History Music / Hammerfall

* {{Samurai}}: ''Bushido'' is essentially a IAmSong for the entire Samurai concept. So much that [[http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/hammerfallbushido.jpg its single cover]] has Hector's armor evoking this trope.

%%* EpicFlail: On the cover of ''Crimson Thunder''.

%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * HorribleHistoryMetal: A number of songs about the Crusades.

%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: "Legion" is the TropeNamer.
%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * MetalMascot: Sir Hector.

%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * PowerBallad: At least one per album.

%% (Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples) * SongOfSongTitles: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtGFIrvtiAs "Hector's Hymn"]]

%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * SuicideBySunlight: In ''Always Will Be''.

Current members:

Former members:

Discography:

They have also released a live album, ''One Crimson Night'' in 2003, and two compilation albums, ''Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory'' in 2007 and ''Masterpieces'' in 2008. There have also been four video albums, ''The First Crusade'' in 1999, ''The Templar Renegade Crusades'' in 2002, a video version of ''One Crimson Night'' in 2003 and ''Rebels with a Cause: Unruly, Unrestrained, Uninhibited'' in 2008.

* TheCameo: On one live concert they started singing "När Vindarna Viskar Mitt Namn" and in the middle of the song, Roger Pontare the songs creator himself joined in.
%%* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''Chapter V''
%%* CoverAlbum: ''Masterpieces''.
* CoveredUp: ''LOTS''. To name a few; "[[Music/SkidRow Youth Gone Wild]]", "[[Music/{{KISS}} Detroit Rock City]]", "[[Music/TwistedSister We're Gonna Make It]]", "[[Music/{{Rainbow}} "Man On the Silver Mountain]]", "[[Music/TheKnack My Sharona]]" "[[Music/IronMaiden Hallowed Be Thy Name]]", "[[Music/JudasPriest Breaking The Law]]", "[[Music/{{Helloween}} I Want Out]]" and "[[Music/{{Accept}} Head Over Heals]]".
* DoomTroops: ''Any Means Neccessary''
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: "At the End of the Rainbow" on ''Legacy of Kings''. The cover of ''I Want Out'' also features one.

* HeavyMeta: Many songs reference metal itself. Especially ''Life Is Now'', ''Stronger Than All'', and ''B.Y.H.''.
%%* HeavyMithril

%%* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The Knights Templar in many songs.
%%* HorribleHistoryMetal: A number of songs about the Crusades.
%%* HotBlooded: As if the "Hearts on Fire" wasn't a clue...

* LyricalDissonance: "Natural High" sounds upbeat (like much of their stuff) but is actually about a vampire killing a woman. Or something.
%%* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: "Legion" is the TropeNamer.
%%* {{Mascot}}: Sir Hector.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: They made a second video for "Hearts on Fire" that starred the Swedish Women's Olympic Curling Team. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9mlqbG5CU Curling is FUCKING METAL!]]
%%* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: in the song "Renegade".
%%* TheNounAndTheNoun
%%* PowerBallad: At least one per album.
%%* ThePowerOfRock: The first music video for "Hearts on Fire".
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The main character of ''Bushido''. The whole song is littered with references to how honourable he is.

** The song titles contain numerous references to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' - too many to be mere coincidence. For example, "Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", part of the title of one of their albums, is also the motto of House Martell with the first two words swapped around.
*** There is also the song titles "Take the Black", which is when somebody joins the Night's Watch, and "Dark Wings, Dark Words" which is an in-universe proverb about messages carried by ravens.
*** The last piece of doubt is removed with the (r)Evolution-album: the song "Winter is Coming" contains direct references to the books.

*** The lyrics also fit the ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' mythos to a T.
** The song titled "Punish and Enslave" seems to be one to one of the labels on [[Film/Transformers2007 Barricade's vehicle form]]
** "No Sacrifice, No Victory" is also the title of a track from the ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' movie score, as well as a line from the movie.

* SongOfSongTitles: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtGFIrvtiAs "Hector's Hymn"]]

%%* SubduedSection: Featured prominently.
%%* SuicideBySunlight: In ''Always Will Be''.
%% What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome is now named MundaneMadeAwesome. Please a) make sure it actually applies (the rename was due to misuse), and b) place it under that entry, above.
%%* TheXOfY
%%* ZombieApocalypse: "Patient Zero". Also, the video for "One More Time".

* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''Chapter V''
* CoverAlbum: ''Masterpieces''.

* DropTheHammer: Their {{Mascot}} carries one. In addition, all their albums except ''Crimson Thunder'', ''Infected'', ''(r)Evolution'', and ''Dominion'' contain a song with "hammer" in the name, and then there's the band's name...they seem to have a thing about hammers.

* EpicFlail: On the cover of ''Crimson Thunder''.

* HeavyMithril

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade - The Knights Templar in many songs.
* HorribleHistoryMetal: A number of songs about the Crusades.
* HotBlooded: As if the "Hearts on Fire" wasn't a clue...

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: "Legion" is the TropeNamer.
* {{Mascot}}: Sir Hector.

* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: in the song "Renegade".
* TheNounAndTheNoun
* PowerBallad: At least one per album.
* ThePowerOfRock: The first music video for "Hearts on Fire".

* SubduedSection: Featured prominently.
* SuicideBySunlight: In ''Always Will Be''.

