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HammerFall - (r)Evolution



7.3 | 192 votes |
Release date: 27 August 2014
Style: Power metal

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174 have it
28 want it


01. Hector's Hymn
02. (r)Evolution
03. Bushido
04. Live Life Loud
05. Ex Inferis
06. We Won't Back Down
07. Winter Is Coming
08. Origins
09. Tainted Metal
10. Evil Incarnate
11. Wildfire
12. Demonized [limited edition bonus]

Additional info
Release Dates:
Sweden: August 27th
Rest Of Europe: August 29th
United Kingdom: September 1st
United States: September 2nd

Staff review by
R Lewis
Rating:
6.9
On the cover artwork, Hector is back. But, is HammerFall?

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published 13.08.2014 | Comments (9)

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27.05.2014 - 16:17
Lord_Agony
07. Winter Is Coming
I wonder what that song is about?
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28.05.2014 - 03:06
Troy Killjoy
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Staff
Written by Lord_Agony on 27.05.2014 at 16:17
07. Winter Is Coming
I wonder what that song is about?

Old Man Winter reaching orgasm.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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28.05.2014 - 11:56
Lord_Agony
Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.05.2014 at 03:06

Written by Lord_Agony on 27.05.2014 at 16:17
07. Winter Is Coming
I wonder what that song is about?

Old Man Winter reaching orgasm.

Aha thank u
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12.08.2014 - 13:50
Rating: 6
R Lewis
Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.05.2014 at 03:06

Written by Lord_Agony on 27.05.2014 at 16:17
07. Winter Is Coming
I wonder what that song is about?

Old Man Winter reaching orgasm.

Just the first seconds

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We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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15.08.2014 - 22:42
Hellthunder
Written by Lord_Agony on 27.05.2014 at 16:17

07. Winter Is Coming
I wonder what that song is about?

Wildfire too.
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23.08.2014 - 00:04
raveneffect
Currently listening to the Single "Bushido" which contains and it has some cool riffs and other good guitar parts scattered all over the song but then Joacin starts to sing and it just turns into "another generic Hammerfall song". The Reffrain is cheesy but not in a good way and I feel like they squeezed the Epic elements, doesn't feel natural at all. The solo is good though its quite short.

Single also has "The Way of the Warrior" which isnt on the tracklist of this record. It's possible its in another HF record but, tbh, I know little of their work and am too lazy to look for it. It's not better than Bushido, let's just say that.
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Album Release day (August 27, 2014)
27.08.2014 - 15:13
Rating: 7
Metal Invader
After the first listening the album does not sound bad..Improvement after Infected imo!
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02.09.2014 - 07:47
Rating: 9
ATG
Honestly a really solid album, kind of confused why it's getting so much negativity, Tainted Metal is one of the best HammerFall songs to date, Wildfire is pretty savage also. definitely better than Infected and No Sacrifice, No Victory, don't agree with the review. What makes HammerFall so good is the fact that they sound like HammerFall bands don't have to evolve to make things better, a band like Trivium has evolved and gotten worse, no one is liking the evolution of Opeth currently, Children Of Bodom has evolved and will never go back to the way they were years ago, so why do we say evolution is what makes a band stay solid..I disagree, good songs keep a band going on this album is full of them.
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06.09.2014 - 15:11
Rating: 7
Sword_Chant
Idk why but for some reason, musically this reminds me of the most recent Grave Digger album and overall kinda sounds more straight out heavy metal than it does power metal. That said I really enjoyed listening to this, good guitar work with nice production - though some of the songs in the middle of the album felt like fillers.
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07.09.2014 - 08:15
immortal78
Hey just look at other bands; its very hard to repeat the best albums and Hammerfall is no exception. I wish many bands recorded something like their the best albums but I know this is not possible at all. There are many bands which have 2 maybe 3 great albums in their discography and thats it.
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11.09.2014 - 23:12
Rating: 9
skrapas4ever
For me it was an amazing album my 4rth best,great songs and a bit different from older albums My top 5 . 1 Legacy of kings 2 glory to the brave 3 crimson thunder 4 revolution 5 renegade
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16.09.2014 - 19:46
Rating: 5
boo-boo
Where does these guys' boring factor reach its top?? But on the other hand - do I need to know?
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World won't end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
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08.10.2014 - 03:08
NearOrion
I wasn't too impressed on first listen but I've grown to like it a little.
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17.05.2017 - 00:01
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
A bit come back from suxer years, song 1 and 3 are in weil in old days, decent album, maybe not so good, but whit 2 super kick ass songs
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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24.11.2021 - 09:43
Rating: 2
majormalfunction
This is a real lowmark so far in their career. How on earth can you make such a toothless record? There's not a single riff or lead guitar work that sparks anything and the lyrics are just horrendous. If you would have an AI make a power metal album I guess this is what it would sound like. Or probably better. One of the worst albums i've heard in a long time. I would like to give a 3 but at the same time there's nothing here that I find enjoyable..
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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24.11.2021 - 13:05
JoHn Doe
Written by majormalfunction on 24.11.2021 at 09:43

