Steel (Battle Beast album)

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

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