HAIL TO YOU, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
HAIL TO THE WEBMASTER OF THIS SITE,
HAIL TO THE WEBMASTERS OF ALL THE OTHER MANOWAR SITES,
HAIL TO MY LADY, TO MARJO, TO CYRIC AND TO POWERHEAD ;O)
HAIL TO THE KINGS !!!
Hey, feels great ! I could cry out more HAILs - I will do so next time, hehe.
Well, I see that such a great site needs to be provided by us, the fans. So I (finally) decided to write...eh...forge a short report about the autograph hour in the Saturn on 23th of May in Hamburg ;O)
It began with chaos ruling the motor way. Traffic jam after traffic jam, as if everyone was on his holy journey to see The Kings. As if this wasnīt sad enough, I mustnīt turn the radio "too loud" (e.g. as loud, as I wanted to ;O) , because one of my friends came from the nightshift... Well, beside that, we arrived at Hamburg. There, searching for the way to a car park (parking ground for our companions from the US ;O). We followed the signs, but they made us driving around our destination. Always driving straight on, then left, then right... then no more signs... turning around, following those d***** signs right to the place weīve started... but finally, I had my horse of steel parked. It should have cost 10 EUR, but that should have been worth, really !!!
On our way to see The Kings, the looks of all the average-life-living citizens filled my soul with pride. Metal Warriors coming over Hamburg, haha. Before we entered the building, we had a beer of course - and that was lucky, because The Kings should have been in a traffic jam too and therefor being late. But waiting is part of being a warrior - as it needs to have some kind of self-discipline and stamina. Beyond that, its the less a true metal warrior can effort for seeing his Kings, I think ;O)))
To see a (tiny) stage, additionally encouraged me to wait. Fortunately, it didnīt took long, until The Kings arrived. It just seemed to me to be much too long, because of the esoteric music that was played in the background... I couldnīt unsderstand why they didnīt play some battle hymns, but for sure it had to do with the customers there...
While waiting, one of the Saturnīs (thatīs the name of the shop where the event took place) staff members appealed to the clients for appreciation for that it might be getting loud for a short time. Haha, this guy never has had at least a clue, what loudness really is. In fact, the tiny amp they used was nothing compared with the one of our Kings. So, as 129,9 dB would have blown not just the speakers, but the whole building as well ;O) But anyway, in relation to the small room, it should get LOUD - YEAHAAA ;O)
As the one and only Metal Kings arrived, they instantly got started...WAIT...not instantly...before there was a stupid looking guy from television who tried to announce the Kings, but in a very very strange and unworthy way... such people should be hung or at least they should be forbidden to drink even a drop of beer for the rest of their life ;O)
Well, The Kings of the best and one and only music got started with "Warriors Of The World". The quality of the sound was awful, but therefor King Ericīs vocals were perfect. My anger because of the less sound qualitiy was blown away, as ManOwaR played "Kings Of Metal". But I was shocked, as I realized that most of the people just stared without banging or even shouting... well, they might havenīt been in metal yet, so we might forgive them ;O)
A special thank to "powerhead" , who told me he had been one of the few metalheads who banged and shouted during the songs, as well as shouting "HAIL AND KILL" during the breaks in between - thanx brother !
The third hymn, ManOwaR played was "Herz aus Stahl" (the german version of "Heart Of Steel"). My metal heart was about to melt down and all the sadness because of "Swords in The Wind" is dedicated just to the North, was forgotten ;O)
After a short break, The Kings gave autographs. But it was said that they would give just one to each of us, so we sent our friendīs girlfirend to get one for another friend who had to work and unfortunately couldnīt come with us. Faster than I had expected, my flag was signed. And after I cried into a camera, King Scott entitled me as he said: "YEAH, youīre a fuckinī animal !" Great, "Iīm an animal", I thought ;O))) Filled with pride, I went back without having seen, what king Joey had done with our lady *lol* he kissed her without stopping, until her boyfriend raised his finger very angry looking. Haha, then King Joey said something like "Sorry, Iīd really like to pound you tonight, but (auf ihren Freund zeigend) heīs my brother, so I canīt.", and adviced her boyfriend to "pound her really hard tonight" whatever he meant with saying that ;O)))
She was stunned for about one hour. Then she had a beer and couldnīt stop talking about how great ManOwaR is, hehe. So, our Army Of immortals has conquered the metal heart of another sister ;O)
Well, and so it came that my flag now with the signs of THE ONE AND ONLY KINGS will always let me remember that day. Always encouraging me, but also reminding me to walk on, on the way of the warrior and to be always in TRUE METAL.
So, I now end this letter with our battlecry:
"HEAVY METAL - or NO METAL AT ALL !!!"
