The Forging of Steel
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 100/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:45
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -6.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.3 dB
- ISRC
- NLD681602159
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 140 BPM in A major (11B), The Forging of Steel is a driving up-tempo trance production. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 99% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 87% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Forging of Steel in?
The Forging of Steel by John O'Callaghan is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Forging of Steel?
The Forging of Steel runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Forging of Steel?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is The Forging of Steel good for peak time?
With energy 100 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 140 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 100/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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