# Steelhammer

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Steelhammer
| type       = studio
| artist     = [U.D.O.](/source/U.D.O.)
| cover      = Udo_Steelhammer.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2013|05|24|df=y}}
| recorded   = 2012
| venue      =
| studio     = Roxx Studio, [Pulheim](/source/Pulheim), Germany
| genre      = [Heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music)
| length     =
| label      = [AFM](/source/AFM_Records)
| producer   = [Udo Dirkschneider](/source/Udo_Dirkschneider), Fitty Wienhold
| prev_title = [Rev-Raptor](/source/Rev-Raptor)
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [Decadent](/source/Decadent_(U.D.O._album))
| next_year  = 2015
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[BW&BK](/source/Brave_Words_%26_Bloody_Knuckles)
| 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](/source/Brave_Words_%26_Bloody_Knuckles) |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.](/source/U.D.O.), released on 24 May 2013 via [AFM Records](/source/AFM_Records). It is the first album with guitarist Andrey Smirnov. Second guitarist [Kasperi Heikkinen](/source/Kasperi_Heikkinen) joined the band after all recordings were completed. It is also the first album without [Stefan Kaufmann](/source/Stefan_Kaufmann_(musician)) as guitarist since the 1997 album ''[Solid](/source/Solid_(U.D.O._album))'', as well as the first without guitarist Igor Gianola since the 1999 album ''[Holy](/source/No_Limits_(U.D.O._album))''.<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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"

== References ==
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