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Battle Beast (album)

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Battle Beast
Cover art by Claudio Bergamin
Studio album by
Released17 May 2013
Recorded2012, JKB Studios, Helsinki, Finland
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length48:13 (without the bonus track) 51:58 (with the bonus track)
LabelWEA Finland
Nuclear Blast
ProducerAnton Kabanen, Janne Björkroth
Battle Beast chronology
Steel
(2011)
Battle Beast
(2013)
Unholy Savior
(2015)

Battle Beast is the second full-length album recorded by the heavy metal band Battle Beast, released in May 2013.[1] The album peaked at No. 5 in the Finnish Albums Chart.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Anton Kabanen

No.TitleLength
1."Let It Roar"3:41
2."Out of Control"3:48
3."Out on the Streets"2:54
4."Neuromancer"4:00
5."Raven"2:57
6."Into the Heart of Danger"5:29
7."Machine Revolution"4:01
8."Golden Age"1:59
9."Kingdom"5:05
10."Over the Top"2:39
11."Fight, Kill, Die"2:43
12."Black Ninja"3:50
13."Rain Man"5:10
Total length:48:27
German edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Shutdown"3:42
Total length:51:59

Literary references

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As with Steel, several songs on Battle Beast reference the dark fantasy manga Berserk by Kentaro Miura: "Out of Control", "Golden Age", "Kingdom", and "Fight, Kill, Die". "Neuromancer", meanwhile, is about the William Gibson cyberpunk novel of same name.[3]

Personnel

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Battle Beast

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Additional musicians

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ "Battle Beast - Battle Beast - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ "Battle Beast - Battle Beast (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ^ "INTERVIEW: Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast)". Metal Divas. WordPress.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2017.