Steel (Battle Beast album)
Steel is the first full-length album recorded by the heavy metal band Battle Beast.[2] It was released on January 27, 2012 [1] and reached No. 7 on the Finnish Album Chart.[3] It is also the first album and only album to feature Nitte Valo on lead vocals.
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| Released | April 1, 2011 (Finland) January 27, 2012 (worldwide)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2009-2010, Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 46:12 | |||
| Label | Hype Productions | |||
| Producer | Nino Laurenne | |||
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Influences
Steel borrows concepts and names from the manga Berserk, for example the lyrics of "Band of the Hawk": 'We are a mercenary band, led by Griffith, the white hawk.' "Iron Hand" similarly refers to protagonist Guts's iron arm, referring to him as the 'Black Swordsman'.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Anton Kabanen.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Enter the Metal World" | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Armageddon Clan" | 5:08 |
| 3. | "The Band of the Hawk" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Justice and Metal" | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Steel" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Die-Hard Warrior" | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Cyberspace" | 3:59 |
| 8. | "Show Me How to Die" | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Savage and Saint" | 5:40 |
| 10. | "Iron Hand" | 4:04 |
| 11. | "Victory" | 3:50 |
| 12. | "Stay Black" (Bonus track) | 4:02 |
Personnel
Battle Beast
- Nitte Valo - lead vocals
- Juuso Soinio - guitars
- Anton Kabanen - guitars, backing vocals
- Eero Sipilä - bass, narrator and backing vocals
- Pyry Vikki - drums
- Janne Björkroth - keyboards, orchestral arrangements, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Netta Dahlberg - additional backing vocals on track 2 and 8
- Joona Björkroth - additional backing vocals on track 8
- Nino Laurenne - backing vocals
Production
- Nino Laurenne - producer, engineer, mixing
- Jussi Kraft - engineer, mixing
- Svante Forsbäck - mastering
References
- http://www.battlebeast.fi/discography. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Battle Beast - Steel - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
- "Battle Beast - Steel (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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