''Prayers of Steel'' is the debut full-length album released by the German
heavy metal band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to
Rage. The only other release that followed under the name Avenger was the EP ''
Depraved to Black'' (also 1985). German label
GUN Records
GUN Records (''Great Unlimited Noises'') was a record label located in Witten, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec ( DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk. For a period, it was a subsidiary of BMG.
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reissued the album on CD in 1995, including the track of the EP.
The opening track "Battlefield" was later re-recorded as a humoristic song called Bottlefield in the ''
Extended Power'' EP, while the title track "Prayers of Steel" was re-recorded for ''
10 Years in Rage''. Other songs from this album were later re-recorded for Rage's ''
Seasons of the Black'' album in 2017.
Track listing
Personnel
*Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass guitar
*Jochen Schroeder – guitars
*Alf Meyerratken – guitars
*
Jörg Michael
Jörg Michael (born 27 March 1963) is a German drummer who is known for playing with numerous groups, including the power metal band Stratovarius, with whom he played from 1995 to 2011, and Saxon (2004–2005). He has also been a member of Mekon ...
– drums
;Production
*Ferdinand Köther – producer
*Ralph Hubert – engineer
*Ulli Schnarre – tape operator and mixing
References
1985 debut albums
Rage (German band) albums
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