Unstoppable Force

1987 studio album by Agent Steel

Unstoppable Force

Studio album by

Agent Steel

Released

March 1987

Recorded

March and June 1986

Studio

Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida

Genre

Speed metal
thrash metal

Length

39:10

Label

Combat

Producer

Dan Johnson

Agent Steel chronology

Mad Locust Rising
(1985)

Unstoppable Force
(1987)

Omega Conspiracy
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[1]
Rock Hard	9.5/10^[2]

Unstoppable Force is the second album by American heavy metal band Agent Steel. It was recorded at Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida from March - June 1986, and was digitally mastered in July 1986 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida. The album was released by Combat Records in March 1987. The 1999 reissue by Century Media Records contains the Mad Locust Rising EP, which some later reissues excludes the cover version of the Judas Priest song "The Ripper". It was the last album before the band split up in 1988,^[3] only to reform in 1998 for the release of the 1999 album Omega Conspiracy.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.^[4]

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Unstoppable Force"	3:52
2.	"Never Surrender"	3:52
3.	"Indestructive"	3:30
4.	"Chosen to Stay"	4:46
5.	"Still Searchin'"	4:13

Side B
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Rager"	4:07
7.	"The Day at Guyana" (instrumental)	6:38
8.	"Nothin' Left"	4:23
9.	"Traveler"	3:49
Total length:		39:10

1999 Remastered bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Swarm Is upon Us" (instrumental)		0:17
2.	"Mad Locust Rising"		4:20
3.	"The Ripper" (Judas Priest cover)	Glenn Tipton	2:33
4.	"Let It Be Done / The Day at Guyana"		5:03
Total length:			51:23

Personnel

Agent Steel

John Cyriis – lead vocals
Juan Garcia – guitars
Bernie Versailles – guitars
Michael Zaputil – bass
Chuck Profus – drums

Additional Musicians

Ben Meyer, Nasty Ronnie – backing vocals on "Indestructive" and "Rager"

Production

Dan Johnson – producer
Jim Morris – engineering
Tom Morris – engineering, mixing
Randy Burns – engineering (additional)
Scott Burns – engineering (pre-production)
Mike Fuller – mastering
Steve Sinclair – executive producer
Rick Frehsee – front cover underwater photography
Gerald McLaughlin – logo air brushing
Mark Weinberg – design, typography
John Cyriis – cover concept

References

^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Stratmann, Holger (1987). "Review Album : Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force". Rock Hard (in German). No. 19. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Angent Steel - Unstoppable Force review by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ Agent Steel (1986). Unstoppable Force (LP sleeve). Music for Nations. MFN 66.