The Swedish metal invasion at IIT Madras is on in full force this year as well, with Gothenburg based power metal act Hammerfall being the main performing act. This, followed by last year’s brilliant concert featuring Opeth, about which reams has been written (even by Mikael Åkerfeldt who had a mouthful to say about the whole main sponsor related drama that took place on stage) along with truckloads of other Scandinavian bands coming over to the sub-continent is good for the metal fans out here in our country.
Now Hammerfall isn’t exactly the first band that comes to mind when people think of Swedish metal / power metal and I haven’t honestly heard much thanks to having discovered them a couple of months ago via last.fm, which is why I’m only familiar with songs from their last album, ‘No Sacrifice, No Victory’.
However, their music seems like its good fun to listen to at a concert, and the show at Saarang 2010 should be a good gig to attend. I’m just wondering how many people will now claim to be die-hard fans of Hammerfall, and this should be fun to watch.
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[...] Posted on January 11, 2010 – Filed Under blog | Leave a Comment Last heard from the organizers at IIT Madras, Hammerfall, the Swedish power metal band was scheduled to perform at this year’s edition of Saarang. You’d have no doubt read about it online in one of many websites, including, possibly an article here. [...]
Saarang 2010 will be host to 5 international bands – Skid Row, Hammerfall, T Raumschmiere, Hurricane Bells and Ziskakan!
Visit http://www.saarang.org for more details!