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Joacim Cans - vocals
Oscar Dronjak - guitar
Stefan Elmgren - guitar
Magnus Rosen - bass
Anders Johansson - drums
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SWEDEN, home of subzero temperatures and blistering hot heavy metal acts. And for fans of metal as pure as the driven Swedish snow, it doesn’t get much better than the molten metal sound of HammerFall. Forged from an initial concept by guitarist Oscar Dronjak (Crystal Age), HammerFall formed in 1993 after Dronjak’s exit from Ceremonial Oath. Recruiting friend and former Ceremonial Oath drummer, Jesper Strömblad (In Flames’ guitarist), the pair took Dronjak’s idea from conception to reality, enlisting fellow metal devotees Mikael Stanne (vocals) and Niklas Sundin (guitar) of Dark Tranquillity and bassist Johan Larsson. With most members wanting to continue with their respective bands, HammerFall began with the simple goal of rehearsing a few times a year in order to compete in Rockslaget, a local "battle of the bands." During these formative years, Sundin and Larsson were replace
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