Bloodstock 2021 Band Feature: Hanowar
The spell has been broken! The curse has been lifted! The seven legends have told of a warning from the skies, bearing the arrival of true metal so loud it cracks the beams, and that day is upon us!
That day is Saturday. The location is Bloodstock Festival. The stage is the New Blood stage. Cry havoc and unleash Hanowar!
No strangers to Bloodstock and live gigging in general, Hanowar make their triumphant return to Bloodstock to bring violence and bloodshed with them. The war against false metal is never ending and they have ridden into glory with mighty warriors such as Unleash the Archers, Freedom Call, and Power Quest, their first EP release is the only release to be certified as “Triple steel” by the RIAA, and they have slain many posers at their previous festival appearances!
Are you a poser? Prove yourself worthy by going into battle with Hanowar. Considered ‘the UK’s best (or worst) Manowar tribute/parody band of steel’, the band was born from molten metal in 2011.
We’ve ridden into battle with Hanowar on a few occasions. Back at Bloodstock 2017 when they slayed the Jägermeister Stage and at the start of 2020 before ‘you know what’ closed the world down.
At that show we were reminded that Hanowar are a tongue in cheek glimpse at what Manowar may have been once upon a time. Young, carefree and probably cheap to book. They are probably the ultimate warm up band for any act. Genuinely funny, they get the cold crowd moving, laughing and singing along with ease. They have all the gimmicks and jokes you would expect from a sort of party band but they aren’t short in skill either.
If you need a pick-me-up, maybe you’re a little hungover or itchy from that late-night hook-up, Hanowar are the answer. However, don’t take out word for it. The band had this to say:
We have a set of ultimate steel planned, with bigger pyro than ever before, more guitarists than ever before, and new stage show antics to debut at this almighty battle of true metal! The ground at Catton Hall will tremble beneath our spine crushing might, be sure to be at the front to witness the steel!
Death to false metal!
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