Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will be presented with a commemorative plaque for his 35-year career in music by Nikos Athineos, a rock DJ and presenter on the "Stargazer" metal radio show, one of the longest-running metal radio programs in the world. The award presentation will be held on stage at the Notos Club in Chania, Crete on Friday, May 8 at the conclusion of Ross’ headlining performance at the venue.

ROSS THE BOSS will play five shows in Greece in five days in early May. The dates are as follows:

May 07 - Heraklion
May 08 - Chania
May 09 - Thessaloniki
May 10 - Larisa
May 11 - Athens

"Blood Of Knives", the latest video from Ross The Boss, can be viewed below. The song comes off Ross’ new album, "New Metal Leader", which was released last August via AFM Records. According to a press release, Ross "continues his legacy with a true metal album that doesn’t deny his past and displays his charismatic style of creating great music. Imagine a basket of first-class, stomping, ground shaking epic heavy metal in the style of ’Battle Hymns’, ’Into Glory Ride’, ’Hail To England’ and ’Sign Of The Hammer’ — this is exactly what you get here. . . Tracks like ’Blood Of Knives’, ’God Of Dying’ and ’I Got The Right’ would have been highlights even on MANOWAR’s glorious releases from 1982-1988. The battle shouts of ’We Will Kill’ haunt you to the day you die, the thrilling up-tempo smasher ’Death & Glory’ and a goodtime-rocker like ’May The Gods Be With You’ then round off the whole spectrum of ROSS THE BOSS. Add to this the majestic epic tracks ’God Of Dying’ and ’Immortal Son’ (both in the tradition of eternal hymns like ’Bridge Of Death’ and ’Guyana (Cult Of The Damned)’, every fan of the early MANOWAR must be crying out in joy!"

"New Metal Leader" was made available in the following formats: standard CD, limited digipack CD and limited two-LP gatefold vinyl. The limited digipack and the gatefold vinyl contain two bonus tracks.