HammerFall "Glory To The Brave (20-Year Anniversary Edition)"

Glory to the Brave is the debut album by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just before the band was formed and is included on this album. The band signed a deal with the Dutch label Vic Records. Nuclear Blast approached Vic Records and obtained a license deal for the album. Later, Nuclear Blast bought the entire rights from Vic Records. Although the In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad was listed as the drummer, all the drums were actually played by session musician Patrik Räfling, who joined the band as a full-time member shortly after the album's release.

Disc 1 (CD)

1. The Dragon Lies Bleeding 04:22  
2. The Metal Age 04:27   
3. HammerFall 04:45   
4. I Believe 04:49  
5. Child of the Damned (Warlord cover) 03:40   
6. Steel Meets Steel 03:58   
7. Stone Cold 05:40   
8. Unchained 05:34   
9. Glory to the Brave 07:20  
10. Ravenlord (Stormwitch cover) 03:32   
11. Glory to the Brave (radio edit) 05:02  

Time:  53:09

 

Disc 2 (CD)

1. The Metal Age (1998) 04:25  
2. Steel Meets Steel (1998) 03:34  
3. Stone Cold (1998) 07:00  
4. Glory to the Brave (2012) 06:29  
5. Hammerfall (2012) 05:45  
6. The Dragon Lies Bleeding (2012) 04:28  
7. Glory to the Brave Medley (2017) 08:00  

Time:  39:41  

Disc 3 (DVD)

1. Introduction  
2. Steel Meets Steel (first live show)  
3. Glory to the Brave (clip 1)  
4. HammerFall  
5. Steel Meets Steel (live)  
6. Glory to the Brave (clip 2)  
7. The Making of "Glory to the Brave"  
8. Ravenlord (Stormwitch cover) (live)  
9. The Metal Age (live)  
10. Nominated for the Swedish Grammy Award  
11. Stone Cold (live)  
12. Interview  
13. Chapter I: The Early Days  
14. Chapter II: The Rockslaget Festival  
15. Chapter III: The Album  
16. Chapter IV: New Members, Wacken & Touring  
17. Child of the Damned  
18. The Metal Age   
19. Steel Meets Steel  
20. Eternal Dark (Picture cover)  
21. The Dragon Lies Bleeding  
22. Stone Cold  
23. HammerFall  

On DVD Tracks 1-12 are taken from "The First Crusade" DVD; 13-16 Interview 2017; 17-23 Live at Dynamo Festival 1998.

Recording information:

Recorded, produced and mixed in November 1996 at Studio Fredman, Göteborg.

Digitally mastered at The Mastering Factory.

Co-produced/recorded/mixed by Hammerfall.