* TheXOfY
* ZombieApocalypse: "Patient Zero". Also, the video for "One More Time".

** The song titled "Punish and Enslave" seems to be one to one of the labels on [[Film/{{Transformers}} Barricade's vehicle form]]
** "No Sacrifice, No Victory" is also the title of a track from the [[Film/{{Transformers}}2007 Transformers]] movie score, as well as a line from the movie.

* CoveredUp: ''LOTS''. To name a few; "[[Music/SkidRow Youth Gone Wild]]", "[[Music/{{KISS}} Detroit Rock City]]", "[[Music/TwistedSister We're Not Gonna Take It]]", "[[Music/{{Rainbow}} "Man On the Silver Mountain]]", "[[Music/TheKnack My Sharona]]" "[[Music/IronMaiden Hallowed Be Thy Name]]", "[[Music/JudasPriest Breaking The Law]]", "[[Music/{{Helloween}} I Want Out]]" and "[[Music/{{Accept}} Head Over Heals]]".

And yes, that town in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' is named after them and the game's art director has made some of the band's album covers.

* DropTheHammer: Their {{Mascot}}'s WeaponOfChoice. In addition, all their albums except ''Crimson Thunder'', ''Infected'', ''(r)Evolution'', and ''Dominion'' contain a song with "hammer" in the name, and then there's the band's name...they seem to have a thing about hammers.

** "No Sacrifice, No Victory" is also the title of a track from the [[Film/{{Transformers}}2007 Transformers]] movie score

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: From the hardest 6 possible to a solid 7.

* ''Dominion (2019''

* BadassBeard: By ''(r)Evolution'', Cans has grown a pretty wicked beard.

** The song titles contain numerous references to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' - too many to be mere coincidence. For example, "Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", part of the title of one of their albums, is also the motto of House Martell.

* DropTheHammer: Their {{Mascot}}'s WeaponOfChoice. In addition, all their albums except ''Crimson Thunder'' and ''Infected'' contain a song with "hammer" in the name, and then there's the band's name...they seem to have a thing about hammers.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: "At the End of the Rainbow" on ''Legacy of Kings''. The cover of ''I Want Out'' -single also features one.

* HeavyMeta: Many songs reference metal itself. Especially ''Life is Now'', ''Stronger Than All'', and ''Bang Your Head''.

** "Unbent! Unbowed! Unbroken!" from "Fury Of The Wild" (''Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken'', 2005).

** All the vocals of "Warriors Of Faith" (''Legacy of Kings'', 1998).

* StartMyOwn: The singer Joacim Cans has his own solo project.

* Joacim Cans - Lead vocals
* Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* Pontus Norgren - Lead guitar, backing vocals
* Fredrik Larsson - Bass, backing vocals
* Anders Johansson - Drums

* Stefan Elmgren - Lead guitar
* Magnus Rosén - Bass
* Patrik Räfling - Drums
* Jesper Strömblad - Drums
* Glenn Ljungström - Lead guitar
* Mikael Stanne - Lead vocals
* Niklas Sundin - Lead guitar
* Johan Larsson - Bass

* AtomicFBomb: They fit one in their cover of Music/TwistedSister's "We're gonna make it", when the pace of the song slows down.

* HesBack: After receiving a lot of flak for not including [[SeriesMascot Hector]] in the cover of ''Infected'', cue ''(r)Evolution'' not only featuring him, but the video for its opening song [[HesBack (being called ''Hector's Hymn'' even)]], [[MomentOfAwesome featuring every album cover in the history of Hammerfall that did include him!]]

And yes, that town in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' is named after them and the game's art director has made some of the band's album covers.

* AtomicFBomb: They fit one in their cover of TwistedSister's ''We're gonna make it'', when the pace of the song slows down.

* {{Instrumentals}}

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At least twice:
** "Unbent! Unbowed! Unbroken!" from ''Fury Of The Wild'' (''Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken'', 2005)
** "Kill! Win! Live! Die!" from ''Any Means Necessary'' (''No Sacrifice, No Victory'', 2009)
** All the vocals of ''Warriors Of Faith'' (''Legacy of Kings'', 1998)

** The song titles contain numerous references to ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' - too many to be mere coincidence. For example, "Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", part of the title of one of their albums, is also the motto of House Martell.
*** There is also the song titles "Take the Black", which is when somebody joins the Night's Watch, and "Dark Wings, Dark Words" which is a in-universe proverb about messages carried by ravens.
*** The last piece of doubt is removed with the (r)Evolution-album: The song ''Winter is Coming'' contains direct references to the books.
** The song ''Renegade'' is a power-metal retelling of the setting of the TV-series of the same name.

** The song title ''Bushido'' from ''(r)Evolution'' is Japanese for ''Way of the Warrior'', also a song title from the album ''Renegade'' (2000), and the song ends with a CallBack to ''Way of the Warrior''.
* SongOfSongTitles: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PtGFIrvtiAs "Hector's Hymn"]]

%% WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome is now named MundaneMadeAwesome. Please a) make sure it actually applies (the rename was due to misuse), and b) place it under that entry, above.
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* {{Samurai}}: ''Bushido'' is essentially a IAmSong for the entire Samurai concept.

** The song ''Hector's Hymn'' from ''(r)Evolution'' refers to several past songs they have done, as well as lyrical elements of some songs.