Forged by Fire

Forged by Fire
Studio album by Firewind
Released	Japan January 5, 2005[1] World July 12, 2005[2]
Recorded	Bazement studios, Germany Mediamaker studio, Norway A29 studio, Greece June–August 2004
Genre	Power metal
Length	49:31
Label	Century Media
Producer	Gus G.
Firewind chronology
Burning Earth (2003) Forged by Fire (2005) Allegiance (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

• This page is about the metal album. For the novel see Forged by Fire (novel).

Forged by Fire is the third full-length album by Greek power metal band Firewind and their first released through Century Media. From this album onwards, Gus G is the sole ever-present in their professional discography, following the replacement of Stephen Fredrick with Chitral "Chity" Somapala. It is also the first album to feature keyboardist Bob Katsionis.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gus G. and Chitral Somapala except where noted^[2]

1. "Kill to Live" – 3:41
2. "Beware the Beast" – 4:21
3. "Tyranny" – 3:29
4. "The Forgotten Memory" – 3:42
5. "Hate World Hero" – 5:38
6. "Escape from Tomorrow" – 3:51
7. "Feast of the Savages" (Instrumental) – 4:21
8. "Burn in Hell" – 4:38
9. "Perished in Flames" – 4:52
10. "The Land of Eternity" – 5:53
11. "I Confide" – 5:05 (Japanese bonus track)
12. "Tyranny" (Ioannis Nikolaidis, Achilleas Kapahtsis) (Video clip)
13. "Making of/Burning the Earth Live" (Bob Katsionis) (Video clip)

Personnel

Band members

• Chitral "Chity" Somapala – vocals, backing vocals
• Gus G. – guitars, producing, engineering
• Bob Katsionis – keyboards, album layout
• Petros Christo – bass guitar
• Stian L. Kristoffersen – drums

Guest musicians

• James Murphy – guitar solo on "The Forgotten Memory"
• Marty Friedman – guitar solos "Feast of the Savages"
• Lisa Gelenberg – backing vocals
• Johannes Nimtz – backing vocals
• Markus Teske – backing vocals

Technical staff

• Patrik J. Sten – mixing
  • Fredrik Nordström – assistance
• Christian Schmidt – mastering
• R.D. Liapakis – mastering
• Markus Teske – engineering
• Espen Mjoen – engineering
• Kazuo Hakamada – artwork
• OB Solutions – photography

Footnotes

1. allmusic.com page on the Japanese edition of Forged By Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
2. allmusic.com page on Forged by Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
3. Allmusic review