Beyond the Gates (Joacim Cans album)

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Beyond the Gates is the first and so far only studio album by HammerFall vocalist Joacim Cans and was released in 2004. The cover was made by Samwise Didier, who have done most of the artwork for Hammerfall. Also the album was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind who produced many of band's albums. Cans bandmates Oscar Dronjak and Stefan Elmgren are also featured on the record. Most of the album was recorded at Studio Fredman in Cans's hometown, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fields of Yesterday"	Joacim Cans, Stefan Elmgren	4:46
2.	"Soul Collector"	Cans, Mike Chlasciak	3:38
3.	"Red Light"	Cans, Ronny Milianowicz	4:36
4.	"Back to Hell"	Cans, Chlasciak	3:21
5.	"Beyond the Gates"	Cans, David T. Chastain	5:21
6.	"The Key"	Cans, Milianowicz	4:47
7.	"Garden of Evil"	Cans, Milianowicz	4:27
8.	"Merciless"	Cans, Mat Sinner, Henry Wolter	3:17
9.	"Silent Cries"	Cans, Elmgren	4:09
10.	"Dreams"	Cans, Sinner, Tom Naumann	4:17
11.	"Signs"	Cans, Mikael King	4:21
12.	"Forever Ends"	Jeff Waters, Curran Murphy	4:25

Personnel

Band members

• Joacim Cans - vocals, producer
• "Metal" Mike Chlasciak - lead & rhythm guitars
• Stefan Elmgren - lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards, producer, engineer
• Daniele Soravia - keyboards
• Mat Sinner - bass, backing vocals
• Mark Zonder - drums, engineer

Additional musicians

• Gus G - lead guitar on "Beyond the Gates"
• Danny Gill - lead guitar on "Dreams"
• Oscar Dronjak, Mats Rendlert, Joacim "Lill" Lundberg, Jonatan Nordström, Hilda Lerme, Jenny Gustafsson - backing vocals

Production

• Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Achim Kohler - engineer