Steel (Battle Beast album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Steel
| type = Album
| artist = Battle Beast
| cover = Battle-Beast-Steel.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 April 2011 (Finland)
27 January 2012 (worldwide){{cite web|url=http://www.battlebeast.fi/discography|title=Battle Beast }}
| recorded = 2009–2010
| venue =
| studio = Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki
| genre = Heavy metal, power metal
| length = 46:12
| label = Hype Productions
| producer = Nino Laurenne
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Battle Beast
| next_year = 2013
}}
Steel is the first full-length album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Battle_Beast/Steel/302942|title=Battle Beast – Steel – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=metal-archives.com|accessdate=27 April 2014}} It was released on 27 January 2012 and reached No. 7 on the Finnish Album Chart.{{cite web |url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Battle+Beast&titel=Steel&cat=a |title=Battle Beast – Steel (album) |work=Finnishcharts.com |publisher=Media Control Charts |accessdate=18 August 2014 }} It is the only album by the band 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
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Anton Kabanen
|title1 = Enter the Metal World
|length1 = 4:38
|title2 = Armageddon Clan
|length2 = 5:08
|title3 = The Band of the Hawk
|length3 = 4:40
|title4 = Justice and Metal
|length4 = 2:38
|title5 = Steel
|length5 = 4:20
|title6 = Die-Hard Warrior
|length6 = 2:56
|title7 = Cyberspace
|length7 = 3:59
|title8 = Show Me How to Die
|length8 = 4:19
|title9 = Savage and Saint
|length9 = 5:40
|title10 = Iron Hand
|length10 = 4:04
|title11 = Victory
|length11 = 3:50
|total_length = 46:12
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Bonus track
|title12 = Stay Black
|length12 = 4:02
|total_length = 50:14
}}
Personnel
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= 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
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= Production =
- Nino Laurenne – producer, engineer, mixing
- Jussi Kraft – engineer, mixing
- Svante Forsbäck – mastering
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