Battle Hymns is the 1982 debut album from the heavy metal band Manowar. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Heavy Metal is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, took blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the use... Cover from Kings of Metal Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ...

Track listing

1. "Death Tone"
2. "Metal Daze"
3. "Fast Taker"
4. "Shell Shock"
5. "Manowar"
6. "Dark Avenger"
7. "William's Tale"
8. "Battle Hymn"

All tracks written by Friedman/Demaio except 'Metal Daze' written by Demaio, and 'William's Tale' written by Rossini/Demaio. Ross Friedman (born New York City) is a guitarist best known for performing with the Heavy Metal band Manowar. ...