(r)Evolution

(r)Evolution is the ninth studio album by the band HammerFall. It was released on 27 August 2014 in Sweden, 29 August in mainland Europe, 1 September in the UK and 2 September in North America. For the first time since 1998, HammerFall collaborated with Fredrik Nordström on a studio album, and Fredrik is sharing production credits with guitarists Oscar Dronjak and Pontus Norgren. It is also the band's final album to feature drummer Anders Johansson before his departure in September 2014. On 4 September 2014 (r)Evolution went all the way to No. 1 on Sverigetopplistan (Swedish Charts).[2]

For the album by French band Minimum Serious, see (R)evolution. For other uses, see Revolution (disambiguation).
(r)Evolution
Studio album by
HammerFall
Released27 August 2014
RecordedRed Level 3 Studios Nashville
Studio Fredman, Göteborg, Sweden
Castle Black Studios, Harryda, Sweden[1]
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length49:37
LabelNuclear Blast Records
ProducerJames Michael, Oscar Dronjak, Pontus Norgren, Fredrik Nordström
HammerFall chronology
Infected
(2011)		 (r)Evolution
(2014)		 Built to Last
(2016)

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hector's Hymn"Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans5:54
2."(r)Evolution"Dronjak, Cans4:25
3."Bushido"Dronjak, Cans, Norgren4:39
4."Live Life Loud"Dronjak, Cans3:32
5."Ex Inferis"Dronjak, Cans4:40
6."We Won't Back Down"Dronjak, Cans4:19
7."Winter Is Coming"Dronjak3:49
8."Origins"Dronjak, Cans4:58
9."Tainted Metal"Cans, Norgren4:37
10."Evil Incarnate"Dronjak, Cans4:35
11."Wildfire"Dronjak, Cans, Norgren4:05
12."Demonized" (Limited Edition bonus track) 3:36
Total length:49:37

Personnel

Production

Charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] 90
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 71
Czech Republic 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 10
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 85
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 5
UK 110
USA (Heatseekers) 1
USA (Hard Charts) 32

References
  1. "Infected". Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Austriancharts.at – HammerFall – (r)Evolution" (in German). Hung Medien.
  4. "Ultratop.be – HammerFall – (r)Evolution" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  5. "Ultratop.be – HammerFall – (r)Evolution" (in French). Hung Medien.
  6. "HammerFall: (r)Evolution" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  7. "Lescharts.com – HammerFall – (r)Evolution". Hung Medien.
  8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  9. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 37. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – HammerFall – (r)Evolution". Hung Medien.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – HammerFall – (r)Evolution". Hung Medien.
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