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Швеция  16 дек 2022 : |
HAMMERFALL Returns To NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS |  23 фев 2022 : |
|  17 фев 2022 : |
HAMMERFALL Guitarist: Why Heavy Metal Concert Livestreams Without An Audience 'Don't Work At All' |  16 фев 2022 : |
HAMMERFALL Guitarist Explains How KING DIAMOND's Guest Appearance On 'Venerate Me' Came About |  20 янв 2022 : |
HAMMERFALL Joined By KING DIAMOND On New Single 'Venerate Me' |  1 дек 2021 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release Hammer Of Dawn Album In February; Title Track Music Video Streaming |  29 ноя 2021 : |
HAMMERFALL Completes Work On New Studio Album |  25 ноя 2021 : |
HAMMERFALL Back In The Studio; New Album Out Early 2022 |  18 окт 2021 : |
|  21 сен 2021 : |
HAMMERFALL Launch Pre-Order For Renegade 2.0 Anniversary Edition; Remixed Version Of "Templars Of Steel" Unleashed (Video) |  29 окт 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL's OSCAR DRONJAK: 'You Can't Have A Metal Concert With A Seated Audience' |  23 окт 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL Release "Any Means Necessary" Live Video; Live! Against The World Album Out Now |  24 сен 2020 : |
Watch HAMMERFALL Perform 'Keep The Flame Burning' From 'Live! Against The World' |  13 авг 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL to Release 'Live! Against The World' Album In October |  29 июл 2020 : |
|  13 июл 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV - Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK, Vocalist JOACIM CANS Talk Legacy Of Kings Album |  7 июл 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV – Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK Discusses Built To Last Album |  8 июн 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV – Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK Discusses Threshold Album |  7 июн 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV – Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK Discusses Infected Album |  25 май 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV - A Deep Dive Into (r)Evolution; Video |  11 май 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL TV - OSCAR DRONJAK And JOACIM CANS Look Back On The Band's Early Days, Making Of Glory To The Brave Debut |  6 май 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL Cancels Summer/Fall 2020 North American Tour Due To Coronavirus Pandemic |  3 май 2020 : |
Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK Breaks Down No Sacrifice, No Victory Album In New Episode Of HAMMERFALL TV |  26 апр 2020 : |
Guitarist OSCAR DRONJAK Dives Deep Into Renegade In New Episode Of HAMMERFALL TV |  18 апр 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL Launch HammerFall TV; Episode #1 Streaming |  5 янв 2020 : |
HAMMERFALL Releases 'Second To One' Video Featuring BATTLE BEAST's NOORA LOUHIMO |  4 дек 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Guitarist: 'I Think Individuality Is What Separates Swedish Bands From The Rest Of The World' |  23 ноя 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Live At Wacken Open Air 2019; Pro-Shot Video Streaming |  12 ноя 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL - Pro-Shot Video Of Entire Summer Breeze 2019 Show Posted |  15 окт 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL’s OSCAR DRONJAK – “I Did Not Enjoy Writing Built To Last, But Dominion Was A Pleasure” |  10 сен 2019 : |
Former ANTHRAX Vocalist NEIL TURBIN Performs "Hector's Hymn" With HAMMERFALL In Los Angeles; Video Available |  3 сен 2019 : |
BraveWords Preview: HAMMERFALL Frontman JOACIM CANS Looks Back On 2017 Co-Headlining Tour With DELAIN - "By Far The Most Fun I've Had On A Tour In My 22 Year Career" |  29 авг 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Hit Worldwide Charts With Dominion Album; New Track-By-Track Video For "Scars Of A Generation" Streaming |  22 авг 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL's OSCAR DRONJAK Says ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Is His 'Guitar Hero' |  2 авг 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Releases Music Video For 'Dominion' Title Track |  31 июл 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Frontman: 'We Write The Music That We Would Buy Ourselves If Someone Else Wrote The Songs' |  22 июл 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Releases Music Video For New Song 'One Against The World' |  28 июн 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Launch Official Live Video For "(We Make) Sweden Rock" |  11 июн 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Launch Official Lyric Video For "(We Make) Sweden Rock" Single |  3 май 2019 : |
HAMMERFALL Releases '(We Make) Sweden Rock' Single, Reveals 'Dominion' Album Details |  1 мар 2019 : |
|  18 дек 2018 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release 'Dominion' Album In August |  10 дек 2018 : |
HAMMERFALL Release Legacy Of Kings - 20 Year Anniversary Edition Boxset; Video Trailer #2 Streaming |  5 ноя 2018 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release 'Legacy Of Kings' 20th-Anniversary Box Set In December |  31 янв 2018 : |
