Hammerfall
On Tour-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
18,191,549 plays (418,769 listeners)
Sweden (1993 – present)
Dronjak had already composed some of the new band’s music, including the song “Steel Meets Steel”. Several of the band’s early lineups featured members of other influential Swedish heavy metal bands, such as In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. The members intended to take part in a competition known as “Rockslaget”.
In 1996, HammerFall reached the semi-finals of the competition, but needed to find a new vocalist as their existing one would be unavailable for the competition. He was replaced by Joacim Cans, who became a full-time member of the band. Despite not winning the competition, HammerFall’s live demo earned them a contract with Vic Records, which resulted in the release of their debut album “Glory to the Brave”. The band was also licensed to Nuclear Blast of Germany for a four-album deal. At this point, the decision was taken that HammerFall was a full-time project, which meant that the In Flames members opted to focus on their melodic death metal band.
“Glory to the Brave” proved a considerable success for the band, paving the way for later successes. This critical and commercial success was further underscored by the success of a tour of Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, in which the band played to full houses. This pattern would be followed on later tours with other power metal bands.
Shouts:
2,107 shouts
Top Albums
-
Crimson Thunder
Hammerfall
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $15.46
- eBay Search
-
Legacy of Kings
Hammerfall
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.90
- Buy Album
- Nuclear Blast Online Shop €14.99
- Amazon $13.99
- eBay Search
-
Renegade
Hammerfall
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.99
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $9.90
- Buy Album
- Amazon $8.49
- eBay Search
-
Glory To The Brave
Hammerfall
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $8.91
- 7digital $8.99
- iTunes $8.91
- Buy Album
- Amazon $9.99
- eBay Search
Videos
See moreEvents
-
Mar
3
Grand Prix Global East (Road Show)
Клуб «Бинго», Киев, Kyiv, Ukraine
27 going
43 shouts
-
Mar
3
European Outbreak Tour 2011
Gavaren, Ljungby, Sweden
3 going
1 shout
-
Mar
11
Hammerfall
Kulturbolaget, Malmö, Sweden
1 going
News
Hammerfall in Wacken on 12/08/02
2 Aug 2012 | from www.hammerfall.net
-
Hammerfall in London on 11/12/20
20 Dec 2011 | from www.hammerfall.net -
Hammerfall in Sheffield on 11/12/18
18 Dec 2011 | from www.hammerfall.net -
Hammerfall in Belfast on 11/12/17
17 Dec 2011 | from www.hammerfall.net
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
Smok1993
Top Listener
-
Lemcio666
Top Listener
-
aQihS
Top Listener
-
RedlineC64
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
MsMansonova, petydyna and Brekninger added Hammerfall to their libraries. 51 minutes ago
-
bojuch tagged Hammerfall with ‘euro metal’. 5 hours ago
-
K3llyson, jacobrichard123, NicolasLeCain and 7 other people added Hammerfall to their libraries. 8 hours ago
-
JasDaniels added Hammerfall to the lineup of WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012 at Wacken. yesterday evening
-
meixi92, RafyLacTA, BurnedBrainCell and 16 other people added Hammerfall to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
chainedrebel tagged Hammerfall with ‘proud of seeing live’. yesterday morning
-
chainedrebel, pman_, xnhtx and 46 other people added Hammerfall to their libraries. yesterday morning
-
luke312 wrote about Hammerfall in The Times Are Changing. Tuesday evening
-
migueldestroyer, irishpirat, OnkelRashim and 5 other people added Hammerfall to their libraries. Tuesday evening
-
bif91 added Hammerfall to the lineup of Hammerfall at Gasklockorna. Tuesday afternoon
Related Journals
-
The Times Are Changing
by luke312 |
21 Feb 2012
-
Bands I've Seen
by jeff_carling |
24 Jan 2012
-
Favorite 3 Albums Per Year (At the Moment, Listing 1980 and Beyond)
by InterceptorZero |
22 Jan 2012
Groups (432)
-
Joacim Cans
72 members
-
Hard 'n' Heavy
67 members
-
HammerFall
867 members
-
1989 - born
16,113 members
-
Heavy Metal
11,164 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels


























