Hail to England

Hail to England
Cover art by Ken Landgraf
Studio album by Manowar
Released	February 1984
Recorded	November 1983
Studio	Phase One Studios, Toronto, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal Power metal
Length	33:13
Label	Music for Nations
Producer	Jack Richardson
Manowar chronology
Into Glory Ride (1983) Hail to England (1984) Sign of the Hammer (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10
Sputnikmusic

Hail to England is Manowar's third album, released in 1984.

Recording and reception

The album title is a tribute to the country that the American band members met and formed the band in, and in particular the predominantly British NWOBHM that had emerged in the early 1980s. However, the album's cover actually features the flag of the United Kingdom, and not the flag of England.

The album was reported to have been recorded in its entirety in only six days. The album peaked at No. 83 on the UK album charts. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Hail to England as 87th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'

A remixed & remastered 'Imperial Edition' of the album was released in 2019, with the band stating that the revised version would add 'the depth, the power and the clarity that could not be present in the original mixes and masters' .

Track listing

All songs written by Joey DeMaio, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Blood of My Enemies" – 4:15
2. "Each Dawn I Die" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:20
3. "Kill with Power" – 3:57
4. "Hail to England" – 4:24

Side two

5. "Army of the Immortals" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:24
6. "Black Arrows" – 3:06
7. "Bridge of Death" – 8:58

• Alternate cassette version from the 1980s distributed through the band's mail order fan club was mislabeled, inverting the sides.

Cover versions

• "Blood of My Enemies" was covered by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, on their album The Spectral Sorrows.
• "Blood of My Enemies" was covered by Italian power metal band Power Symphony, on their EP Futurepast.
• "Blood of My Enemies" was covered by Russian pagan metal band Рарогъ, on their album Сыны Сокола, under the name of "Кровь Наших Врагов"
• "Blood of My Enemies" was covered by heavy metal band Ross the Boss, one of the former members of Manowar in 2017
• "Kill with Power" was covered by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, on their EP Dead Eyes See No Future, and is often covered live by Brazilian parody metal band Massacration.
• "Kill With Power" was also covered by Finnish black/heavy metal band Barathrum, on their single Black Flames and Blood.
• "Each Dawn I Die" was covered by the Greek black metal band Necromantia on their 1997 EP Ancient Pride which was re-released with new artwork and two bonus tracks in 2006 by Black Lotus Records.

Personnel

Manowar

• Eric Adams - vocals
• Ross the Boss - guitars, keyboards
• Joey DeMaio - bass, bass pedals
• Scott Columbus - drums

Production

• Jack Richardson - producer
• Robin Brouwers - engineer
• Joe Primeau, Armand John Petri - assistant engineers
• Joe Brescio - mastering