''Forged by Fire'' is the third full-length album by Greek

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band

Firewind Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, ''Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Fi ...

and their first released through

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. From this album onwards, Gus G is the sole ever-present in their professional discography, following the replacement of Stephen Fredrick with Chitral "Chity" Somapala. It is also the first album to feature

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Bob Katsionis Babis "Bob" Katsionis ( el, Μπάμπης Κατσιώνης; born February 17, 1977 in Athens, Greece) is the lead guitarist and keyboard player for the heavy metal/power metal bands Stray Gods,Warrior Path, Outloud, and Serious Black; until r ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gus G. and Chitral Somapala except where noted

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page on Forged by Fire, Cited 3 April 2008 #"Kill to Live" – 3:41 #"Beware the Beast" – 4:21 #"Tyranny" – 3:29 #"The Forgotten Memory" – 3:42 #"Hate World Hero" – 5:38 #"Escape from Tomorrow" – 3:51 #"Feast of the Savages" (Instrumental) (Gus G.) – 4:21 #"Burn in Hell" – 4:38 #"Perished in Flames" – 4:52 #"The Land of Eternity" – 5:53 #"I Confide" – 5:05 (Japanese bonus track) #"Tyranny" (Ioannis Nikolaidis, Achilleas Kapahtsis) (Video clip) #"Making of/Burning the Earth Live" (Bob Katsionis) (Video clip)

Personnel

;Band members * Chitral "Chity" Somapala – vocals, backing vocals *

Gus G. Kostas Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osbourne ...

– guitars, producing, engineering *

– keyboards, album layout *

Petros Christo Petros Christodoulidis ( el, Πέτρος Χριστοδουλίδης), born March 4, 1975 in Greece, is the current bass player of the Power metal band Firewind. He has also played in Breaking Silence. He is the owner of Emerald Cafe, named af ...

– bass guitar * Stian L. Kristoffersen – drums ;Guest musicians * James Murphy – guitar solo on "The Forgotten Memory" *

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until ...

– guitar solos "Feast of the Savages" *Lisa Gelenberg – backing vocals *Johannes Nimtz – backing vocals *Markus Teske – backing vocals ;Technical staff *Patrik J. Sten – mixing **

Fredrik Nordström Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström (born 5 January 1967) is a Swedish musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal and power metal producers in Sweden ...

– assistance *Christian Schmidt – mastering *R.D. Liapakis – mastering *Markus Teske – engineering *Espen Mjoen – engineering *Kazuo Hakamada – artwork *OB Solutions – photography

Footnotes

{{Authority control Firewind albums Century Media Records albums 2005 albums