Steel
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2011 (Finland)
January 27, 2012 (worldwide)[1]
Recorded2009–2010, Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length46:12
LabelHype Productions
ProducerNino Laurenne
Battle Beast chronology
Steel
(2011)
Battle Beast
(2013)

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.

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.TitleLength
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
Total length:46:12
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Stay Black"4:02
Total length:50:14

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

  1. 1 2 "Battle Beast".
  2. "Battle Beast – Steel – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  3. "Battle Beast – Steel (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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