Battle Hymns MMXI

Studio album by

Released

26 November 2010

Recorded

2010

Genre

Heavy metal, power metal

Manowar chronology

Gods of War
(2007)

Battle Hymns MMXI
(2010)

The Lord of Steel
(2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Battle Hymns MMXI is a re-recorded album released by the American heavy metal band Manowar in November 2010. It is a re-recording of their debut album Battle Hymns from 1982. It features the British actor Sir Christopher Lee as narrator and the original Manowar drummer Donnie Hamzik.^[2] The songs had little changes from the originals, except that they are "louder and stronger". Some of them are extended versions of the originals and all are made with the help of modern technology, that wasn't available when the original album was released. In support of the album the band started their Battle Hymns Tour.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Death Tone"	Ross the Boss, Joey DeMaio	5:06
2.	"Metal Daze"	DeMaio	4:32
3.	"Fast Taker"	Ross the Boss, DeMaio	4:06
4.	"Shell Shock"	Ross the Boss, DeMaio	4:12
5.	"Manowar"	Ross the Boss, DeMaio	4:00
6.	"Dark Avenger"	Ross the Boss, DeMaio	6:23
7.	"William's Tale"	DeMaio, Gioachino Rossini	1:51
8.	"Battle Hymn"	Ross the Boss, DeMaio	9:22
9.	"Fast Taker (Live 1982)" (Bonus track)		3:54
10.	"Death Tone (Live 1982)" (Bonus track)		4:57

Special Edition Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Call to Arms" (Recorded Live at O2 Academy in Birmingham, England, March 27, 2011)	5:32
12.	"Hand of Doom" (Recorded Live at La Riviera in Madrid, Spain, April 10, 2011)	5:58
13.	"House of Death" (Recorded Live at O2 Academy in Birmingham, England, March 27, 2011)	4:41
14.	"Thunder in the Sky" (Recorded Live at Campo Pequeno in Lisbon, Portugal, April 2, 2011)	4:38

Tracks 11 - 14 only feature on a special edition of the album released on July 26, 2011. This version of the album was only available as part of the "MANOWAR Battle Pack UK", which also includes Metal Hammer's 25th Anniversary Special Manowar Edition, featuring the full story behind this new CD.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Christopher Lee - narration on "Dark Avenger"^[2]
Ross "the Boss" Friedman - electric guitar Tracks 9 and 10

References

^ Freeman, Phil. Battle Hymns MMXI at AllMusic
^ ^a ^b Legendary Actor Sir Chrisopher Lee To Guest On Manowar's 'Battle Hymns' Re-Recording Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Blabbermouth.net Retrieved 2011-01-10

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Joey DeMaio Eric Adams Dave Chedrick Michael Angelo Batio Ross "The Boss" Friedman David Shankle Kenny Earl "Rhino" Edwards Scott Columbus Donnie Hamzik Karl Logan E.V. Martel Anders Johannson
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Live albums	Hell on Wheels Hell on Stage Gods of War Live
Compilations	Manowar Kills The Hell of Steel: Best of Manowar Anthology The Kingdom of Steel Steel Warriors
EPs and singles	The Dawn of Battle The Sons of Odin Thunder in the Sky The Lord of Steel Live The Final Battle I Highlights from the Revenge of Odysseus
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