Legacy of Kings

Studio album by HammerFall

Released

September 28, 1998

Recorded

April - June 1998 Studio Fredman, Sweden

Genre

Power metal, speed metal

Length

45:06

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Fredrik Nordström & Oscar Dronjak

HammerFall chronology

Glory to the Brave
(1997)

Legacy of Kings
(1998)

Renegade
(2000)

Singles from Legacy of Kings

"Heeding the Call"
Released: August 3, 1998
"I Want Out^[1]"
Released: August 2, 1999

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Legacy of Kings is the second album created by the Swedish metal band HammerFall. It was released on September 28, 1998, by Nuclear Blast Records.
The enhanced CD release includes the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers, a screensaver, and a Winamp skin only on the Bonus Deluxe Edition. The cover art for this album was painted by Andreas Marschall.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heeding the Call"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	4:30
2.	"Legacy of Kings"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	4:13
3.	"Let the Hammer Fall"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	4:16
4.	"Dreamland"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	5:42
5.	"Remember Yesterday"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	5:04
6.	"At the End of the Rainbow"	Mück, Dronjak, Cans	4:05
7.	"Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover)	Hammer, Owen, Atkins	3:39
8.	"Stronger Than All"	Dronjak	4:29
9.	"Warriors of Faith"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	4:45
10.	"The Fallen One"	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	4:23

Chart positions^[2]

Country	Ranked
Japan	71
Germany	15
Austria	34
Sweden	15

Regional differences^[3]

In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks^[4]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Eternal Dark" (Picture cover)
12.	"Stone Cold" (Live)
13.	"I Want Out" (Helloween cover)
14.	"Man on the Silver Mountain" (Rainbow cover)
15.	"The Metal Age" (Live)

Legacy of Kings Box (limited box which contains CD of Legacy of Kings, personalized pick, Heeding The Call sticker and signed cards of each member.), LP, Shape CD (Sun-Shaped), Picture LP, Value Box (With "Always Will Be" CDS) and Deluxe Edition.
All versions contain the songs from #1 to #10, excepted the ones listed below.

The Japanese release contains "Eternal Dark", Stone Cold" and "Steel Meets Steel" as bonus tracks, plus the enhanced part.
The Brazilian release contains "I Want Out" as bonus track.
Deluxe Edition contains "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel" (both recorded live) as bonus tracks.

There is a limited version that includes all four tracks from the "Always Will Be" single as bonus tracks.
There is also a re-release of the album which contains a videoclip for "Let the Hammer Fall", and two additional live tracks: "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel".

Personnel

External links

References

HammerFall

Joacim Cans Oscar Dronjak Pontus Norgren Fredrik Larsson Johan Larsson Niklas Sundin Jesper Strömblad Mikael Stanne Glenn Ljungström Patrik Räfling Magnus Rosén Stefan Elmgren Anders Johansson

Studio albums	Glory to the Brave Legacy of Kings Renegade Crimson Thunder Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Threshold No Sacrifice, No Victory Infected (r)Evolution

Live albums	One Crimson Night Gates Of Dalhalla

Compilation albums	Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory Masterpieces

Singles	"Glory to the Brave" "Heeding the Call" "I Want Out" "Renegade" " Always Will Be" "Hearts on Fire" "Blood Bound" "The Fire Burns Forever" "Natural High" "Last Man Standing" "Any Means Necessary" "My Sharona" "One More Time" "B.Y.H." "Send Me a Sign" "Bushido" "Hector's Hymn"

Video albums	The First Crusade The Templar Renegade Crusades Hearts on Fire One Crimson Night Rebels With A Cause

Related articles	Discography Samwise Didier

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