Steel (album)
| Steel | ||||
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| Studio album by Battle Beast | ||||
| Released | April 2011 | |||
| Recorded | Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 46:12 | |||
| Label | Hype Productions | |||
| Producer | Nino Laurenne | |||
| Battle Beast chronology | ||||
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Steel is the first full-length album recorded by the heavy metal band Battle Beast.[1] It was released in April 2011 and reached No. 7 on the Finnish Album Chart.[2] 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.' Whereas "Iron Hand" refers to Guts's iron arm, it also mentions the 'Black Swordsman'.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Anton Kabanen.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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" | 4:02 |
Personnel
Battle Beast
- Nitte Valo - lead vocals
- Anton Kabanen - guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Juuso Soinio - guitar
- Eero Sipilä - bass guitar, 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
- ↑ "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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