Louder Than Hell was released in 1996 by Manowar. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Manowar Members from left to right: Karl Logan (guitar) Joey Demaio (bass) Eric Adams (vocals) Scott Colombus (drums of destruction) Manowar is an American heavy metal/power metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ...
The band's "Spectacle of Might" tour of Great Britain is subject to claims that the loudness of one of the band's performances was measured at 129.5 decibels.
Their following albums were Sign of the Hammer, Fighting the World, Kings of Metal, The Triumph of Steel, LouderThanHell, Hell on Wheels (live), Hell on Stage (live), Warriors of the World and Dawn of Battle single.
A new single was planned for release on February 27 2006, containing the ten-minute unreleased epic "Sons of Odin" as well as a rerecording of "King of Kings".
I can't fault them for this, but it would also have been a good idea to tone down their "heavier than thou" attitude when they produced a record that was no more brutal than a Whitesnake album.
LouderThanHell was released to little fanfare, it having been eight years since the last good Manowar album.
I doubt the band would admit it, but I suspect that they were aware of how lacking the first one was and this is their attempt to make up for it.