BATTLE BEAST — Steel (review)

BATTLE BEAST — Steel album cover Album · 2011 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
RuneWalsh2112
The debut album from the Finnish band Battle Beast is a classic heavy metal album in style of Warlock, Manowar and Accept. The original vocalist Nitte Valo had, unlike her successor Noora Louhimo, a much rawer vocal approach and thus made the music sound much heavier than what it actually was.

The opening track "Enter The Metal World" is a solid number that the band has, together with "Iron Hand", been playing live even to this day. "Armageddon Clan" kicks off with a riff reminding me of Saxon but quickly gets into its own groove and features a strong chorus. "The Band Of The Hawk" is an anthem that reminds me of something out of the Accept canon while "Justice And Metal" is a metal by numbers track that could have been released by pretty much any classic metal band. The title track starts off like an interesting track but the chorus sounds like something that Manowar have already done to death.

Things return to interesting with slightly more melodic tracks "Die-Hard Warrior" and "Cyberspace", the latter reminding me for some reason of "Deja Vu" by Iron Maiden. "Show Me How To Die" returns us back to the metal by numbers approach while "Savage And Saint" is the album's only ballad which shows that this band actually has a lot of potential in this department. "Victory" gives us another portion of speed metal that we've enjoyed of previous tracks while the bonus track, "Stay Black", features strong verses but a completely unmemorable chorus.

Battle Beast managed to release a pretty solid metal album that shows some clear signs of greatness even though they clearly have yet not found their own unique sound. The songs that work best are either the ones featuring speed metal and strong melodic hooks or the quieter moment that was featured on "Savage And Saint".

***** star songs: Cyberspace (3:59)

**** star songs: Enter The Metal World (4:38) Armageddon Clan (5:08) Die-Hard Warrior (2:56) Savage And Saint (5:40) Iron Hand (4:04) Victory (3:50)

*** star songs: The Band Of The Hawk (4:40) Justice And Metal (2:38) Steel (4:20) Show Me How To Die (4:19) Stay Black (4:05)
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