Appearances on other tribute albums include 'A Tribute To the Glory of 80's Metal' (Steelheart 2004) for their version of Saxon's 'Power & The Glory', and Pantera's Dimebag Darrell tribute album 'The Art of Shredding – A Tribute To Dime' (DarkStar 2006).Īll Black Steel releases have since been made available digitally on iTunes. 'Destructor' was also released in Russia and the Baltic states on the CD Maximum label, and a limited pressing on vinyl of 'Hellhammer' was released by Killer Metal Records.īlack Steel also recorded a cover of AC/DC's ' Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' for the 'AC/DC Hometown Tribute' album (Seeing Ear Records 2000). All albums were released on CD in Australia and overseas. To date, Black Steel has released the EP 'Battle Call' ( MGM Distribution 2000), full-length album 'Destructor' (MGM/Steelheart 2001), single 'Relentless Force' (2004), and full-length album 'Hellhammer' (MGM/Steelheart 2005). Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson also spoke favourably of Black Steel during his BBC radio show 'Bruce's Rock Show', playing the track 'Slaughterhouse' from the band's 2005 album 'Hellhammer'. with a KKKK rating, and 'Power Play' magazine with a 7/10 rating. They are listed in Garry Sharpe-Young's 'The A-Z of Power Metal', and have received international acclaim in the genre. JSTOR ( July 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īlack Steel is an Australian heavy metal band, whose career highlights include supporting rock legends Deep Purple (2000), Judas Priest (2001, 2008 ), Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society (2006) and appearing at the Metallica-headlined 'Big Day Out' Perth show in 2004.
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