Forged by Fire
Forged by Fire is the third full-length album by Greek power metal band Firewind and their first released through Century Media. 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.
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| Released | Japan 5 January 2005[1] World 12 July 2005[2]  | |||
| Recorded | Bazement studios, Germany Mediamaker studio, Norway A29 studio, Greece June–August 2004  | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 49:31 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Gus G | |||
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Track listing
    
All tracks composed by Gus G. and Chitral Somapala except where noted[2]
- "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. – guitars, producing, engineering
 - Bob Katsionis – keyboards, album layout
 - Petros Christo – bass guitar
 - Stian L. Kristoffersen – drums
 
- 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
- Fredrik Nordström – assistance
 
 - Christian Schmidt – mastering
 - R.D. Liapakis – mastering
 - Markus Teske – engineering
 - Espen Mjoen – engineering
 - Kazuo Hakamada – artwork
 - OB Solutions – photography
 
Footnotes
    
- allmusic.com page on the Japanese edition of Forged By Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
 - allmusic.com page on Forged by Fire, Cited 3 April 2008
 - Allmusic review
 
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