Yea, these videos are brand spankin' new, I believe they used some AI engine to generate them. There are a lot of fun, catchy tracks on Metalizer, "Shadows" and "Burn Your Crosses" are two that comes to mind. The delay... in 2002, their Italian label kept postponing the release, for some reason or another... they finally gave up and recorded new albums. Five years later their new label (Black Lodge) managed to buy the rights to the album, so they could release it.
Ahhh is that why the album was delayed? Record labels always tend to mess with artists smh no wonder independent artists are on the rise! I'm glad and pleasantly surprised how good the album is so far, I'm so stoked to finish! Cheers my guy! 🍻
This album is kinda all over the place... They didn't have a "path" with the lyrics in the way they have now, with war as focus. They sound is also a bit different on this album, it has a lot more "noise" with intruments than other albums do (in my opinion). I don't mean "noise" as something bad, btw. And (this is just my thoughts) maybe they didn't reach fame with these songs because during that time power metal wasn't that big. It was mostly death metal and the heavier stuff - which this album is sort of leaning towards but not quite fitting into that genre either obviously. Again, thanks to Hammerfall for sticking to their music and bringing power metal to fame in sweden! Giving way for Sabaton to bring their music to the public. :)
I couldn't agree more! I'm so glad for both sabaton and Hammerfall for easing me into the genre or ROCK! The transition was much easier because of these badass guys xD
