Battle metal stalwarts Manowar will release a “retail version” of their new studio album, ‘The Lord of Steel’ on September 28th.

The band’s twelfth studio release, ‘Lords’ was originally issued as a “fanpack” edition in conjunction with Metal Hammer Magazine back in June 2012. According to bassist Joey DeMaio, the new retail version is very different to the version issued previously, a “director’s cut” and “even more brutal”.

You can read a review of Manowar’s 1992 release ‘The Triumph of Steel’ here.