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
SourceRating
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. TitleMusic 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. TitleMusic 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. TitleMusic 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

Production

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.
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