True as Steel (album)

True as Steel
Studio album by Warlock
Released	18 August 1986
Recorded	Country Lane Studios, Munich, Germany Hammerton A Studios, Düsseldorf, Germany, May-June 1986
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal
Length	38:57
Label	Vertigo (Europe) Mercury (USA)
Producer	Henry Staroste
Warlock chronology
Hellbound (1985) True as Steel (1986) Triumph and Agony (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Martin Popoff	[2]

True as Steel is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1986.

The EP Fight for Rock, which contained many songs from this album, was Warlock's first success outside of Europe, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100; the music video for the song "Fight for Rock" was aired on MTV's Headbangers Ball.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Doro Pesch and René Maué. 

Side one
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mr. Gold"	Frank Rittel, Henri Staroste	3:33
2.	"Fight for Rock"	Niko Arvanitis, Staroste	3:06
3.	"Love in the Danger Zone"	Peter Szigeti, Staroste	4:09
4.	"Speed of Sound"	Arvanitis, Staroste	3:21
5.	"Midnite in China"	Arvanitis, Staroste	4:30

Side two
No.	Title	Music	Length
6.	"Vorwärts, All Right!"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:45
7.	"True as Steel"	Arvanitis, Staroste	3:20
8.	"Lady in a Rock 'n' Roll Hell"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:42
9.	"Love Song"	Staroste, Pesch	3:45
10.	"Igloo on the Moon (Reckless)"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:10
11.	"T.O.L." (instrumental)	Szigeti, Staroste	2:20

2011 CD edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"You Hurt My Soul (On and On)"	Pesch, Staroste	5:29
13.	"Turn It On"	Rittel, Staroste, Pesch	3:40
14.	"Evil"	Rudi Graf	2:57

Personnel

Warlock

• Doro Pesch – vocals
• Niko Arvanitis – guitar
• Peter Szigeti – guitar
• Frank Rittel – bass guitar
• Michael Eurich – drums

Production

• Henry Staroste - producer, mixing
• Rainer Assmann - engineer
• Garth Richardson - assistant engineer
• Michael Wagener - mixing at Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

References

1. "Warlock True as Steel review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.