Battle Beast (album)
| Battle Beast | ||||
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 Cover art by Claudio Bergamin | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 May 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012, JKB Studios, Helsinki, Finland | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 48:13 (without bonus track) 51:58 (with bonus track) | |||
| Label | WEA Finland, Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Anton Kabanen, Janne Björkroth | |||
| Battle Beast chronology | ||||
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Battle Beast is the second full-length album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast, released in May 2013.[1] It peaked at No. 5 on the Finnish Albums Chart.[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Anton Kabanen.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let It Roar" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Out of Control" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Out on the Streets" | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Neuromancer" | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Raven" | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Into the Heart of Danger" | 5:29 |
| 7. | "Machine Revolution" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Golden Age" | 1:59 |
| 9. | "Kingdom" | 5:05 |
| 10. | "Over the Top" | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Fight, Kill, Die" | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Black Ninja" | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Rain Man" | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 48:27 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Shutdown" | 3:42 |
| Total length: | 51:59 | |
Literary references
As with Steel, several songs on Battle Beast reference the dark fantasy manga Berserk by Kentaro Miura: "Out of Control", "Golden Age", "Kingdom", and "Fight, Kill, Die". "Neuromancer", meanwhile, is about the William Gibson cyberpunk novel of same name.[3]
Personnel
Battle Beast
- Noora Louhimo – lead vocals
- Anton Kabanen – lead guitar, backing vocals (co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5 and 13), production, engineering, mixing
- Juuso Soinio – rhythm guitar
- Eero Sipilä – bass, backing vocals
- Pyry Vikki – drums
- Janne Björkroth – keyboards, orchestration, backing vocals, co-production, engineering, mixing
Additional musicians
- Joonas Kaikko – percussion
Production
- Lucas Lönnross – engineer
- Mika Jussila – mastering at Finnvox Studios
References
- ^ "Battle Beast – Battle Beast – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Battle Beast – Battle Beast (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast)". Metal Divas. WordPress.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2017.