"Blood Bound" is a song by Swedish

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band

HammerFall HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex- Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. They have released thirteen studio albums. History Early days (1993–1996) HammerFall was formed when g ...

, released on January 28, 2005. It was the only single released from their fifth studio album '' Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken''. The instrumental/karaoke version on the album was linked with a competition where fans could send their version of "Blood Bound" to ''Nuclear Blast'' and win a meet and greet with the members of ''HammerFall'' on their shows in April 2005.
The artwork was made by

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following an original idea by Joacim Cans and Oscar Dronjak.

Track listing

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Personnel

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums. Cans attended ...

– lead vocals *

Oscar Dronjak Oscar Fredrick Dronjak (born 20 January 1972) is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the power metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal Age ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Stefan Elmgren Stefan Elmgren (born 17 May 1974) is the former guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall from 1997 to 2008. History Before becoming a member of HammerFall, he was the guitarist in the band Highlander. Elmgren has also worked with his ...

– lead guitar *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén (born 1963 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish musician. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007. Magnus Rosén started to play bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on hi ...

– bass * Anders Johansson – drums

Additional personnel

Additional backing vocals by: *

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*Olaf Zenkbiel *Mats Rendlert *Joacim Lundberg *Markus Sköld *Johan Aremyr

References

External links

Official HammerFall websiteAlbum information
{{authority control 2005 songs 2005 singles HammerFall songs Nuclear Blast Records singles Songs written by Oscar Dronjak Songs written by Joacim Cans Songs written by Jesper Strömblad