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Subject: Hammerfall vocalist releases solo debut Author: Chipster PR [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:13:00 05/06/04 Thu Author Host/IP: adsl-64-108-84-224.dsl.akrnoh.ameritech.net/64.108.84.224 Hammerfall Vocalist Joacim CANS Releases Aggressive Solo Debut Beyond The Gates Through Sanctuary/Noise Records on May 11th Sweden's Hammerfall has become world renowned in a relatively short time. Releasing 4 studio albums and one double-live album since the bandss 1997 origin has led the band not only to much critical acclaim, but to countless world tours, including full North American treks with legendary acts Death and Dio respectively. The attention has led vocalist Joacim Cans to become highly recognized in the scene. However, during the band's downtime, Cans began sowing the seeds for a side project, one that would expand his musical boundaries beyond the niche Hammerfall had benevolently carved for itself. Released on May 11th through Sanctuary/Noise Records under the moniker CANS, Joacim and an all-star lineup of friends & associates composed a more visceral, poignant album entitled Beyond The Gates. The lineup for the album consists of Cans on vocals, Hammerfall co-conspirator Stefan Elmgren on guitar, Matt Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) on bass, Mark Sonder (Fates Warning) on drums, and Metal Mike Chlasciak (Halford, Painmuseum, Testament) on lead guitar. Cans explains the composition of the album, "Hammerfall is a trademark that represents a very specific style of music, that's just the way it is. That was mainly why I wanted to do this album – to be able to try some fresh ideas and not be locked into a certain way of writing." His plan worked, with dynamic results. Asking some of his personal heroes and friends to contribute riffs & ideas, he was quickly overwhelmed with transmissions and riff tapes, and he utilized those that he deemed the darkest and heaviest to create an album unlike anything Hammerfall has ever created yet is sonically perfect for his vocal style. Beyond The Gates contains collaborations between Cans and the likes of Jeff Waters (Annihilator), David T. Chastain (Chastain, CJSS), Ronny Milianowicz (Dionysus, Sinergy), Corbin King, and the aforementioned Matt Sinner, Stefan Elmgren and Metal Mike Chlasciak. Spoken liner notes for each track on the album can be found here: http://208.203.139.81/cans/btg/cd.shtml An MP3 for the track “Fields of Yesterday” is available here: http://www.noiserecords.com/downloads/Cans@www.noiserecords.com-Fields_Of_Yest erday.mp3 Be sure to check out the interactive CANS e-cards at the following locations: http://208.203.139.81/cans/btg/info.html http://208.203.139.81/cans/btg/lycard.html www.noiserecords.com www.sanctuaryrecords.com www.joacimcans.com [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]