Battle Hymns [Original recording remastered]

Manowar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B00004IC9G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,397 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Death Tone

2. Metal Daze

3. Fast Taker

4. Shell Shock

5. Manowar

6. Dark Avenger (With Narration By Orson Wells)

7. William's Tale

8. Battle Hymn

Editorial Reviews

Limited 180gm grey vinyl LP pressing of this 1982 album in gatefold sleeve. Throughout Manowar's storied career, the band has faced the trials and tribulations shared by most musicians forging a career. Manowar's music will never be tainted by trends or diluted by outside pressure. The band's members remain steadfast in their resolve: to deliver to their ever-growing international legions of die-hard fans the brand of Metal they demand to hear. Eight tracks. Back On Black. 2009. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars manowar battlehymns, October 23, 2006

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warhead (hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Hymns (Audio CD)

manowar debut,1982 no one sounded like this,manowar embraced and took metal to a whole new level-they were young and cocky and supremely talented,they were metal and proud of it, musicianship wise they were untouchable-lyric wise they were original and now often imitated,at that time no one sang about metal and fantasy ,you could sense the beleif and confidence they had in themselves,manowar has always been original and you can hear a lot of things that no one else was doing at the time in battle hymns,this is the recording that started it all, over the top guitar soloing,vocals and screaming that made you standup and listen with disbeleif,a bass sound that was truly original and heavy,you could actually hear every bass note in this recording,the weak link musicianship wise was probably the drumming a little generic in comparison to the caliber of the other musicians,ive neve heard a better narraration in music than orson welles part in dark avenger just one of the many original things about manowar,another original thing was the bass solo and the subject matters of the songs,so buy this cd and hear how it all started and see why manowar has one of the most loyal fanbases ever,and why they are still around 25 years later,always believe.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "There's no charge for the haircut, and the bullets come free. Uncle sam sent a letter 'said, he got a mission for me", June 26, 2006

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MagicSinglez (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Hymns (Audio CD)

Rolling Stone Magazine reviewed this CD by simply writing one word, "Comicbook-rock". Battle Hymns is also one of the great metal CDs of all time.

Battle Hymns could sound a bit more polished or refined for my tastes (for other fans it works the opposite way), but all the songs on this CD are really good. Vocalist Eric Adams is at his most powerful at least, here on this their first CD, but isn't that the stereotype of the 'great' heavy metal singer? Orson Wells himself narrarates the song 'Dark Avenger' - one of the great metal songs of all time. 'Fast Taker', 'Shell Shock', 'Death Tone', 'Battle Hymns' and possibly my favorite, 'Metal Daze' - "Own-ly, one, thing, really sets me free, heavy metal, loud as it can be", fill up the rest of the CD. Orson Wells would go on to narrarate 'Defender' another great great Manowar song found on 'Fighting the World', their most commercial sounding CD.

Manowar were probably influenced by Black Sabbath (like evey metal band somewhere along the way) tho they play, generally, a little faster. Manowar hail from NYC tho most people think they are European (where they are considerably more popular). They've written some truly great songs over the years, 'Dark Avenger', 'Defender', 'Mountains'. . . long live true metal.

I'm a huge Manowar fan and I'm not sure I would be if it wasn't for Battle Hymns. I might have picked up one of their other CDs and thought to myself ~'There's one or two songs on here I like but that's it'. Thank goodness for Battle Hymns introducing me to this great band and making me a believer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ive seen this done LIVE, May 18, 2000

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Larry Portelli (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Hymns (Audio CD)

let me say that the first time i heard this album it ripped right threw my chest, it was in 1984 at the height of metals reign. I got to witness the performance of MANOWAR many times at Lamour's in Brooklyn, New York, the rock capital of earth at the time. Let me say that this was one of the rare occasions that the live performance blew away the album , but the spirit that lives in that recording is once of strength and excellence, a must for any metal devotee, and a collectors piece with the orson wells narration....