Nanowar of Steel

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Nanowar of Steel
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Nanowar of Steel at Rockharz Open Air 2018
Background information
Origin Italy
Genres
Years active2003–present
MembersMohammed Abdul
Gattopanceri666
Uinona Raider
Potowotominimak
Mr. Baffo
Website Official Nanowar Website

Nanowar of Steel (stylised as NanowaR of Steel by the band) is an Italian comedy heavy metal band. Their name is a pun on the metal bands Manowar and Rhapsody of Fire, and represents their tendency to satirize "true metal", the primary focus of their music. Their work mainly aims to make humorous references to and jokes about the genre, often parodying the way in which power metal bands are perceived to take themselves very seriously.

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In 2006, the band changed their name from Nanowar to Nanowar of Steel, [1] as a parody of the Italian power metal band Rhapsody changing their name to Rhapsody of Fire after a legal dispute. [2] On their logo, the "of Steel" part was made to look like it was quickly and carelessly scribbled behind the main name as an afterthought.

History

The 2005 album Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay! was published on Jamendo under the Creative Commons-BY-NC-SA licence. [3] The 2010 album Into Gay Pride Ride was published on the same platform under the Creative Commons-BY licence. [4]

In April 2012, they released the videoclip for a new single entitled Giorgio Mastrota, which reached over 100,000 views on YouTube in just two weeks (currently over three and a half million). The song became extremely popular in Italy, being broadcast by several radio stations and also appearing on national television on several occasions. In 2013 they started cooperating with Feudalesimo e Liberta’, a well known Italian pseudo-parody political movement which advocates the return of the Empire and Feudal Rights in Europe. They released a music video in August of the same year, which was covered by mainstream newspapers (such as La Repubblica) and echoed through the whole Italian peninsula. [5]

In July 2019, they released the song Norwegian Reggaeton. The video received 800,000 views on YouTube within the first 5 days, and 2.8 million views within the first month and is currently (March 2022) at over 10 million views. The song combines heavy metal and reggaeton and includes the collaboration of Charly Glamour, the singer/frontman of the similarly-themed parody heavy metal Spanish band Gigatron (band)  [ es ]. The group performed Norwegian Reggaeton at Spanish television show Got Talent España; two of the four judges said "no", one of them before the band even started playing, after hearing the words "metal" and "reggaeton". Later the band announced their intention to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. [6]

In December 2019, they released the song Valhallelujah, a Christmas song combining heavy metal and gospel, dedicated to Odin and IKEA. Angus McFife of Gloryhammer plays the part of Odin. [7]

In May 2020, they released Sneeztem of a Yawn, a song about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Italy, with scrambled lyrics. [8]

In early 2021, they announced a new album Italian Folk Metal, which was released on July 2, 2021. [9] As the name suggests, the album combines folk music with metal music. Also, while they have released songs in Italian before, this is their first full-length album in the Italian language.

In March 2023, the album Dislike to False Metal was released, preceded by the singles Winterstorm in the Night and Disco Metal.

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Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Triumph of True Metal of Steel
  • Released: July 2003
  • Label: none (self-produced)
Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay!
  • Released: June 2005
  • Label: none (self-produced)
Into Gay Pride Ride
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: none (self-produced)
A Knight at the Opera
  • Released: 2014 (album and DVD)
  • Label: none (self-produced)
Stairway to Valhalla
Italian Folk Metal
Dislike to False Metal

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
Promotional Compilation 2007
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: none (self-produced)

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Made in Naples
  • Released: January 2007 (Limited Edition Double CD)
  • Label: none (self-produced)

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
True Metal of the World
  • Released: 2003 (demo)
  • Label: none (self-produced)
Tour-Mentone Vol.1
  • Released: January 2016
  • Label: none (self-produced)

Singles

TitleDateLabelAlbum
"Metal La La La"2009 Self Released Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay
"Giorgio Mastrota (The Keeper of Inox Steel)"2012A Knight At The Opera
"Nanowar"Into Gay Pride Ride
"RAP-sody" (Rhapsody of Fire Parody)
"I'm Heavy" (Happy Parody)2014Non-album single
"Bestie di Seitan" [11] 2017
"The Call Of Cthulhu" [12] 2018Stairway To Valhalla
"Heavy Metal Kibbles"
"Vegan Velociraptor"2019
"And Then I Noticed That She Was A Gargoyle" [13]
"Norwegian Reggaeton" [14] Stairway To Valhalla (2020 reprint)
"Valhalleluja" [15] Napalm Records
"Sneeztem of a Yawn" [16] 2020
"Uranus" [17] Stairway to Valhalla
"In The Sky" [18]
"Formia"2021Non-album single
"Biancodolce"
"La Maledizione di Capitan Findus/Der Fluch des Kapt’n Iglo"Italian Folk Metal
"Gabonzo Robot" [19]
"La Polenta Taragnarock" [20] (feat. Giorgio Mastrota)
"Armpits of Immortals" (feat. Ross The Boss)2022Non-album single
"Winterstorm in the Night" (feat. Madeleine Liljestam)2023Dislike to False Metal
"Disco Metal"
"Pasadena 1994" (feat. Joakim Brodén)
"Afraid to shoot into the eyes of a stranger in a strange land"2024Non-album single

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Giorgio Mastrota (The Keeper of Inox Steel)"2012Un­known
"Nanowar"Xaria Byron
"RAP-sody"Christian Ice
"I'm Heavy"2014
"Bestie of Seitan"2017
"The Call of Cthulhu"2018Matteo Di Gioia
"Heavy Metal Kibbie"Christian Ice and Marco Dazzi
"Vegan Velociraptor"2019Christian Ice
"And Then I Noticed That She Was a Gargoyle"Paolo Cellammare
"Norwegian Reggaeton"
"Valhalleluja"
"Sneeztem of a Yawn"2020Christian Ice
"Uranus"Paolo Cellammare
"In the Sky"Valerio Fea
"Formia"2021
"Biancodolce"
"La Maledizione di Capitan Findus"Paolo Cellammare
"Der Fluch des Kapt'n Iglo"
"Gabonzo Robot"Dr. Pira
"La Polenta Taragnarok"Valerio Fea
"Armpits of Immortals"2022Un­known
"Winterstorm in the Night"2023Valerio Fea
"Disco Metal"
"Pasadena 1994"
"Sober"Francesco Badalini
"Afraid to Shoot into the Eyes of a Stranger in a Strange Land"2024

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  2. (in French) NANOWAR - Into gay pride ride review, metal-integral.com, 29 July 2014
  3. Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay!, Jamendo.com, 29 July 2014
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