Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory
| Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory | ||||
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| Released | 23 October 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 – 2007 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 142:10 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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| Singles from Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory | ||||
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Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory is the first compilation album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released on 23 October 2007.
The album consists of two discs compiling (and remastering) some of the band's most popular works from 1997 to 2006, as well as three new songs ("The Abyss", "Last Man Standing", and "Restless Soul").
It is one of the few albums where the band mascot, the knight Hector, does not appear.
The song "Last Man Standing" was also released as a single but it was only sold online as an .mp3-file. The song was also made into a music video.[3]
Track listing
Listing:[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Released On | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Abyss" | New | 2:14 | |
| 2. | "Last Man Standing" | New | 4:30 | |
| 3. | "HammerFall v2.0.07 (appears as v1.07 on the iTunes digital version)[5]" | 4:47 | ||
| 4. | "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" | Jesper Strömblad, Joacim Cans | Glory to the Brave | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Steel Meets Steel" | Oscar Dronjak | Glory to the Brave | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Glory to the Brave" | Dronjak, Strömblad, Cans | Glory to the Brave | 7:20 |
| 7. | "Heeding the Call" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | Legacy of Kings | 4:31 |
| 8. | "At the End of the Rainbow" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | Legacy of Kings | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Legacy of Kings" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | Legacy of Kings | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Let the Hammer Fall (Live)" | 5:52 | ||
| 11. | "Templars of Steel" | Dronjak, Cans | Renegade | 5:27 |
| 12. | "Renegade" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | Renegade | 4:23 |
| 13. | "Always Will Be" | Dronjak | Renegade | 4:52 |
| 14. | "Keep the Flame Burning" | Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad | Renegade | 4:40 |
| 15. | "Riders of the Storm" | Dronjak, Cans | Crimson Thunder | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 69:52 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Released On | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hearts on Fire" | Dronjak, Cans | Crimson Thunder | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Crimson Thunder" | Dronjak, Cans | Crimson Thunder | 5:05 |
| 3. | "Hero's Return" | Dronjak, Cans | Crimson Thunder | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Blood Bound" | Dronjak, Cans | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Secrets" | Dronjak, Cans | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | 6:06 |
| 6. | "Fury of the Wild" | Dronjak, Cans | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | 4:45 |
| 7. | "Never, Ever" | Dronjak | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Threshold" | Dronjak, Cans | Threshold | 4:45 |
| 9. | "Natural High" | Dronjak, Cans | Threshold | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Dark Wings, Dark Words" | Dronjak, Cans | Threshold | 5:03 |
| 11. | "The Fire Burns Forever" | Dronjak, Cans | Threshold | 3:22 |
| 12. | "Restless Soul" | New | 5:29 | |
| 13. | "The Metal Age (Live)" | 4:25 | ||
| 14. | "Stone Cold (Live)" | 7:00 | ||
| 15. | "HammerFall v2.0.07 (MPEG video - Rough mix version)" | 4:56 | ||
| Total length: | 72:18 | |||
- Additional information
- Tracks 13 and 14 on the second disc are live versions recorded in Göteborg's Musikens Hus during 1998.
Personnel
- Joacim Cans – lead vocals
- Oscar Dronjak – guitars, backing vocals
- Stefan Elmgren – guitars, backing vocals (disc 1 tracks 1-3, 7-15; disc 2 all tracks)
- Fredrik Larsson – bass, backing vocals (disc 1 tracks 1-6; disc 2 tracks 12)
- Anders Johansson – drums (disc 1 tracks 1-3, 10-15; disc 2 all tracks)
- Glenn Ljungström – guitars (disc 1 tracks 4-6)
- Patrik Räfling – drums (disc 1 tracks 4-10; Disc 2 tracks 13-14)
- Magnus Rosén – bass (disc 1 tracks 7-15; Disc 2 tracks 1-11, 13-14)
References
- ^ "HammerFall - Last Man Standing - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
- ^ "Hammerfall – "Steel Meets Steel – Ten Years Of Glory"". Puregrainauido. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: HAMMERFALL - Last Man Standing (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO). YouTube.
- ^ "HammerFall - Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
- ^ iTunes Store link to HammerFall v1.07
