Blood Bound (song)

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"Blood Bound"
Single by HammerFall
from the album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Released28 January 2005
Recorded4 September - 25 October 2004, Lundgård Studios, Denmark
23 May 2003, Hard Rock Live, Guadalajara, Mexico
Genre Power metal, Heavy metal
Length13:17
Label Nuclear Blast
Songwriter(s) Oscar Dronjak
Joacim Cans
Jesper Strömblad
Producer(s) Charlie Bauerfeind
HammerFall singles chronology
"Hearts on Fire"
(2002)
"Blood Bound"
(2005)
"Natural High"
(2006)

Blood Bound is a song by the Swedish Power and Heavy metal band HammerFall, released on January 28, 2005. It was the only single released from their fifth studio album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken.
The instrumental/karaoke version on the album was linked with a competition where fans could send their version of "Blood Bound" to Nuclear Blast and win a meet and greet with the members of HammerFall on their shows in April 2005. [1]
The artwork was made by Samwise Didier following an original idea by Joacim Cans and Oscar Dronjak.

Contents

Track listing [2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blood Bound"Dronjak, Cans3:50
2."Blood Bound" (Instrumental/Karaoke version)Dronjak, Cans3:51
3."The Metal Age" (live)Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 5:36
4."Enhanced part"  
Total length:13:17

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Personnel

Additional personnel

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