Magic Circle]], [[Atco Records|Atco]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| current_members  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joey DeMaio]]
* [[Eric Adams (musician)|Eric Adams]]
* Dave Chedrick
* [[Michael Angelo Batio]]
}}
| past_members     = {{Plainlist|
* Carl Canedy
* [[Ross the Boss|Ross the Boss Friedman]]
* [[Donnie Hamzik]]
* [[Scott Columbus]]
* [[David Shankle]]
* Kenny Earl Edwards
* [[Karl Logan]]
* [[Anders Johansson (drummer)|Anders Johansson]]
* E. V. Martel
}}
| website          = {{URL|manowar.com}}
| module            = {{Infobox
| child           = yes
| header1         =
| headerstyle     = background:#b0c4de
| data2           = [[File:ManowarLogo.svg|200px]]
}}
}}

'''Manowar''' is an American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band from [[Auburn, New York]]. Formed in 1980, the group is known for lyrics based on [[fantasy fiction|fantasy]] (particularly [[sword and sorcery]]) and mythology (particularly [[Norse mythology]] and [[Classical mythology|Greco-Roman mythology]]), as well as numerous songs celebrating the genre and [[Heavy metal subculture|its core audience]]. The band is also known for a loud and emphatic sound. In an interview for [[MTV]] in February 2007, bassist [[Joey DeMaio]] lamented that "these days, there's a real lack of big, epic metal that is drenched with crushing guitars and [[choir]]s and [[orchestra]]s... so it's nice to be one of the few bands that's actually doing that".<ref>{{cite web|last=Harris |first=Chris |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552016/20070208/manowar.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304210844/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552016/20070208/manowar.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2007 |title=MTV interview, February 2007 |website=Mtv.com |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=October 10, 2011}}</ref> In 1984, the band was included in the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] for delivering the [[Loudest band|loudest performance]], a record which they have since broken on two occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/who-loudest-band/|title=who-loudest-band|website=Ultimateclassicrock|date=May 31, 2016 }}</ref> They also hold the world record for the longest heavy metal concert after playing for five hours and 1 minute in Bulgaria (at [[Kavarna Rock Fest]]) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100401 |title=Manowar Attempts To Break Guinness Record With Five-Hour Concert |website=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812230851/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100401 |archive-date=August 12, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=6798 |title=Manowar Play Longest Show Ever |website=Sputnikmusic.com |access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> They also have been known for their slogan "death to false metal".<ref>{{cite news|last=Wong |first=David |url=http://www.cracked.com/funny-3701-manowar/ |title=Manowar |website=Cracked.com |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbns.net/manowar/me.html |title=Me |website=Tbns.net |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127233323/http://www.tbns.net/manowar/me.html |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>