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Battle Beast - Steel

Published January 16 2012


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=Staff's pick

Enter The Metal World
Armageddon Clan
The Band Of The Hawk*
Justice And Metal
Steel
Die-hard Warrior
Cyberspace*
Show Me How To Die
Savage And Saint
Iron Hand*
Victory


Genre Heavy Metal
Nitte Valo
Vocals
Tracks 11
Anton Kabanen
Guitar
Running time 46 Min.
Juuso Soinio
Guitar
Label Nuclear Blast
Eero Sipilä
Bass
Release 27 January 2012
Pyry Vikki
Drums
Country Finland
Janne Björkroth
Keyboard
Producer Nino Laurenne
Similar artists Bullet, Steelwing

This debut album was self-released last April in their native Finland and now it's time for a worldwide release for the Wacken Open Air metal battle winners of 2010. As so many upcoming and/or younger bands do, they play eighties retro heavy metal. Almost all music have been done before by other bands, so nowadays it is hard to be groundbreaking and at the same time create great and interesting music worth listening to.

I had never heard of this band before, so they were totally unknown to me until recently. When listening to the album, I soon found out that they have a female vocalist, but I wasn't 100 percent sure, so I had to check the facts, because she sounds like random Finnish hoarse, kicked in the nuts metal singer.

What about the songs? Ten heavy metal tracks and of course one ballad. Many songs are a little powerless, but on the other hand some of the songs are good as they have a nice flow from time to time. What about the sound? Nothing new, but who would believe otherwise when it's retro? Up-tempo, mid-tempo and sometimes heavier. With a kind of light production, I think this album should have been heavier produced to get that slap in the face sound, although I'm well aware of the fact that there never was an intention to do so.

To compare and think this heavy metal is up there with the debut albums from giants like Iron Maiden and W.A.S.P. would be insane, but if you compare them to other eighties retro metal bands they do okay. This album is worth 4 chalices. It's not bad , but on the other hand this record won't spin daily at my home either. However, the kids may like it… if they don't find the real deal first.

See also review of: Battle Beast

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Summary



4 chalices of 10 - Tobbe


Related links:

www.hypeproductions.fi/battlebeast
www.myspace.com/battlebeastband
www.facebook.com/battlebeastofficial