''Crimson Thunder'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish

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band HammerFall. It was the first album the band worked on with producer Charlie Bauerfeind. The cover art was created by Samwise Didier, who is also known for his ''

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'' concept art pieces. A music video was made for the song "Hearts on Fire".

Track listing

Release information

* Digipak CD, LP, shaped CD, picture LP, comic book edition, leather bound comic book edition, DVD-audio, value box (with "Hearts on Fire" CDS), Gold Award edition. * Limited Gold Edition comes in an amaray (DVD-box), including printed HammerFall signatures, golden HammerFall-plectrum, a bonus track ("Heeding the Call" – live) and a videoclip ("Hearts on Fire"). *Strictly limited Enhanced Gold-Award Edition, issued in DVD case with gold CD and band logo plectrum. The CD has all bandmembers' signatures. *Special Comic Edition has a CD of Crimson Thunder housed in an oversize hardback comic book, with an original comic story and the album's original liner notes/lyrics. Strictly Limited CD & Comicbook with 25 pages comic + 7 pages booklet, hardcover size A4 and the bonus track "Rising Force". *DVD-Audio comes in 5.1 Dolby Surround Multichannel Sound. Playable on all DVD Players and with a 5.1 Channel Surround Sound System and has a "Hearts on Fire" videoclip. *There has also been a numbered (1000 have been made) limited edition 3 CD longform leather digibook, that contains two 3-inch mini-CDs with one track on each: "Crazy Nights" (

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cover).

Chart ranking

Personnel

* Joacim Cans – lead vocals * Oscar Dronjak – guitars, backing vocals * Stefan Elmgren – guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Magnus Rosén – bass * Anders Johansson – drums

References

External links

Official HammerFall website

Album information

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