Threshold (album)

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Threshold
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Studio album by
Released18 October 2006
Recorded2006, Lundgård Studios, Denmark
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
Length50:30
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind
HammerFall chronology
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
(2005)
Threshold
(2006)
Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory
(2007)
Singles from Threshold
  1. "The Fire Burns Forever"
    Released: 6 August – 6 September 2006 [1]
  2. "Natural High"
    Released: 22 September 2006 [2]
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Threshold is the sixth studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released on 18 October 2006. [4] The album entered the Swedish charts at number one, staying on the chart for eight weeks. [5] It was the band's first number 1 album since Renegade in 2000. [6] It is currently the last HammerFall studio album with guitarist Stefan Elmgren and bassist Magnus Rosén, as Rosén left the band in 2007 and Elmgren left in 2008. [7]

Contents

The guitar solo of "Howlin' With the 'Pac" is essentially a reworked version of the one from "Hearts on Fire". As with several songs on the previous album, the song "Dark Wings, Dark Words" is inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire. [8] The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Threshold" Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans 4:45
2."The Fire Burns Forever"Dronjak, Cans3:22
3."Rebel Inside"Dronjak5:34
4."Natural High"Dronjak, Cans4:16
5."Dark Wings, Dark Words"Dronjak, Cans5:02
6."Howlin' With the 'Pac"Dronjak, Cans4:06
7."Shadow Empire"Dronjak, Cans, Stefan Elmgren 5:15
8."Carved in Stone"Dronjak, Cans6:13
9."Reign of the Hammer"Elmgren2:50
10."Genocide"Dronjak, Cans, Elmgren4:43
11."Titan"Dronjak, Cans4:24
Total length:50:30

Music videos

Single "The Fire Burns Forever"

"The Fire Burns Forever" was also released as a single and only available as a download between 6 August and 6 September 2006, exclusively at the ITunes Store and Nuclear Blast Musicshop. Hammerfall and the athletes also performed "The Fire Burns Forever" at the official opening of the Championships on 6 August in Gothenburg, Sweden. [11]

Personnel

Backing vocals by Oliver Hartmann, Rolf Köhler, Olaf Zenkbiel, Mats Rendlert, Joacim Lundberg, Markus Sköld, and Johan Aremyr

Chart positions

[12]

References

  1. "HammerFall - The Fire Burns Forever - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. "HammerFall - Natural High". Discogs. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. AllMusic review
  4. "Threshold | Hammerfall - Official Webpage". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  5. "Threshold in Swedish charts". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. "Swedish charts archive" . Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. "Magnus Rosén". magnusrosen.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. "HammerFall - Threshold - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. Nuclear Blast Records (22 September 2006). "Hammerfall – Natural High (Official Music Video)". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2018 via YouTube.
  10. Nuclear Blast Records (24 June 2008). "Hammerfall – The Fire Burns Forever (Official Music Video)". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2018 via YouTube.
  11. 1 2 "Hammerfall Reveal New Album Details" . Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - HammerFall - Threshold". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.