HammerFall discography
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To give more exposure to their work and try for a professional recording deal, a short live performance was recorded and sent to the Dutch
label, Vic Records. HammerFall
soon received a deal and spent the whole of the following year writing the album Glory to the Brave
. The album was initially released in the Netherlands and obtained positive feedback; it is also worthy of notice that the band's mascot
, the knight
Hector, first appeared on the cover of this album.
As HammerFall grew in popularity, the time available for members of the band to dedicate to other projects became limited. Jesper and Glenn were committed to In Flames and Fredrik was committed to the thrash metal
band Beyond. Thus, the HammerFall's line-up soon underwent changes. Stefan Elmgren
assumed the lead guitar and Patrik Räfling assumed the drums (they joined the band in the end of 1997 after the release of Glory to the Brave album) and Fredrik decided to remain in the band until a suitable replacement for him was found. This happened in may - 1997, when bassist Magnus Rosén
joined the band. Stefan Elmgren played some of the guitars on the Glory to the Brave album (like the acoustic guitars on "I Believe") but only as a guest performer, not a member of the band.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
label, Vic Records. 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 :...
soon received a deal and spent the whole of the following year writing the album Glory to the Brave
Glory to the Brave
Glory to the Brave is the debut studio album released by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just...
. The album was initially released in the Netherlands and obtained positive feedback; it is also worthy of notice that the band's mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
, the knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
Hector, first appeared on the cover of this album.
As HammerFall grew in popularity, the time available for members of the band to dedicate to other projects became limited. Jesper and Glenn were committed to In Flames and Fredrik was committed to the thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band Beyond. Thus, the HammerFall's line-up soon underwent changes. 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...
assumed the lead guitar and Patrik Räfling assumed the drums (they joined the band in the end of 1997 after the release of Glory to the Brave album) and Fredrik decided to remain in the band until a suitable replacement for him was found. This happened in may - 1997, when bassist Magnus Rosén
Magnus Rosén
Klas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg, and is best known for being the bassist of the Swedish band HammerFall during the years 1997-2007....
joined the band. Stefan Elmgren played some of the guitars on the Glory to the Brave album (like the acoustic guitars on "I Believe") but only as a guest performer, not a member of the band.
Studio albums
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
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GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
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SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
EUR European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
BEL Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... |
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| 1997 | Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave is the debut studio album released by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just...
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| 1998 | Legacy of Kings Legacy of Kings Legacy of Kings is the second album from Swedish metal band HammerFall.It was released September 28, 1998 on Nuclear Blast Records.The enhanced CD release included the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers & a screensaver, and a... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
15 | 34 | — | 15 | 71 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | Renegade Renegade (HammerFall album) Renegade is HammerFall's third album, the first with drummer Anders Johansson. It was released on October 9, 2000 on the label Nuclear Blast Records. As shown in the tracklist, the founding guitarist of In Flames and former founding member of HammerFall, Jesper Strömblad, was co-writer of several... |
1 | 43 | — | 17 | 40 | 72 | — | — |
| 2002 | Crimson Thunder Crimson Thunder -Personnel:* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Lead & Rhythm guitars, Backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, Backing vocals... |
3 | 65 | 134 | 13 | 82 | 83 | — | — |
| 2005 | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken - Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Guitars & backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Guitars* Magnus Rosén - Bass Guitar* Anders Johansson - Drums... |
4 | 36 | 159 | 12 | 163 | 39 | 27 | — |
| 2006 | Threshold
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1 | 30 | 192 | 15 | 146 | 32 | 23 | — |
| 2009 | No Sacrifice, No Victory No Sacrifice, No Victory - Reception :- Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Pontus Norgren - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Fredrik Larsson - Bass and backing vocals* Anders Johansson - Drums... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
2 | 25 | 95 | 7 | 20 | 92 | ||
| 2011 | Infected Infected (Hammerfall album) - Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm, lead guitars, keyboards and backing vocals, production* Pontus Norgren - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals, production* Fredrik Larsson - Bass and backing vocals... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
2 | 17 | 21 | 95 | ||||
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Live albums
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
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| 2003 | One Crimson Night One Crimson Night One Crimson Night is a two-disc live album and DVD by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. The album was recorded during band's concert at Lisebergshallen, Sweden...
