This dropped yesterday, and it is the first time that Sabaton History released a video about something other than Sabaton or the events that inspire their songs.
As Sabaton has become to history, Manowar is to fantasy and myth- specifically the heroic adventure fantasies of Robert E. Howard and his ilk and the mythology that inspired them.
It is not at all hard to see the words of Howard, Homer, etc. when listening to Manowar, especially as they solidified into their iconic presence. These latter-day bards and skalds--and I think "skald" fits better--live up to that label as they turned their focus upon singing the songs of glory and heroism, the virtues of the warrior, and the necessity of struggle to make achievement worth anything.
They are dismissed as clowns, as cringe, as cheesy, but their fans don't care and they don't either. They are still going, and they are still worth seeing live so do so while you can- especially if you read the literature that Manowar celebrates- be it the Eddas, The Illiad & The Odyssey, Queen of the Black Coast, A Princess of Mars, Beowulf, or many more besides those notables.
On the off-chance that you need to find their site, it is here and their YouTube channel is here.
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