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2008  Hammerfall is one of those early members of the Power
Metal rebirth of the late 90s that has held a very consistent
style throughout their rather successful career. Drawing
influences from the NWOBHM, as well as shred artists like Yngwie
Malmsteen (their drummer used to be in Rising Force), Hammerfall
has led the charge of a throng of power metal acts that have
brought the genre to a new generation of prospective metal fans.
Having said all of that, like any leader in a musical genre,
there is the risk of emulators coming in to steal some of your
thunder. In this respect, the band’s 4th offering “Crimson
Thunder” marks a shift in the band’s attitude away from pumping
out exiting power metal and instead embracing the
commercialized, watered down sound that is exhibited by Dream
Evil and a few other latecomers to th