Battering Ram (Iron Savior album)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Battering Ram"	4:49
2.	"Stand Against the King" (music by Joachim Küstner, lyrics by Sielck)	5:01
3.	"Tyranny of Steel" (music by Küstner, Sielck; lyrics by Sielck)	4:27
4.	"Time Will Tell"	4:11
5.	"Wings of Deliverance"	4:48
6.	"Break the Curse"	4:01
7.	"Riding Free"	5:15
8.	"Starchaser" (music by Küstner, Sielck; lyrics by Sielck)	4:27
9.	"Machine World"	6:31
10.	"H.M. Powered Man"	4:17

Limited edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Call"	6:14

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Living on a Fault Line"	5:52

^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The album was released to generally favorable reviews, with reviewers citing the band for remaining faithful to the genre of Power Metal. Allmusic gave the albume 3 1/2 stars, with Alex Henderson stating that "Everything on this CD sounds like it could have been recorded 20 or 25 years earlier, which is just as well, because Savior's members are undeniably good at what they do. No one will accuse Savior of being the most groundbreaking band in the world, but in terms of quality and craftsmanship, they deliver the goods -- and what they lack in originality, they more than make up for with passion and conviction".^[2]

Personnel

Iron Savior

Piet Sielck – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals
Joachim "Piesel" Küstner – guitar, backing vocals
Yenz Leonhardt – bass, backing vocals
Thomas Nack – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Martin Christian (Paragon) – guitar solo on "Wings of Deliverance"

Production

Piet Sielck – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Iron Savior – additional production
Marko Jakobi – cover artwork
Marisa Jacobi – graphic design
Olle Carlsson – photography

Additional information

Drums recorded by Piet Sielck at KARO Studio, Brackel, Germany in October 2003.

References

↑ Sielck, Piet (2004). Battering Ram (booklet). Iron Savior. California: Noise Records USA, a division of Sanctuary Records Group.
1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Iron Savior Battering Ram review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

Iron Savior

Piet Sielck Joachim Küstner Jan-Sören Eckert Thomas Nack Kai Hansen Yenz Leonhardt Andreas Kück Thomen Stauch Dan Zimmermann

Studio albums	Iron Savior (1997) Unification (1999) Dark Assault (2001) Condition Red (2002) Battering Ram (2004) Megatropolis (2007) The Landing (2011) Rise of the Hero (2014) Titancraft (2016)

Live albums	Live At The Final Frontier (2015)

Extended plays	Interlude (1999)

Related bands	Savage Circus Gamma Ray Masterplan Blind Guardian

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