Threshold (album)
2006 studio album by HammerFall From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2006 studio album by HammerFall From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Threshold is the sixth studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released on 18 October 2006.[4] The album entered the Swedish charts at number one, staying on the chart for eight weeks.[5] It was the band's first number 1 album since Renegade in 2000.[6] It is currently the last HammerFall studio album with guitarist Stefan Elmgren and bassist Magnus Rosén, as Rosén left the band in 2007 and Elmgren left in 2008.[7]
The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.
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| Released | 18 October 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006, Lundgård Studios, Denmark | |||
| Genre | Power metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 50:30 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Charlie Bauerfeind | |||
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The guitar solo of "Howlin' With the 'Pac" is essentially a reworked version of the one from "Hearts on Fire". As with several songs on the previous album, the song "Dark Wings, Dark Words" is inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire.[8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Threshold" | Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans | 4:45 |
| 2. | "The Fire Burns Forever" | Dronjak, Cans | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Rebel Inside" | Dronjak | 5:34 |
| 4. | "Natural High" | Dronjak, Cans | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Dark Wings, Dark Words" | Dronjak, Cans | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Howlin' With the 'Pac" | Dronjak, Cans | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Shadow Empire" | Dronjak, Cans, Stefan Elmgren | 5:15 |
| 8. | "Carved in Stone" | Dronjak, Cans | 6:13 |
| 9. | "Reign of the Hammer" | Elmgren | 2:50 |
| 10. | "Genocide" | Dronjak, Cans, Elmgren | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Titan" | Dronjak, Cans | 4:24 |
| Total length: | 50:30 | ||
"The Fire Burns Forever" was also released as a single and only available as a download between 6 August and 6 September 2006, exclusively at the ITunes Store and Nuclear Blast Musicshop. Hammerfall and the athletes also performed "The Fire Burns Forever" at the official opening of the Championships on 6 August in Gothenburg, Sweden.[11]
Backing vocals by Oliver Hartmann, Rolf Köhler, Olaf Zenkbiel, Mats Rendlert, Joacim Lundberg, Markus Sköld, and Johan Aremyr
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