''The First Crusade'' is a combination of live performances, video clips, interviews, etc., by Swedish

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band

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. It was released in

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, first on VHS (9 August 1999) followed by a DVD release (2 February 2000).

Track listing

# Introduction # "Steel Meets Steel" # "Glory To The Brave" # "HammerFall" # Introducing: Magnus Rosen # "Steel Meets Steel" # "Glory To The Brave" # "The Making Of Glory To The Brave" # "Ravenlord" (

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cover) # "The Metal Age" # Nominated For The Swedish Grammy Award # "Stone Cold" # "Listening Session" # "German TV Advertisement" # "Releaseparty For Legacy Of Kings" # "Head Over Heels" # "Balls to the Wall" ( Accept cover) # "Breaking The Law" (

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cover) # Outtakes and Sign Off

Personnel

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970 in Mora) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy 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 ...

– Lead and Backing Vocals * Oscar Dronjak – Guitar and Backing Vocals * Stefan Elmgren – Guitar *

Magnus Rosén Klas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg. 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 his fir ...

– Bass Guitar * Patrik Räfling – Drums

Information

*Tracks 1, 5, 13, 15 and in-between-segments skits filmed and directed by Roger Johansson. *Track 2 recorded live at Flunsåsparken, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 11, 1996. *Track 3, 4 produced, filmed and directed by Alfonso Ågren. *Track 6 recorded live at Down Under, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 27, 1997. Filmed by Parick Nordqvist. *Track 7 and 8 produced by Roxanne Film, directed by Thomas Wolff. *Track 9 recorded live at Bang Your Head II, Stefan Hartmannhalle,

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, September 14, 1997. *Track 10 recorded live at Musikens Hus, Gothenburg, Sweden, January 30, 1998. Filmed and directed by Roger Johansson. *Track 12 recorded live at Dynamo Open Air, Endhoven, Holland, May 30, 1998. Produced by Van Wingarden Produktion, directed by Thomas Wolff. *Tracks 16-19 recorded live at Kåren, Göteborg Sweden, September 19, 1998. Filmed and directed by Roger Johansson. *Track 20 taken from Metal Warriors video magazine, Australia.

Additional information

*Track 2: featuring

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, Fredrik Larsson and

Glenn Ljungström Glenn Ljungström (born 7 September 1974) is a Swedish co-guitarist from Nödinge-Nol, for a band called The Resistance, since 2011. He was also an ex-guitarist and composer in a few other Swedish bands. He was most notably in heavy metal ban ...

. *Track 9: featuring

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. *Track 16: featuring

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. *Track 17: featuring Udo Dirkschneider and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:First Crusade HammerFall video albums 1999 video albums 1999 compilation albums 1999 live albums Live video albums Music video compilation albums Nuclear Blast compilation albums Nuclear Blast video albums Nuclear Blast live albums