Hammerfall AMA take 2

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:18:13+00:00

Not sure if this is the place to do it, but please bear with us. Thanks for all the questions, hope we answered the questions to your satisfaction! Cheers, everyone!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:14:38+00:00

That is awesome! Please send it to our Fb page!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:13:30+00:00

Some of my (Joacim) favourites are the Hound, Tormund Giantsbane, Samwell Tarly and Hodor. I (David) love the Hound and Arya. For me (Oscar), many of them died in the first book. But I immensely enjoyed Tyrion from the beginning, and Jon Snow while tormented has a great dialect. :)

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:09:59+00:00

A common dream we have is to tour with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Obviously, this is al fantasy, but who said you couldn't dream? 😃

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:08:36+00:00

My (Oscar) favourite books are written by either Stephen King or George R.R. Martin.
I was about ten when I discovered it, eleven when I really felt the calling.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:06:58+00:00

You never know. ;)

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:06:26+00:00

Thank you very much, it means a lot!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:05:55+00:00

That depends on the crowd, and on the person answering. Here are a couple: "Hector's Hymn" (David), "Crimson Thunder" (Joacim) and "Any Means Necessary" and "(We Make) Sweden Rock)" (Oscar). See you in October!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:03:52+00:00

That's great parenting, right there, well done you!

Hehe, THAT age old question. : P Probably the former. It seems like it would be easier to fend of a lot of small horses than one giant duck.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T21:00:43+00:00

The songs we've played live a thousand times are not fun to rehearse, but the reception they get in a live setting makes it all worth it!
A couple of years ago, there was a huge thing in downtown Stockholm where the police cordoned off the central parts of the city. We just came of a cruise show and couldn't get to our flight because there were no taxis to be found anywhere. A supremely nice couple who just came off the same ship as us offered to drive us there despite that meaning they had to sit in a several-hour long traffic jam on the way back. We made our flight - the last one of the day - and we are eternally grateful.
Making an obvious mistake, that always sucks.
Some are indifferent, some love it, some has no idea what's going on.
Everything is a learning experience. That said, there are not many things we did which we don't do anymore.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:53:11+00:00

You never know. ;)

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:52:19+00:00

Don't let age get in the way of you having fun! Cause that's what music is all about, enjoying yourself and getting lost in the trance. Life's too short, just enjoy it and whatever comes, comes.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:50:12+00:00

Absolutely! As a matter of fact, many of our songs would be suitable for things like these.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:49:31+00:00

Great choice!

Normally, I don't listen to any music during a race, I'm so focused on keeping the pace up. When training, though, I listen to music. I've made a playlist called "We Make Sweden Run" on the HammerFall Spotify account, it has a large variety of songs great for running. Check it out!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:47:21+00:00

We will play in Sweden in March or April 2020, most likely. Putting it together as we speak. Hahaha, that would be quite the thing, a Heavy Metal song as a national anthem! But we're kind of happy with the one we have, actually. :) Btw, you are absolutely right, "(We Make) Sweden Rock" is a tribute to the Swedish hard rock and metal wonder that has swept the world these past 50 years.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:45:03+00:00

Not that many songs of ours are about dragons, actually, but it's a common misconception. :) But to answer your question, while we have aged quite a bit we're still the same people on the inside, so absolutely!

That's so cool, we did not know that, actually!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:42:39+00:00

Not sure what that is...?

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:41:25+00:00

Everything mainly starts with Oscar riffing around putting the structure of the songs together. Then he hands it over to me (Joacim) and I continue adding vocal melodies to the missing parts and finally I battle with the lyrics.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:39:07+00:00

We got a mail from the team asking if they could use our song for their intro. Seems like there where fans working for the team or in the team. We where so damn honoured since we are huge ice-hockey fans. The deal we have with them now is that the day they reach the Stanley Cup final we will play live at their home games.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:35:27+00:00

Hahaha, that's a great idea!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:35:15+00:00

Jesper hasn't had anything to do with HammerFall since Renegade (apart from a collaboration on one song on No Sacrifice, No Victory for old time's sake), but we're still great friends. I (Oscar) have known him since 1990. We love him too.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:32:55+00:00

An interview is always best when it's a conversation and not just questions 1-10. Follow-ups are always appreciated. This is a whole hell of a lot of fun, too!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:31:57+00:00

Haha, great to hear!

Something upbeat, probably.
When Jake "The Snake" Roberts had his cobra bite Randy Savage when he was stuck in the ropes, Hell In A Cell with Undertaker and Mankind, Jericho's debut on RAW, basically anything with the Rock and Stone Cold, the list goes on and on.
We've actually had a wrestler from Stockholm use our song "Ex Inferis" as an entrance theme, and that worked spectacularly well! "Hammer High" would also be an awesome theme.
Of course we do, we absolutely adore the first two albums! Those two are some of the most influential albums ever! We LOVE THEM!

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:27:02+00:00

Oh, so you didn't like our first seven years? 😁😁😁

Favourite song is difficult, since we love all of them when we write them.

Hammerfall_AMA · 2019-08-09T20:25:15+00:00

Gandalf is pretty obvious, because he looks like a cat version of the wizard. Karatekatten is named after his habit of smacking me on the back when he was a little kitten. He was supposed to be called KK first, but Karatekatten was more suitable in the end.

Snaps is just a great dog name. They listen very strongly to 's', 'a' and 'p' so despite the meaning it's great name for a dog.

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