''Renegade'' is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band

HammerFall HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. History Early days (1993–1996) HammerFall was formed when rhythm guitarist Oscar Dronjak quit Ceremonial ...

. It was released on 9 October 2000 on the

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label and is the first album to feature drummer Anders Johansson. Former drummer of HammerFall and founder of heavy metal band

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still wrote some of the album's songs, even after parting ways with the band in 1997. The album debuted on the Swedish charts at number one and was eventually awarded a gold certification.

Track listing

Digipak and Brazilian edition bonus tracks *The Russian version has the following bonus tracks: "Run with the Devil" (Heavy Load cover) and "Head Over Heels" (Accept cover).

Music videos

* The band created a music video for "Always Will Be". *The track "Renegade" was also made into a music video.

Chart positions

Credits

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– lead vocals *

Oscar Dronjak Oscar Fredrick Dronjak (born 20 January 1972) is a Swedish guitarist and founder of the heavy metal band HammerFall. Prior to the success of HammerFall, he also played and released albums with the death metal acts Ceremonial Oath and Crystal A ...

– guitars, backing vocals *

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– guitars, backing vocals *

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 * Anders Johansson – drums *Jamie Simmons,

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, John Alexander – additional backing vocals on "Destined for Glory"

Recording information

*Recorded at WireWorld Studios in

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, Tennessee, April–June 2000. *Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by

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. *Mastered by Eric Conn. *

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sound on "Renegade" provided by Promise Breakers Motorcycle Club Nashville.

Art information

* Front and back cover artwork by and logo designs b
Per Stålfors
* Following original ideas by

and

. * Photos by Michael Johansson.

References

External links

Official HammerFall website

Album information

Encyclopaedia Metallum
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