Threshold (album)

Threshold
Studio album by HammerFall
Released 18 October 2006
Recorded January - Mid-2006, Lundgård Studios, Denmark
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
Length 50:09
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind
HammerFall chronology
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
(2005)		 Threshold
(2006)		 Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory
(2007)
Singles from Threshold
  1. "The Fire Burns Forever[1]"
    Released: August 6 - September 6, 2006
  2. "Natural High[2]"
    Released: September 22, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Threshold is the sixth studio album by the Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall. It was released in 2006 but on different dates for different countries. On October 18 2006 in Sweden then on October 20 in Europe followed by France and the UK on October 23 and finally in the United States on October 31.[4] The album entered the Swedish charts at number one, staying on the chart for eight weeks.[5] This was the band's first No. 1 since Renegade in 2000.[6] It is currently the last HammerFall studio album with the guitarist Stefan Elmgren and the bass guitarist Magnus Rosén, as Rosén left the band in 2007 and Elmgren left in 2008.[7]
The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.

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.[8]

The song "Titan" seems to be inspired by the 2000 animated film, Titan A.E..

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Threshold"  Dronjak, Cans4:43
2."The Fire Burns Forever"  Dronjak, Cans3:20
3."Rebel Inside"  Dronjak5:32
4."Natural High"  Dronjak, Cans4:13
5."Dark Wings, Dark Words"  Dronjak, Cans5:01
6."Howlin' with the 'Pac"  Dronjak, Cans4:04
7."Shadow Empire"  Dronjak, Cans, Elmgren5:13
8."Carved in Stone"  Dronjak, Cans6:10
9."Reign of the Hammer"  Elmgren2:48
10."Genocide"  Dronjak, Cans, Elmgren4:41
11."Titan"  Dronjak, Cans4:24

Personnel

Additional personnel

Backig vocals by:

Chart positions[9]

Music videos

Single The Fire Burns Forever

The song "The Fire Burns Forever" was also released as a single and only available as a download between August 6 and September 6 of 2006, exclusively at the iTunes music store and Nuclear Blast Musicshop. Hammerfall and the athletes also performed "The Fire Burns Forever" at the official opening of the Championships on August 6 in Gothenburg, Sweden.[12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/HammerFall/The_Fire_Burns_Forever/128879
  2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/HammerFall-Natural-High/release/798356
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ http://www.hammerfall.net/releases/albums/threshold/
  5. ↑ "Threshold in Swedish charts". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Swedish charts archive". Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  7. ↑ http://www.magnusrosen.com
  8. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/HammerFall/Threshold/126081
  9. ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=HammerFall&titel=Threshold&cat=a
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDTmKNl3e6Q
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9BwjlSLFFM
  12. 1 2 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/hammerfall_reveal_new_album_details.html


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