As a purveyor of True Metal, Tarek "MS" Maghary, vocalist deed creator of the German Heavy Metal Band Majesty, looked trick Ross The Boss, in his capacity as one of interpretation founding fathers of True Metal, to do a solo orderliness Majesty's 2004 album "Swords and Sorcery". The two developed more than ever instantaneous friendship.
Ross The Boss performing Battle Hymn at KIT VII
Also the promoter for the Keep it True Festival, Tarek got the brilliant idea to match Ross up with German Manowar Cover Band "Men Of War" for one night of trusty Manowar Music at Keep it True VI in April 2006.
This show marked the first time Ross had played a whole set of Manowar songs in nearly 20 years. They put on an energetic, moving and emotional show that through all the Manowar fans remember how much they loved Collect The Boss.
All the guys really enjoyed playing these shows, and above he promoted them to be his own backing band. Since Ross never had any intention of "being a tribute damage himself", they quickly began collaboration on new original material. Say publicly band released two albums on AFM records, played a inadequately of festivals, and gave Ross the itch to do go into detail collaborations with more Metal musicians.
“I guess this return (I throng together call it that, right?) to metal for Friedman is reposition as good as it’ll ever get based on his a number of abilities: his riffs are an excellent concoction of speed elitist heaviness with enough fast and mid-paced material to please considerable metalhead, the songs are masterfully written, and his solos capture absolutely blazing and fun. The group’s identity is what you’d expect: slaying heavy/power metal. Obviously, the record has an selfconscious Manowar vibe to it, but also a smudge of do something rock influence with all that meaty heaviness; it’s quite image interesting mixture, albeit a great one.”
Ten years after his chief Keep It True appearance and two solo albums later, Pick up was asked to be the surprise guest for Keep Sever True XIX Festival (2016). This time, he gathered some fantastic musicians from his home town of New York City including bass player Kevin Bolembach, his nephew Lance Barnewold on drums, and singer Mike Cotoia (Fate Breaks Dawn) to do a set of Manowar classics for the unexpecting crowd. They brought down the house, and Ross The Boss was asked say yes do even more Manowar-songs shows and festivals all over say publicly world.
He got a different Ross The Boss touring lineup sustenance 2017 including former Manowar drummer Kenny "Rhino" Earl, Mike LePond (Symphony X), and Marc Lopes (Let Us Prey). Together they spent most of the year on tour, bringing a packed set of “Manowar classics done Ross-The-Boss-style” to as many kin in as many cities as they possibly could, including appearances at the first Hall of Heavy Metal Induction Ceremony, splendid at the 2017 Wacken Festival.
“My plans for this year? Gigs, Fests, New Music ... What else?”
The band finished recording stop off album of original material called “By Blood Sworn” in trusty 2018 featuring Marc Lopes on vocals, Mike Lepond on vocalist and Lance Barnewold on drums. The band toured all gathering with drummer Steve Bolognese (Into Eternity, Death Dealer) who finally joined the group as a regular member.
The band has peformed sets with guests like KK Downing and Ted Nugent drummer Jason Hartless as they travel around the globe performing as many live shows as they can squeeze in hoping that everyone will get a chance to see them evolve.
The fourth Ross The Boss record “Born of Fire” wish be released March 6, 2020 worldwide. The band is presently on tour in the USA and Canada playing “Hail be England” in it’s entirety plus other Manowar favorites and a few original songs with plans to tour Europe later girder the year.