HAMMERFALL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, ‘AVENGE THE FALLEN,’ FOR AUGUST

ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AVENGE THE FALLEN
FOR AUGUST

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE FIRST SINGLE ´HAIL TO THE KING´

HAMMERFALL proudly announce their 13^th studio album Avenge The Fallen, which will be released on August 9^th via Nuclear Blast Records.

That’s right, less than a year after taking the final bow of the “United Forces” tour, the quintet of guitarist Oscar Dronjak, singer Joacim Cans, bass player Fredrik Larsson, guitarist Pontus Norgen, and drummer David Wallin are back with ten brand new solid pieces of classic heavy metal.

“This is our 13th album”, Joacim Cans says with pride. “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 continues, “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 a great songs and that’s what we’re delivering with Avenge The Fallen.”

To give a taste of what awaits the fans, the band unleashes the first single and video ´Hail To The King´. A song that was born on the road….

“I began working on ´Hail To The King´ while on tour in the US with Helloween”, Oscar Dronjak recalls. “By the end of the tour, I was getting close to wrapping the song up, so straight after the Los Angeles gig I headed to the bus where I worked like a mad man to get the last pieces together. That turned out to be the show where one of my favourite wrestlers, Chris Jericho, came to visit. It was also the show where Fredrik met his idol Frank Bello from Anthrax and Joacim met Jay Ruston, producer for Armored Saints, Avatar, Anthrax, Corey Taylor and more and whom after this meeting agreed to produce the vocals for ´Avenge The Fallen´! I missed all that, but I at least got a great song out of it, haha!”

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_do7NRfL9c
Stream ´Hail To The King´: https://hammerfall.bfan.link/HTTK.ema
Pre-order / Pre-save the album: https://hammerfall.bfan.link/avenge-the-fallen.ema 

Avenge The Fallen comes in following formats:

– CD Jewel Case
– CD Digipack w/signed poster
– 1 LP Gatefold Gold Vinyl
– 1 LP Gatefold Purple Vinyl
– 1LP Gatefold, Splatter Vinyl (Sweden Rock Exclusive)

Catch HAMMERFALL live in 2024:

19.04. MX Mexico City – Sala Urbana 
20.04. CO Bogota – Auditorio Mayor Cun 
23.04. CL Santiago – Teleton 
25.04. BA Brasilia – Toinha 
27.04. BA Sao Paulo – Summer Breeze 
30.04. USA Harrisburg – Midtown Arts Center 
01.05. USA Montclair – The Wellmont Theater 
02.05. USA Albany – Empire Underground 
03.05. USA Columbus – The Bluestone 
04.05. USA St. Louis – Delmar Hall 
06.05. USA Fort Worth – Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall 
07.05. USA San Antonio – Vibes Event Center 
09.05. USA Albuquerque – El Rey Theater 
10.05. USA Tuscon – Encore 
11.05. USA Anaheim – City National Grove of Anaheim 
12.05. USA Las Vegas – House of Blues 
14.05. USA Denver – Summit 
16.05 USA St. Paul – Myth Live 
17.05. USA Milwaukee – Milwaukee Metal Fest 
18.05. USA Cleveland – House of Blues 
19.05. USA Flint – The Machine Shop 
20.05. USA Mc Kees Rocks – Roxian Theatre 
21.05. USA Richmond – The National 
23.05. USA Cincinnati – Bogart´s 
24.05. USA Atlanta – The Masquerade (Heaven) 
25.05. USA St Peterburg – Jannus Live 
05.-08.06. SE Norje – Sweden Rock Festival 
06.06. NO Trondheim – Trondheim Rocks 
14.06. ES Zamora – Z-fest 
20.06. DK Copenhagen – Copenhell 
27.06. SL Snina – Rock Pod Kamenon 
03.-06.07. DE Ballenstedt – Rock Hartz 
12.07. BG Midalidare Estate, Chirpan – Midalidare Rock 
10.08. FI Helsinki – Hellsinki Metal Fest 
04.10. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena 
05.10. NL Amsterdam – AFAS Live