Audio CD review:
HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

Band: HammerFall Title: Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken Rating: Release Date: 2006-08-15 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Secrets 2: Blood Bound 3: Fury of the Wild 4: Hammer of Justice 5: Never, Ever 6: Born to Rule 7: The Templar Flame 8: Imperial 9: Take the Black 10: Knights of the 21st Century

Some Great Sounds With more epic sounds and better tracks, "Chapter V" just comes off as much punchier, faster and with more depth and richness. In agreement with another reviewer, I thought "Chapter V" was better than Threshold. The vocals on this CD seem much richer in substance and the tracks lack some of the "pop" feel of some of Hammerfall's other songs on the later CD. In addition, the back vocals are more consistent on this CD, not falling into some level of flatness. All of the tracks maintain a rich and varied quality. The musical work on "Chapter V" is very tight and is simply well executed power metal, with all the fast and rapid changes, power chords and thumping percussions. It all works together to create a rich weave of sound that pretty much carries you along. If you are going to buy Hammerfall, buy this CD. It is the better of what I have heard. It is still pretty garden variety, but for something requiring little grey matter to appreciate, it is good, solid power metal with some epic tracks to offer. Another good one! I have not really listened to HammerFall, before. I like what I hear. But, now I have 2 of there ablums. It's heavy stuff. THE BEST POWER METAL ON THE FROZEN EARTH!! It's a carefully constructed anvil of straight ahead Power Metal!! It does have a slower feel, but every song is LOUD and POWERFUL!! Even the Ballads. This ranks along with GLORY TO THE BRAVE and CRIMSON THUNDER as one of my favorite HAMMERFALL albums. The production values on this album rival CRIMSON THUNDER and surpass their BEST album, GLORY TO THE BRAVE. Every track is great, but my favorites would be BLOOD BOUND and BORN TO RULE. If you're looking to start a collection of Power Metal, Sweden's HAMMERFALL is the place to start!! THEY ROCK THE FROZEN NORTH!! As well as the albums I've mentioned above, also get The Double Live album, ONE CRIMSON NIGHT and LEGACY OF KINGS. Hell, buy them all!! RENEGADE is GREAT too!! Unfortunately, their lastest THRESHOLD is also their weakest. Avoid that one. RAISE THE HAMMER!! ENJOY. . Good metal I was not disappointed. I took a chance on this from the 30 second clip. Good riffs and lyrics. Good rhythm and tempo. If you liked the older metal from the early to mid 80's, you'll like this(and I don't mean the hair metal). . Pretty darn good! It has all kinds of nicely played well arranged parts that flow together seamlessly. This is power metal make no mistake about that and for what it is, it's very good. It really is nicely done. It's not ground breaking power metal, but it's good stuff . The mix is excellent as well which makes it even better in my books as I hate crappy mixes. The only thing I could have done without was the Yelling/grunting/whatever you want to call it at the beginning of the last track, Knights Of The 21st Century. Ok already, enough with "the Prophecy argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hell yeah", we get it already! This is a fine cd, so pick it up if you enjoy power metal, prog metal, 80's metal etc as I'm sure you will not be disappointed. . You can see a complete list of all HammerFall discography, or go back to the HammerFall tabs