Battle Hymns (Manowar album)
Encyclopedia
Battle Hymns is the 1982 heavy metal
debut album
by Manowar
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, was drummer Donnie Hamzik's first studio recording with Manowar since the original 1982 Battle Hymns release. Following the death of Orson Welles, the narration during Dark Avenger was recorded by Sir Christopher Lee.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Manowar
Manowar (band)
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York. Formed in 1980 the group is known for its lyrics based on fantasy and mythological topics along with their "loud and bombastic" sound...
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Track listing
- "Death Tone" (Ross the Boss, Joey DeMaioJoey DeMaioJoey DeMaio is an American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music....
) – 4:48 - "Metal Daze" (DeMaio) – 4:18
- "Fast Taker" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 3:56
- "Shell Shock" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:04
- "Manowar" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 3:35
- "Dark Avenger" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 6:20
- "William's Tale" (DeMaio, Gioachino Rossini) – 1:52
- "Battle Hymn" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 6:55
Cover versions
- Thrash metal band OverkillOverkill (band)Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining from the original lineup. Along with Anthrax , the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal...
covered the song "Death Tone" on their 1999 album CoverkillCoverkillCoverkill is a cover album released by thrash metal band Overkill in 1999. The album consists of cover songs by artists that influenced the band, including Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Ramones, and Manowar.-Track listing:...
. - Traditional metal band Seven WitchesSeven WitchesSeven Witches is an American heavy metal band from New Jersey. The band was founded in 1998 by Jack Frost and Bobby Lucas- History :Seven Witches released a Demo-CD in 1998, which gave them a record deal with Massacre Records....
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
- German band TankardTankard (band)Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...
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
In late 2010 it was announced that Manowar were to rerecord Battle Hymns for a November 26 release. The album, Battle Hymns MMXIBattle Hymns MMXI
Battle Hymns MMXI is a studio album released by the American heavy metal band Manowar in November 2010. It's a re-recording of their debut album Battle Hymns from 1982. It features the British actor Sir Christopher Lee as narrator and the original Manowar drummer Donnie Hamzik. The songs had...
, was drummer Donnie Hamzik's first studio recording with Manowar since the original 1982 Battle Hymns release. Following the death of Orson Welles, the narration during Dark Avenger was recorded by Sir Christopher Lee.
Personnel
- Eric AdamsEric Adams (singer)Eric Adams has been the singer of the heavy metal band Manowar since 1980. Before he became the band's singer in 1980, he had sung for a group, called LOOKS. In the band was also future Manowar bassist and childhood friend, Joey DeMaio.-Early life:Eric Adams was born on 12 July 1954, in Auburn,...
- vocals - Ross the Boss - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Joey DeMaioJoey DeMaioJoey DeMaio is an American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music....
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Donnie Hamzik - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....