HammerFall - Hammer of Dawn (2022)

Swedish power metal band HammerFall have just released their twelfth studio album, Hammer of Dawn.

With a career spanning almost thirty years, the band doesn't want to invent the wheel, or present anything innovative, not least because within the power metal formula it's getting harder every day to innovate or dare too much, but what fans want to hear is exactly this traditional and effective formula, and what we have in Hammer of Dawn is just that.

Coming from two great albums, Built To Last from 2016 and Dominion from 2019, the Swedes have raised expectations, and although this twelfth album is not as incredible as its predecessor, it ends up pleasing in a natural way, we are faced with ten songs that last just over forty-five minutes, which really makes the flame not fall, the band manages to maintain the high turnover in a satisfactory way.

We have some great moments such as Brotherhood, No Son Of Odin and Venerate Me, which is very good and features a special guest appearance by King Diamond, who is inexplicably underused, but it's still an excellent song.

Hammer of Dawn may not be as good as their last few albums, but it's still a cohesive album with some great moments, making it clear that HammerFall are going through a great phase, consolidating themselves more and more as one of the best power metal bands today.
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