Winds of War (album)

Winds of War
Studio album by Iron Angel
Released	June 1986
Recorded	Karo Music Studio, Münster, Germany, April 1986
Genre	Speed metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Length	39:00
Label	SPV GmbH
Producer	Kalle Trap
Iron Angel chronology
Hellish Crossfire (1985) Winds of War (1986) Hellbound (2018)

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Winds of War is the second album by the German speed metal band Iron Angel, released in June 1986. It was the band's last album until the 2018 release of Hellbound.

Track listing

Side - Iron

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Winds of War"	Matthes	Matthes, Wittke, Strüven	2:13
2.	"Metalstorm"	Matthes	Wittke, Strüven	3:26
3.	"Son of a Bitch"	Matthes	Strüven	3:27
4.	"Vicious"	Strüven	Strüven	4:16
5.	"Born to Rock"	Matthes, Strüven	Wittke, Strüven	3:55

Side - Angel

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Fight for Your Life"	Strüven	Wittke, Strüven	4:30
7.	"Stronger than Steel"	Matthes	Wittke, Strüven	5:52
8.	"Sea of Flames"	Matthes	Wittke, Strüven	5:15
9.	"Creatures of Destruction"	Matthes	Matthes, Wittke, Strüven	4:15
10.	"Back to the Silence"	Matthes	Wittke	1:51

The 2004 and 2014 re-issues contains a live recorded performance from Warpke, Germany on 20 July 1985 during the Hellish Crossfire tour

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Metallian" (Live)	4:35
2.	"Sinner 666" (Live)	2:46
3.	"Black Mass" (Live)	5:51
4.	"The Church of the Lost Souls" (Live)	3:35
5.	"Rush of Power" (Live)	3:19
6.	"Hunter in Chains" (Live)	5:12
7.	"Legions of Evil" (Live)	5:13

Personnel

• Dirk Schröder - vocals
• Peter Wittke - guitars
• Sven Strüven - guitars
• Thorsten Lohmann - bass
• Mike Matthes - drums

Additional musician

• Jürgen Blackmore - guitars on "Sea of Flames"

Production

• Kalle Trapp - production
• Charly Rinne - photography
• Uwe Karczewski - cover art
• Edda Karczewski - cover art
• Odeon Zwo Werbeverlag - design
• Uwe Ziegler - engineering
• Sidney Sohn - remastering
• Tatiana Lima - executive producer, design