{{use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Steelhammer | type = studio | artist = U.D.O. | cover = Udo_Steelhammer.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|05|24|df=y}} | recorded = 2012 | venue = | studio = Roxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany | genre = Heavy metal | length = | label = AFM | producer = Udo Dirkschneider, Fitty Wienhold | prev_title = Rev-Raptor | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Decadent | next_year = 2015 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 =BW&BK | rev1Score = {{rating|8.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Mark Gromen |title=U.D.O. - Steelhammer |url=http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares/1002433 |publisher=BW&BK |accessdate= |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115434/http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares/1002433 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev2 =Jukebox:Metal | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Andy Lye |title=U.D.O. - Steelhammer Jukebox:Metal review |url=http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/2013/udo-steelhammer/ |access-date=15 May 2014 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120331/http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/2013/udo-steelhammer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = Music Enthusiast magazine | rev3Score = (positive)<ref name="musicenthusiast">{{cite web|url=http://musicenthusiastmag.com/udo-steelhammer-album-review/ |title=U.D.O., 'Steelhammer' - Album Review |publisher=Music Enthusiast Magazine |date=14 May 2013 |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> }}
'''''Steelhammer''''' is the 14th studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O., released on 24 May 2013 via AFM Records. It is the first album with guitarist Andrey Smirnov. Second guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen joined the band after all recordings were completed. It is also the first album without Stefan Kaufmann as guitarist since the 1997 album ''Solid'', as well as the first without guitarist Igor Gianola since the 1999 album ''Holy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/u-d-o-steelhammer-track-listing-revealed/|title=U.D.O.: 'Steelhammer' Track Listing Revealed|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/udo-dirkschneider-interviewed-by-sweden-s-access-rock-video/|title=UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Interviewed By Sweden's ACCESS: ROCK (Video)|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref> ''Steelhammer'' charted at #21 in Germany, #23 in Sweden, #38 in Finland and #67 in Norway during its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/u-d-o-steelhammer-first-week-chart-positions-revealed/|title=U.D.O.: 'Steelhammer' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> Music videos were made for "Metal Machine"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/u-d-o-metal-machine-video-released/|title=U.D.O.: 'Metal Machine' Video Released|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=3 May 2013}}</ref> and "Heavy Rain".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/u-d-o-heavy-rain-video-released/|title=U.D.O.: 'Heavy Rain' Video Released|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=22 June 2013}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track_listing | headline = Original Edition | title1 = Steelhammer | length1 = 3:23 | title2 = A Cry of a Nation | length2 = 5:41 | title3 = Metal Machine | length3 = 4:46 | title4 = Basta Ya | length4 = 4:33 | title5 = Heavy Rain | length5 = 2:25 | title6 = Devil's Bite | length6 = 5:05 | title7 = Death Ride | length7 = 4:08 | title8 = King of Mean | length8 = 4:07 | title9 = Timekeeper | length9 = 4:26 | title10 = Never Cross My Way | length10 = 4:23 | title11 = Take My Medicine | length11 = 5:07 | title12 = Stay True | length12 = 4:04 | title13 = When Love Becomes a Lie | length13 = 4:12 | title14 = Book of Faith | length14 = 5:12 }} {{track_listing | headline = Bonus Track | title15 = Shadows Come Alive | length15 = 4:24 }}
== Personnel == * Udo Dirkschneider – vocals * Andrey Smirnov – guitars * Fitty Wienhold – bass * Francesco Jovino – drums
;Guest musicians * Víctor García González – additional vocals on "Basta Ya" and "Dust and Rust ("Basta Ya" English Version)" * Sascha Onnen – piano on "Heavy Rain" * Frank Knight – spoken words on "A Cry of a Nation" * Claus Fischer – vocals (choirs) * Ingmar Viertel – vocals (choirs) * Bernhard Müssig – vocals (choirs) * Claus Rettkowski – vocals (choirs) * Holger Thielbörger – vocals (choirs)
;Production * Udo Dirkschneider – producer, mixing * Fitty Wienhold – producer * Dirk Hüttner – artwork, design * Holger Thielbörger – editing * Martin Häusler – photography * Martin Pfeiffer – mixing * Tim Eckhorst – layout, booklet * Markus Teske – orchestral arrangement on "Book of Faith", editing, mastering * Patrick Spina – engineering (drums), editing (drums) * Víctor García González – lyrics, translation on "Basta Ya"
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