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4. | I Believe | 04:49 | Show lyrics |
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5. | Child of the Damned (Warlord cover) | 03:40 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Stone Cold | 05:40 | Show lyrics |
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Band members | |
Joacim Cans | Vocals (lead, backing), Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 7-9) |
Oscar Dronjak | Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 6-9) |
Fredrik Larsson | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Glenn Ljungström | Guitars |
Guest/Session | |
Patrik Räfling | Drums |
Stefan Elmgren | Guitars (lead) (track 4), Guitars (acoustic) |
Mats Hansson | Guitars (lead) |
Fredrik Nordström | Piano, Keyboards, Vocals (backing) |
Niklas Isfält | Vocals (harmony) |
Hans Björk | Vocals (backing) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Per Stålfors | Photography, Logo |
Peter Stålfors | Songwriting (track 4) |
Jesper Strömblad | Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 7-9) |
Andreas Marschall | Cover art |
Fredrik Nordström | Recording, Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
Göran Finnberg | Mastering |
Joacim Cans | Vocals (lead, backing), Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 7-9) |
Oscar Dronjak | Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 6-9) |
Fredrik Larsson | Bass, Vocals (backing) |
Glenn Ljungström | Guitars |
Patrik Räfling | Drums |
Stefan Elmgren | Guitars (lead) (track 4), Guitars (acoustic) |
Mats Hansson | Guitars (lead) |
Fredrik Nordström | Piano, Keyboards, Vocals (backing) |
Niklas Isfält | Vocals (harmony) |
Hans Björk | Vocals (backing) |
Per Stålfors | Photography, Logo |
Peter Stålfors | Songwriting (track 4) |
Jesper Strömblad | Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 7-9) |
Andreas Marschall | Cover art |
Fredrik Nordström | Recording, Producer, Engineering, Mixing |
Göran Finnberg | Mastering |
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Heavy Metal Unchained... | 98% | WishmasterTheDark | October 24th, 2011 | |
Glory to Hammerfall | 87% | PKendall317 | July 11th, 2011 | |
A glorious debut! | 96% | evermetal | November 17th, 2009 | |
The beginning of the rebirth. | 91% | hells_unicorn | October 23rd, 2006 | |
Hammerfall: A Reappraisal | 82% | DawnoftheShred | October 23rd, 2006 | |
Solid debut. | 76% | Nightcrawler | August 15th, 2003 | |
A splendid debut release | 95% | Crimsonblood | September 6th, 2002 |
Jesper Strömblad is credited as the drummer but did not actually play on the album.
All songs written by Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans and Jesper Strömblad except track 4 by Joacim Cans and Peter Stålfors, track 5 by Warlord and track 6 by Oscar Dronjak.
A music video was made for "Glory to the Brave".
On back cover bottom left it reads:
Licensed from:
VIC RECORDS
Tafelberg 71
3328 SR Dordrecht
The Netherlands
phone/fax: 0031 78 61 72 576
First catalog ID is on CD only, the second is on the spines and back cover.
Recording information:
Recorded, produced and mixed in November 1996 at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Digitally mastered at The Mastering Factory, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Co-produced/recorded/mixed by Hammerfall.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 7 27361 62652 5
Matrix / Runout: BOD NB 0265-2
Master SID Code: IFPI L357
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5224
Label Code: LC 7027
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