1984 studio album by Omen
Battle Cry is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Omen, released in 1984 by Metal Blade Records. In 2005, Metal Blade re-released Battle Cry in Picture LP format, limited to 500 copies and including two bonus tracks.
In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 16th best power metal album of all time.[2]
Track listing
Personnel
- Omen
- J.D. Kimball – vocals
- Kenny Powell – guitars, backing vocals
- Jody Henry – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Wittig – drums
- Production
- Brian Slagel – production
- Ron Fair – engineering, mixing
- Bill Metoyer – engineering
- Scott Singer – engineering
- Carolyn Collins – assistant engineering
- Vince Gutierrez – cover art
References
- ^ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b Chantler, Chris (November 14, 2019). "The 25 greatest power metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Omen - Battle Cry review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ 4th Horseman. "Classic Review: Omen - Battle Cry". Metal Crypt. Michel Renaud/The Metal Crypt. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sargon the Terrible. "Classic Review: Omen - Battle Cry". Metal Crypt. Michel Renaud/The Metal Crypt. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ Ben. "Omen - Battle Cry". Metal Reviews. MetalReviews. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Mosquito. "Omen - Battle Cry". Metal Rules. Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Alexandropoulos, Antonis. "OMEN - Battle Cry". Metal Zone. Metalzone.gr. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Kühnemund, Götz. "Review Album". Rock Hard. Hi-Media. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
