Manowar discography explained

The following is a comprehensive discography of Manowar, an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, founded in 1980 by Joey DeMaio, Ross "The Boss" Friedman, and Eric Adams. It includes thirteen studio albums, two EPs, and various other media. As of 2023, Manowar has sold more than 30 million records worldwide.^[1]

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Sales	Certifications
		AUT [2]	BEL [3]	SWI [4]	FIN [5] [6]	FRA [7]	GER [8]	HUN [9]	JPN [10]	NOR [11]	SWE [12]	UK [13]
Battle Hymns	Released: June 14, 1982 Label: Liberty Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[14]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Into Glory Ride	Released: July 1, 1983 Label: Megaforce Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hail to England	Released: July 28, 1984 Label: Music For Nations Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	83
Sign of the Hammer	Released: October 15, 1984 Label: 10 Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[17]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34	73
Fighting the World	Released: February 17, 1987 Label: Atco Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[18]	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	GER: 250,000+	GER: Gold[19]
Kings of Metal	Released: November 18, 1988 Label: Atlantic Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[20]	—	—	—	20	—	37	—	—	—	45	—	GER: 250,000+	GER: Gold
The Triumph of Steel	Released: September 29, 1992 Label: Atlantic Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[21]	—	—	20	22	—	8	—	68	—	—	—	GER: 250,000+ US: 87,580+	GER: Gold
Louder Than Hell	Released: October 1, 1996 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[22]	16	—	24	11	—	7	—	93	—	22	—	US: 34,734+[23]
Warriors of the World	Released: June 4, 2002 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, SACD, LP, CS, DL[24]	6	—	35	17	40	2	32	55	14	13	—	GER: 150,000+	GER: Gold
Gods of War	Released: February 26, 2007 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, LP, DL[25]	9	62	21	12	109	2	3	54	36	17	163	RUS: 10,000+	RUS: Gold[26]
The Lord of Steel	Released: June 16, 2012 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, LP, DL[27]	37	121	—	20	—	19	—	—	40	41	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Re-recorded albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER
Battle Hymns MMXI	Released: November 26, 2010 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, LP, DL[28]	—
Kings of Metal MMXIV	Released: February 7, 2014 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, LP, DL[29]	55
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		AUT	GER [30]
Hell on Wheels	Released: November 18, 1997 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[31]	—	37	US: 2,875+[32]
Hell on Stage	Released: April 20, 1999 Label: Metal Blade Records Formats: CD, LP, CS, DL[33]	50	18	US: 10,423+
Gods of War Live	Released: July 6, 2007 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, LP, DL[34]	69	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUT	GER
Manowar Kills	Released: 1992 Label: Atlantic Records Formats: CD	—	—
	Released: 1994 Label: Atlantic Records Formats: CD, LP, CS	33	29
Anthology	Released: 1997 Label: Connoisseur Collection Formats: CD	—	—
The Kingdom of Steel	Released: 1998 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD	—	100
Steel Warriors	Released: 1998 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER
Dawn of Battle	Released: November 18, 2002 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DualDisc	—
The Sons of Odin	Released: October 6, 2006 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, CD+DVD, DL[35]	—
Thunder in the Sky	Released: July 17, 2009 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: CD, DL[36]	28
The Lord of Steel Live	Released: July 9, 2013 Label: Magic Circle Entertainment Formats: CD, DL[37]	—
The Final Battle I	Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Magic Circle Entertainment	36
Highlights from the Revenge of Odysseus	Released: June 23, 2022 Label: Magic Circle Entertainment	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

• "Defender" (1983)
• "All Men Play on 10" (1984)
• "Blow Your Speakers" (1987)
• "Herz Aus Stahl" "(Heart Of Steel)" (1988)
• "Metal Warriors" (1992)
• "Defender" (remixed) (1993)
• "Return of the Warlord" (1996)
• "Courage" (1996)
• "Courage Live" (1996)
• "Number 1" (1996)
• "Live in Spain" (1998)
• "Live in Portugal" (1998)
• "Live in France" (1998)
• "Live in Germany" (1998)
• "Warriors of the World United" (2002) – GER #27, NOR #48, SWE #50^[38]
• "An American Trilogy" / "The Fight for Freedom" (2002)
• "The Dawn of Battle" (2002)
• "King of Kings" (2005)
• "Thunder in the Sky" (2009)
• "Laut Und Hart Stark Und Schnell" (2023)

