Scott Columbus — born in the United States in 1956, died on 4 April 2011 — was the drummer of Manowar's classic line-up and the source of the percussive sound that defines the band on its most important records. He joined in 1983 and recorded Into Glory Ride (1983), Hail to England (1984), Sign of the Hammer (1984), Fighting the World (1987) and Kings of Metal (1988), returning later for Louder Than Hell (1996) and Warriors of the World (2002). His trademark became a legend in that world, for a practical reason: Columbus hit so hard that he broke conventional drums. The solution was to have a stainless steel kit built, nicknamed the "Drums of Doom" — a heavy instrument with metallic sustain, made to withstand an attack wood could not take. Few drummers have had an instrument built to measure because standard equipment could not survive them. That weight is as much part of Manowar's identity as Eric Adams's voice or Joey DeMaio's lyrics. He died in 2011, aged fifty-five.
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