# Nanowar of Steel

Nanowar of Steel (stylised as NanowaR of Steel by the band) is an Italian comedy heavy metal band. Their name is a pun on the metal bands Manowar and Rhapsody of Fire, and represents their tendency to satirize "true metal", the primary focus of their music. Their work mainly aims to make humorous references to and jokes about the genre, often parodying the way in which power metal bands are perceived to take themselves very seriously.
In 2006, the band changed their name from Nanowar to Nanowar of Steel, as a parody of the Italian power metal band Rhapsody changing their name to Rhapsody of Fire after a legal dispute. On their logo, the "of Steel" part was made to look like it was quickly and carelessly scribbled behind the main name as an afterthought.

## History

The 2005 album Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay! was published on Jamendo under the Creative Commons-BY-NC-SA licence. The 2010 album Into Gay Pride Ride was published on the same platform under the Creative Commons-BY licence.
In April 2012, they released the videoclip for a new single entitled Giorgio Mastrota, which reached over 100,000 views on YouTube in just two weeks (currently over three and a half million). The song became extremely popular in Italy, being broadcast by several radio stations and also appearing on national television on several occasions. In 2013 they started cooperating with Feudalesimo e Liberta’, a well known Italian pseudo-parody political movement which advocates the return of the Empire and Feudal Rights in Europe. They released a music video in August of the same year, which was covered by mainstream newspapers (such as La Repubblica) and echoed through the whole Italian peninsula.
In July 2019, they released the song Norwegian Reggaeton. The video received 800,000 views on YouTube within the first 5 days, and 2.8 million views within the first month and is currently (March 2022) at over 10 million views. The song combines heavy metal and reggaeton and includes the collaboration of Charly Glamour, the singer/frontman of the similarly-themed parody heavy metal Spanish band Gigatron (band) [es]. The group performed Norwegian Reggaeton at Spanish television show Got Talent España; two of the four judges said "no", one of them before the band even started playing, after hearing the words "metal" and "reggaeton". Later the band announced their intention to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest.
In October 2019, they signed their first professional contract with Napalm Records.
In December 2019, they released the song Valhallelujah, a Christmas song combining heavy metal and gospel, dedicated to Odin and IKEA. Angus McFife (Thomas Winkler) of Gloryhammer plays the part of Odin.
In May 2020, they released Sneeztem of a Yawn, a song about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Italy, with scrambled lyrics.
In early 2021, they announced a new album Italian Folk Metal, which was released on July 2, 2021. As the name suggests, the album combines folk music with metal music. Also, while they have released songs in Italian before, this is their first full-length album in the Italian language. The name of the album was likely inspired by the Indian heavy metal band Bloodywood, who often describe their music as "Indian folk metal".
In March 2023, the album Dislike to False Metal was released, preceded by the singles Winterstorm in the Night and Disco Metal.
In October-November 2023, they toured across North America with DragonForce, Amaranthe, and Edge of Paradise.
In December 2024, the album XX Years of Steel was released, a recording of their live performance at Alcatraz, Milano in October 2023, along with additional nine studio recordings. One song (Helloworld.java) was a song in the programming language Java.
In February-March 2025, they toured across Europe with Dynazty.

## Members

* Potowotominimak (Carlo Alberto Fiaschi) - lead vocals
* Mr. Baffo (Raffaello Venditti) - co-lead vocals, miscellaneous sound effects
* Mohammed Abdul (Valerio Storch) - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Gattopanceri666 (Edoardo Carlesi) - bass, backing vocals
* Uinona Raider (Alessandro Milone) - drums
* Nanowar of Steel, Line-Up at Rockharz Open Air 2018
* Singer Potowotominimak
* Sound Effects Mr. Baffo
* Guitarist Mohammed Abdul
* Bassist Gattopanceri666
* Drummer Uinona Raider

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| Triumph of True Metal of Steel | Released: July 2003 Label: none (self-produced) |
| Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay! | Released: June 2005 Label: none (self-produced) |
| Into Gay Pride Ride | Released: 2010 Label: none (self-produced) |
| A Knight at the Opera | Released: 2014 (album and DVD) Label: none (self-produced) |
| Stairway to Valhalla | Released: November 2018/2020 Label: Audioglobe (2018 edition)/Napalm Records (2020 reprint with Bonus CD) |
| Italian Folk Metal | Released: July 2021 Label: Napalm Records |
| Dislike to False Metal | Released: March 10, 2023 Label: Napalm Records |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Promotional Compilation 2007 | Released: 2007 Label: none (self-produced) |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Made in Naples | Released: January 2007 (Limited Edition Double CD) Label: none (self-produced) |
| XX Years of Steel | Released: December 6, 2024 Label: Napalm Records |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details |
| True Metal of the World | Released: 2003 (demo) Label: none (self-produced) |
| Tour-Mentone Vol.1 | Released: January 2016 Label: none (self-produced) |

