Hammerfall is again with a brand new document Avenge The Fallen due out August 9, and a brand new single “Hail To The King” streaming proper now.
“That is our 13th album”, mentioned Hammerfall vocalist Joacim Cans. “How do you continue to keep related after 13 albums? It is very very similar to the opening line to the tune ‘Avenge The Fallen’: ‘What’s the worst, be the one who died, or be the one who survived.’ Give it some thought, as a result of it’s a robust query”.
He continued: “Will we wish to be a band who releases new music only for the only real purpose of getting out on the highway once more or can we wish to maintain pushing and difficult ourselves? In occasions the place individuals have much less and fewer consideration span, we nonetheless suppose within the type of full size albums. A number of good songs do not make a robust album. A robust album comes from an album full a terrific songs and that is what we’re delivering with Avenge The Fallen.”
On the one itself, Hammerfall guitarist Oscar Dronjak mentioned he started engaged on it whereas on tour with Helloween.
“By the top of the tour, I used to be getting near wrapping the tune up, so straight after the Los Angeles gig I headed to the bus the place I labored like a mad man to get the final items collectively,” mentioned Dronjak. “That turned out to be the present the place one among my favorite wrestlers, Chris Jericho, came over.
“It was additionally the present the place Fredrik met his idol Frank Bello from Anthrax and Joacim met Jay Ruston, producer for Armored Saint, Avatar, Anthrax, Corey Taylor and extra and whom after this assembly agreed to supply the vocals for Avenge The Fallen! I missed all that, however I not less than acquired a terrific tune out of it, haha!”
Pre-orders are available here. You too can catch Hammerfall on tour with Kamelot and Ad Infinitum at one of many dates beneath. Tickets are available here.
4/30 Harrisburg, PA HMAC
5/1 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre
5/3 Columbus, OH The Bluestone
5/4 St/ Louis, MO Delmar Corridor
5/6 Fort Value, TX Tannahill’s
5/7 San Antonio, TX Vibes Occasion Middle
5/9 Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theater
5/10 Tucson, AZ Encore
5/11 Anaheim, CA Metropolis Nationwide Grove
5/12 Las Vegas, NV Home of Blues
5/14 Denver, CO The Summit
5/16 St/ Paul, MN Fable
5/17 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom/Milwaukee Steel Fest (no Ad Infinitum)
5/18 Cleveland, OH Home of Blues
5/20 Pittsburgh, PA Roxian
5/21 Richmond, VA The Nationwide
5/23 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
5/24 Atlanta, GA Heaven Masquerade
5/25 Tampa, FL Jannus Touchdown
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