HammerFall

HammerFall (support: Visions Of Atlantis)Sunday, 14 September 2025Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / Italy This year's Lignano Sunset Festival hosted Swedish power metal kings HammerFall, with the band chosen to warm up…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: August 9, 2024Production: Fredrik NördstromAlbum length: 46.57 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 HammerFall need no introduction. The long-running Gothenburg power metallers have nothing…

Label: Nuclear Blast Records Reissue date: 12. 11. 2021 Production: Fredrik Nordström Album length: 47.15 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 8.5/10 Last November, Germany's Nuclear Blast Records brought the third studio album by Swedish…

Label: Napalm Records Release date: 2/25/2022 Production: Fredrik Nordström Album length: 45.50 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 8.5/10 HammerFall are back with a new album, »Hammer Of Dawn«. What a wake-up call of a title! Let's be…

It was the first year of the new millennium when Iron Maiden dropped their comeback album with the re-recruited "deserter" Bruce Dickinson. It was an album of salvation, an album of relief, an album that landed at the right time in the…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: 10/23/2020Genre: Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 HammerFall are, let's just say, the "saviors" of power metal. And even if you don't buy that, they're one of the most visible figures tied to the genre,…

"Everyone in the venue had a blast in that spectacular power metal carousel that evening. The energy was excellent once again, and it's truly remarkable how HammerFall, despite the declining interest in power metal, keep drawing the crowds…

"HammerFall didn't let us down this time either. The masters stick to their tried-and-true formula, which has always lit up the room and which they've got down cold. "

date: 31.10.2018 location: Ljubljana, CUK Kino Šiška, Slovenia performers: HammerFall, Armored Dawn October 31 - Halloween night. Yet another imported holiday pushed on us by Western consumer culture, though luckily it doesn't catch on…

In a sold-out Kino Šiška, HammerFall proved once again that they belong at the very top of power metal.

Location: Balingen / Messegelände / GermanyDate: Saturday, July 15, 2017 The third day also brought a heap of metal subgenre deviations to Balingen, though the emphasis was clearly on traditional old-school craft and power metal, which…

Day three brought a heap of metal subgenre deviations to Balingen too, though the emphasis was clearly on old-school traditional craft and power metal, which the closing stretch of the program confirmed with a set from Sweden's HammerFall

"HammerFall remain a waterproof, rustproof machine that keeps up an incredible level of performance conviction and a unique charm and charisma."

It's safe to say that HammerFall have passed every test of defiance, durability, endurance and sheer stubbornness. That's twenty years, no less, since their debut studio album »Glory to the Brave« totally unexpectedly kicked off a metal…

The tenth studio album from Gothenburg's power metal standard-bearers sounds awfully familiar, like an old friend you've heard a hundred times.

Location: Graz / PPC / AustriaDate: Monday, 09.02.2015 HammerFall are back at full concert gallop! Nearly two decades have flown by in a stormy, lightning-fast blur since 1997, when the band was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, and…

An hour and three quarters of HammerFall power metal, brilliantly executed by seasoned, charismatic Swedes who are never short on stage dynamite, made for a sweet concert experience that more than welcomely shook up this February's…

»(r)Evolution« goes back to classic sounds and arrangements. That means it delivers a product that's supposed to light up the band's followers every time. But does it really?

Performing: Death Destruction, Amaranthe, Vicious Rumors, HammerFallLocation: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: 03.12.2011 HammerFall is that musical outfit that hit the scene at the right time, in the right place. Back…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Nina Grad Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaConcert date: 03.12.2011Attendance: 700Ticket price: €25.00 HammerFall is the kind of musical enterprise that hit the scene at exactly the right time,…

The attempt to craft a dark album built on stereotypical apocalypse themes doesn't quite come off. You can feel the handbrake being pulled throughout, stifling the very thing HammerFall do best.

Location: Balingen / Messegelände / GermanyDate: Thursday, July 15, 2010Performers: 10:00 - 10:40 THE NEW BLACK 10:50 — 11:30 ENFORCER11:40 — 12:30 GRAND MAGUS 12:40 — 13:30 FORBIDDEN 13:40 — 14:30 SABATON 14:40 — 15:30 LOUDNESS 15:45 —…

Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: 15.07.2010Attendance: 14000Ticket price: 85€ (two-day ticket) The wild warm-up night with Saxon, Demon and Blitzkrieg is behind us, a real…

Performers: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: 08.04.2009 The concrete yard in front of Zagreb's Boogaloo club can be a pretty interesting and surprising place about an hour before showtime.…

Performing: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Maribor / UŠC Leon Štukelj / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, 07.04.2009 HammerFall! Thirteen years have flown by since their debut album. Now, wiser and more seasoned with seven studio…

Pontus Norgren is a guitarist and member of the power metal outfit HammerFall. He only joined the band last year, but he's an extremely seasoned musician with plenty of miles on the clock in the music business, and in conversation he…

Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 07.04.2009Attendance: 1000Ticket price: 170,00HRK / 190,00HRK The concrete forecourt in front of Zagreb's Boogaloo club can be a pretty fascinating and surprising…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: UŠC Leon Štukelj / Maribor / SloveniaConcert date: April 7, 2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: €23.00 / €26.00 HammerFall! Thirteen years have flown by since their studio debut, and…

The seventh studio album from the power metal smiths deftly steers between the retro, nostalgic moves of the band's early days while adding freshness and a mature edge, thanks above all to a lineup shake-up!

Apparently, putting out compilations and "best of" albums is still a nice earner today. In the golden days of vinyl and CD, bands used them to keep the money coming in during studio downtime.

A year has gone by, and it's time for the power metal hammers to rise again, swing, and come down with full force to serve up a fresh, recycled creation. "Natural High" – the new EP from the Swedish metal elves, sporting a cover that would…