Prayers of Steel

Prayers of Steel is the name of the only 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 (1985 also). The German label GUN Records reissued the album on CD in 1995, including the track of the EP.[1]

"Prayers of Steel" is also the name of a 1918 poem by Carl Sandburg.

Prayers of Steel
Studio album by
Avenger
ReleasedMay 1985
RecordedOctober 1984 at Studio Mahn
GenreSpeed metal, heavy metal
Length42:30
LabelWishbone Records
ProducerRalf Hubert
Avenger chronology
Prayers of Steel
(1985)		 Depraved to Black
(1985)

Track listing
  1. "Battlefield" (Jochen Schroeder, Peter Wagner) - 2:44
  2. "South Cross Union" (Schroeder, Wagner) - 3:33
  3. "Prayers of Steel" (Schroeder, Alf Meyerratken, Wagner) - 6:10
  4. "Halloween" (Wagner) - 3:49
  5. "Faster Than Hell" (Schroeder, Wagner) - 3:16
  6. "Adoration" (Schroeder, Wagner) - 3:28
  7. "Rise of the Creature" (Meyerratken, Schroeder) - 5:23
  8. "Sword Made of Steel" (Meyerratken, Schroeder, Wagner) - 5:02
  9. "Blood Lust" (Schroeder, Wagner) - 4:47
  10. "Assorted by Satan" (Meyerratken, Schroeder, Wagner) - 4:04

Credits
  • Peter Wagner (Peavy) - vocals, bass guitar
  • Jochen Schroeder - guitars
  • Alf Meyerratken - guitars
  • Jörg Michael - drums

References
  1. "Avenger - Prayers of Steel". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 10 September 2011.


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