• 01 - Riders Of The Storm
• 02 - Hearts On Fire
• 03 - On The Edge Of Honour
• 04 - Crimson Thunder
• 05 - Lore Of The Arcane
• 06 - Trailblazers
• 07 - Dreams Come True
• 08 - Angel Of Mercy
• 09 - The Unforgiving Blade
• 10 - In Memoriam
• 11 - Hero’s Return

Joacim Cans - lead and backing vocals
Oscar Dronjak - lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Stefan Elmgren – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Magnus Rosén - bass guitar
Anders Johansson - drums

Mat Sinner, Rolf Köhler, Mats Rendlert, Markus Wosgien, Daniel Böhm, Christoph Lutz - Additional backing vocals
Pat Benzner, Johan Bergquist - Additional keyboard programming
Boris Matchin - Cello
Martin Meyer - Clavinet
Patrick Benzer, assisted by Jan Rubach - Additional keyboards and strings

Produced, mastered, mixed and engineered by Charlie Bauerfeind. Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland, Twilight Studios, Germany, and Mi Sueño, Tenerife, May-July 2002. All songs written by Dronjak/Cans except "Dreams Come True" and "Lore Of The Arcane" by Dronjak, "In Memoriam" by Elmgren and "Angel Of Mercy" by David T. Chastain. All songs published by Warner/Chappell and Prophecies Publishing except "In Memoriam" (Manus) and "Angel of Mercy" by Varney Metal Music Co. (BMI). Cover art by Samwise Didier, following an original idea by Joacim Cans and Oscar Dronjak Additional backing vocals by Mat Sinner, Rolf Köhler, Mats Rendlert, Markus Wosgien, Daniel Böhm and Christoph Lutz. Keyboard programming by Oscar Dronjak and Stefan Elmgren, additional keyboard programming by Pat Benzner and Johan Bergquist. Cello by Boris Matchin and clavinet by Martin Meyer, recorded at Capell Meister Studios Additional keyboards and strings by Patrick Benzer, assisted by Jan Rubach.

European bonus track:
"Rising Force": written by Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Joe Lynn Turner and recorded in JM Studios, Sweden, April 2002 by Martin Kronlund and HammerFall. Drums recorded in Heptagon Studio (Der Bunker), Sweden, by Anders Johansson. Mixed and mastered in Mi Sueño by Charlie Bauerfeind, July 2002. Published by Malmsteen Music/Chappell Music. Keyboard mastery by Jens Johansson, appearing courtesy of Heptagon Records AB.

Japanese bonus track:
"Crazy Nights": written by Akira Takasaki & Minoru Nihara, recorded in JM Studios, Sweden, April 2002 by Martin Kronlund and HammerFall. Drums recorded in Heptagon Studio (Der Bunker) by Anders Johansson. Mixed and mastered in Mi Sueño by Charlie Bauerfeind, July 2002. Published by Roadrunner Productions. Additional backing vocals by Mats Rendlert.

U.S. bonus track:
"Detroit Rock City": written by Paul Stanley & Bob Ezrin, recorded in JM Studios, Sweden, April 2002 by Martin Kronlund and HammerFall. Drums recorded in Heptagon Studio (Der Bunker) by Anders Johansson. Mixed and mastered in Mi Sueño by Charlie Bauerfeind, July 2002. Published by KISS/Cafe America, Inc.(ASCAP) & All By Myself Publ. corp., Ltd. (BMI). Additional backing vocals by Mats Rendlert.