July 3 — Hammerfall teased its new album, Avenge The Fallen, again this week with a new single.
The band unveiled the album’s third single, ‘Freedom‘ Wednesday. Its premiere follows that of its predecessors, ‘The End Justifies,‘ which was released last month, and the album’s lead single, ‘Hail to the King,’ which dropped in May.
The musical arrangement featured in ‘Freedom’ is a driving composition. The staccato nature of the guitar line and the choruses point to influences of the likes of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. That is nothing new for Hammerfall but the arrangement still maintains its own unique identity even with the comparisons in mind.
No information regarding the song’s lyrical theme was presented in the news release announcing the new single’s debut. However, a comment from Joacim Cans about the central theme of Avenge The Fallen being personal freedom hints at the song’s theme. The statement cites him as stating, the album’s theme being about “‘freedom’ and the urge to let anyone be who they want to be.”
In other news, Hammerfall also recently announced a tour in support of its forthcoming album, which is scheduled for release Aug. 9 through Nuclear Blast Records. The tour kicked off June 5 at the Sweden Rock Festival. The tour’s next stop is scheduled for July 12 at the Midalidare Rock Festival in BG Midalidare Estate, Chirpan. The band’s current festival run is scheduled to wind down Aug. 10 at the Hellsinki Metal Fest in Helsinki, Finland.
Following that festival run, Hammerfall will join Powerwolf for a roughly month-long European run starting Oct. 10 in Hamburg, Germany. The tour is scheduled to run through Oct. 26 in Prague, the Czech Republic and includes stops in Paris, France; Antwerp, Belgium and Krakow, Poland.
The tour’s schedule is noted below.
Catch HAMMERFALL on tour this summer and autumn:
12.07. BG Midalidare Estate, Chirpan – Midalidare Rock
10.08. FI Helsinki – Hellsinki Metal Fest
with POWERWOLF:
04.10. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena
05.10. NL Amsterdam – AFAS Live
06.10. BE Antwerp – Lotto Arena
09.10. FR Nantes – Zenith
10.10. LUX Esch Sur Alzette – Rockhal
11.10. DE Stuttgart – Schleyerhalle
12.10. DE Frankfurt – Festhalle
14.10. IT Milan – Alcatraz
16.10. CH Zurich – The Hall
17.10. FR Paris – Zenith
18.10. DE Oberhausen – Rudolf Weber Arena
19.10. DE Berlin – UFO im Velodrom
21.10. PL Krakow – Tauron Arena
22.10. HU Budapest – MVM Dome
23.10. AU Vienna – Gasometer
25.10. DE Munich – Olympiahalle
26.10. CZ Prague – Sportovni Hala Fortuna
More information on Hammerfall’s new single, album and tour dates is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://www.hammerfall.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hammerfall
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hammerfall
