Steel (Battle Beast album)

Steel
Studio album by Battle Beast
Released	1 April 2011 (Finland) 27 January 2012 (worldwide)
Recorded	2009–2010
Studios	Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	46:12
Label	Hype Productions
Producer	Nino Laurenne
Battle Beast chronology
Steel (2011) Battle Beast (2013)

Steel is the debut full-length album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast. It was released on 27 January 2012 and reached No. 7 on the Finnish Album Chart. 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

All tracks are written 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
Total length:		46:12

Bonus track

No.	Title	Length
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