Description

20 year anniversary edition on black vinyls with gatefold cover

Glory to the Brave is indeed a classic power metal record — no frills or progressive elements here, just speed-laden, melodic, grandiose anthems about honor, glory, and slaying dragons. And the group manages to generally steer clear of the campiness that plagued bands like Manowar. Of note are the pro-Crusades lyrics of “Steel Meets Steel,” atypical sentiments in a genre known for rebelling against religion. Overall this stuff isn’t new or groundbreaking, but it’s performed passionately enough that you’d think you were starting to experience the New Wave of British Heavy Metal the first time around. Hammerfall also gets points for covering Warlord’s long-lost classic “Child of the Damned”.

Track Listing
1. The Dragon Lies Bleeding
2. The Metal Age
3. Hammerfall
4. I Believe
5. Child Of The Damned
6. Steel Meets Steel
7. Stone Cold
8. Unchained
9. Glory To The Brave
10. Ravenlord
11. The Mteal Age-live 1998
12. Steel Meets Steel-live 1998
13. Stone Cold-live 1998
14. Glory To The Brave-live 2012
15. Hammerfall-live 2012
16. The Dragon Lies Bleeding-live 2012
17. Glory To The Brave-medley-live 2017