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Flashback Interview: JOACIM CANS, OSCAR DRONJAK (HAMMERFALL) (2005): “We’re Climbing The Ladder Towards The Ultimate Heavy Metal Album”

January 15, 2026 Stig G. Nordahl Leave a comment

HammerFall in 2005 are tired of copy-paste metal and dead set on pushing things forward while staying true to steel. In this interview they talk about their then-upcoming album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken—a record …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL (Live)

February 5, 2023 Séverine Peraldino Leave a comment

Touring around Europe with Helloween, Hammerfall took the time to stop for three headlining shows in France, in Strasbourg, Paris and Lyon. So on Wednesday 1st of February, Le Trabendo, a small and somewhat convoluted …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL – Hammer Of Dawn

March 1, 2022 Bryce Van Patten Leave a comment

Bringing the Hammer Down It seems like all of the down time from touring due to the pandemic has given a lot of bands a little more time to work on new material, giving Heavy …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL – Dominion

August 23, 2019 Stevie Shred Leave a comment

Dominion is the eleventh studio album from Swedish Power Metal band HammerFall. The bands current lineup features Oscar Dronjak – guitars, backing vocals (1993–present) Joacim Cans – lead vocals (1996–present) Fredrik Larsson – bass, backing …READ MORE

DELAIN (Live at the Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN, USA, April 29, 2017)

DELAIN / HAMMERFALL (Live)

May 2, 2017 Zac Halter Leave a comment

The pairing of Delain and HammerFall for a North American tour presents a contrast in styles. The mainstream Symphonic Metal sound of Delain versus the eighties retro Power Metal of HammerFall. The bands’ stop in …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL – Built To Last

November 9, 2016 Maxxxwell Carlisle Leave a comment

Hammerfall have finally settled into the stage of their career where they have seized complete control over their craft and are able to satisfy themselves as well as their fans without the need for rudderless experimentation …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL – (r)Evolution

September 2, 2014 Dan Skiba Leave a comment

Sweden’s Hammerfall are one of the pioneers of the Epic Power Metal movement, and (r)Evolution is the band’s 9th release to date. Fans of Epic Power Metal largely hold Hammerfall’s first 2 releases in very …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL – Infected

May 20, 2011 Lior Stein Leave a comment

Is this a hallucination or what? Where are the knights in shining armor? Where is the falling hammer? Where is the renegade horse rider with flaming eyes? Well, it seems that things have changed. The …READ MORE

SWEDEN ROCK KICK OFF PARTY 2008

November 23, 2008 Patrik Gustavsson Leave a comment

As sure as June each year sees Sweden Rock Festival, the preceding kick off party early each winter has become as sure a happening as the festival itself. It basically consists of a few bands …READ MORE

HAMMERFALL (Live)

January 22, 2007 Torgeir P. Krokfjord Leave a comment

Another Hammerfall album; another world tour; another Rockefeller gig. Not a bad thing at all, but it was hard not to realize that a bit of the enthusiasm the Oslo crowd has shown at earlier …READ MORE