(Traditional Heavy Metal) Steel Tormentor - Unleashed - 2004, MP3, 128 kbps

Steel Tormentor is a traditional Heavy metal band based in the wilds of north Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.
The band was formed in 1996 by guitarist and vocalist James Kelly as a studio project. It wasn't until early 2004 that James found a line up stable enough to record the debut album "Unleashed". He was joined for the recording process by Seanie Walsh on drums and Paul Newell on bass guitar. The album was produced by James in his home studio.
The album was a self financed release & got such a great response from the metal public & music critics a gigging line up was put together to help promote it. Original member John Hanly rejoined the band on bass along side new members Norman Rafter on guitar and Paul Donnellan on drums. With this line up the band gigged as often as possible across the country the most notable gigs the band did during the period 2004-2007 was a tour of the UK with Marshall Law, Bloodstock Metal Festival UK, Up The Hammers festival Greece, support slots to Saxon, Battleroar, Airged Lamh,Twisted Tower Dire & Cauldron.
In early 2007 Paul Donnellan left the band.After nearly a year searching for a suitable replacement in March 2008 Kevin Ryder was announced as the new ST drummer.Around the same period John Hanly was replaced by Paul Newell (bassist on the Unleashed album) on bass guitar.Over a two week period in August and October 2008 ST entered Remaster Studio in Italy to begin work on their new album entitled "Return of a King".
Determined that the new album would be the biggest step forward from the debut possible, Steel Tormentor spent months working on perfecting 'Return of a King'. In December 2009 the final touches were put to the album at LSD studio Germany with producer Lasse Lammert at the helm.
In December ST signed to Union Black Digital (a division of Union Black Records) for the digital release of the album "Return of a King".
On the 31st of July 2010 Return of a King was officially released in limited edition CD format by the band on their own label Nephin Records.A standard jewel case CD was also released on the Nephin Records label.
On the 20th of September 2010 Union Black Records officially released the digital version of Return of a King.
Paul Donnellan rejoined the band on drums in October 2010 & in November 2010 Pat Fitzgerald joined the band on guitar.
In Februray 2011 Nephin Records released the vinyl version of Return of a King in a limited edition run of 250 copies.