Nuclear Blast
2006
1. Threshold
2. The Fire Burns Forever
3. Rebel Inside
4. Natural High
5. Dark Wings, Dark Words
6. Howlin' With The 'Pac
7. Shadow Empire
8. Carved In Stone
9. Reign Of The Hammer
10. Genocide
11. Titan
HammerFall... A band that has introduced many to power metal... and a band which many have moved on from. There's no way around it folks... HammerFall jump started the power scene but other bands have been far more original and interesting since. They're like the Walmart of Power Metal. Easy to find but of somewhat questionable quality.
Well it's only been a year since Chapter V and since they've never had an original idea anyways you wouldn't think this one would be the album to change it. And nope... it's not. This pretty well lingers on like most HammerFall albums with generic happiness directly lifted from Helloween, vocals that don't change ever, and mostly mid-paced and sometimes speedy songs which fail to leave any sort of lasting impression. There's not a hell of a lot more to say. This band is not vocally nor instrumentally impressive and you pretty much get the same HammerFall album every time since Renegade.
I think this one is less annoying than the past couple as it doesn't have any gay Hearts On Fire repeated 40 million times shit, but it's certainly nothing I'd recommend. There's just better power metal out there and I recommend you go find that instead if you're still hanging onto this generic band. If for some reason you liked the last couple HammerFall albums though, this one is really no different so I guess you'll like this too.
Highlights: Threshold, Natural High
Rating - 2.5/5
2. The Fire Burns Forever
3. Rebel Inside
4. Natural High
5. Dark Wings, Dark Words
6. Howlin' With The 'Pac
7. Shadow Empire
8. Carved In Stone
9. Reign Of The Hammer
10. Genocide
11. Titan
HammerFall... A band that has introduced many to power metal... and a band which many have moved on from. There's no way around it folks... HammerFall jump started the power scene but other bands have been far more original and interesting since. They're like the Walmart of Power Metal. Easy to find but of somewhat questionable quality.
Well it's only been a year since Chapter V and since they've never had an original idea anyways you wouldn't think this one would be the album to change it. And nope... it's not. This pretty well lingers on like most HammerFall albums with generic happiness directly lifted from Helloween, vocals that don't change ever, and mostly mid-paced and sometimes speedy songs which fail to leave any sort of lasting impression. There's not a hell of a lot more to say. This band is not vocally nor instrumentally impressive and you pretty much get the same HammerFall album every time since Renegade.
I think this one is less annoying than the past couple as it doesn't have any gay Hearts On Fire repeated 40 million times shit, but it's certainly nothing I'd recommend. There's just better power metal out there and I recommend you go find that instead if you're still hanging onto this generic band. If for some reason you liked the last couple HammerFall albums though, this one is really no different so I guess you'll like this too.
Highlights: Threshold, Natural High
Rating - 2.5/5
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