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Compilation albums
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
US Euro. European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
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| 2007 | Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory
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15 | 38 | 53 | 51 | 93 | ||
| 2008 | Masterpieces Masterpieces (HammerFall album) Masterpieces is a compilation album by power metal band, HammerFall.The CD consists of all the cover versions recorded by HammerFall to date plus three new unreleased songs .... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
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Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 1997 | "Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave (song) -Single line-up:* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Guitars & backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Guitars & backing vocals* Magnus Rosén - Bass* Patrik Räfling - Drums-Music videos:... " |
— | — | — | — | — | Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave is the debut studio album released by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just... |
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| 1998 | "Heeding the Call Heeding the Call -Personnel:* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Guitars & backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Guitars & backing vocals* Magnus Rosén - Bass* Patrik Räfling - Drums-Release information:... " |
— | — | 48 | — | — | Legacy of Kings Legacy of Kings Legacy of Kings is the second album from Swedish metal band HammerFall.It was released September 28, 1998 on Nuclear Blast Records.The enhanced CD release included the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers & a screensaver, and a... |
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| 1999 | "I Want Out I Want Out "I Want Out" is a song by the German heavy metal band Helloween from the album Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2, that was released as a single in 1988.... " |
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| 2000 | "Renegade Renegade (HammerFall song) "Renegade" is a song by HammerFall, the first single from their album Renegade. It was released on 21 August 2000 and contains three audio tracks , screensavers and a video special.... " |
17 | — | 89 | — | — | Renegade Renegade (HammerFall album) Renegade is HammerFall's third album, the first with drummer Anders Johansson. It was released on October 9, 2000 on the label Nuclear Blast Records. As shown in the tracklist, the founding guitarist of In Flames and former founding member of HammerFall, Jesper Strömblad, was co-writer of several... |
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| 2001 | "Always Will Be" | 50 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002 | "Hearts on Fire" | 11 | — | 58 | — | — | Crimson Thunder Crimson Thunder -Personnel:* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Lead & Rhythm guitars, Backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, Backing vocals... |
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| 2005 | "Blood Bound" | 5 | — | 54 | 85 | 91 | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken - Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead & backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Guitars & backing vocals* Stefan Elmgren - Guitars* Magnus Rosén - Bass Guitar* Anders Johansson - Drums... |
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| 2006 | "Natural High" | 6 | 71 | 79 | 83 | — | Threshold | |
| 2009 | "Any Means Necessary" | — | — | — | — | — | No Sacrifice, No Victory No Sacrifice, No Victory - Reception :- Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Pontus Norgren - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Fredrik Larsson - Bass and backing vocals* Anders Johansson - Drums... |
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| 2011 | "One More Time One More Time (Hammerfall song) - Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Pontus Norgren - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals* Fredrik Larsson - Bass and backing vocals* Anders Johansson - Drums... " |
— | — | — | — | — | Infected Infected (Hammerfall album) - Personnel :* Joacim Cans - Lead and backing vocals* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm, lead guitars, keyboards and backing vocals, production* Pontus Norgren - Rhythm, lead guitars and backing vocals, production* Fredrik Larsson - Bass and backing vocals... |
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Video albums
| Year | Video details | Peak | |
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
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| 1999 | The First Crusade | — | — |
| 2002 | The Templar Renegade Crusades The Templar Renegade Crusades The Templar Renegade Crusades is a combination of live performances, video clips, interviews, etc., by Swedish Power metal band HammerFall. It was released by Nuclear Blast, first on VHS followed by a DVD release . It includes video footage from recording sessions, live concerts, tour backstages... |
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| 2003 | One Crimson Night One Crimson Night One Crimson Night is a two-disc live album and DVD by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. The album was recorded during band's concert at Lisebergshallen, Sweden... |
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| 2008 | Rebels with a Cause: Unruly, Unrestrained, Uninhibited | 15 | 81 |
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