HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
| Release date: | 4 March 2005 |
| Style: | Power metal |
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01. Secrets
02. Blood Bound
03. Fury Of The Wild
04. Hammer Of Justice
05. Never, Ever
06. Born To Rule
07. The Templar Flame
08. Imperial
09. Take The Black
10. Knights Of The 21st Century
+ Blood Bound [video] [Digipak bonus]
02. Blood Bound
03. Fury Of The Wild
04. Hammer Of Justice
05. Never, Ever
06. Born To Rule
07. The Templar Flame
08. Imperial
09. Take The Black
10. Knights Of The 21st Century
+ Blood Bound [video] [Digipak bonus]
Guest review
Lyrics Released: March 4th, 2005 in Sweden. March 7th in Europe
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Formats: -
Produced, mixed, mastered and engineered by Charlie Bauerfeind
Recorded at Lundgård Studios, Denmark, September 4th-October 25th, 2004
Mixed at Mi Sueño Studios, Tenerife, November 4th-25th, 2004
All songs written by Oscar Dronjak and Joacim Cans, except "Born To Rule" by Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans and Stefan Elmgren, and "Never, Ever" and "Imperial" by Oscar Dronjak
All songs published by Warner/Chappell except "Born To Rule" by Warner Chappell/manus
Acoustic guitar on "Never, Ever" by Stefan Elmgren, on "Imperial" by Oscar Dronjak
Keyboard programming by Oscar Dronjak, additional keyboard programming by Patrick Benzer. All keyboards played by Patrick Benzer except clavinet on "Secrets" by Martin Meyer. String arrangement on "Never, Ever" by Dave Roth
Additional backing vocals by Rolf Köhler, Olaf Zenkbiel, Mats Rendlert, Joacim Lundberg, Markus Sköld och Johan Aremyr
Special guest appearance on "Knights Of The 21st Century", from the very depth of hell, Mr. Conrad "Cronos" Lant
Artwork by Samwise Didier following an original idea by Joacim Cans and Oscar Dronjak
Photos by Michael Johansson
A&R: Matthias Lasch
Layout by Thomas Everhard
Rating:
7.4
7.4
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Rating: 7.4 |
Hello guys, now I am ready to write a review for one of my favourite bands: Hammerfall. Hammerfall is just another Power Metal band, but if compared with several others (I will not say which ones) they are pretty good. This is their fifth work but I have to say that I am kind of disappointed with the fact that the band that has made such good albums like "Legacy Of Kings" and "Renegade" can't do something better than this. Read more ›› |
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| R Lewis Posts: 936  |
The album has some great HF classics and deserves a 9, excluding "Knight of the 21st Century", that's among the worst, most ridiculous tracks I've ever had to listen. I seriously hope that's a joke.
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62007  |
I told band secend album is generic PM, yes it was but good generic, this is bad generic in lameness level 10 from 10 One good song only
---- 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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| SebaRaven36 Posts: 678  |
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1507  |
Uninspiring songwriting, lack of energy... there are some okey songs here but none are really worth putting in any playlist.
---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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| Chal-Chenet Posts: 17  |
All Hammerfall music is some kind of "guilty pleasure" for me, but this one is one of band's best efforts. Great album. \m/
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5088  |
Written by majormalfunction on 04.11.2021 at 06:29 wow, that's harsh.  Euro-power is rarely my thing, but I've always liked HammerFall, it helps that they have a very good vocalist (otherwise I wouldn't care much). I wouldn't rate any of their albums so low. 
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Majesty1911 Posts: 194  |
I remember how excited I was when this album just came out and after the first listening... yeah, it was a disappointment. The performance and production here are perfectly fine - all the problems lie in the songwriting, with a lack of fast-paced songs and catchy hooks. Plus, the twelve-minute ending "Knights Of The 21st Century" (where two of the last minutes are silent) is pretty meh and makes the overall experience even worse. Still got some good songs though, like "Fury Of The Wild", "Take The Black", "Secrets" and the only hit here: "Blood Bound". It has grown on me over the years, and it's not bad, but after four excellent albums in a row - this one is definitely a huge step down. 6.5/10
---- Glory to the Nation!
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