i'm gonna tear through the sky!!!!!

there's one thing you must never forget while hearing this album. it was the early 80s ,new wave,mike jackson,durran durran.bands like manowar saved music for people like me."sign of the hammer"is not your run of mill thrash album. infact a lot of it is'nt very thrashy at all .early manowar is kinda like kiss w/balls,talent & less sex appeal."mountain" is awsome .begenning as a midevil fantasy type ballad then bursting into a massive peice.this song could be called mountain w/ no lyrics & i would understand why.songs like "animal"&"all men play on 10" are radio friendly songs w/ teeth.others like "thor", the title track & the "oath" are manowar doing what they do best."thunderpick"is de maios bass solo ...ssssooooo awsome & the perfect intro to "guyana" manowars take on the mass suicide of a cult in s. america back in the seventies "our lifless bodies forming a line". eric adams gives us a good sence of how brainwashed these people were. but enough already ,BUY IT IT JAMS !!!!!!!!!

the john.R.Patrick, 'notsogood' review is rubbish,no offence

this in my view is one of the best EVER, it is awesome from start to finnish, a diamond in the rough and a little known classic, manowar rule, period, but they oudo themselves here, this IS AWESOME, BUY!!!!, i mean no insult to the reviewer, from one brother of metal to the other, i just disagree, fight on, hail

True Metal!

Manowar's fourth album was the last one with older sound...after that somethin' changed. There's great riffs..."Mountains" and "Guayna (Cult of the Damned)"...they are so like art...masterpieces. There's of course normal heavy metal tracks..."Sign of the Hammer", "Animals", "Thor (the Powerhead)", and "All Men Play on 10" which is a fighting track against the false metal some bands make. Rock'n'roll should be played loud. "Thunderpick" is an annoying instrumental track. "The Oath" is basic rock / metal... Manowar makes great lyrics...I love them all...they are a great band. "Animals" describes surely well the gigs by Manowar. I have seen their gigs and I have to say, they can rock. "Guyana..." is the one that almost every one who like Manowar like it very much. So do I.

Stars: Guyana (Cult of the Damned), Mountains, All Men Play on 10, Thor (The Powerhead)