Louder Than Hell (Manowar album)

Louder Than Hell is the eighth album by heavy metal band Manowar, released on April 29, 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]

Louder Than Hell
Cover art by Ken Kelly
Studio album by Manowar
Released	April 29, 1996[1]
Studio	Haus Wahnfried, New York, SoundCastle Studios, Los Angeles (orchestra)
Genre	Heavy metal power metal
Length	50:03
Label	Geffen
Producer	Manowar
Manowar chronology
The Triumph of Steel (1992) Louder Than Hell (1996) Warriors of the World (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Joey DeMaio, except where noted.

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

Personnel

Manowar

• Eric Adams – vocals
• Karl Logan – guitars
• Joey DeMaio – bass, keyboards
• Scott Columbus – drums

Additional musicians

• David Campbell – orchestral arrangements, conductor

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