HAMMERFALL To Enter Studio In Early 2019 |  22 ноя 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL: Trailer For 'Glory To The Brave - 20 Year Anniversary Edition' |  8 окт 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release 'Glory To The Brave - 20 Year Anniversary Edition' |  2 сен 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL |  13 апр 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL - The Vinyl Collection Box Set Available This Friday; Unboxing Video Streaming |  9 фев 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Dethrone And Defy' Video Released |  19 янв 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Built To Last' Lyric Video Released |  13 янв 2017 : |
HAMMERFALL Release “Hectors Hymn” Live Video |  17 дек 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL Parts Ways With Drummer DAVID WALLIN, Announces Replacement |  15 ноя 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON's Departure Was 'A Huge Shock' |  4 ноя 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL - Unboxing Built To Last Wooden Box Edition; Video |  23 сен 2016 : |
Video Premiere: HAMMERFALL's 'Hammer High' |  20 сен 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL Post Teaser For Upcoming “Hammer High” Music Video |  25 авг 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL: Lyric Video For New Song 'The Sacred Vow' |  11 авг 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release 'Built To Last' Album In November; Artwork, Track Listing Revealed |  8 мар 2016 : |
HAMMERFALL Signs With NAPALM RECORDS; New Album Due In November |  18 дек 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL Hopes To Release New Studio Album In 2016 |  29 окт 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Video Footage Of Melbourne, Australia Concert |  23 окт 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Mini-Documentary On Summer 2015 European Festival Appearances |  21 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL Upload (r)Evolution 2015 Tour Video Blog Part 7 |  18 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Sixth Video Blog From '(r)Evolution' Tour |  17 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL's OSCAR DRONJAK: 'It's Getting Very, Very Difficult For Bands To Survive' |  12 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Fifth Video Blog From '(r)Evolution' Tour |  10 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Fourth Video Blog From '(r)Evolution' Tour |  7 фев 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL Found Out Through Booking Agency Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON Was Leaving Band |  20 янв 2015 : |
HAMMERFALL: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Tilburg Concert |  28 окт 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL Partners With NHL Hockey Team MINNESOTA WILD |  10 окт 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL Parts Ways With Drummer ANDERS JOHANSSON |  21 авг 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Hector's Hymn' Video Released |  20 авг 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL |  7 авг 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL |  4 авг 2014 : |
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HAMMERFALL: Second '(r)Evolution' Trailer |  1 июл 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL: First '(r)Evolution' Trailer |  14 июн 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Bushido' Single Details Revealed |  27 май 2014 : |
HAMMERFALL |  5 дек 2013 : |
HAMMERFALL - THE TEMPLARS RETURN IN FORCE IN 2014! |  19 авг 2013 : |
HAMMERFALL – Wacken 2012 Full Concert Available For Streaming |  27 ноя 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL Frontman Is Looking Forward To 'Trying His Acting Skills' In Sweden's 'Rock Of Ages' |  15 ноя 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Hammerfall' Performance Clip From 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD |  31 окт 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Threshold' Performance Clip From 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD |  24 окт 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL: Second 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD Preview Teaser |  2 окт 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD Preview |  22 сен 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD In November |  5 авг 2012 : |
|  13 июл 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL To Be Joined By DARK TRANQUILLITY, Ex-IN FLAMES Members At Swedish Concert |  22 мар 2012 : |
HAMMERFALL Taking Next Year Off |  31 окт 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: Stockholm Footage Available |  22 май 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: \'Send Me The Sign\' Video Released |  8 май 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL Drummer Says Threat Of Legal Action Led To Cover Artwork Change |  4 май 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL - neues Video \'One More Time\' online! |  3 май 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: Performance Footage Of New Single Available |  29 мар 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: New Single Available For Streaming |  18 мар 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: \'One More Time\' Single Detailed |  15 мар 2011 : |
HAMMERFALL: New Album Details Revealed |  24 ноя 2010 : |
