FaceCulture has released a new 2-part video interview with HammerFall guitarist Pontus Norgren.

In Part 1, he discusses being a sound engineer and recording himself, a portable studio, the sound in his fingers, playing the trumpet, the rise of melodic hard rock, winning his parents over, and more:

In Part 2, Pontus discusses HammerFall’s new album Built To Last, a smooth production process, needing a break, their songwriting style and more:

HammerFall’s new album, Built To Last, was released on November 4th via Napalm Records. The clip streaming below features the unboxing of the wooden box edition of the album, strictly limited to 1,000 copies and exclusively available through the Napalm Records mailorder, here.

The album artwork, designed by Andreas Marschall, and tracklisting can be seen below.

Built To Last tracklisting:

“Bring It!”
“Hammer High”
“The Sacred Vow”
“Dethrone And Defy”
“Twilight Princess”
“Stormbreaker”
“Built To Last”
“The Star Of Home”
“New Breed”
“Second To None”

“Hammer High” video:

“The Sacred Vow” lyric video:

Built To Last track-by-track video:

Part 1:

Part 2:

HammerFall will embark on another celebrated tour over Europe, beginning on January 12th, 2017 in Bremen, Germany. Now the band announce that special guests Gloryhammer will be joining HammerFall on their extensive European Tour, and the support will come from Lancer.

”We got exactly the support bands we wanted”, says guitarist Oscar Dronjak. ”There is no doubt in my mind that Lancer will be thoroughly enjoyed by all our fans, and Gloryhammer's mighty and epic music will be the perfect lead-in to the HammerFall show that will follow. The World Wide (r)Evolution was a resounding success on every level with half of the shows sold out, and we can’t wait to get back on stage again to have a gigantic heavy metal party every night with all our Templar friends!”

HammerFall and Delain have joined forces for a co-headline North American tour, set for spring of 2017. Tickets and VIP packages for all shows are available now at this location.

HammerFall’s Built To Tour 2017 dates can be found here (with ticket links).

(Photo - Tallee Savage)