''Prayers of Steel'' is the debut full-length album released by the German heavy metal band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to Rage. The only other release that followed under the name Avenger was the EP ''

Depraved to Black ''Depraved to Black'' is an EP released by German heavy metal band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to Rage. Track listing Credits *Peter "Peavy" Wagner – vocals, bass guitar *Jochen Schroeder – guitars *Alf Meyerratk ...

'' (also 1985). German label

GUN Records GUN Records (''Great Unlimited Noises'') was a record label located in Bochum, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec ( DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk. Different artists on the label have had hit singles as well as albu ...

reissued the album on CD in 1995, including the track of the EP. The opening track "Battlefield" was later re-recorded in the ''

Extended Power ''Extended Power'' is an EP by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 1991. It contains a new song, leftovers of the writing sessions for previous albums and the remake of the song "Battlefield" from the first Avenger album ''Prayers of ...

'' EP, while the title track "Prayers of Steel" was re-recorded for '' 10 Years in Rage''. Other songs from this album were later re-recorded for Rage's '' Seasons of the Black'' album in 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

Peter "Peavy" Wagner Peter "Peavy" Wagner (born 22 December 1964) is a German heavy metal musician best known as the lead singer, bassist and main songwriter of Rage. Biography Wagner was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, the second of four children. Hi ...

– vocals, bass guitar *Jochen Schroeder – guitars *Alf Meyerratken – guitars *

Jörg Michael Jörg Michael (born 27 March 1963) is a German drummer who is known for playing with numerous groups, including the power metal band Stratovarius, with whom he played from 1995 to 2011. He has also been a member of Mekong Delta, Rage, and many ...

– drums ;Production *Ferdinand Köther – producer *Ralph Hubert – engineer *Ulli Schnarre – tape operator and mixing

References

1985 debut albums Rage (German band) albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub