Sign of the hammer
Sign of the hammer | ||||
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Publication |
September 22, 1984 |
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Label (s) | 10 Records ( Virgin Records ; today EMI ) | |||
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
40:35 |
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occupation | ||||
Jack Richardson, Tony Platt |
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Sign of the Hammer ( English for " sign of the hammer ") is the fourth studio album of American True Metal band Manowar .
Emergence
Already six months after the release of the previous work Hail to England Manowar had recorded a new album. In the meantime, however, they had lost their record deal with Music for Nations and had to publish the successor on 10 records. Virgin took over the distribution. A European tour followed the album's release. The record deal lasted until 1986.
Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Jack Richardson.
Track list
- All Men Play on Ten - 3:54
- Animals - 3:35
- Thor (The Powerhead) - 5:22
- Mountains - 7:40
- Sign of the Hammer - 4:16
- The Oath - 4:50
- Thunderpick - 3:33
- Guyana (Cult of the Damned) - 7:06
All titles are written by Joey DeMaio, except The Oath by Joey DeMaio & Ross The Boss.
Song information
- The opening song All Men Play on Ten can be seen ambiguously: On the one hand this album was released on "10 Records" and on the other hand 10 is the highest level of the Marshall amplifier used by Manowar . The song was also released as a single , but could not record any significant success. B-side was the album track Mountains .
- Thor (The Powerhead) is about the Norse god Thor . Norse mythology is a topic that Manowar take up quite often and to which they have dedicated a concept album with Gods of War .
- Thunderpick is a bass instrument from DeMaio.
- Guyana (Cult of the Damned) is a song about the mass suicide of Jim Jones ' sect Peoples Temple in 1978 in Jonestown , northwest Guyana .
Trivia
- The death / symphonic metal band Therion covered the song Thor (The Powerhead) on their EP Crowning of Atlantis in 1999 .
- The song "Animals" was censored on the Korean LP version.