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I watch the career
of Hammerfall from the beginning and
I could say that I am fan of their
music. Additionally I have never been
disappointed from their albums until
now. Surely, I don't expect
from them to release a new "Glory
to the Brave" or "Legacy
of Kings", but at least all
of their releases were very good.
Hammerfall is a band, which you know
what they are going to play. They
don't change their style and
we do not want that. So, in their
last album "Threshold"
you will hear classical heavy metal
with epic elements and sometimes fast
riffs, like speed metal. There are
tracks like "Natural High"
and "Howling With a Pac",
which are great and on the other side
weak compositions like "Rebel
Inside" and "Dark Wings,
Dark Words" (perhaps the only
ballad of Hammerfall, which does not
make me to feel anything). Moreover,
"Threshold" moves to the
same, not quite high, level in all
its duration and becomes boring. When
I say in the same level, I mean that
all tracks are in the same style,
except the ballad "Dark Wings,
Dark Words" and the instrumental
"Reign of the Hammer".
I heard it a lot of times and after
finishing every hearing, there were
few things, which stay in my mind.
Despite the great production and the
excellent voice of Joacim Cans, there
are some combinations that are not
good enough. This doesn't mean
that the album is not good. Simply
it has several good songs and some
mediocre.
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