The first album I ever bought was Kiss Alive when I was in 6th grade and I think this Manowar album was the second one. I still think its a great metal album although a bit hokey (especially the cover). The production value could be better obviously but there's a great metal spirit in most of the songs and I still listen to this one once in awhile.The biggest influence this album had on me was that I began saying Death to False Metal, Into Glory Ride! all the time.Its written on the album somewhere.The bottom line is that it isn't as good as Iron Maiden but Manowar is a great epic metal band in their own right.