Masterpieces (HammerFall album)

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Masterpieces
Hammerfall-masterpieces.jpg
Compilation album by
HammerFall
Released27 June 2008
GenreHeavy metal
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerJens Bogren
HammerFall chronology
Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory
(2007) 		Masterpieces
(2008) 		No Sacrifice, No Victory
(2009)

Masterpieces is the second compilation album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. It consists of cover versions recorded by the band, plus three new unreleased songs (marked with asterisks in the track listing below).

The album cover makes references to the bands being covered by HammerFall, including a Twisted Sister logo spray painted on the wall, a shield with the Warlord logo on it, a stone with the Pretty Maids logo, a pumpkin (Helloween), a Japanese Rising Sun Flag (Loudness), an arm holding a guitar buried on the ground (Rising Force) an 'E' logo of Europe, a razor with Swedish steel written on it (Judas Priest) and a sign indicating Detroit referencing Kiss's Detroit Rock City. The Park Av. sign is in reference to Skid Row's "Youth Gone Wild," which contains the lyrics "I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row." The green-haired zombie is from the cover of Picture's album "Eternal Dark", and the Swedish flag refers to Roger Pontare's representation of Sweden in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest.

Tracking list[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Child of the Damned"Bill TsamisWarlord3:42
2."Ravenlord"Harald SpenglerStormwitch3:31
3."Eternal Dark"Laurens Bakker-Chriz Van Jaarsveld-Pete Lovell-Henry Van Manen-Rinus VreugdenhilPicture3:07
4."Back to Back"Ronnie Atkins, Ken Hammer, Alan OwenPretty Maids3:39
5."I Want Out"Kai HansenHelloween4:36
6."Man on the Silver Mountain"Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James DioRainbow5:55
7."Head Over Heels"Peter Baltes, Deaffy, Udo Dirkschneider, Herman Frank, Wolf Hoffmann, Stefan KaufmannAccept4:35
8."Run with the Devil"Styrbjörn WahlquistHeavy Load5:13
9."We're Gonna Make It"Dee SniderTwisted Sister3:33
10."Breaking the Law"Rob Halford, K. K. Downing, Glenn TiptonJudas Priest2:48
11."Angel of Mercy"David T. ChastainChastain5:38
12."Rising Force"Joe Lynn Turner, Yngwie J. MalmsteenYngwie Malmsteen4:31
13."Detroit Rock City"Paul Stanley, Bob EzrinKiss3:53
14."Crazy Nights"Minoru Niihara, Akira TakasakiLoudness3:38
15."När vindarna viskar mitt namn"Peter Dahl, Linda Jansson, Thomas HolmstrandRoger Pontare3:11
16."Flight of the Warrior*"Tony Moore, Mark Reale, Don Van StavernRiot4:24
17."Youth Gone Wild*"Rachel Bolan, Dave SaboSkid Row3:22
18."Aphasia*"John NorumEurope2:35

Personnel[]

HammerFall[]

"Breaking the Law": all of the band members switched instruments for this version; it features Dronjak as the vocalist, Cans and Rosén on guitars, Räfling on bass, and Elmgren on drums

Guest musicians[]

  • "I Want Out": vocals, guitar and keyboards by Kai Hansen, backing vocals by Udo Dirkschneider
  • "Man on the Silver Mountain": drums by AC, backing vocals by Kai Hansen
  • "Head Over Heels": lead vocals by Udo Dirkschneider, backing vocals by Kai Hansen

Chart positions[]

Positions[2]
Country Position
Sweden 15
Switzerland 38
Germany 69

References[]

  1. ^ "HAMMERFALL "Masterpieces" (2008) : Рецензии, Трек-лист, Тексты, Обложка, Состав группы : Russian Darkside". Darkside.ru. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ^ "Masterpieces | Hammerfall - Official Webpage". Hammerfall. 2011-11-18. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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