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Glory to the Brave is the debut album by the Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall, released in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just before the band was formed and is included on this album. The band signed a deal with the Dutch label Vic Records. Nuclear Blast approached Vic Records and obtained a license deal for the album. Later, Nuclear Blast bought the entire rights from Vic Records. Although the In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad was listed as the drummer, all the drums were actually played by session musician Patrik Räfling, who joined the band as a full-time member shortly after the album's release.

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Glory to the Brave
Studio album by HammerFall
Released	27 June 1997
Recorded	February–April 1997, Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	44:58
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Fredrik Nordström
HammerFall chronology
Glory to the Brave (1997) Legacy of Kings (1998)
Singles from Glory to the Brave
"Glory to the Brave" Released: 20 October 1997

The cover art was painted by Andreas Marschall.

"I Believe" was co-written with Peter Stålfors of Pure X and, later, the more famous Dream Evil.

Glory to the Brave was re-released in 2002 as a Deluxe Edition with the Stormwitch cover "Ravenlord" as a bonus track as well as a multimedia section including a music video.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	10/10[2]

In 2005, Glory to the Brave was ranked number 295 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[3] In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.[4]

Track listing

An eleventh track on the enhanced CD (bonus deluxe edition) contained multimedia content: a videoclip, wallpaper and e-card

"Ravenlord" was released on the Japanese, Brazilian and deluxe editions.

Special editions: LP, Shape CD (Saw-Shaped), Picture LP, Red Vinyl LP, Deluxe Edition (containing bonus material), Value Box (with "Renegade" CDs)

Personnel

• Joacim Cans – lead vocals, background harmonies
• Oscar Dronjak – guitars, backing vocals
• Fredrik Larsson – bass, backing vocals
• Glenn Ljungström – guitars
• Jesper Strömblad – drums (writing credit only)
• Patrik Räfling – drums

References

External links

• Official HammerFall website
• HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
• Glory to the Brave Deluxe Edition

На других языках

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[de] Glory to the Brave

Glory to the Brave (engl. für: „Ruhm für die Mutigen“) ist das erste Studioalbum der schwedischen Power-Metal-Band Hammerfall. Auch wenn sich die Band bereits 1993 gegründet hatte erschien dieses Album erst im Jahre 1997, da sich die Band zuvor vor allem mit Livemusik und Covern beschäftigt hatte. Bereits 1996 wurde das Album in Zusammenarbeit mit dem holländischen Label Vic Records in Holland veröffentlicht. Nachdem Anfang 1997 ein Vertrag mit dem deutschen Label Nuclear Blast unterzeichnet wurde, erfolgte – noch im gleichen Jahr – die europaweite Veröffentlichung.

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- [en] Glory to the Brave

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[es] Glory to the Brave

Glory to the brave es el primer disco de la banda sueca de Heavy Metal HammerFall, editado en 1997. Fue su primer álbum a pesar del hecho de que la banda se formó en 1993 (hasta entonces interpretaban música en directo y covers. Steel meets steel fue compuesta por Oscar Dronjak justo cuando se formó la banda y fue incluida en el álbum. La banda había firmado un contrato con el sello danés Vic Records. Nuclear Blast se acercó a Vic Records y logró un acuerdo para el álbum debut. Más tarde Nuclear Blast compró todos los derechos a Vic Records. Aunque el guitarrista de In Flames, Jesper Strömblad es mencionado como el batería, toda la percusión fue grabada por el músico de sesión Patrik Räfling, que se uniría como miembro permanente justo después de la publicación del álbum. La portada del álbum fue dibujada por Andreas Marschall.

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[ru] Glory to the Brave

Glory To The Brave (Слава Храбрецам!) — дебютный альбом шведской пауэр-метал-группы HammerFall. Материал для альбома записан в основном в стиле, характерном для пауэр/спид метала конца 80-х/начала 90-х, но, несмотря на это, альбом был очень тепло встречен публикой и многими скандинавскими журналами[какими?] был признан «альбомом месяца».

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