Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory, which was released on October 23rd, 2007, is the first compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 group 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 :...

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The CD consists of 2 discs compiling (and remastering) some of their finest works of their 1997-2006 albums as well as 3 new songs (The Abyss, Last Man Standing, and Restless Soul).

It is one if the few albums where the band mascot, the knight Hector, does not appear.

CD 1

1. "The Abyss" - (02:05)
2. "Last Man Standing" - (04:20)
3. "HammerFall v2.0.07" - (04:46) (appears as v1.07 on the iTunes digital version)
4. "The Dragon Lies Bleeding
   The Dragon Lies Bleeding
   "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" is a song by Swedish Power Metal band HammerFall. It was released on their debut album Glory to the Brave. The song was written by vocalist Joacim Cans and In Flames Guitarist Jesper Strömblad who have co-written a lot of the bands material.-Other Releases:* The song was...
   
   " - (04:22)
5. "Steel Meets Steel" - (04:02)
6. "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:...
   
   " - (07:20)
7. "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:...
   
   " - (04:29)
8. "At the End of the Rainbow" - (04:04)
9. "Legacy of Kings" - (04:11)
10. "Let the Hammer Fall (Live)" - (05:51)
11. "Templars of Steel" - (05:24)
12. "Renegade " - (04:21)
13. "Always Will Be" - (04:29)
14. "Keep the Flame Burning" - (07:01)
15. "Riders of the Storm" - (04:34)

CD 2

1. "Hearts on Fire" - (03:51)
2. "Crimson Thunder" - (05:05)
3. "Hero's Return" - (05:22)
4. "Blood Bound" - (03:49)
5. "Secrets" - (06:06)
6. "Fury of the Wild" - (04:44)
7. "Never, Ever" - (04:05)
8. "Threshold" - (04:45)
9. "Natural High" - (04:15)
10. "Dark Wings, Dark Words" - (05:02)
11. "The Fire Burns Forever" - (03:22)
12. "Restless Soul" - (5:28)
13. "The Metal Age (Live)" - (04:27)
14. "Stone Cold (Live)" - (04:35)
15. "HammerFall v2.0.07" (MPEG video - Rough mix version)

Credits

• 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....
  
   – Vocals (All tracks)
• 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....
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , backing vocals (All tracks)
• 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...
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , backing vocals (Disc 1 tracks 1-3, 7-15; Disc 2 all tracks)
• Fredrik Larsson
  Fredrik Larsson
  For the Swedish musician who gained fame through YouTube, see FreddeGredde.Fredrik Larsson is the current bass guitarist of the Swedish power metal band Hammerfall, which he left in 1997, but rejoined in 2007...
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals (Disc 1 tracks 1-6; Disc 2 tracks 12,15)
• 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
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   (Disc 1 tracks 1-3, 10-15; Disc 2 all tracks)
• Jesper Strömblad
  Jesper Strömblad
  Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is currently the guitarist for the bands Dimension Zero & The Resistance...
  
   – Drums (Disc 1 tracks 4-6)
• Glenn Ljungström
  Glenn Ljungström
  Glenn Ljungström was the original guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames along with the band's founder, Jesper Strömblad. He was a member of In Flames from 1993 until 1997, after which he quit In Flames to support his family with a more stable job. He was fired from multiple...
  
   – Guitar (Disc 1 tracks 4-6)
• Patrik Räfling – Drums (Disc 1 tracks 7-9)
• 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 (Disc 1 tracks 7-15; Disc 2 tracks 1-11, 13-14)

Additional information

• Tracks 13 and 14 on the second disc are live versions recorded in Göteborg's Musikens Hus during 1998.