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Legacy of Kings | ||||
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Released | 28 September 1998 | |||
Recorded | April–June 1998 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
Length | 45:06 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Fredrik Nordström & Oscar Dronjak | |||
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Singles from Legacy of Kings | ||||
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AllMusic | link |
Legacy of Kings is the second album created by the Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.
The enhanced CD release includes the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers, a screensaver, and a Winamp skin only on the Bonus Deluxe Edition. The cover art for this album was painted by Andreas Marschall .
In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heeding the Call" | Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans, Jesper Strömblad | 4:30 |
2. | "Legacy of Kings" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 4:13 |
3. | "Let the Hammer Fall" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 4:16 |
4. | "Dreamland" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 5:42 |
5. | "Remember Yesterday" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 5:05 |
6. | "At the End of the Rainbow" | Andy Mück, Dronjak, Cans | 4:05 |
7. | "Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover) | Ken Hammer, Alan Owen, Ronnie Atkins | 3:39 |
8. | "Stronger Than All" | Dronjak | 4:29 |
9. | "Warriors of Faith" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 4:45 |
10. | "The Fallen One" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | 4:23 |
Total length: | 45:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Eternal Dark" (Picture cover) | |
12. | "Stone Cold" (Live) | |
13. | "I Want Out" (Helloween cover) | |
14. | "Man on the Silver Mountain" (Rainbow cover) | |
15. | "The Metal Age" (Live) |
Country | Ranked |
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Japan | 71 |
Germany | 15 |
Austria | 34 |
Sweden [5] | 15 |
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