Artist: Hammerfall
Title: Built to Last
Label: Napalm Records
Cat #: NPR864JC
Release Year: 2016
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak

"The Swedish saviors of heavy metal HammerFall let the hammer strike again, radiating power on all artistic levels with their tenth studio album, Built to Last!

In times when finest steel was no longer considered the crowning of our beloved genre, HammerFall came to the rescue and blew everyone away with melodic finesse and sincerity: longplayers such as Glory to the brave (1997) and Renegade (2000) quickly established the Swedes as pioneers of a modern version of classic 80s metal – and they sure haven`t slowed down any since!

Built to last – the tenth album in a career spanning nearly twenty years – definitely boasts a programmatic title and brilliantly displays the strengths of the band. Highly melodic and swift anthems, aggressive lead guitars, choruses you`d kill your mother for and Joacim Cans` inimitable, steel-melting voice (recorded once more with James Michael / SIXX AM in L.A.) turn this oeuvre into one of the most consistent, exciting and passionate HammerFall ever recorded!

Recommended if you like: Sabaton, Manowar, Judas Priest, Dio, Iron Maiden, Helloween, Accept, Gamma Ray, BloodBound, Edguy, Dream Evil, DragonForce, Nocturnal Rites, Iced Earth, Stratovarius, Gloryhammer  

Track Listing:
1. Bring It!
2. Hammer High
3. The Sacred Vow
4. Dethrone And Defy
5. Twighlight Princess
6. Stormbreaker
7. Built To Last
8. The Star Of Home
9. New Breed
10. Second To None