Renegade is 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 :...

's third album, the first with drummer Anders Johansson

Anders Johansson

Anders Johansson is a Swedish musician. He is the son of Jan Johansson, famous jazz pianist and brother of keyboardist Jens Johansson.-Biography:...

. 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

Jesper Strömblad

Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is currently the guitarist for the bands Dimension Zero & The Resistance...

, was co-writer of several of the songs featured in the album. The album debuted at number one on the Swedish charts and was eventually awarded a gold certification.

Track listing

"Head Over Heels" was released as bonus track on digipack and Brazilian versions of "Renegade".

Personnel

• 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....
  
   - Lead & backing vocals
• 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....
  
   - Guitars & backing vocals
• 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...
  
   - Guitars & backing vocals
• 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....
  
   - Bass guitar
• Anders Johansson
  Anders Johansson
  Anders Johansson is a Swedish musician. He is the son of Jan Johansson, famous jazz pianist and brother of keyboardist Jens Johansson.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums
• Jamie Simmons, Paul Simmons
  Paul Simmons
  Paul Simmons is an American drummer. Currently, he is the drummer for the Reverend Horton HeatHe is previously most well known as the drummer for Th' Legendary Shack Shakers from 2003 to 2005. He was also the drummer in Christian rock band Petra from 2003 until their retirement in 2005...
  
  , John Alexander - Additional backing vocals on "Destined For Glory"

Recording information

• Recorded at WireWorld Studios in Nashville, TN, April- June 2000.
• Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by Michael Wagener
  Michael Wagener
  Michael Wagener is a music producer, mixer, and engineer from Hamburg, Germany, best known for his work with many top hard rock and heavy metal bands in the late 80's. Wagener's works have sold over ninetyfour million albums worldwide. Wagener was the original guitarist for the German band Accept...
  
  .
• Mastered by Eric Conn.
• Harley-Davidson
  Harley-Davidson
  Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
  
   sound on "Renegade" provided by Promise Breakers Motorcycle Club Nashville, TN.

Art information

• Front and back cover artwork by Andreas Marschall and logo designs by Peter Stålfors.
• Following original ideas by 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 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....
  
  .
• Photos by Michael Johansson.

Additional information

• The Russian version has the following bonus tracks: Run With The Devil (Heavy Load cover) and Head Over Heels (Accept
  Accept
  Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...
  
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