Search - HammerFall :: Legacy of Kings

Power Metal at its Best!!

S. Channell | Summerville, SC | 06/27/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hammerfall is one of the best modern metal bands around today. Most of the other modern so called "metal" bands are nothing but screaming [...] Hammerfall took the best parts of 80's metal and solidified it together with an updated sound. They have a lot of skill and talent. Their songs are powerful and heavy and yet actually have melody that you can follow. You can hear and understand all the words. But again, they are extremely powerful and heavy. They have a constant Middle Age theme running through all their albums which is what makes them unique. It creates a certain mood and flow that connects all the songs on an album.



Now about rating their albums...all 5 of their albums rock! But the last 4 are better than the first. Their first is good heavy metal, much better than most metal bands today, but the songs did not completely "click" and come together. However, that issue was completely gone by the second album! None of their next 4 albums are better than the other. They all are as good as heavy power metal with melodic vocals can get. On each album they further develop their style and introduce a few new things. But... and a very important but... each album still sounds like Hammerfall! They remain true to their sound. So here are the ratings:

3.5 Glory to the Brave

5.0 Legacy Of Kings

5.0 Renegade

5.0 Crimson Thunder

5.0 Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken



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The best of the best

Scarto | Portland,OR USA | 03/05/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is exactly what I expected from Hammerfall !!Again guitars and drums AWSOME!The Album is music that you can listen to over and over and everytime you will find something new and you will love it even more .Legacy of Kings is one of the best songs ever ,but the whole album is just good metal ,the style is not changed but every album and is different from the other but good ,I totally love it and I strongly recommend!"