Threshold (album)
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Threshold is the sixth studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released on 18 October 2006.[1] The album entered the Swedish charts at number one, staying on the chart for eight weeks.[2] It was the band's first number 1 album since Renegade in 2000.[3] It is currently the last HammerFall studio album with guitarist Stefan Elmgren and bassist Magnus Rosén, as Rosén left the band in 2007 and Elmgren left in 2008.[4]
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.[5] The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.
Track listing
Music videos
- The song "Natural High" was made into a music video depicting Hector the Knight battling vampires in a decrepit castle; he managed to kill most of the vampires with his hammer, but one of them escapes, leaving Hector by himself. The video itself is a montage alternating between the band and the action, which is shot in live-action and complemented with CGI.[6]
- The song "The Fire Burns Forever" was also made into a music video.[7] The band recorded it with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships.[8]
Single "The Fire Burns Forever"
"The Fire Burns Forever" was also released as a single and only available as a download between 6 August and 6 September 2006, exclusively at the ITunes Store and Nuclear Blast Musicshop. Hammerfall and the athletes also performed "The Fire Burns Forever" at the official opening of the Championships on 6 August in Gothenburg, Sweden.[8]
Personnel
- Joacim Cans – lead vocals
- Oscar Dronjak – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, programming
- Stefan Elmgren – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, programming
- Magnus Rosén – bass
- Anders Johansson – drums
Backing vocals by Oliver Hartmann, Rolf Köhler, Olaf Zenkbiel, Mats Rendlert, Joacim Lundberg, Markus Sköld, and Johan Aremyr
Chart positions
- Sweden: #1
- Germany: #15
- Austria: #30
- Switzerland: #32
- France: #192
References
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