Steel (Battle Beast album) explained

Steel
Type:	Album
Artist:	Battle Beast
Cover:	Battle-Beast-Steel.jpg
Released:	April 1, 2011 (Finland) January 27, 2012 (worldwide)^[1]
Recorded:	2009–2010, Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre:	Heavy metal, power metal
Length:	46:12
Label:	Hype Productions
Producer:	Nino Laurenne
Next Title:	Battle Beast
Next Year:	2013

Steel is the first full-length album recorded by the heavy metal band Battle Beast.^[2] It was released on January 27, 2012^[1] and reached No. 7 on the Finnish Album Chart.^[3] 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.' "Iron Hand" similarly refers to protagonist Guts's iron arm, referring to him as the 'Black Swordsman'.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Battle Beast .
2. Web site: Battle Beast – Steel – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. metal-archives.com. 2014-04-27.
3. Web site: Battle Beast – Steel (album) . Finnishcharts.com . . 18 August 2014 .