The Swedish blacksmiths, relentlessly bringing down their hammer into the same place, seem to have achieved their goal – now one cannot ignore either them or the style that they carried on the “shield” of their first three albums into the new millennium.
The last of them, ‘Renegade’ (2000), became particularly successful and by November 2001 had successfully “made a fortune” in Sweden – 40,000 copies were sold. The historical moments when the band receives the award are captured on video and can fill your hearts with pride if you watch the DVD ‘The Templar Renegade Crusades’, the second in the history of the band. God forbid not the last! Hardly in the spring of 2002 the troublesome work on the aforementioned DVD was completed, which contains backstage and studio footage, video clips, live performances (American, Japanese and even Chilean) – when HammerFall began to make pre-production for the fourth album …
Tracklist:
1. Intro (Lisebergshallen, Göteborg, Sweden)
2. Hansen Studios (I Want Out, Hamburg, Germany)
3. The Templar World Crusade Europe (Unchained, Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland)
4. The Templar World Crusade U.S.A. (Legacy Of Kings, The Fox, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.)
5. The Templar World Crusade Japan (Remember Yesterday, On Air West, Tokyo, Japan)
6. The Templar World Crusade South America (Warriors Of Faith, Estadio De Chile, Santiago, Chile)
7. Let The Hammer Fall (Sweden Rock Festival, Norje, Sweden)
8.I Believe (Trägårn, Göteborg, Sweden)
9. Breaking The Law (Live, Studio And Rehearsal Clips 1999-2001)
10. WireWorld Studios (“Renegade” Recordings, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
11. Renegade (Video Clip)
12. Album Launch (Signing Tour And Chart Position Celebration)
13. Always Will Be (Video Clip)
14. The Renegade World Crusade Europe (Raise The Hammer, Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland)
15. The Renegade World Crusade South America (Stronger Than All, Santiago de Chile, Chile)
16. The Renegade World Crusade (Templars Of Steel, Let The Hammer Fall, Renegade, HammerFall, Wacken) – Open Air, Wacken, Germany
17. Heeding The Call (Acoustic Version) CD-specialisten, Göteborg, Sweden
18. Gold Album Party – Restaurant Trägårn, Göteborg, Sweden
19. A Legend Reborn – Montage From Summer Festivals In Sweden 2001
20. Outro