HAMMERFALL Singer, New Producer Release Video Message Regarding Upcoming Album |  12 ноя 2010 : |
HAMMERFALL Taps Producer JAMES MICHAEL For New Album |  23 мар 2009 : |
HAMMERFALL\'s \'No Sacrifice, No Victory\' Certified Gold In Sweden |  24 фев 2009 : |
HAMMERFALL Performs On Sweden\'s \'Popcircus\'; Video Available |  30 янв 2009 : |
Former HAMMERFALL Bassist To Perform With Göteborg Wind Orchestra |  19 янв 2009 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Any Means Necessary' Video Available |  21 дек 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL Launches Christmas Calendar |  21 ноя 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL: New Album Details Revealed |  22 сен 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL To Resume Recording New Album At ANDY LA ROCQUE's |  20 май 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Rebels With A Cause - Unruly, Unrestrained, Uninhibited' DVD Trailer Available |  21 апр 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL: New DVD, Covers Album Due In June |  4 апр 2008 : |
Former HAMMERFALL Guitarist: 'One Way Or Another, I Will Keep Playing |  3 апр 2008 : |
Guitarist STEFAN ELMGREN Quits HAMMERFALL |  10 янв 2008 : |
HAMMERFALL Nominated For Swedish 'Regeringens Exportpris' Award |  1 окт 2007 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Last Man Standing' Video Posted Online |  17 сен 2007 : |
HAMMERFALL Performs New Song On Swedish TV; Video Available |  5 сен 2007 : |
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HAMMERFALL: Photo Of New Lineup Posted Online |  15 май 2007 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Best Of' CD Title Announced |  11 апр 2007 : |
Sweden's HAMMERFALL Announces New Bassist |  7 мар 2007 : |
HAMMERFALL Parts Ways With Bassist MAGNUS ROSÉN |  3 фев 2007 : |
HAMMERFALL Extends Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS |  25 сен 2006 : |
HAMMERFALL: 'Natural High' Video, Interview Posted Online |  26 июл 2006 : |
HAMMERFALL: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed |  23 июн 2006 : |
HAMMERFALL: Release Date For New Album Confirmed |  1 май 2006 : |
HAMMERFALL: New Songtitles Revealed |  1 мар 2006 : |
HAMMERFALL To Release New Album In October |  25 фев 2006 : |
Swedish Heavy Metal Women Rock And Roll Into Olympic Finals |  14 сен 2005 : |
HAMMERFALL To Record New Album In May |  14 авг 2002 : |
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17 авг 2024

HAMMERFALL's JOACIM CANS Still Has 'Bigger Dreams' For The Remainder Of His Career
 In a new interview with Marcelo Vieira, HAMMERFALL singer Joacim Cans was asked if he has achieved everything he dreamed of in his musical career. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Absolutely not. Because in that case, it could only go down. [Laughs] There are always territories you wanna play, there's always venues you wanna play. So, no — absolutely not.
"I achieved a lot," he continued. "Let's say if the career would be over tomorrow, I would be happy because I have experienced so many good things in my career. So, hey, I couldn't ask for more, but I still have bigger dreams."
Asked what is still missing, Cans said: "I mean, the dream is still to do a world tour. Wherever you go, you play venues that you can come in with your full production that every fan, no matter where they live in the world, they will get the same show. That is my dream."
Earlier in the month, Joacim spoke to Roppongi Rocks's Stefan Nilsson about the Swedish metallers' latest LP, "Avenge The Fallen", which arrived on August 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. He said: "This is the album number 13. We've been around for quite some time, and I think HAMMERFALL, we stand for something. This is pure, solid heavy metal the way it's supposed to be played. It's as simple as that. At the same time, album 13 takes a lot of hard work to really dig deep into yourself to find the unique stuff that you haven't written before. I always say that [HAMMERFALL guitarist] Oscar [Dronjak] and I could probably write an album in five days with 10 okay songs, but okay is not good enough. Not even good is good enough. It has to be great. So this is a lot of hard work behind this.
"It's really hard to describe an album in a short period of time," he continued. "Musically, every song on this album belongs to the concept of the album. We still record and release albums. Take one song out — you can see that as a brick. The whole album will start to shake a little bit; something will be missing. There's also a concept, I would say, in the way I am thinking or my thought pattern when it came to the lyrics. This album is about freedom and about hope. The freedom, the right to be the person that you wanna be and live the life that you wanna live."
When Nilsson noted that "Avenge The Fallen" does not contain "cheesy" power metal lyrics about "dragons and stuff", Joacim said: "That's because, first of all, we play heavy metal and not power metal. I think it's a very big difference. If you listen to what we do, it is different. If you also read the lyrics… Unfortunately, nowadays people don't really have the lyrics at hand when they listen because it's on either on Spotify or whatever. The lyrics are not really there. So that is a problem.
