Prayers of Steel

Prayers of Steel
Prayers of Steel
Studio album by Avenger
Released	May 1985
Recorded	October 1984
Studio	Studio Wahn, Bochum, Germany
Genre	Speed metal, heavy metal
Length	42:30
Label	Wishbone
Producer	Ferdinand Köther
Avenger chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[1]

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.^[2]

Track listing[]

Side one

"Battlefield" (Jochen Schroeder, Peter Wagner) – 2:44
"South Cross Union" (Schroeder, Wagner) – 3:33
"Prayers of Steel" (Schroeder, Alf Meyerratken, Wagner) – 6:10
"Halloween" (Wagner) – 3:49
"Faster Than Hell" (Schroeder, Wagner) – 3:16

Side two

"Adoration" (Schroeder, Wagner) – 3:28
"Rise of the Creature" (Meyerratken, Schroeder) – 5:23
"Sword Made of Steel" (Meyerratken, Schroeder, Wagner) – 5:02
"Blood Lust" (Schroeder, Wagner) – 4:47
"Assorted by Satan" (Meyerratken, Schroeder, Wagner) – 4:04

Personnel[]

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

Production

Ferdinand Köther – producer
Ralph Hubert – engineer
Ulli Schnarre – tape operator and mixing

References[]

^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
^ "Avenger - Prayers of Steel". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

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[martin-1] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[2] "Avenger - Prayers of Steel". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

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Live albums	From the Cradle to the Stage Full Moon in St. Petersburg Live in Tokyo
Compilation albums	The Best from the Noise Years Best of – All G.U.N. Years All G.U.N. Bonustracks The Soundchaser Archives
Box sets	The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection) The Refuge Years The Early Years – From Avenger to Rage
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Other songs	"Don't Fear the Winter" "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"
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