Prayers of Steel is the name of the only full-length album released by the German heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to Rage

Rage (band)

Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...

. The only other release that followed under the name Avenger was the EP Depraved to Black

Depraved to Black

Depraved to Black is an EP released by German heavy metal band Avenger in 1985.-Track listing:#"Down to the Bone" - 4:37#"Depraved to Black" - 5:01#"Prayers of Steel" - 4:56#"Faster Than Hell" - 2:47-Credits:...

(1985 also). The German label GUN Records

GUN Records

GUN Records was a record label located in Bochum, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany and was founded 1992 by Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk....

 reissued the album on CD in 1995, including the track of the EP.

Track listing

1. "Battlefield" (Jochen Schröder, Peter Wagner
   Peavy Wagner
   Peter "Peavy" Wagner is a German heavy metal musician. He is best known for being singer and bassist of the band Rage.- Biography :...
   
   ) - 2:44
2. "South Cross Union" (Schröder, Wagner) - 3:36
3. "Prayers of Steel" (Schröder, Alf Meyerratken, Wagner) - 6:08
4. "Halloween" (Wagner) - 3:49
5. "Faster Than Hell" (Schröder, Wagner) - 3:16
6. "Adoration" (Schröder, Wagner) - 3:28
7. "Rise of the Creature" (Meyerratken, Schröder) - 5:23
8. "Sword Made of Steel" (Meyerratken, Schröder, Wagner) - 5:02
9. "Blood Lust" (Schröder, Wagner) - 4:47
10. "Assorted by Satan" (Meyerratken, Schröder, Wagner) - 4:04

Credits

• Peter Wagner
  Peavy Wagner
  Peter "Peavy" Wagner is a German heavy metal musician. He is best known for being singer and bassist of the band Rage.- Biography :...
  
   (Peavy) - Vocals, Bass
• Jochen Schröder - Guitars
• Alf Meyerratken - Guitars
• Jörg Michael
  Jörg Michael
  Jörg Michael is a German drummer. He is well-known for his time in the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and several other bands....
  
  - Drums