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER	FIN [39]
Secrets of Steel	Released: 1997 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD+VHS	—	—
Hell on Earth Part I	Released: June 5, 2000 [40] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD	—	—
Fire and Blood / Hell on Earth Part II	Released: December 2, 2002 Label: SPV Formats: DVD	—	—
Warriors of the World United	Released: December 2, 2002 Label: Steamhammer/SPV Formats: DVD	—	—
Hell on Earth Part III	Released: December 8, 2003 [41] Label: Steamhammer/SPV Formats: DVD	—	—
Hell on Earth Part IV	Released: September 13, 2005 Label: Steamhammer/SPV Formats: DVD	40	6
The Day the Earth Shook – The Absolute Power	Released: November 24, 2006 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: DVD	96	—
Magic Circle Festival Volume 1	Released: 2007 Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: DVD	—	—
Magic Circle Festival Volume 2	Released: November 27, 2008 Label: Universal Formats: DVD	—	—
Hell on Earth Part V	Released: November 27, 2009 [42] Label: Magic Circle Music Formats: DVD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manowar Bio . joeydemaio.com. January 28, 2023 . January 28, 2023.
2. Web site: Austrian Album Chart. December 25, 2011 . austriancharts.at. Hung Medien . German.
3. Web site: Belgian Album Chart. December 25, 2011 . ultratop.be. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien .
4. Web site: Swiss Charts . December 25, 2011.
5. Web site: Finnish Charts . December 25, 2011.
6. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.
7. Web site: lescharts.com . December 25, 2011.
8. Web site: offiziellecharts.de . December 25, 2011.
9. Web site: Archívum - Slágerlisták . December 25, 2011.
10. Web site: マノウォーのCDアルバムランキング、マノウォーのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典 . Japanese . July 21, 2009 . oricon.co.jp. Oricon Inc..
11. Web site: Norwegian Charts . December 25, 2011.
12. Web site: Swedish Charts . December 25, 2011.
13. Web site: British Album Chart . . December 25, 2011 .
    http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM
14. Web site: Battle Hymns by Manowar. iTunes. January 1982.
15. Web site: Into Glory Ride (Silver Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. July 1983.
16. Web site: Hail to England (Silver Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. September 1984.
17. Web site: Sign of the Hammer by Manowar. iTunes. January 1984.
18. Web site: Fighting the World by Manowar. iTunes. February 17, 1987.
19. Web site: Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank . musikindustrie.de . 2011-12-25.
20. Web site: Kings of Metal by Manowar. iTunes. November 18, 1988.
21. Web site: The Triumph of Steel by Manowar. iTunes. September 22, 1992.
22. Web site: Louder Than Hell by Manowar. iTunes. January 1996.
23. Web site: Sludge Scan for December 1999 | Metal Sludge . 2014-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082331/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30333 . 2014-08-19 .
24. Web site: Warriors of the World (10th Anniversary Remastered Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. June 4, 2002.
25. Web site: Gods of War by Manowar. iTunes. February 23, 2007.
26. Web site: Срок регистрации домена истёк. https://web.archive.org/web/20090124001155/http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/detail.php?COUNTRY=5077. 2009-01-24.
27. Web site: The Lord of Steel (Hammer Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. June 26, 2012.
28. Web site: Battle Hymns MMXI (Special Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. October 31, 2011.
29. Web site: Kings of Metal MMXIV (Silver Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. January 1988.
30. Web site: Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts.
31. Web site: Hell on Wheels Live by Manowar. iTunes. September 1997.
32. Web site: Sludge Scan for March 2000 | Metal Sludge . 2014-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811102751/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30336 . 2014-08-11 .
33. Web site: Hell on Stage Live by Manowar. iTunes. April 20, 1999.
34. Web site: Gods of War (Live) by Manowar. iTunes. July 7, 2007.
35. Web site: The Sons of Odin - EP by Manowar. iTunes. October 6, 2006.
36. Web site: Thunder in the Sky (Deluxe Edition) by Manowar. iTunes. July 17, 2009.
37. Web site: The Lord of Steel (Live) - EP by Manowar. iTunes. July 9, 2013.
38. Web site: MANOWAR Enter German Singles Chart At Position #27 . April 26, 2002 . 2011-12-25 . RoadRunner Records . Blabbermouth.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031102041429/http://roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=3073 . 2003-11-02 .
39. Web site: Suomen Virallinen Lista.
40. Web site: April 3, 2000. HELL ON EARTH. 2021-02-26. Nuclear Blast. en.
41. Web site: Blabbermouth. November 3, 2003. MANOWAR: 'Hell On Earth III' Details Revealed!. 2021-02-26. BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
42. Web site: Blabbermouth. September 3, 2009. MANOWAR: 'Hell On Earth V' DVD Due In The Fall. 2021-02-26. BLABBERMOUTH.NET.