Blood Bound (song)

Blood Bound is a song by the Swedish Power and Heavy metal band HammerFall, released on January 28, 2005. It was the only single released from their fifth studio album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken.
The instrumental/karaoke version on the album was linked with a competition where fans could send their version of "Blood Bound" to Nuclear Blast and win a meet and greet with the members of HammerFall on their shows in April 2005.[1]
The artwork was made by Samwise Didier following an original idea by Joacim Cans and Oscar Dronjak.

"Blood Bound"
Single by HammerFall
from the album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Released	28 January 2005
Recorded	4 September - 25 October 2004, Lundgård Studios, Denmark 23 May 2003, Hard Rock Live, Guadalajara, Mexico
Genre	Power metal, Heavy metal
Length	13:17
Label	Nuclear Blast
Songwriter(s)	Oscar Dronjak Joacim Cans Jesper Strömblad
Producer(s)	Charlie Bauerfeind
HammerFall singles chronology
"Hearts on Fire" (2002) "Blood Bound" (2005) "Natural High" (2006)

Track listing[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blood Bound"	Dronjak, Cans	3:50
2.	"Blood Bound" (Instrumental/Karaoke version)	Dronjak, Cans	3:51
3.	"The Metal Age" (live)	Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad	5:36
4.	"Enhanced part"
Total length:			13:17

• Enhanced part contains a screensaver and 3 wallpapers (in .jpg format).[3]
• The track "Blood Bound" was also made into a music video.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 54 Italy (FIMI)[6] 45 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 5 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 85

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 98

Personnel

• Joacim Cans – lead and backing vocals
• Oscar Dronjak – guitar and backing vocals
• Stefan Elmgren – lead guitar
• Magnus Rosén – bass guitar
• Anders Johansson – drums

Additional personnel

Additional backing vocals by:

• Rolf Köhler
• Olaf Zenkbiel
• Mats Rendlert
• Joacim Lundberg
• Markus Sköld
• Johan Aremyr

External links

• Official HammerFall website
• Album information
• Lyrics at Darklyrics

References

1. "HAMMERFALL - Blood Bound - Nuclear Blast". nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
2. "HammerFall - Blood Bound - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
3. "HammerFall - Blood Bound (CD) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
4. "HAMMERFALL - Bloodbound (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – HammerFall – Blood Bound". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
6. "Italiancharts.com – HammerFall – Blood Bound". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – HammerFall – Blood Bound". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
8. "Swisscharts.com – HammerFall – Blood Bound". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
9. "Årslista Singlar – År 2005" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 May 2020.