Battle Hymns (Manowar album)

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Battle Hymns
ManowarBattlehymns.jpg
Studio album by
Manowar
ReleasedJune 7, 1982
RecordedCriteria Studios, Miami, Florida
GenreHeavy metal
Length35:48
LabelLiberty
Producer
Manowar chronology
Battle Hymns
(1982) 		Into Glory Ride
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

Battle Hymns is the 1982 debut album of the American heavy metal band Manowar.

Track listing[]

All songs by Ross the Boss and Joey DeMaio, except where indicated

Side one
  1. "Death Tone" – 4:48
  2. "Metal Daze" (DeMaio) – 4:18
  3. "Fast Taker" – 3:56
  4. "Shell Shock" – 4:04
Side two
  2. "Manowar" – 3:35
  3. "Dark Avenger" – 6:20
  4. "William's Tale" (DeMaio, Gioachino Rossini) – 1:52
  5. "Battle Hymn" – 6:55

Personnel[]

Manowar[]

Additional personnel[]

Production[]

  • Mixed at Record Plant, New York City
  • Bob Currie - executive producer
  • Joey DeMaio - producer
  • Ross the Boss - producer
  • Joe Foglia - engineer
  • Jim Sessody, John Agnello - assistant engineers
  • Jon Mathias - mixing
  • Joe Breschio - mastering
  • Aucoin Management, Inc. - management
  • Bill Burks - Art direction
  • Brian J. Ames - Art direction
  • Gary Ruddell - Illustration

Cover versions[]

  • Thrash metal band Overkill covered the song "Death Tone" on their 1999 album Coverkill.
  • Traditional metal band Seven Witches covered the song "Metal Daze" on their 1999 album Second War in Heaven.
  • The song "Battle Hymn" has been covered by German heavy metal band Majesty
  • Swiss Heavy Metal band Burning Witches covered the song "Battle Hymn" on their 2020 album Dance With The Devil.
  • German band Tankard covered "Fast Taker" on the re-release of their album Disco Destroyer.
  • American traditional metal band Slough Feg covered "Fast Taker" on a split single with Solstice.

2010 re-recording – Battle Hymns MMXI[]

Main article: Battle Hymns MMXI

In late 2010 it was announced that Manowar were to rerecord Battle Hymns for a November 26 release.[3] The album, Battle Hymns MMXI, was drummer Donnie Hamzik's first studio recording with Manowar since the original 1982 Battle Hymns release. Orson Welles having died 25 years before, the narration during "Dark Avenger" was recorded by Sir Christopher Lee.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Battle Hymns at AllMusic
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MANOWAR: 'Battle Hymns 2011' Release Dates Announced
  4. ^ Joey DeMaio - Battle Hymns 2011 - YouTube

External links[]

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