| The Lord of Steel | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Manowar |
| Cover: | Manowar lord of steel retail.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art by Ken Kelly |
| Released: | June 16, 2012 (Hammer Edition) June 26, 2012 (Steel Edition) October 19, 2012 (Retail Edition) |
| Genre: | Heavy metal, power metal |
| Length: | 47:40 (Hammer/Steel Edition) 55:19 (Retail Edition) |
| Label: | Magic Circle Music |
| Producer: | Joey DeMaio |
| Prev Title: | Battle Hymns MMXI |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Kings of Metal MMXIV |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
The Lord of Steel is the eleventh studio album of the American heavy metal band Manowar. It was first released as a download on June 16, 2012 and the limited-edition pre-release special edition CD of the British heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer on June 26, 2012. The retail edition of the album was available as CD, limited-edition vinyl and digital album.[1] It featured cover art by Ken Kelly who has worked on many previous Manowar covers. It marks a change in the band's sound, moving away from the symphonic sound of Gods of War and going back to the style of Louder than Hell with the production quality of Thunder in the Sky.
The song "El Gringo" was used in the credits of the 2011 film of the same name.