HammerFall "Legacy Of Kings (Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 335-2/27361 63352)"

Legacy of Kings is the second studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.

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 Andreas Marschall.

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time.

Track listing

1. "Heeding the Call" Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans, Jesper Strömblad 4:30
2. "Legacy of Kings" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 4:13
3. "Let the Hammer Fall" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 4:16
4. "Dreamland" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 5:42
5. "Remember Yesterday" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 5:05
6. "At the End of the Rainbow" Andy Mück, Dronjak, Cans 4:05
7. "Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover) Ken Hammer, Alan Owen, Ronnie Atkins 3:39
8. "Stronger Than All" Dronjak 4:29
9. "Warriors of Faith" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 4:45
10. "The Fallen One" Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad 4:23

Total length: 45:07

At the End of the Rainbow was originally written as a Stormwitch song, and was intended to feature on the follow-up album to Shogun before they split up.

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden April - June 1998.

Mastered at The Mastering Room, Eindhoven, Netherlands.