The third trailer for (r)Evolution, the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metallers HAMMERFALL, is now available for viewing on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygt5davx3q8
(r)Evolution – called “the essence of HAMMERFALL at its very purist” by guitarist, songwriter, and founding member Oscar Dronjak - is due out in North America on September 2nd. The album was produced by Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, SOILWORK, OPETH), who also helped produce the first two HAMMERFALL albums, 1997’s Glory To The Brave and 1998’s Legacy Of Kings. Album artwork is by German artist Andreas Marschall (BLIND GUARDIAN, KREATOR, IMMOLATION).
“For this album, we’ve taken everything that makes HAMMERFALL HAMMERFALL and evolved it,” Dronjak has stated.
Watch previous album trailers here:
Trailer #1 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhhS8AuxQg
Trailer #2 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0ryJuEQrQ
The track listing for the North American version of (r)Evolution is:
01. Hector's Hymn
02. (r)Evolution
03. Bushido
04. Live Life Loud
05. Ex Inferis
06. We Won't Back Down
07. Winter Is Coming
08. Origins
09. Tainted Metal
10. Evil Incarnate
11. Wildfire
EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK
12. Demonized
(r)Evolution can be pre-ordered from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop at http://shop.nuclearblast.com/en/shop/ in the following formats:
• Exclusive Mail-Order Edition import box set
• Exclusive CD + album artwork t-shirt bundle
• Import blue vinyl
• Import digi-pak
(r)Evolution is the follow-up to 2011’s Infected, which debuted at #16 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart and clinched HAMMERFALL’s highest-ever first-week sales in the United States.
The band is currently playing the festival circuit throughout Europe.
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