Beyond the Gates is the first and so far only studio album by HammerFall

HammerFall

HammerFall is a power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak.- Early days :...

 vocalist Joacim Cans

Joacim Cans

Joacim Cans is the lead singer of HammerFall, a Swedish power metal band. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums....

 and was released in 2004. The cover was made by Samwise Didier

Samwise Didier

Sam "Samwise" Didier is the art director at Blizzard Entertainment. He is responsible for creating much of the artwork for computer games in the Warcraft, StarCraft, and the Diablo series. He is the senior art director on StarCraft II...

  who have done most of the artwork for Hammerfall. Also the album was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind

Charlie Bauerfeind

Charlie Bauerfeind is a German sound engineer and producer who has worked mostly with power metal bands such as Angra, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Primal Fear, Rage, HammerFall and Saxon....

 who producted many of bands albums. Cans bandmates Oscar Dronjak

Oscar Dronjak

Oscar Fredrick Dronjak is the rhythm and lead guitarist and founder of the Heavy Metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age....

 and Stefan Elmgren

Stefan Elmgren

Stefan Elmgren was the guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008.- History :Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his solo project Full Strike and released one album called "We Will Rise" which...

 are also featured on the record. Most of the album was recorded at Studio Fredman

Studio Fredman

Studio Fredman is a recording studio in Göteborg, Sweden, owned and operated by producer Fredrik Nordström.It is popular among Swedish metal bands, with artists such as At the Gates, Deathstars, Nightrage, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Zonaria,...

 in Cans hometown Gothenburg, Sweden.

Track listing

Personnel

• Joacim Cans - Vocals
• "Metal" Mike Chlasciak - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
• Stefan Elmgren
  Stefan Elmgren
  Stefan Elmgren was the guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008.- History :Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his solo project Full Strike and released one album called "We Will Rise" which...
  
   - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
• Mat Sinner
  Mat Sinner
  Mat Sinner is a bassist, vocalist and record producer from Stuttgart in Germany.His main bands have been Sinner since 1982 and Primal Fear since 1997, which he formed with Ralf Scheepers. He has been involved in numerous other projects throughout his musical career...
  
   - Bass & Backing Vocals
• Mark Zonder
  Mark Zonder
  Mark Zonder is the drummer of American heavy-metal band Warlord. When the band was in a hiatus, he joined Fates Warning. His artistic name in Warlord is "Thunder Child"...
  
   - Drums
• Daniele Soravia - Keyboards

with

• Gus G - Lead Guitar on "Beyond the Gates"
• Danny Gill - Lead Guitar on "Dreams"

Backing Vocalists:

• Oscar Dronjak
  Oscar Dronjak
  Oscar Fredrick Dronjak is the rhythm and lead guitarist and founder of the Heavy Metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age....
  
  
• Mats Rendlert
• Joacim "Lill" Lundberg
• Jonatan Nordström
• Hilda Lerme
• Jenny Gustafsson