HammerFall's fifth studio album, and their first in three years, is more reliable heavy metal, with such songs as "Blood Bound" and "Hammer Of Justice" proving to be worthy. However, the concluding, ten minute track "Knights Of The 21st Century" is a lumbering, cumbersome affair that might be the band's worst moment. And people spent this time of the decade complaining about Judas Priest's "Loch Ness"...
This is five times out of five that I have rated a HammerFall album three and a half stars. It would be unfair to say they're repeating themselves; really, it's just my view that they give me consistent enjoyment, without doing much that's considerably breathtaking.
***1/2
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