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1986 studio album by Warlock

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
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

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.

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)	18

References

"Warlock - True as Steel review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Warlock – True as Steel" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

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