Battle Cry (Omen album)
# Battle Cry (Omen album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Metal Crypt (1) | |
| Metal Crypt (2) | |
| Metal Reviews | Classic |
| Metal Rules | |
| Metal Zone | 100% |
| Rock Hard | |

Battle Cry is the debut album by American heavy metal band Omen. It was originally released in 1984 by Metal Blade. In 2005, Metal Blade re-released Battle Cry on 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.

## 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
