Legacy of Kings
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.
In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time.
Track listing
Regional differences
Source:- In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks
- Legacy of Kings Box, LP, Shape CD, Picture LP, Value Box and Deluxe Edition.
- All versions contain the songs from #1 to #10, excepted the ones listed below.
- There is a limited version that includes all four tracks from the "Always Will Be" single as bonus tracks.
- There is also a re-release of the album which contains a videoclip for "Let the Hammer Fall", and two additional live tracks: "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel".
Album charts
Single chart
Credits
HammerFall
- Joacim Cans – lead vocals
- Oscar Dronjak – guitar, backing vocals
- Stefan Elmgren – guitar
- Magnus Rosén – bass
- Patrik Räfling – drums
Other personnel
- Andreas Marschall – cover art
- Flea Black – artwork
- Fredrik Nordström – engineering and mixing
- Göran Finnberg – mastering
- Mikael Johansson – photography