True as Steel (album)

True as Steel
Studio album by Warlock
Released	August 18, 1986
Recorded	May–June 1986
Studio	Country Lane Studios, Munich, Germany Hammerton A Studios, Düsseldorf, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	38:57
Label	Vertigo (Europe) Mercury (US)
Producer	Henry Staroste
Warlock chronology
Hellbound (1985) True as Steel (1986) Triumph and Agony (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10 [2]

True as Steel is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1986.

The EP Fight for Rock, which contained many songs from this album, was Warlock's first success outside of Europe, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100; the music video for the song "Fight for Rock" was aired on MTV's Headbangers Ball .^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Doro Pesch and René Maué

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mr. Gold"	Frank Rittel, Henry Staroste	3:33
2.	"Fight for Rock"	Niko Arvanitis, Staroste	3:06
3.	"Love in the Danger Zone"	Peter Szigeti, Staroste	4:09
4.	"Speed of Sound"	Arvanitis, Staroste	3:21
5.	"Midnite in China"	Arvanitis, Staroste	4:30

Side two

No.	Title	Music	Length
6.	"Vorwärts, All Right!"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:45
7.	"True as Steel"	Arvanitis, Staroste	3:20
8.	"Lady in a Rock 'n' Roll Hell"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:42
9.	"Love Song"	Staroste, Pesch	3:45
10.	"Igloo on the Moon (Reckless)"	Szigeti, Staroste	3:10
11.	"T.O.L." (instrumental)	Szigeti, Staroste	2:20

2011 CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"You Hurt My Soul (On and On)"	Pesch, Staroste	5:29
13.	"Turn It On"	Rittel, Staroste, Pesch	3:40
14.	"Evil"	Rudi Graf	2:57

Personnel

Warlock

• Doro Pesch – vocals
• Niko Arvanitis – guitar
• Peter Szigeti – guitar
• Frank Rittel – bass guitar
• Michael Eurich – drums

Production

• Henry Staroste – producer, mixing
• Rainer Assmann – engineer
• Garth Richardson – assistant engineer
• Michael Wagener – mixing at Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
• Peter Zimmermann – management

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [3]	18

References

1. "Warlock - True as Steel review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 14 October 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 404. ISBN   978-1894959315.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Warlock – True as Steel" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 30, 2024.