Joey Demaio estaba trabajando como técnico de bajo y encargado de la pirotecnia para Black Sabbath cuando conoció a Ross the Boss (Ross Friedman, o también Ross Funicello, ex-Dictators) que tocaba para Shaking street, los teloneros de Black Sabbath en esos momentos.
Reclutaron luego al vocalista Eric Adams y al batería Donny Hamzik y ya con el nombre de Manowar grabaron su álbum de debut "Battle hymns", que incluía la canción Dark avenger con una narración recitada por Orson Wells.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Bridge 2x: (all played at 5th string) E5F#5G5D5 C5G5F#5E5
Verse:
E5 Here our soldiers stand from all around the world C5 Waiting in a line to hear the battle cry E5 All are gathered here victory is near C5 The sound will fill the hall bringing power to us all E5 We alone are fighting for metal that is true C5 We own the right to live the fight we're here for all of you E5 Now swear the blood upon your steel will never dry C5 Stand and fight together beneath the metal sky
Refrain: (all chords at 5th. string) E5 Brothers Everywhere G5D5 Raise you hands into the air C5 We're warriors G5F#5E5 Warriors of The World E5 Like thunder from the sky G5D5 Sworn to fight and die C5 We're warriors G5F#5E5 Warriors of The World
Verse 2:
E5 Many stand against us but they will never win C5 We said we would return and here we are again E5 To bring them all destruction suffering and pain C5 We are the hammer of the Gods we are thunder wind and rain E5 There they wait in fear with swords in feeble hands C5 With dreams to be a King first one should be a man E5 I call them out and charge them all with a life that is a lie C5 And in their final hour they shell confess before they die
- Repeat Refrain.
- Interlude with adlib synths
If i should fall in battle my brothers who fight by my side Gather my horse and waepons tell my family how i died Until then i will be strong I will fight for all that is real All who stand in my way will die by steel