This is a real lowmark so far in their career. How on earth can you make such a toothless record? There's not a single riff or lead guitar work that sparks anything and the lyrics are just horrendous. If you would have an AI make a power metal album I guess this is what it would sound like. Or probably better. One of the worst albums i've heard in a long time. I would like to give a 3 but at the same time there's nothing here that I find enjoyable..

wow, a 2? I don't remember this album being so bad. I'll give it a listen to see.
A 3 rating means "very bad", so it's already a very negative rating.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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26.11.2021 - 07:59
Rating: 2
majormalfunction
Written by JoHn Doe on 24.11.2021 at 13:05

wow, a 2? I don't remember this album being so bad. I'll give it a listen to see.
A 3 rating means "very bad", so it's already a very negative rating.

Yup... as I wrote this is one of the worst records I heard in a while. Not proud of giving out a 2, I very rarely do, but sometimes you got to face reality There’s just something off on this record... soulless, mechanical, unoriginal
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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26.11.2021 - 12:41
JoHn Doe
Written by majormalfunction on 26.11.2021 at 07:59

Written by JoHn Doe on 24.11.2021 at 13:05

wow, a 2? I don't remember this album being so bad. I'll give it a listen to see.
A 3 rating means "very bad", so it's already a very negative rating.

Yup... as I wrote this is one of the worst records I heard in a while. Not proud of giving out a 2, I very rarely do, but sometimes you got to face reality There’s just something off on this record... soulless, mechanical, unoriginal

I will (re)listen to it later today and rate it afterwards.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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26.11.2021 - 17:02
JoHn Doe
Written by majormalfunction on 26.11.2021 at 07:59

Written by JoHn Doe on 24.11.2021 at 13:05

wow, a 2? I don't remember this album being so bad. I'll give it a listen to see.
A 3 rating means "very bad", so it's already a very negative rating.

Yup... as I wrote this is one of the worst records I heard in a while. Not proud of giving out a 2, I very rarely do, but sometimes you got to face reality There’s just something off on this record... soulless, mechanical, unoriginal

soulless and mechanical?! - I don't know, the singer alone makes this band very listenable, if there was an average singer, i would not listen.

Unoriginal? I agree, although how original can one get with euro-power?

It's a good album, I enjoy it (and euro-power is a very hit & miss genre for me).
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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13.06.2024 - 20:07
Rating: 8
Majesty1911
So, abandoning your signature style can be a bad thing, huh, who could know? Yes, I'm talking about you - Infected. Anyway, Hector is back (the dude with a sledgehammer on the covers) and he even got his own hymn this time! Overall, not great but a solid and enjoyable album with energetic songs like "Bushido", "Wildfire", "Origins", the title track and, of course, "Hector's Hymn". The best album since Crimson Thunder so far, 7.5/10
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Glory to the Nation!
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