HammerFall "Threshold (Japan, Avalon, MICP-10615)"

Threshold is the sixth studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released on 18 October 2006. The album entered the Swedish charts at number one, staying on the chart for eight weeks. It was the band's first number 1 album since Renegade in 2000. 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.

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. The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

Track listing

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
12. "The Fire Burns Forever (Live)"  3:22  
13. "Raise the Hammer (Live)"  3:42

Time:  57:13

• The song "Natural High" was made into a music video depicting Hector the Knight battling vampires in a decrepit castle; he managed to kill most of the vampires with his hammer, but one of them escapes, leaving Hector by himself. The video itself is a montage alternating between the band and the action, which is shot in live-action and complemented with CGI.
• The song "The Fire Burns Forever" was also made into a music video. The band recorded it with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships.

"Dark Wings, Dark Words" is a saying from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of books by George R.R. Martin.

Recording information:

Recorded at Lundgard Studios, Vejen, Denmark, May-July 2006.

Mixed and mastered at G-Tracks Studios, Ebermannstadt, Germany.

HammerFall "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (Japan, Avalon, MCIP-10496)"

Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released in 2005 through Nuclear Blast. It features the track "Knights of the 21st Century", which includes guest vocals from Venom frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant; it is also the band's longest studio recording to date with a length of 10:25, though after 1 minute and 40 seconds of silence, at 12:05, there is an outtake from Cronos.

The album's title was inspired by the family motto of the fictional House Martell of Dorne from the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, as were the names of the songs "Hammer of Justice", "Take the Black" and "Fury of the Wild". The lyric "Nothing burns like the cold" from "Never, Ever" is taken from the first chapter of A Game of Thrones, the first book in the series.

The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

Track listing

1. "Secrets" Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans 6:06
2. "Blood Bound" Dronjak, Cans 3:49
3. "Fury of the Wild" Dronjak, Cans 4:44
4. "Hammer of Justice" Dronjak, Cans 4:37
5. "Never, Ever" Dronjak 4:05
6. "Born to Rule" Dronjak, Cans, Stefan Elmgren 4:08
7. "The Templar Flame" Dronjak, Cans 3:41
8. "Imperial" Dronjak 2:29
9. "Take the Black" Dronjak, Cans 4:46
10. "Knights of the 21st Century" Dronjak, Cans 12:19
11. "Blood Bound"   3:50  
12. "The Metal Age (live)"  5:36   

Time:  01:00:14

• "The Metal Age" was included as a bonus track on the Brazilian release.
• The album was also released as limited and numbered boxset (1,000 copies) containing the limited edition CD in a metal box, two HammerFall glasses, a HammerFall scarf and a certificate.
• The limited metal box CD is available separately (10,000 copies) and includes an enhanced part: "Blood Bound" (video clip) and Making of "Blood Bound" (video).
• The limited edition digipack includes an enhanced part: "Blood Bound" (video clip) and Picture Gallery, as well as a blue coin with the HammerFall logo on it.

Recording information:

Recorded at Lundgärd Studios, Denmark, 

All songs by Dronjak/Cans, 6 by Dronjak/Cans/Elmgren, 5, 8 by Dronjak.

HammerFall "One Crimson Night (2CDS, Germany, Nuclear Blast, 27361-11962)"

One Crimson Night is the first live album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. The album was recorded during band's concert at Lisebergshallen, Sweden. DVD containing this live footage along with bonus materials was released by Nuclear Blast on 29 June 2004.

The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

Tracklist:

Disc one

1. "Lore of the Arcane" – 1:44
2. "Riders of the Storm" – 4:54
3. "Heeding the Call" – 5:00
4. "Stone Cold" – 7:10
5. "Hero's Return" – 4:37
6. "Legacy of Kings" – 4:45
7. "Bass solo: Magnus Rosén" – 3:37
8. "At the End of the Rainbow" – 4:33
9. "The Way of the Warrior" – 4:03
10. "The Unforgiving Blade" – 3:49
11. "Glory to the Brave" – 6:35
12. "Guitar solo: Stefan Elmgren" – 2:43
13. "Let the Hammer Fall" – 5:50

Time: 59:24

Disc two

1. "Renegade" – 3:54
2. "Steel Meets Steel" – 4:37
3. "Crimson Thunder" – 7:29
4. "Templars of Steel" – 6:10
5. "Hearts on Fire" – 4:03
6. "HammerFall" – 8:24
7. "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" (bonus track) – 5:06
8. "Stronger Than All" (bonus track) – 4:29
9. "A Legend Reborn" (bonus track) – 5:10

Time: 49:24

During the post-production of DVD, sound level of the audience who repeats Joacim Cans' vocals and sings with him was lowered so that it looks like there's no response from it. On the CD, however, original sound level is preserved.

Bonus Tracks #7 and #9 in the CD were recorded in Guadalajara, Mexico. Track #8 recorded in Santiago, Chile.

Also released as limited edition (1,000 pieces) box set containing this 2CD, the DVD "One Crimson Night", a flag, backstage pass and a bonus CD with the following track list: Dreamland (live), Joacim's Message, Oscar's Message, Stefan's Message, Magnus' Message, Anders' Message.