Hammerfall - Masterpieces Review

Masterpieces collects the various cover songs the band has released over the years along with a few that are previously unreleased. Hammerfall picked a wide variety of artists to cover. There are some very well known artists and songs like Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law" and Kiss' "Detroit Rock City." They also cover tracks from Rainbow, Loudness, Twisted Sister and Helloween. Hammerfall is a power metal band, but most of the songs are fairly close to the originals and aren't given the full power metal treatment.

There are several songs on the CD that you might not even realize were originally done by another band. Lesser known bands like Warlord, Stormwitch, Picture and Pretty Maids have their songs covered by Hammerfall. I actually like those best, because with some songs you just can't get past the original version. That's not the case with the obscure ones.

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(CD cover courtesy Nuclear Blast Records)