"The opening track on the first album was 'The Dragon Lies Bleeding'," Cans explained. "But if you get into that song, the word 'dragon' is a metaphor for the enemy. So it's not even a real dragon in there. I always try to stay away from it. I try to describe things, but maybe using words that are familiar to the overall heavy metal listener, but there's always layers in there. You can interpret it in many different ways. So, of course, there are swords in there and sometimes actually a sword is a sword. We just have to live with that. And hammer will always be a hammer."
In a recent interview with Australia's Heavy, Dronjak stated about "Avenge The Fallen": "We've been working on it really hard. I've been living with the songs for — some songs are five years old, too, so I've had them around for a while. I've been living with the material for so long, and we actually recorded in November, December and January as well, a little bit. So it's been done for a while. Now I'm getting anxious to just — I wanna show people what we've done because I'm very proud of the album. I think we've done one of our strongest albums in recent years, in my opinion. Of course, this can vary a lot for everybody else."
He continued: "I'm very happy because of three things. First, all the songs on the album, they serve a purpose, so if you take one away, the whole is gonna collapse in the middle somehow, even if it's one of the the non-single ones, so to speak, the ones that we don't think are the strongest — even the other ones would have an impact if you take them away. And also I think that the production of this album is — and [by] production, I mean the performance as well from us. Because we start with the drums, recording the drums, and then everybody else builds their stuff on top of that. And David [Wallin] came into this so focused and so energetic and his drumming is so powerful that when he was done, everybody was, like, 'Whoa, shit. We've gotta step it up now as well,' 'cause he put the bar up here. So we kept on going and feeding off of that, of course, when we recorded the bass and guitars. And then during these recordings, Fredrik Nordström, the producer, and he was gonna do the mixing at the end as well, he said, 'Oh, shit, guys. I feel pressure now to take it up a level as well now, because you've already reached it.' So for us, the production is… I think when we recorded the previous album, [2022's] 'Hammer Of Dawn', we did a good job with that one too, but it was kind of hard to get the energy because we'd recorded that during the pandemic. So the pandemic had laid a bit of a filter on top. I mean, it's not noticeable when we released that album, but I think if you compare the two, you can feel the difference, 'cause this one is so much more energetic and so much more powerful in every way. And I think also the songs — I'm very happy with the songs this time. I think they are diverse, they are well written.
"Joacim and I write the songs together," Oscar added. "So I do a demo of the song with the instruments and a drum machine. Then whatever vocal melodies I have or a chorus, whatever it is, I send it over to him and then he finishes it. So I'm very happy with my work, and I usually am, 'cause if I'm not happy with it, I don't send it off to somebody else. But what I got back from Joacim this time is better than I think I've ever heard him do songwriting-wise. He gave every part on every song the perfect mix of the lyrics with the melodies that he created. That's part of the reason. 'Cause when I send off my songs, I know I think it's a good song, but I just don't know how good it will be until his stuff comes on top of it, 'cause we write the songs together. So once I got back these songs from him, the ideas, and we had a bit of a back-and-forth with both the music and the vocal melodies and lyrics and stuff, once we were all satisfied, I think we both felt that this is a strong album from start to finish."
When "Avenge The Fallen" was first announced in April, Cans said in a statement: "This is our 13th album. How do you still stay relevant after 13 albums? It's very much like the opening line to the song 'Avenge The Fallen': 'What is the worst, be the one who died, or be the one who survived.' Think about it, because it is a tough question".
He continued: "Do we want to be a band who releases new music just for the sole reason of getting out on the road again or do we want to keep pushing and challenging ourselves? In times where people have less and less attention span, we still think in the form of full-length albums. A few good songs don't make a strong album. A strong album comes from an album full of great songs and that's what we're delivering with 'Avenge The Fallen'."
In December 2022, HAMMERFALL, which started its career in 1997 on Nuclear Blast with its debut album "Glory To The Brave", announced that it was returning to the long-running German label.
HAMMERFALL's entire Nuclear Blast catalog, from "Glory To The Brave" to the 2014 album "(r)Evolution" was certified with a diamond award for over 1.5 million worldwide sales.
Following on from "Renegade" (2000),"Crimson Thunder" (2002) and "No Sacrifice, No Victory" (2009),HAMMERFALL's fifth studio album, "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken" from 2005, became the band's fourth album to go gold in Sweden, while "Crimson Thunder" even went platinum, surpassing 60,000 sales in the group's home country.
In April 2023, HAMMERFALL released a special platinum edition of "Crimson Thunder" with tons of bonus material.
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