Steel is a one-off
power metal project from
Sweden that featured
Dan Swanö and members of
Opeth. Started in 1996, this collaboration emerged during the recording sessions for
Opeth's
Morningrise album. During a jam session, when the band were soundchecking the drums, they hit upon an idea to record a short piece for fun, entitled
Guitars and Metal. This gave birth to Steel. Subsequently, they were asked to record more songs and when they did, the songs which were originally meant for a demo, actually appeared on a limited picture 7" EP, entitled
Heavy Metal Machine released by Near Dark Productions. To this date, it remains their sole record.