HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. As of February 2020 they have released 13 studio albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
AUT [2] |
FRA [3] |
GER [4] |
JPN [5] |
SWI [6] |
EUR [7][8] |
BEL [9] | ||
| Glory to the Brave |
|
— | 40 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — |
| Legacy of Kings |
|
15 | 34 | — | 15 | 71 | — | — | — |
| Renegade |
|
1 | 43 | — | 17 | 40 | 72 | — | — |
| Crimson Thunder |
|
3 | 65 | 134 | 13 | 82 | 83 | — | — |
| Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken |
|
4 | 36 | 159 | 12 | 163 | 39 | 27 | — |
| Threshold |
|
1 | 30 | 192 | 15 | 146 | 32 | 23 | — |
| No Sacrifice, No Victory | 2 | 25 | 95 | 7 | — | 20 | — | 92 | |
| Infected |
|
2 | 17 | — | 9 | — | 21 | — | — |
| (r)Evolution |
|
1 | 13 | 85 | 4 | — | 5 | — | 90 |
| Built to Last |
|
6 | 19 | — | 8 | — | 15 | — | 96 |
| Dominion |
|
2 | 11 | 126 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 48 |
| Hammer of Dawn |
|
4 | 14 | 127 | 5 | — | 9 | — | 95 |
| Avenge the Fallen |
|
1 [11] |
— | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 129 |
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
GER [4][12] | ||
| One Crimson Night |
|
15 | 58 |
| Gates of Dalhalla |
|
— | 73 |
| Live! Against the World |
|
16 | 14 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
AUT [2] |
GER [4] |
SWI [6] |
US Euro. [13] | ||||
| Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory |
|
15 | 38 | 53 | 51 | 93 | ||
| The Vinyl Single Collection[14] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| Masterpieces |
|
15 | — | 69 | 38 | — | ||
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
AUT [2] |
GER [16] |
SWI [6] |
US Euro. [17] | ||||
| 1997 | “Glory to the Brave” | — | — | — | — | — | Glory to the Brave | |
| 1998 | “Heeding the Call” | — | — | 48 | — | — | Legacy of Kings | |
| 1999 | “I Want Out” | 75 | — | 55 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | “Renegade” | 17 | — | 89 | — | — | Renegade | |
| 2000 | “Always Will Be” | 50 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002 | “Hearts on Fire” | 11 | — | 58 | — | — | Crimson Thunder | |
| 2005 | “Blood Bound” | 5 | — | 54 | 85 | 91 | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | |
| 2006 | “The Fire Burns Forever” | — | — | — | — | — | Threshold | |
| 2006 | “Natural High” | 6 | 71 | 79 | 83 | — | ||
| 2007 | “Last Man Standing” | — | — | — | — | — | Steel Meets Steel – Ten Years of Glory | |
| 2009 | “Any Means Necessary” | — | — | — | — | — | No Sacrifice, No Victory | |
| 2010 | “My Sharona” | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | “One More Time” | — | — | — | — | — | Infected | |
| 2011 | “B.Y.H” | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | “Send Me a Sign” | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | “Bushido” | — | — | — | — | — | (r)Evolution | |
| 2014 | “Hector’s Hymn” | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||
Video albums
| Year | Video details | Peak | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [1] |
GER [4] | ||
| 1999 | The First Crusade | — | — |
| 2002 | The Templar Renegade Crusades | — | — |
| 2002 | Hearts on Fire | — | — |
| 2003 | One Crimson Night | — | — |
| 2008 | Rebels with a Cause: Unruly, Unrestrained, Uninhibited | 15 | 81 |
| 2012 | Gates of Dalhalla[18] | — | — |
| 2020 | Live! Against the World | — | — |
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Music videos
- “Hammerfall” (1997)
- “Glory to the Brave” (First Version) (1997)
- “Glory to the Brave” (Second Version) (1997)
- “Heeding The Call” (1998)
- “Let the Hammer Fall” (live) (1998)
- “I Want Out” (feat. Kai Hansen) (1999)
- “Renegade” (2000)
- “Always Will Be” (2000)
- “Hearts On Fire” (First Version) (2002)
- “Hearts On Fire” (Second Version) (2005)
- “Blood Bound” (2005)
- “Natural High” (2006)
- “The Fire Burns Forever” (2006)
- “Last Man Standing” (Extended Version) (2007)
- “HammerFall v2.0.07 (MPEG video – Rough mix version)” (2007)
- “Any Means Necessary” (2009)
- “A Legend Reborn” (live) (2011)
- “One More Time” (2011)
- “Send Me a Sign” (live) (2011)
- “Gates Of Dalhalla” (live) (2012)
- “Threshold” (live) (2012)
- “Hector’s Hymn” (2014)
- “The Sacred Vow” (Lyric Video) (2016)
- “Hammer High” (2016)
- “Built to Last” (2017)
- “(We Make) Sweden Rock” (First Version) (2019)
- “(We Make) Sweden Rock” (Second Version) (2019)
- “One Against the World” (2019)
- “Dominion” (2019)
- “Second to One” (featuring Noora Louhimo) (2020)
- “Templars of Steel” (live) (2021)
- “Renegade” (live) (2021)
- “Hammer of Dawn” (2021)
- “Venerate Me” (Visualizer) (2022)
- “Brotherhood” (2022)
- “Riders of the Storm” (Lyric Video) (2023)
- “Crimson Thunder Medley” (2023)
- “Hail To The King” (2024)
- “The End Justifies” (2024)
- “Avenge The Fallen” (2024)
- “Freedom” (2024)
References
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- ^ a b c “Discographie HammerFall” (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ “Discography HammerFall”. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ a b c d “Discographie von HammerFall”. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ “メガデス-Oricon Style ミュージック” (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ a b c “Discography HammerFall”. swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ^ “European Top 100 Albums – Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken”. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2009. [dead link]
- ^ “European Top 100 Albums – Threshold”. Billboard. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 2009-01-18. [dead link]
- ^ “Discografie HammerFall”. Ultratop. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ a b c “Home”. sverigetopplistan.se.
- ^ “Veckolista Album, vecka 33, 2024”. Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Steffen Hung. “HammerFall – Gates Of Dalhalla”. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ “European Top 100 Albums – Steel Meets Steel”. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2009. [dead link]
- ^ “Hammerfall – the Vinyl Single Collection (2008, Vinyl)”. Discogs. 2008.
- ^ “HammerFall – the Vinyl Single Collection – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives”.
- ^ “HammerFall > Single-Chartverfolgung”. Musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- ^ “European Hot 100 Singles – Blood Bound”. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 19 February 2005. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- ^ Nuclear Blast News: Hammerfall: Gates of Dalhalla – Live DVD/2CD, Blu-ray/2CD, read nov 14 2012