### Singles

| Title | Date | Label | Album |
| "Metal La La La" | 2009 | Self Released | Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay |
| "Giorgio Mastrota (The Keeper of Inox Steel)" | 2012 | Self Released | A Knight At The Opera |
| "Nanowar" | 2012 | Self Released | Into Gay Pride Ride |
| "RAP-sody" (Rhapsody of Fire Parody) | 2012 | Self Released | Into Gay Pride Ride |
| "I'm Heavy" (Happy Parody) | 2014 | Self Released | Non-album single |
| "Bestie di Seitan" | 2017 | Self Released | Non-album single |
| "The Call Of Cthulhu" | 2018 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla |
| "Heavy Metal Kibbles" | 2018 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla |
| "Barbie MILF Princess Of The Twilight" (feat. Fabio Lione) | 2018 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla |
| "Vegan Velociraptor" | 2019 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla |
| "And Then I Noticed That She Was A Gargoyle" | 2019 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla |
| "Norwegian Reggaeton" | 2019 | Self Released | Stairway To Valhalla (2020 reprint) |
| "Valhalleluja" | 2019 | Napalm Records | Stairway To Valhalla (2020 reprint) |
| "Sneeztem of a Yawn" | 2020 | Napalm Records | Stairway To Valhalla (2020 reprint) |
| "Uranus" (feat. Michael Starr) | 2020 | Napalm Records | Stairway to Valhalla |
| "In The Sky" | 2020 | Napalm Records | Stairway to Valhalla |
| "Formia" | 2021 | Napalm Records | Non-album single |
| "Biancodolce" | 2021 | Napalm Records | Non-album single |
| "La Maledizione di Capitan Findus/Der Fluch des Kapt’n Iglo" | 2021 | Napalm Records | Italian Folk Metal |
| "Gabonzo Robot" | 2021 | Napalm Records | Italian Folk Metal |
| "La Polenta Taragnarock" (feat. Giorgio Mastrota) | 2021 | Napalm Records | Italian Folk Metal |
| "Armpits of Immortals" (feat. Ross The Boss) | 2022 | Napalm Records | Non-album single |
| "Winterstorm in the Night" (feat. Madeleine Liljestam) | 2023 | Napalm Records | Dislike to False Metal |
| "Disco Metal" | 2023 | Napalm Records | Dislike to False Metal |
| "Pasadena 1994" (feat. Joakim Brodén) | 2023 | Napalm Records | Dislike to False Metal |
| "Afraid to shoot into the eyes of a stranger in a strange land" | 2024 | Napalm Records | Non-album single |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Giorgio Mastrota (The Keeper of Inox Steel)" | 2012 | Christian Ice |
| "Nanowar" | 2012 | Xaria Byron |
| "RAP-sody" | 2012 | Christian Ice |
| "I'm Heavy" | 2014 | Christian Ice |
| "Bestie of Seitan" | 2017 | Christian Ice |
| "The Call of Cthulhu" | 2018 | Matteo Di Gioia |
| "Heavy Metal Kibbie" | 2018 | Christian Ice and Marco Dazzi |
| "Vegan Velociraptor" | 2019 | Christian Ice |
| "Ironmonger (The Copier of the Seven Keys)" | 2019 | Christian Ice |
| "And Then I Noticed That She Was a Gargoyle" | 2019 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "Norwegian Reggaeton" | 2019 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "Valhalleluja" | 2019 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "Sneeztem of a Yawn" | 2020 | Christian Ice |
| "Uranus" | 2020 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "In the Sky" | 2020 | Valerio Fea |
| "Formia" | 2021 | Valerio Fea |
| "Biancodolce" | 2021 | Valerio Fea |
| "La Maledizione di Capitan Findus" | 2021 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "Der Fluch des Kapt'n Iglo" | 2021 | Paolo Cellammare |
| "Gabonzo Robot" | 2021 | Dr. Pira |
| "La Polenta Taragnarok" | 2021 | Valerio Fea |
| "Armpits of Immortals" | 2022 | Valerio Fea |
| "Winterstorm in the Night" | 2023 | Valerio Fea |
| "Disco Metal" | 2023 | Valerio Fea |
| "Pasadena 1994" | 2023 | Valerio Fea |
| "Sober" | 2023 | Francesco Badalini |
| "Afraid to Shoot into the Eyes of a Stranger in a Strange Land" | 2024 | Francesco Badalini |
| "HelloWorld.java" | 2024 | Francesco Badalini |