Forged by Fire

Not to be confused with Forged in Fire.

This article is about the 2003 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. The album was released in Japan on 5 January 2005,^[2] and on 12 July 2005^[3] for the rest of the world. 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.

Forged by Fire
Studio album by Firewind
Released	5 January 2005
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	[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gus G. and Chitral Somapala except where noted^[3]

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) (Gus G.) – 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 review
2. allmusic.com page on the Japanese edition of Forged By Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
3. allmusic.com page on Forged by Fire, Cited 3 April 2008