Legacy of Kings

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Legacy of Kings
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Studio album by
Released28 September 1998
RecordedApril–June 1998 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
Length45:07
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Fredrik Nordström & Oscar Dronjak
HammerFall chronology
Glory to the Brave
(1997)
Legacy of Kings
(1998)
Renegade
(2000)
Singles from Legacy of Kings
  1. "Heeding the Call"
    Released: 3 August 1998
  2. "I Want Out [1] "
    Released: 2 August 1999
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Legacy of Kings is the second studio album by Swedish power 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  [ de ].

Contents

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heeding the Call" Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans, Jesper Strömblad 4:30
2."Legacy of Kings"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad4:13
3."Let the Hammer Fall"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad4:16
4."Dreamland"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad5:42
5."Remember Yesterday"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad5:05
6."At the End of the Rainbow" Andy Mück, Dronjak, Cans4:05
7."Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover)Ken Hammer, Alan Owen, Ronnie Atkins 3:39
8."Stronger Than All"Dronjak4:29
9."Warriors of Faith"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad4:45
10."The Fallen One"Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad4:23
Total length:45:07

Regional differences

Source: [3]

No.TitleLength
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) 
  • The Japanese release contains "Eternal Dark", Stone Cold" and "Steel Meets Steel" as bonus tracks, plus the enhanced part.
  • The Brazilian release contains "I Want Out" as bonus track.
  • Deluxe Edition contains "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel" (both recorded live) as bonus tracks.

Album charts

CountryRanked
Japan71
Germany15
Austria34
Sweden [5] 15

Single chart

"Heeding the Call" (1998)Peak
position
Germany (GfK) [6] 48


Credits

References

  1. "Bands".
  2. Chantler, Chris (14 November 2019). "The 25 greatest power metal albums". Metal Hammer . Future plc . Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. "Newburycomics.com - HammerFall : Legacy of Kings". Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. "HammerFall – Legacy of Kings (2001, CD)". Discogs . 2001.
  5. "swedishcharts.com - HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings".
  6. "HammerFall – Heeding the Call" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.