Louder Than Hell (Manowar album)

Louder Than Hell
Cover art by Ken Kelly
Studio album by
Manowar
ReleasedApril 29, 1996[1]
StudioHaus Wahnfried, New York,
SoundCastle Studios, Los Angeles (orchestra)
Genre
Length50:03
LabelGeffen
ProducerManowar
Manowar chronology
The Triumph of Steel
(1992) 		Louder Than Hell
(1996) 		Warriors of the World
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[2]

Louder Than Hell is the eighth album by heavy metal band Manowar, released on October 1, 1996.[1] It is the first album to feature guitarist Karl Logan, as well as the return of drummer Scott Columbus. Cover art was done by Ken Kelly. The songs "Brothers of Metal", "Courage" and "Number One" were demoed and played live by the band already in 1986, 10 years before their official album release.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Joey DeMaio, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Return of the Warlord"Karl Logan, DeMaio5:19
2."Brothers of Metal Pt. 1" 3:54
3."The Gods Made Heavy Metal"Logan, DeMaio6:03
4."Courage" 3:49
5."Number 1" 5:11
6."Outlaw"Logan, DeMaio3:22
7."King" 6:25
8."Today Is a Good Day to Die" (Instrumental) 9:42
9."My Spirit Lives On" (Instrumental)Logan2:09
10."The Power" 4:09
Total length:50:03

Personnel

Manowar

Additional musicians

Production

  • Rich Breen – engineer
  • Ehab Haddad – assistant engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • John Pettigrass – recording supervisor

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 16
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 93
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 24

References

  1. ^ a b c Jeffries, Vincent. Louder Than Hell at AllMusic
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "BlooD AnD HonoR MetaL: Manowar - Rare Demo & Live Recordings (Bootleg Comp. 1986-1993)". Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Manowar – Louder Than Hell" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Manowar: Louder Than Hell" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Manowar – Louder Than Hell" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  7. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Manowar – Louder Than Hell". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Manowar – Louder Than Hell". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.