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Legacy of Kings is the second album created by the Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall. It was released on 28 September 1998 by Nuclear Blast.
The enhanced CD release includes the music video for the track "Let the Hammer Fall", a photo gallery, lyrics for the songs, PC wallpapers, a screensaver, and a Winamp skin only on the Bonus Deluxe Edition. The cover art for this album was painted by Andreas Marschall [de].

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Legacy of Kings
Studio album by HammerFall
Released	28 September 1998
Recorded	April–June 1998 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	45:06
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Fredrik Nordström & Oscar Dronjak
HammerFall chronology
Glory to the Brave (1997) Legacy of Kings (1998) Renegade (2000)
Singles from Legacy of Kings
"Heeding the Call" Released: 3 August 1998 "I Want Out[1]" Released: 2 August 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of all time.[2]

Track listing

Regional differences[3]

• In 2001 a Russian version was released with the following bonus tracks[4]

• Legacy of Kings Box (limited box which contains CD of Legacy of Kings, personalized pick, Heeding The Call sticker and signed cards of each member.), LP, Shape CD (Sun-Shaped), Picture LP, Value Box (With "Always Will Be" CDS) and Deluxe Edition.
• All versions contain the songs from #1 to #10, excepted the ones listed below.

• The Japanese release contains "Eternal Dark", Stone Cold" and "Steel Meets Steel" as bonus tracks, plus the enhanced part.
• The Brazilian release contains "I Want Out" as bonus track.
• Deluxe Edition contains "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel" (both recorded live) as bonus tracks.

• There is a limited version that includes all four tracks from the "Always Will Be" single as bonus tracks.
• There is also a re-release of the album which contains a videoclip for "Let the Hammer Fall", and two additional live tracks: "The Metal Age" and "Steel Meets Steel".

Chart positions

Country	Ranked
Japan	71
Germany	15
Austria	34
Sweden[5]	15

Credits

References

External links

• Album information
• Lyrics at Darklyrics

На других языках

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[de] Legacy of Kings

Legacy of Kings (engl. für: „Vermächtnis von Königen“) ist das zweite Studioalbum der schwedischen Power-Metal-Band Hammerfall. Es erschien 1998 und schaffte es bis auf Platz 15 der deutschen Albumcharts. Das Lied Heeding the Call wurde auch als Single veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Legacy of Kings

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[es] Legacy of Kings

Legacy of kings es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de Heavy Metal y Power Metal HammerFall. El álbum está basado en historias de cruzadas medievales, y de los caballeros templarios, con fundamentos realistas de lo que sucedía en aquella época. Hay letras dedicadas al metal, en este disco que la banda hace en honor, a sus bandas que los inspiraron. La portada del álbum fue dibujada por Andreas Marschall.

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[ru] Legacy of Kings

Legacy Of Kings (Наследие Королей) — второй альбом шведской пауэр-метал-группы HammerFall. На этом альбоме группа полностью сформировала своё "классическое" звучание, поэтому есть мнение, что его можно считать идеальным для ознакомления с их творчеством.

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