Crimson Thunder

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Crimson Thunder

Studio album by HammerFall

Released

October 28, 2002

Recorded

Wisseloord Studios, Netherlands; Twilight Studios, Germany; and Mi Sueño, Tenerife

Genre

Heavy metal, power metal

Length

47:34

HammerFall chronology

Renegade
(2000)

Crimson Thunder
(2002)

One Crimson Night
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Crimson Thunder is the fourth studio album released by the Swedish metal band HammerFall. It was the first album the band worked on with the producer Charlie Bauerfeind.

The cover art was created by Samwise Didier, who is also known for his Warcraft concept art pieces.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Riders of the Storm"	Dronjak, Cans	4:34
2.	"Hearts on Fire"	Dronjak, Cans	3:51
3.	"On the Edge of Honour"	Dronjak, Cans	4:49
4.	"Crimson Thunder"	Dronjak, Cans	5:05
5.	"Lore of the Arcane"	Dronjak	1:27
6.	"Trailblazers"	Dronjak, Cans	4:39
7.	"Dreams Come True"	Dronjak	4:02
8.	"Angel of Mercy (Chastain Cover)"	David T. Chastain	5:38
9.	"The Unforgiving Blade"	Dronjak, Cans	3:40
10.	"In Memoriam (Instrumental)"	Elmgren	4:21
11.	"Hero's Return"	Dronjak, Cans	5:23

European and Brazilian bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Rising Force" (Yngwie Malmsteen Cover)	4:30

American bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Detroit Rock City" (KISS Cover)	3:56

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Crazy Night" (Loudness Cover)	3:42

Personnel

Joacim Cans - lead and backing vocals
Oscar Dronjak - lead and Rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Stefan Elmgren - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Magnus Rosén - bass guitar
Anders Johansson - drums and percussion

Release information

Digipack CD, LP, shaped CD, picture LP, comic book edition, leather bound comic book edition, DVD-Audio, value box (with "Hearts On Fire" CDS), Gold Award edition.

Limited Gold Editions comes in an amaray (DVD-box), including printed HammerFall signatures, golden HammerFall-plektrum, bonus track ("Heeding The Call" - live) and a videoclip ("Hearts On Fire").

Special Comic Edition has a CD of Crimson Thunder housed in an oversize hardback comic book, with an original comic story and the album's original liner notes/lyrics. Stricktly Limited CD & Comicbook with 25 pages comic + 7 pages booklet, hardcover size A4 and the bonustrack "Rising Force".

DVD-Audio comes in 5.1 Dolby Surround Multichannel Sound. Playable into all DVD Players and with 5.1 Channel Surround Sound System and has "Hearts On Fire" videoclip.

There has also been a numbered (1000 have been made) limited edition 3CD longform leather digibook, that contains two 3" MCDs with one track on it each: "Crazy Nights" (Loudness cover), "Detroit Rock City" (Kiss cover).

The Japanese version contains the bonus tracks: "Crazy Nights" (Loudness cover), "Renegade" (live), "Hammerfall" (live).

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

v t e HammerFall

Joacim Cans Oscar Dronjak Pontus Norgren Fredrik Larsson Anders Johansson Johan Larsson Niklas Sundin Jesper Strömblad Mikael Stanne Glenn Ljungström Patrik Räfling Magnus Rosén Stefan Elmgren

Studio albums	Glory to the Brave Legacy of Kings Renegade Crimson Thunder Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Threshold No Sacrifice, No Victory Infected

Live albums	One Crimson Night

Compilation albums	Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory Masterpieces

Singles	"Glory to the Brave" "Heeding the Call" "I Want Out" "Renegade" "Hearts on Fire" "One More Time"

Video albums	The First Crusade The Templar Renegade Crusades One Crimson Night

Related articles	Discography Samwise Didier

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