Battle Cry (studio album) by Omen
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Battle Cry is ranked as the best album by Omen.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Battle Cry rankings
All 12 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1984 by Metal Storm | 13/20 | - |
| 2024 |  MetalMan67 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1984 | 12/60 | 4 |
| 2024 | vruslov | Top 79 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/79 | 3 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 74/99 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Repo | 1984: Metal | 20/72 | - |
| 2023 | Guigou | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2022 |  doombringer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | zags7000 | genre: Heavy Metal | 67/100 | - |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite 1980s Metal Albums | 63/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1101-1200 | 11/100 | - |
| 2016 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 98/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 06/30/2024 13:56 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
85/100 | 03/16/2024 16:36 | MetalMan67 | | 71/100 |
80/100 | 02/28/2023 22:53 | Fevernova | | 82/100 |
80/100 | 01/18/2023 18:04 |  DanielNunes93 | | 61/100 |
80/100 | 11/23/2022 15:29 | Repo | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.
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Repo 11/23/2022 15:29
'84:b It’s Only Iron Maiden Worship, but I Like It!
Aka #teamkillers
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like Maiden… and I wouldn’t mind some of their money!” – Omen guitarist Kenny Powell
“Tired of seeing bands that are cuter than your girlfriend” – from an Omen concert flyer back in 1984.
The Setting: Sunny, hair-sprayed Los Angelas. It’s the heyday of the Sunset Strip glam metal breakout. L.A. bands like Ratt & Motley Crue dominated the airwaves and the bedroom walls of teen girls throughout America. Not the best place for an unapologetically rough & raw NWOBHM-influenced band to get a break. So, just like Kyuss ten years later, Omen were driven East into the deserts of Arizona to find gigs and a fan base that didn't know the secrets of four puffs of Farah Fawcett hairspray.
The Listen: Denim & leather old skool Maiden played through a leaf blower. It's music for metal lifers. Dirty & more than a bit rough around the edges. It’s NWOBHM-influenced underground metal that has now been completely stripped of its 70s hard rock influences.
The Verdict: I LOVE Killers-era Maiden, and this checks off most of the boxes that made early 80s' Iron Maiden amazing. What it lacks in originality it makes up for in passion. The mag Metal Hammer has this listed as one of the defining Power Metal albums of the 80s. If this is Power Metal , I agree! And don’t forget to check out their sophomore LP Warning Of Danger which is also ridiculously good underground metal. Omen's Battle Cry was no fluke!
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