Since then, HammerFall has dominated the Swedish Albums chart becoming critically acclaimed across Europe. HammerFall rose straight from the ashes, triggering a heavy metal revolution with its debut album, thanks to the band’s distinctive and appealing artistic influence on the genre. Without hesitation, the band started working towards its debut release, issuing Glory to the Brave in 1997. In 1996, Oscar got a major relief after meeting vocalist Joacim Cans, a man with a similar love for the heavy metal sound.ĭefined by his epic high notes and ‘80s heavy metal-style vocals, Joacim Cans proved to have been the missing (but now found) piece of HammerFall’s heavy metal musical pursuits. However, with the band’s musical direction not perfectly defined, HammerFall ended up as a side project for its members who played in different acts including Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. Initially, Oscar teamed up with several artists including Jesper Strömblad from his former band Ceremonial Oath to form a five-piece outfit. This only meant that HammerFall’s founder Oscar Dronjak had a tough task ahead to find band members who would live up to his dream of establishing a heavy metal band. The Gothenburg scene picked it up from the Swedish death metal acts Entombed, Grave, Dismember, and Unleashed, refining the sound with more melodic influences. Melodic death metal, the Gothenburg sound, was gaining traction, thanks to its pioneers In Flames, At The Gates, and Dark Tranquillity. HammerFall’s inception came at a time the Swedish metal scene was undergoing an enormous revolution. HammerFall’s Career Beginnings and Breakthrough Since then, HammerFall became one of Sweden’s prominent outfits in the heavy metal scene, especially, in the power metal subgenre. The album has been cited by music critics to have played a huge role rekindled the love for traditional heavy metal. Established in 1993, HammerFall revolutionized the Swedish heavy metal scene with its 1997 debut studio album, Glory to the Brave. Our top 10 HammerFall songs list presents ten of the best tracks released by a Swedish outfit famed for its massive impact on the resurgence of heavy/power metal in the late ‘90s.

The brave album