For starters: thanks for replying here in general, Anders. Let me just get this point more straight.


Purely speaking for myself, I don't care too much about album covers. A nice one is a bonus, and I'm afraid I can't consider this one a bonus. The music is most important of course, and the song One More Time was a bit different indeed. It's typical HF, especially the chorus (catchy and stuff). At the other hand, it sounds very simple. And no offense, but HF never made the most complex music in the metal scene, so this song might turn people off a bit.

But what you said about the rest of the album, made me more optimistic. I doubt it will get anywhere near Crimson Thunder though.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I like the song and I have no worries about the album. I heard "One more time" twice in Tuff Stuff (radio show). The song got positive critics in the show.

I'm just disappointed with the new lady shirts. It seems on the photo like one of the bullet holes is exactly where girls have their nipples. For men it's probably funny to see but I don't like it, It's awkward!

The regular shirts are cool. I like the hand and the bullet holes are well-placed.

I totally understand. Another example is that if you wear a bandshirt, men's bandshirts have the bandname higher than girlies. Guess where the bandname stands on girlies? Exactly.

First: Anders, thanks for visiting the forum, replying here and encouraging us. But it didn't encourage me very much, no offence, because all of you always keep saying the same: it's the best ever, the music is still HF-like, blah, blah.... doesn't it look like a little bit "too much", if you see what I mean? Look, if you decided to change so many things so suddenly, you might get some new fans, but what about the old, the most faithful ones? Don't you think some of us might end up pretty much disappointed? I'm not judging anything, once again. But I'm just saying about impression I got until now and about how the things seem to me at this point. I'll never stop loving HF so much, and it will FOREVER be my very favourite band, I'll come to any concert and buy every single album, but that's exactly why I am so suspicious right now. Otherwise it wouldn't be so important for me.



Allright, Andre, NOTHING will ever get anywhere near Crimson Thunder. Or maybe Threshold, I really like that one too.

About the T-Shirts... Sanya, do you think that about the bullet hole is just ACCIDENTALLY made? Men make these T-Shirts probably and no one cares about how we feel wearing them... as long as THEY like it!

And you are saying to them that what they say is "too much"

Yes. What's wrong? I say about everything they did so far. And I said this because they're a band from my childhood, I spent so much time listening to them, getting to know things... It's not really objective. I say that what they're saying about the album no one has heard so far might be "too much", because we still don't know anything.

It took time to read all posts ^^ I can just say: We have to wait for the realease of the full album, and listen to it for many times. And then after can we discuss our feelings about the new album. I've heard the "one more time" song three-times, and i can say, its a good song, but i hope the others on the studio album will be much Hammerfall like.

and i say:
Hammerfall is a part of my life. It doesn't matter the changes. I'll love them for ever and after, because in my sight, they're the most powerful, and most awesome band on the earth. I just can't wait for the release date. In addition i can't wait for the album debute concert, i hope they will come to my little country, Hungary, and if they come, the hungarian hammerfall templars will wait them.

Hammerfall is my absolute favourite too, so even if the new album will be not as good as the last ones I will like it. I just ordered tickets for the pre-release show in Osnabrück. After listening to "One more time" I´m very curious about the other songs...

You are so lucky! I wish there was a presale show in South-Germany

I´m really happy about that I´m more in the middle and often good concerts are in the south (Stuttgard, München...) or in the north (Hamburg, Bremen...). Both is too far for me (I´m not the person who drives three or four or even more hours for a concert), so I´m quite happy that I´ll see the guys in Osnabrück (which is abut 1 hour from me)