The Lord of Steel

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The Lord of Steel
Manowar lord of steel retail.jpg
Cover art by Ken Kelly
Studio album by
Manowar
ReleasedJune 16, 2012 (Hammer Edition)
June 26, 2012 (Steel Edition)
October 19, 2012 (Retail Edition)
Genre Heavy metal, power metal
Length47:40 (Hammer/Steel Edition)
55:19 (Retail Edition)
Label Magic Circle Music
Producer Joey DeMaio
Manowar chronology
Battle Hymns MMXI
(2010)		The Lord of Steel
(2012)		 Kings of Metal MMXIV
(2014)
Limited Hammer Edition cover
The Lord of Steel.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Metal Hammer 4/7 [2]
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The Lord of Steel is the eleventh studio album of the American heavy metal band Manowar. It was first released as a download on June 16, 2012 and the limited-edition pre-release special edition CD of the British heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer on June 26, 2012. The retail edition of the album was available as CD, limited-edition vinyl and digital album. [4] It featured cover art by Ken Kelly who has worked on many previous Manowar covers. It marks a change in the band's sound,[ citation needed ] moving away from the symphonic sound of Gods of War and going back to the style of Louder than Hell with the production quality of Thunder in the Sky .[ citation needed ]

Contents

The song "El Gringo" was used in the credits of the 2011 film of the same name.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Joey DeMaio unless stated; all music is composed by Joey DeMaio unless stated.

Hammer/Steel Edition (limited) [5]
No.TitleLength
1."The Lord of Steel" (DeMaio, Karl Logan)4:07
2."Manowarriors"4:46
3."Born in a Grave" (DeMaio, Logan)5:47
4."Righteous Glory" (DeMaio, Logan)6:10
5."Touch the Sky"3:49
6."Black List"6:58
7."Expendable"3:10
8."El Gringo"4:57
9."Annihilation"4:00
10."Hail, Kill and Die"3:56
Total length:47:40
Retail Edition [6]
No.TitleLength
1."The Lord of Steel" (DeMaio, Karl Logan)4:07
2."Manowarriors"4:32
3."Born in a Grave" (DeMaio, Logan)5:02
4."Righteous Glory" (DeMaio, Logan)5:47
5."Touch the Sky"3:48
6."Black List"6:44
7."Expendable"3:11
8."El Gringo"6:55
9."Annihilation"3:57
10."Hail Kill and Die"3:57
11."The Kingdom of Steel" (DeMaio, Logan)7:20
Total length:55:19

Personnel

Manowar
Guest/session musicians
Technical stuff

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 191
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 41

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  6. ↑ ·Encyclopaedia Metallum, Additional Notes section·
  7. ↑ ·Manowar Official Website - The Kingdom Of Steel· Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
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