Scrolling through Facebook this morning, I was reminded that Manowar's album Triumph of Steel was released 26 years ago today. The personal significance of this, besides making me feel a bit old, is that the anniversary of its release has made me realize that I've begun to come full circle back to when I first got this album in 1996/7.
When I was a teen in the mid-nineties, my exposure to the metal world was mostly to the Thrash/Speed sub-genre. Since the internet wasn't what it is today, we relied on obtaining information and exposure from other people, MTV, VH1, Metal Edge magazine, interviews, special releases and boxed sets, as well as first hand experiences shared by word of mouth. Being introverted, shy, and a teen with very minimal funding, my exposure to other bands and genres were quite limited.