Bringer of Pain

Bringer of Pain is the fourth full-length album by the heavy metal band Battle Beast, released on February 17, 2017.^[2] It is the first album without lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and lead songwriter Anton Kabanen.

Bringer of Pain
Studio album by Battle Beast
Released	17 February 2017
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal, pop rock^[1]
Length	39:26
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Janne Björkroth
Battle Beast chronology
Unholy Savior (2015) Bringer of Pain (2017) No More Hollywood Endings (2019)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Straight to the Heart"	Eero Sipilä, Juuso Soinio	Sipilä	3:31
2.	"Bringer of Pain"	Noora Louhimo, Joona Björkroth	Joona Björkroth, Louhimo	3:04
3.	"King for a Day"	Janne Björkroth, Elise Widemark	Janne Björkroth	4:35
4.	"Beyond the Burning Skies"	Joona Björkroth	Joona Björkroth, Janne Björkroth	4:39
5.	"Familiar Hell"	Janne Björkroth, Widemark	Janne Björkroth	4:06
6.	"Lost in Wars" (feat. Tomi Joutsen)	Janne Björkroth, Widemark	Janne Björkroth	4:34
7.	"Bastard Son of Odin"	Joona Björkroth, Sipilä	Joona Björkroth, Sipilä	3:36
8.	"We Will Fight"	Soinio, Sipilä, Louhimo	Soinio, Sipilä, Janne Björkroth	3:30
9.	"Dancing with the Beast"	Janne Björkroth, Widemark	Janne Björkroth	3:44
10.	"Far from Heaven"	Janne Björkroth, Widemark	Janne Björkroth	4:23
Total length:				39:26

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"God of War"	Sipilä	Janne Björkroth, Soinio, Joona Björkroth	3:56
12.	"The Eclipse"	Joona Björkroth	Joona Björkroth	4:30
13.	"Rock Trash"	Janne Björkroth, Widemark	Janne Björkroth	3:13
Total length:				51:06

Personnel

Battle Beast

• Noora Louhimo – lead vocals
• Joona Björkroth – lead guitar
• Juuso Soinio – rhythm guitar
• Eero Sipilä – bass, backing vocals
• Pyry Vikki – drums
• Janne Björkroth – keyboards

Guest appearances

• Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis) – vocals (track 6)

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[4]	77
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[5]	64
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[6]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	182
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[9]	87
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	16

References

1. "Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain". Metal Storm. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
2. "Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
3. "Austriancharts.at – Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
4. "Ultratop.be – Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
5. "Ultratop.be – Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
6. "Battle Beast: Bringer of Pain" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums - SNEP (Week 8, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
10. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 February 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
11. "Swisscharts.com – Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 March 2017.