2005 studio album by Firewind
Forged by Fire is the third full-length album by Greek power metal band Firewind and their first released through Century Media. The album was released in Japan on 5 January 2005,[2] and on 12 July 2005[3] for the rest of the world. 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 keyboardist Bob Katsionis.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Gus G. and Chitral Somapala except where noted[3]
- "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
- Guest musicians
- James Murphy – guitar solo on "The Forgotten Memory"
- Marty Friedman – guitar solos "Feast of the Savages"
- Lisa Gelenberg – backing vocals
- Johannes Nimtz – backing vocals
- Markus Teske – backing vocals
- Technical staff
- Patrik J. Sten – mixing
- Christian Schmidt – mastering
- R.D. Liapakis – mastering
- Markus Teske – engineering
- Espen Mjoen – engineering
- Kazuo Hakamada – artwork
- OB Solutions – photography
Footnotes
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ allmusic.com page on the Japanese edition of Forged By Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
- ^ a b allmusic.com page on Forged by Fire, Cited 3 April 2008