Yours
Michael alias The_Elder
HAIL TO THE WEBMASTER OF THIS SITE,
HAIL TO THE WEBMASTERS OF ALL THE OTHER MANOWAR SITES,
HAIL TO MY LADY, TO MARJO, TO CYRIC AND TO POWERHEAD ;O)
HAIL TO THE KINGS !!!
Hey, feels great ! I could cry out more HAILs - I will do so next time, hehe.
Well, I see that such a great site needs to be provided by us, the fans. So I (finally) decided to write...eh...forge a short report about the autograph hour in the Saturn on 23th of May in Hamburg ;O)
It began with chaos ruling the motor way. Traffic jam after traffic jam, as if everyone was on his holy journey to see The Kings. As if this wasnīt sad enough, I mustnīt turn the radio "too loud" (e.g. as loud, as I wanted to ;O) , because one of my friends came from the nightshift... Well, beside that, we arrived at Hamburg. There, searching for the way to a car park (parking ground for our companions from the US ;O). We followed the signs, but they made us driving around our destination. Always driving straight on, then left, then right... then no more signs... turning around, following those d***** signs right to the place weīve started... but finally, I had my horse of steel parked. It should have cost 10 EUR, but that should have been worth, really !!!
On our way to see The Kings, the looks of all the average-life-living citizens filled my soul with pride. Metal Warriors coming over Hamburg, haha. Before we entered the building, we had a beer of course - and that was lucky, because The Kings should have been in a traffic jam too and therefor being late. But waiting is part of being a warrior - as it needs to have some kind of self-discipline and stamina. Beyond that, its the less a true metal warrior can effort for seeing his Kings, I think ;O)))
To see a (tiny) stage, additionally encouraged me to wait. Fortunately, it didnīt took long, until The Kings arrived. It just seemed to me to be much too long, because of the esoteric music that was played in the background... I couldnīt unsderstand why they didnīt play some battle hymns, but for sure it had to do with the customers there...
While waiting, one of the Saturnīs (thatīs the name of the shop where the event took place) staff members appealed to the clients for appreciation for that it might be getting loud for a short time. Haha, this guy never has had at least a clue, what loudness really is. In fact, the tiny amp they used was nothing compared with the one of our Kings. So, as 129,9 dB would have blown not just the speakers, but the whole building as well ;O) But anyway, in relation to the small room, it should get LOUD - YEAHAAA ;O)
As the one and only Metal Kings arrived, they instantly got started...WAIT...not instantly...before there was a stupid looking guy from television who tried to announce the Kings, but in a very very strange and unworthy way... such people should be hung or at least they should be forbidden to drink even a drop of beer for the rest of their life ;O)
Well, The Kings of the best and one and only music got started with "Warriors Of The World". The quality of the sound was awful, but therefor King Ericīs vocals were perfect. My anger because of the less sound qualitiy was blown away, as ManOwaR played "Kings Of Metal". But I was shocked, as I realized that most of the people just stared without banging or even shouting... well, they might havenīt been in metal yet, so we might forgive them ;O)
A special thank to "powerhead" , who told me he had been one of the few metalheads who banged and shouted during the songs, as well as shouting "HAIL AND KILL" during the breaks in between - thanx brother !
The third hymn, ManOwaR played was "Herz aus Stahl" (the german version of "Heart Of Steel"). My metal heart was about to melt down and all the sadness because of "Swords in The Wind" is dedicated just to the North, was forgotten ;O)
After a short break, The Kings gave autographs. But it was said that they would give just one to each of us, so we sent our friendīs girlfirend to get one for another friend who had to work and unfortunately couldnīt come with us. Faster than I had expected, my flag was signed. And after I cried into a camera, King Scott entitled me as he said: "YEAH, youīre a fuckinī animal !" Great, "Iīm an animal", I thought ;O))) Filled with pride, I went back without having seen, what king Joey had done with our lady *lol* he kissed her without stopping, until her boyfriend raised his finger very angry looking. Haha, then King Joey said something like "Sorry, Iīd really like to pound you tonight, but (auf ihren Freund zeigend) heīs my brother, so I canīt.", and adviced her boyfriend to "pound her really hard tonight" whatever he meant with saying that ;O)))
She was stunned for about one hour. Then she had a beer and couldnīt stop talking about how great ManOwaR is, hehe. So, our Army Of immortals has conquered the metal heart of another sister ;O)
Well, and so it came that my flag now with the signs of THE ONE AND ONLY KINGS will always let me remember that day. Always encouraging me, but also reminding me to walk on, on the way of the warrior and to be always in TRUE METAL.
So, I now end this letter with our battlecry:
"HEAVY METAL - or NO METAL AT ALL !!!"
Yours
Michael alias The_Elder
