The brand-new masterpiece by Swedish Metal pioneers HAMMERFALL entitled »(r)Evolution« has taken over the international charts, hitting the Top 10 in no less than 5 countries!
With the new record featuring 11 glorious hymns, HAMMERFALL reaches the highest entries to date of their outstanding career in Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Finland, Austria and also cracking the official UK album charts for the first time ever. And to top it altogether, the band entered the charts of their native Sweden at NUMBER ONE!
Commented guitarist Oscar Dronjak: „Following on the heels of the #1 in Sweden, »(r)Evolution« is laying siege to charts in Europe! Entries in Germany, Switzerland, Austria are the highest there ever! And for the first time, a HAMMERFALL album found its way to the UK charts as well, #110 in the regular chart and #10 in the Rock Album chart. Thank you so much for the support, the Templars of Steel have spoken and the world will have no choice but to listen!”
See below for the global chart entries:
# 1 Sweden
# 4 Germany
# 4 Czech Rep.
# 5 Switzerland
# 10 Finland
# 13 Austria
# 67 France
# 84 Belgium
# 105 Netherlands
# 110 UK
USA: #1 Heatseekers & #32 Hard Charts
The track listing of »(r)Evolution« reads as follows:
1. Hector's Hymn
2. (r)Evolution
3. Bushido
4. Live Life Loud
5. Ex Inferis
6. We Won't Back Down
7. Winter Is Coming
8. Origins
9. Tainted Metal
10. Evil Incarnate
11. Wildfire
Bonus:
12. Demonized (Digipak and Vinyl)
Order your copy here: http://smarturl.it/HammerfallrEvolution
Enjoy the video clip for 'Hector’s Hymn' – directed by 11Frames Productions - here:
More about »(r)Evolution«:
Trailer #1: http://youtu.be/JZhhS8AuxQg
Trailer #2: http://youtu.be/RH0ryJuEQrQ
Trailer #3: http://youtu.be/ygt5davx3q8
Trailer #4: http://youtu.be/2Q1l_xBhbyE
HAMMERFALL live at their World Wide (r)Evolution Tour in early 2015:
& Guests: Orden Ogan + Serious Black
German dates presented by Rock Hard, Rock It, Musix, Blast and Metal.de
16.01. D Bremen - Aladin
17.01. D Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
18.01. D Cologne - Essigfabrik
19.01. NL Tilburg - O13
20.01. BE Antwerp - TRIX
22.01. D Stuttgart - Longhorn
23.01. D Kaufbeuren - All KartHalle
24.01. CH Pratteln - Z7
25.01. CH Pratteln - Z7
26.01. D Munich - Backstage
28.01. I Milano - Live Club
29.01. F Lyon - Ninkasi Kao
30.01. ESP Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2
31.01. ESP Madrid - Shoko
01.02. ESP Bilbao - Kafe Antzokia
03.02. F Paris - Trabendo
04.02. D Langen/Frankfurt
