Legacy of Kings is the second studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.<br />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.
Track listing
Regional differences
Source:
- In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks
- 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".
Album charts
Single chart
Credits
HammerFall
Other personnel
- Andreas Marschall â cover art
- Flea Black â artwork
- Fredrik Nordström â engineering and mixing
- Göran Finnberg â mastering
- Mikael Johansson â photography
References
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