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Us pressed music cassette. Clear cassette with grey text.

Led by bassist Joey DeMaio and his singular metallic musical vision, Louder Than Hell is another exercise in power metal evangelism peculiar to Manowar. The British Steel-like opener “Return of the Warlords” emphasizes the American band’s rare ability to offer very European-sounding ’80s metal. The strength of this album is that its straight forward, catchy, has balls and anthemic. The lyrics are like the later Manowar albums and deals with being true to metal and the life of metalheads that live free, ride hard and die young. Eric Adams hammers out vocal lines with conviction. The bass is prominent, the sound is thick, the pace is mostly mid-paced to fast. Remember Hail and Kill? If Manowar had it playing in the background while writing this album, I would not be surprised. Outlaw with its pile-driving, 16th-note rhythm is up to the speedy standard set on The Triumph of Steel, King starts as a ballad as good as Heart of Steel and sounds similar, then midway it becomes an anthem with shout-along chorus. As with any other Manowar album, the lyrics can be largely amusing just check out The Gods Made Heavy Metal with lines like: The Gods made heavy metal / and saw that it was good / they said to play it louder than hell / we promised that we would. How can you go wrong? Whether it’s supposed to be a joke or not doesn’t really matter. The music is expertly played and the track kicks major ass. This is definitely a great album by a great band. Manowar’s true metal flag-waving is tedious and goofy, but non-judgmental metal fans willing to overlook the bad comic book imagery will eventually marvel at the band’s ability to create and capture their own brand of unapologetic heavy metal.

Track list:
1. Return Of The Warlord
2. Brothers Of Metal (Part One)
3. The Gods Made Heavy Metal
4. Courage
5. Number One
6. Outlaw
7. King
8. Today Is A Good Day To Die
9. My Spirit Lives On
10. The Power