Threshold (HammerFall album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Threshold
Type = studio
Artist = HammerFall


Released = October 18, 2006
Recorded = Lundgård Studios, Denmark
Genre = Power metal Heavy metal
Length = 50:09
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer = Charlie Bauerfiend
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tyazqj7roj0a link]
* Metal Storm Rating-10|8 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/album.php?album_id=5117&band_id=121&bandname=Hammerfall link]
Last album = (2005)
This album = Threshold (2006)
Next album = Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years Of Glory (2007)
Misc =

The 6th HammerFall studio album, released on October 18, 2006 in Europe and October 31, 2006 in the United States. With the album, HammerFall has just entered the Swedish chart on position 1. This is the band's first #1 since "Renegade" in 2000, and among others distanced were multi-million seller Roxette. It is currently the last HammerFall studio album to feature guitarist Stefan Elmgren and bassist Magnus Rosén, as Rosén left the band in 2007 and Elmgren left in 2008.

Track listing

# "Threshold" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 4:43
# "The Fire Burns Forever" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 3:20
# "Rebel Inside" ("Dronjak") – 5:32
# "Natural High" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 4:13
# "Dark Wings, Dark Words" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 5:01
# "Howlin' with the 'Pac" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 4:04
# "Shadow Empire" ("Dronjak/Cans/Elmgren") – 5:13
# "Carved in Stone" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 6:10
# "Reign of the Hammer" ("Elmgren") – 2:48
# "Genocide" ("Dronjak/Cans/Elmgren") – 4:41
# "Titan" ("Dronjak/Cans") – 4:24

European Digipack and Brazilian releases come with "Natural High" videoclip as bonus.

Album line-up

* Joacim Cans - "Lead & Backing Vocals"
* Oscar Dronjak - "Guitars & Backing Vocals"
* Stefan Elmgren - "Guitars & Backing Vocals"
* Magnus Rosén - "Bass"
* Anders Johansson - "Drums"

Chart Positions

* Sweden: #1
* Germany: #15

Music Videos

The song Natural High was made into a music video depicting Hector the Knight battling vampires in a decrepit castle. The video itself is a montage alternating between the band and the action, which is shot in live-action and complemented with CGI.