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HammerFall is a power and heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993 by Oscar Dronjak, former guitarist of Ceremonial Oath. A good number of their songs are Hot-Blooded and heroic themed anthems.

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

Current members:

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

Former members:

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

Discography:

Glory to the Brave (1997)
Legacy of Kings (1998)
Renegade (2000)
Crimson Thunder (2002)
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (2005)
Threshold (2006)
No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009)
Infected (2011)

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.

HammerFall provides examples of the following tropes:

Chronological Album Title: Chapter V
Cover Album: Masterpieces.
Drop the Hammer: Their Mascot's Weapon of Choice. 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.
Everything's Better with Rainbows: "At the End of the Rainbow" on Legacy of Kings. The cover of I Want Out -single also features one.
Epic Flail: On the cover of Crimson Thunder.
Grievous Bottley Harm: Cans got a beer bottle broken on his head while visiting a bar once.
Heavy Meta: Many songs reference metal itself. Especially Life is Now, Stronger Than All, and Bang Your Head.
Heavy Mithril
Historical Hero Upgrade - The Knights Templar in many songs.
Horrible History Metal: A number of songs about the Crusades.
Hot-Blooded: As if the "Hearts on Fire" wasn't a clue...
Large Ham: Cans has two modes: "Ham" and "Hammier". It's no coincidence that "Ham" is in the band's very name.
Lyrical Dissonance: "Natural High" sounds upbeat (like much of their stuff) but is actually about a vampire killing a woman. Or something.
Instrumentals
Many Spirits Inside of One: "Legion" is the Trope Namer.
Mascot: Sir Hector.
The Noun and the Noun
Power Ballad: At least one per album.
The Power of Rock: The first music video for "Hearts on Fire".
Shout-Out:
- The song titles contain numerous references to A Song of Ice and Fire - 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.
- The song Renegade is a power-metal retelling of the setting of the TV-series of the same name.
Start My Own: The singer Joacim Cans has his own solo project.
Subdued Section: Featured prominently.
Suicide by Sunlight: In Always Will Be.
The X of Y
What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: They made a second video for "Hearts on Fire" that starred the Swedish Women's Olympic Curling Team.
Zombie Apocalypse: "Patient Zero". Also, the video for "One More Time".

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-HammerFall is a [[Power Metal|power]] and [[Heavy Metal (Music)|heavy]] metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993 by Oscar Dronjak, former guitarist of Ceremonial Oath. A good number of their songs are [[Hot Blooded]] and heroic themed anthems.
+[[HammerFall]] is a [[Power Metal|power]] and [[Heavy Metal|heavy]] metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993 by Oscar Dronjak, former guitarist of Ceremonial Oath. A good number of their songs are [[Hot-Blooded]] and heroic themed anthems.
 And yes, that town in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' is named after them and the game's art director has made some of the band's album covers.
 Current members:
 * Joacim Cans - Lead vocals
 * Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
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 Former members:
 * Stefan Elmgren - Lead guitar
 * Magnus Rosén - Bass
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 * Johan Larsson - Bass
-Discography:
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 * ''Glory to the Brave'' (1997)
 * ''Legacy of Kings'' (1998)
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 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.
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-=== The band gives us these examples: ===
 * [[Chronological Album Title]]: ''Chapter V''
 * [[Cover Album]]: ''Masterpieces''.
 * [[Drop the Hammer]]: Their [[Mascot]]'s [[Weapon of Choice]]. 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.
-* [[Everythings Better With Rainbows]]: "At the End of the Rainbow" on ''Legacy of Kings''. The cover of ''I Want Out'' -single also features one.
+* [[Everything's Better with Rainbows]]: "At the End of the Rainbow" on ''Legacy of Kings''. The cover of ''I Want Out'' -single also features one.
 * [[Epic Flail]]: On the cover of ''Crimson Thunder''.
 * [[Grievous Bottley Harm]]: Cans got a beer bottle broken on his head while visiting a bar once.
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 * [[Historical Hero Upgrade]] - The Knights Templar in many songs.
 * [[Horrible History Metal]]: A number of songs about the Crusades.
-* [[Hot Blooded]]: As if the "Hearts on Fire" wasn't a clue...
+* [[Hot-Blooded]]: As if the "Hearts on Fire" wasn't a clue...
 * [[Large Ham]]: Cans has two modes: "Ham" and "Hammier". It's no coincidence that "Ham" is in the band's very name.
 * [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Natural High" sounds upbeat (like much of their stuff) but is actually about a vampire killing a woman. Or something.
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 * [[Many Spirits Inside of One]]: "Legion" is the [[Trope Namer]].
 * [[Mascot]]: Sir Hector.
-* [[The Noun and The Noun]]
+* [[The Noun and the Noun]]
 * [[Power Ballad]]: At least one per album.
 * [[The Power of Rock]]: The first music video for "Hearts on Fire".
-* [[Shout Out]]:
+* [[Shout-Out]]:
 ** The song titles contain numerous references to ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' - 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.
 ** The song ''Renegade'' is a power-metal retelling of the setting of the TV-series of the same name.
 * [[Start My Own]]: The singer Joacim Cans has his own solo project.
 * [[Subdued Section]]: Featured prominently.
-* [[Suicide By Sunlight]]: In ''Always Will Be''.
+* [[Suicide by Sunlight]]: In ''Always Will Be''.
 * [[The X of Y]]
-* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome]]: They made a second video for "Hearts on Fire" that starred the Swedish Women's Olympic Curling Team.
+* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: They made a second video for "Hearts on Fire" that starred the Swedish Women's Olympic Curling Team.
 * [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: "Patient Zero". Also, the video for "One More Time".
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