''Metal Will Stand Tall'' is a 2006 album by Swedish rock band

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. The list of guest musicians and co-songwriters are Holly Knight,

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, Tommy Denader, Jonas Reingold and

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Track listing

*"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is an

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Personnel

*Jakob Samuel – lead vocals *

Pontus Norgren Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968) is a Swedish musician who has been the lead guitarist of the power metal band HammerFall since 2008. He previously also played with the hard rock band The Poodles, among others. Biography Norgren repl ...

– guitars, backing vocals *Pontus Egberg – bass guitar, backing vocals *Christian "Kicken" Lundqvist – drums *Johan Lyander – keyboards, recording, mixing, producer, arrangements *Matti Alfonzetti – backing vocals, recording, mixing, producer, arrangements *

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– vocals on "Metal Will Stand Tall" *Jonas Nerbe Samuelsson – vocals on "Song for You" *Anders Fästader – additional bass guitar on "Night of Passion"

Track listing

Personnel

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