''Battle Hymns'' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band

Manowar Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York. Formed in 1980, the group is known for lyrics based on fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery) and mythology (particularly Norse mythology and Greco-Roman mythology), as well as ...

, released in 1982 on

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Track listing

All songs by

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar. History Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed t ...

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Joey DeMaio Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music. Biography He is a childhoo ...

, except where indicated

Personnel

Manowar

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Donnie Hamzik Donnie Hamzik (born October 18, 1956) is an American musician and the former drummer of the heavy metal band Manowar. Career Hamzik was born in Binghamton, New York. He was discovered by Joey DeMaio in the rock club Agora Ballroom in Hollywood, ...

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Additional personnel

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narration Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to storytelling, convey a narrative, story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deli ...

on "Dark Avenger"

Production

*mixed by Jon Mathias at

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*Joey DeMaio, Ross the Boss – producer * Joe Foglia – engineer *Jim Sessody, John Agnello – assistant engineers *Joe Breschio – mastering *Bob Currie – executive producer *Aucoin Management, Inc. – management *Bill Burks, Brian J. Ames – art direction *Gary Ruddell – Illustration

Cover versions

* Thrash metal band Overkill covered the song "Death Tone" on their 1999 album ''

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''. * Traditional metal band

Seven Witches Seven Witches is an American heavy metal band from New Jersey, founded in 1998 by Jack Frost and Bobby Lucas. History Seven Witches released a demo-CD in 1998, which resulted in them signing a record deal with Massacre Records. The first two ...

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

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* Swiss Heavy Metal band

Burning Witches Burning Witches is a Swiss heavy/power metal band based in Brugg, Aargau. History Formation and self-titled debut Romana Kalkuhl, rhythm guitarist with Atlas & Axis, had been looking for a cast for an all-female metal band for a long time. Over ...

covered the song "Battle Hymn" on their 2020 album ''Dance With The Devil''. * German band

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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

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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 MMXI ''Battle Hymns MMXI'' is a re-recorded album released by the American heavy metal band Manowar in November 2010. It is a re-recording of their debut album Battle Hymns from 1982. It features the British actor Sir Christopher Lee as narrator ...

'', 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 Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Film Productions, Ham ...

.Joey DeMaio – Battle Hymns 2011 – YouTube
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References

External links

Lyrics at Genius.com

Official artist website
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