has announced he is leaving the band. Here's his official statement on the matter: "I have decided to leave Hammerfall. The reason is that I have been offered a job as a pilot within an airline. Get ...

If you’re the kinda person that likes to plan shit months and months in advance, then this announcement is right up your alley. Starting next May, classic power metal bands Helloween and Hammerfall ...

Songs from the band’s most recent (and self-titled) album Helloween featured both Deris and Kiske on vocals, as it did on the studio album. This is also the only album that features the current lineup ...

Classic heavy metal was very much out of vogue when Hammerfall guitarist Oscar Dronjak founded the band after his 1993 departure from Swedish death metal outfit Ceremonial Oath. The classic sounds ...

HammerFall guitarist Oscar Dronjak was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program in advance of the release of the power metal icon's newest record, Hammer of Dawn. Most of the work ...

National Hockey League team the Minnesota Wild have teamed up with Swedish rockers HammerFall for their pre-game presentation. The Wild will use the band’s aptly titled song ‘Fury of the Wild,’ at all ...

The Templar Renegade Crusades is a combination of live performances, video clips, interviews, etc., by the Swedish power metal band, HammerFall. It was released by Nuclear Blast, first on VHS (May 21, ...

Metal madrigalists Hammerfall have returned to North American for their first tour in five years. There's no particular reason for the chasm between U.S. jaunts, according to guitarist Oscar Dronjak, ...

Power metal is a polarizing genre. People love it or hate it, as it borders on self-parody, simply due to the style's bombast and large, sweeping, epic nature. Sweden's Hammerfall make music that can ...