Their offeecial biography thrieps that his style o playin wis sae "viscous" that it wad cowp normal drum kits an sae special anes haed tae be made oot o steel fer him tae uise. The baund wis jyned bi drummer Scott Columbus fer their seicond album, Into Glory Ride (1982).
On this album, Manowar became the ainlie baund tae record muisic wi Orson Welles, wha narratit the sang Dark Avenger (Welles wad cum bak tae Manowar fer tae record narratin on the Into Glory Ride album in 1982 an anithir sang cryed Defender whilk wis rewarked fer the Fighting the World album in 1987). The debut album wisnae as "metal" as thet later wark, wi sum sangs on it haen a mair "haird rock" feel tae thaim, bot the baisic framewark wis in place, an the endin sang Battle Hymn is muisically an leerically teepical o the baund's ootpit in monie wies. They warked tae mak an epic metal soond, a soond whilk foond its wie ontae their first album, Battle Hymns (1980) an haes bydit in their muisic evir syne. They jammed thegithir an decidit tae form a baund, fer whilk they recruitit Eric Adams as singer an Donny Hamzik on the drums forbye. Joey DeMaio wis warkin as a bass tech/ pyrotech fer Black Sabbath whan he met up wi a guitarist wha cryed himsel "Ross the Boss" (he wis in a baund kent as Shakin Street, wha wer supportin Sabbath at the tyme).