In the current year 2021 fifteen years have come to an end since the release of By the Power of Thunder, the first Steel Seal album, happened in 2006! To celebrate this festive occasion we want to remind some of the praise and recognitions given worldwide to the album, that was included:
- in the 2006 Best Albums ranking (Japanese edition) of the Japanese website Magic Zone;
- in the 2007 Best Releases Ranking (European and Rest of the World edition) of the Italian website NTTP.it;
- at n. 1 in the Playlists of the Danish website Powermetal.dk;
- in the 2007 Top Ten of the Italian website Verorock.it;
- in the Buy or Die! albums of the Bulgarian website Wizard.bg;
- in the Recommended CDs of the US website Sentinelsteel.com;
- in the Daily CD Ranking Top Ten of the Japanese website CDJapan.com;
- in the Recommended Items for MelodicPowerMetal-European Metal Music of the website Diskunion.net;
- in the Choiced Album List of the Korean website Melodicpia.com;
- in the US website Americanpoems .com because of the quality of the lyrics!
Furthermore, By the Power of Thunder was in the Top Selling CDs of the website CDuniverse.com, in the Top Selling 100 of the German website Amazon.de, in the Daily Specials of the website Omegaorder.com, entered the Top Ten of the CD Reservations Ranking of the Korean website Melon.com and was in the Bestesellers Rankings of Amazon.com, Hot New Releases and Hard Rock and Metal sections, for more than 60 consecutive days.
Finally, the song When The devil Calls was included in the Best Metal Fifth Progressions, together with songs by Stratovarius, Ring of Fire, Vitalij Kuprij, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rhapsody, Domine.