Editing HammerFall (section)

===''Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken'' and ''Threshold'' (2005–2008)===
The live album and DVD ''One Crimson Night'' was released in February 2003. After two years of hiatus the band released ''[[Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken]]'', which was followed by a European and South American tour. A video for the song "Bloodbound" was made by director Roger Johansson.

On 16 October, it was reported that HammerFall (along with the band [[Europe (band)|Europe]]) would be part of the Eurovision song contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/6536 |title=Eurovision Song Contest - Dusseldorf 2011 &#124; News - Melodifestivalen going Heavy Metal? |publisher=Esctoday.com |date=5 September 2008 |access-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> This rumor was refuted by lead singer Joacim Cans only a couple weeks later. Joacim was quoted as saying "So there were no talks whatsoever to be part of this."<ref>[http://www.rockmymonkey.com/interviews/06/11/Hammerfall.php www.rockmymonkey.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105135441/http://www.rockmymonkey.com/interviews/06/11/Hammerfall.php |date=5 January 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:Masters of Rock 2007 - Hammerfall - 07.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25|Stefan Elmgren left the band in 2008 and Fredrik Larsson re-joined in 2007.]]
Their 6th album, titled ''[[Threshold (HammerFall album)|Threshold]]'', was released on 20 October 2006 and it went directly to a number 1 position on the Swedish charts.

On 6 March 2007, a statement was posted online at HammerFall's official website (and his own official website), that bassist Magnus Rosén would not be involved with the band anymore. The reason for his departure stated that he was unhappy in the band and wants to focus on other projects. On his own website (and therefore with his own official statement) it was announced that Magnus was tired of the simple bassplaying he was forced to play in HammerFall, and that he was unable to bring his own material to the band. He now wants to "be more creative in his career".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magnusrosen.net/news/view.asp?id=50 |title=De beste bron van informatie over magnusrosen. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=magnusrosen.net |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006100342/http://www.magnusrosen.net/news/view.asp?id=50 |archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> On 10 April it was announced on the official HammerFall homepage that the replacement for Magnus is former member Fredrik Larsson, who played bass on the ''Glory to the Brave'' album.
Three new songs were recorded for the band's first compilation album. These are "Last Man Standing", "Restless Soul", and "The Abyss". They also rerecorded the Glory To The Brave track "HammerFall". "[[Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory]]" was released on 12 October 2007.

On 2 April 2008, [[Stefan Elmgren]] announced his decision to leave HammerFall in order to pursue a career as a commercial pilot.  His replacement is [[Pontus Norgren]] from [[The Poodles]]. On 27 June 2008, the band released the compilation album "[[Masterpieces (HammerFall album)|Masterpieces]]". The album has on it a collection of every song the band has covered, plus three new cover songs previously unreleased. This was [[Stefan Elmgren]]'s last release with the band.