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Power metal legends Hammerfall<\/a><\/strong> released 12 studio albums between 1997 and 2022; therefore, it’s somewhat understandable that their prior few records\u2014Hammer of Dawn<\/em>, Dominion<\/a><\/em>, and Built to Last<\/a><\/em>\u2014showed diminishing creative returns. Although their latest LP, Avenge the Fallen<\/em>, doesn’t significantly right the ship or reinvent the wheel, its consistency should at least entice longtime followers and pull in newcomers who’ve not grown overly tired of what the group does.<\/p>\n Naturally, the same lineup from those albums returns, and according<\/a> to frontman Joacim Cans<\/a>, <\/strong>one of the quintet’s main goals with the collection was simply proving that Hammerfall<\/a><\/strong> are still relevant. He also champions (rightly so) that Avenge the Fallen<\/em> contains “one of [his] best performances on an album ever.” Likewise, founding guitarist Oscar Dronjak<\/a> <\/strong>admits that his newfound confidence and patience with songwriting has enhanced the group’s work and made it possible to rework incomplete compositions from decades past.<\/p>\n \n