Legacy of Kings explained

Legacy of Kings
Type:	studio
Artist:	HammerFall
Cover:	Legacy Of Kings.jpg
Released:	28 September 1998
Recorded:	April–June 1998 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre:	Heavy metal, power metal
Length:	45:07
Label:	Nuclear Blast
Producer:	Fredrik Nordström & Oscar Dronjak
Prev Title:	Glory to the Brave
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Renegade
Next Year:	2000

Legacy of Kings is the second studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.
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 .

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time.^[1]

Track listing

Regional differences^[2]

• In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks^[3]

• 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".

Chart positions

Country	Ranked
Japan	71
Germany	15
Austria	34
Sweden^[4]	15

Credits

HammerFall

• Joacim Cans - lead vocals
• Oscar Dronjak - guitar, backing vocals
• Stefan Elmgren - lead guitar
• Magnus Rosén - bass
• Patrik Räfling - drums

Other Personnel

• Andreas Marschall - cover art
• Flea Black - artwork
• Fredrik Nordström - engineering and mixing
• Göran Finnberg - mastering
• Mikael Johansson - photography

External links

• Album information
• Lyrics at Darklyrics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chantler . Chris . The 25 greatest power metal albums . . . 2 March 2021 . 14 November 2019.
2. Web site: Newburycomics.com - HammerFall : Legacy of Kings . 9 May 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140509001005/http://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=103&upc=72736163352 . 9 May 2014 .
3. Web site: HammerFall – Legacy of Kings (2001, CD). Discogs.
4. Web site: swedishcharts.com - HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings.