Stahlhammer (German for "Steel Hammer") is a

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band from Austria that formed in 1992. They incorporate elements from hardcore,

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and

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into their songs. The band has to this date released six albums, where the majority of songs are in German. Their latest album is ''

Opera Noir ''Opera Noir'' is the sixth studio album by Austrian heavy metal band Stahlhammer, released on 3 March 2006. The album follows the "Stahlhammer tradition" with cover songs of David Bowie's "Heroes/Helden" and Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight". ...

'', which was released in March 2006.

History

Stahlhammer is one of the most popular bands to ever come out of Austria. The band name was originally going to be "Eisenherz", but copyright laws for the German "Prince Valiant" stories prohibited this, though this later became the name of their fourth album. Their first album ''

Killer Instinkt ''Killer Instinkt'' is an album by the Austrian heavy metal band Stahlhammer. It was released in 1995. The album became popular throughout Germany and Austria, mainly due to the success of their video for the Pink Floyd cover "Another Brick in t ...

'', released in 1995, became widely known throughout Austria and Germany due to the success of their video for the

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cover " Another Brick in the Wall". Among Stahlhammer's several covers is a metal-styled version of MC Hammer's famous hit " U Can't Touch This".

Band members

Current members

*Gary Wheeler – vocals, guitars, keyboard, programming *Peter Karolyi – bass *Michael Stoker – drums

Former members

*Niko Stössl – guitar *Thomas Schuler – guitar *Conrad Schrenk – guitar *Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria – vocals

Discography

*''

'' (1995) *''Wiener Blut'' (1997) *''

Feind hört mit ''Feind hört mit'' (" heenemy listens in") is an album by Austrian heavy metal band Stahlhammer. It was released on 27 April 1999. The album's text is largely written in a font of Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , ...

'' (1999) *''Eisenherz'' (2002) *''

Stahlmania ''Stahlmania'' is the fifth studio album by Austrian heavy metal band Stahlhammer, released on 20 September 2004. The album was signed to record label Goodsongs and was distributed by Sony Germany. ''Stahlmania'' features a cover of the famous ...

'' (2004) *''

'' (2006)

Band members by album

*''Killer Instinct'': Gary Wheeler (vocals), Thomas Schuler (guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Michael Stocker (drums) *''Wiener Blut'': Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria (vocals), Thomas Schuler (guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Michael Stocker (drums) *''Feind hört mit'': Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria (vocals), Conrad Schrenk (guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Michael Stocker (drums) *''Eisenherz'': Gary Wheeler (vocals), Niko Stössl (guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Michael Stocker (drums) *''Stahlmania'': Gary Wheeler (vocals, guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Michael Stocker (drums) *''Opera Noir'': Gary Wheeler (vocals, guitar), Peter Karolyi (bass), and Geoff Dugmore (drums)

References

External links

Official website
* Austrian heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1992 Austrian musical trios Nuclear Blast artists {{Austria-band-stub