New HammerFall! Ahead of an album release in August! These delightful Swedes keep cranking out great songs, apparently since 1993. The video is like a studio session turned epic, and though it lacks the Swedish women’s curling team, it’s something for the ages.
The song kicks off with a solid drum solo. Kinda Painkillerly, plenty fast, plenty kicky. Joacim Cans can still belt out huge vocals which rules. You could even say Joacim Cans sing real well. I dig the dueling guitar solos before the breakdown, very noodly, very shreddy. You knew there’d be a solo by any means necessary, and they crushed it.
Them shouting “THE END” after the breakdown tricked me into thinking the song was over. But boom a kickass coda and chorus for a bit! Really set my hearts on fire there.