Manowar Battle Hymns CD

Battle Hymns Music

List Price	$10.98 (You save $1.49)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Heavy Metal, Rock
Label	Capitol
Orig Year	1982
All Time Sales Rank	6342
CD Universe Part number	1462153
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 10, 2008
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Engineer	Joe Foglia
Personnel	Eric Adams - vocals Joey DeMaio - bass Ross The Boss - guitar, keyboards Donny Hamzik - drums Also: Orson Welles
Additional Info	Remastered; Reissued

Manowar Battle Hymns Songs

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4.	Shell Shock	$0.99
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6.	Dark Avenger	$0.99
7.	William's Tale	$0.99
8.	Battle Hymn	$0.99

Battle Hymns Music Review

Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

4 stars Beginning the battle...
This is the first act of war of Demayo's company! The album is still influenced by hard rock lines, but the last tracks, especially Battle Hymn, already shows what will make this band one of the top!
Submitted by alexmyller (Teresina, Pi, Brazil)
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5 stars The original pure Manowar
Simple, raw, beautiful....their best album!!
Submitted by Karl (Tasmania, Australia)
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