Blitzkrieg has issued a new interview with HAMMERFALL vocalist Joacim Cans. An excerpt follows:

Q: Do you think, as some bands have said, that Hammerfall has changed?

A: "Well, of course we’ve changed! Some people want bands to keep being the same forever, and then they’ll complain that they sound the same. I think that the problem is that there’s this desire among some metal fans to keep the genre as an underground subculture, but, guess what? it’s too late. Nowadays every major festival has at least one heavy metal number, and metal festivals gather hundreds of thousands of people every year. This doesn’t mean that we’re deliberately trying to sound “commercial”, but simply that our music can reach a larger audience."

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Hammerfall bassist Fredrik Larsson will participate in a live chat on Monday, June 6th at 10 AM (PST) / 12 noon (Central) / 1 PM (EST) / 7 PM (CET) at the Nuclear Blast Streaming Room. Fans are invited to tune in and participate.

Hamerfall's new album, Infected, entered the Swedish album charts at #2, behind LADY GAGA's new release. The album was released in Europe on May 20th and will be out in North America on June 7th via Nuclear Blast.

Behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the group’s 'One More Time' video is now available. The video was shot by Patrick Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, ENSLAVED, ARCH ENEMY) of Revolver Films. Check out the behind-the-scenes footage and the full video below:

'One More Time' is a track off Infected, whic was produced & mixed by James Michael (MÖTLEY CRÜE, SCORPIONS, MEAT LOAF).

The track listing for the iTunes bonus version of Infected is as follows:

'Patient Zero'

'Bang Your Head'

'One More Time'

'The Outlaw'

'Send Me A Sign'

'Dia De Los Muertos'

'I Refuse'

'666 - The Enemy Within'

'Immortalized'

'Let's Get It On'

'Redemption'

Bonus material:

'B.Y.H.' (Instrumental)

'One More Time' (Instrumental)

'One More Time' – Official Music Video

Infected Digital Booklet – Bonus Version

As previously reporetd, HammerFall have released a video for the Infected bonus disc track 'Send Me A Sign'. Check out the "Live In Studio" video below: