{"id":2874,"date":"2018-08-03T12:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:39:01","slug":"hammer-king-to-release-poseidon-will-carry-us-home-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/hammer-king-to-release-poseidon-will-carry-us-home-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"HAMMER KING To Release \u2018Poseidon Will Carry Us Home\u2019 In October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German true metal ensemble HAMMER KING<\/strong> will release their third full-length, \u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d<\/strong>, on October 5 via Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong>.
\nRecorded at Studio Greywolf<\/strong> with POWERWOLF<\/strong> bassist Charles Greywolf<\/strong> at the helm, \u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d<\/strong> is an unabashed bow to classic, anthemic, hook-laden metal, proving HAMMER KING<\/strong> was more than up to the task of meeting the often-high expectations that come with a band\u2019s third album.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you haven’t found your own identity by the time your third album comes out, you might probably never find it,\u201d says vocalist\/guitarist Titan Fox V<\/strong>. I know that we have felt that our third album feels like \u2018we are\u2019 now, compared to \u2018we want to be\u2019 in the past. Not taking away anything from our previous albums at all, but when you start going on a mission, you begin with searching and trying. After a while you know the task, you know the way and you know about your strengths. Maybe that’s what the magical third album is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Variety abounds on \u201cPoseidon\u201d<\/strong>, with HAMMER KING<\/strong> engaging in strident, call-to-arms jaunts like the opening title track and \u201cBattle Of Wars\u201d<\/strong>. Twin guitar harmonies and fierce gallops highlight \u201c7 Days And 7 Kings\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cWhere The Hammer Hangs\u201d<\/strong>, while the true metal call is heeded on the mid-tempo \u201cWarriors Of Angelhill\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cGlorious Nights Of Glory\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Poseidon\u2019<\/strong> sounds more organic, more open, warmer,\u201d notes Fox V<\/strong>. \u201cI like the sound of the drums especially, they have a sort of an \u201980s vibe to them. Of course, the songwriting has also taken a step forward, if you like. We still have the typical HAMMER KING<\/strong> songs, such as \u2018The King Is A Deadly Machine\u2019<\/strong> or \u2018Battle Of Wars\u2019<\/strong>, but there are some songs we have not made before like the \u2018Nautical Trilogy\u2019<\/strong>, which includes the title track, \u2018At The Mercy Of The Waves\u2019<\/strong> and \u2018We Sail Cape Horn\u2019<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

HAMMER KING<\/strong>\u2019s progression is best exemplified on album standout \u201cWe Sail Cape Horn\u201d<\/strong>. An adventurous, sea-faring number that is equal nods to classic IRON MAIDEN<\/strong> and progressive rock, \u201cWe Sail Cape Horn\u201d<\/strong> ended up being the most difficult number on \u201cPoseidon\u201d<\/strong> to pull together. According to Fox V.<\/strong>, the end result was more than worth the work that went into creating the song.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting \u2018We Sail Cape Horn\u2019<\/strong> was a bit of a lengthy process. Many parts came in and out of the song over some months. I basically made a demo of it alone and then showed it to the band. They questioned everything after the middle part, so I changed that all over again. In the end, we had a really big song with a real progression in it: Beginning with the protagonist feeling the desire, the urge to go to sea on a huge sailing ship \u2014 then actually sailing on the ship, experiencing the loneliness aboard with only strangers around and finally sailing Cape Horn with its horrifying waves and storms. They sail in the name of the King, so what gets them through the horrors of Cape Horn is singing and praising \u2018Thine is the Reich and the kingdom eternally, God bless the King\u2019. It is a proud song closing a proud album.\u201d<\/p>\n

An album stocked with future anthems at every corner, \u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d<\/strong> is representative of a band now hitting its creative stride \u2014 and fully realizing it. \u201cThe studio work with Charles Greywolf<\/strong> is a time of sheer joy and fun, but also a highly relaxed time where everyone constantly gains power and self-confidence,\u201d finishes Fox V<\/strong>. “I have never sung more relaxed, we have never shot more from the hip when it came to playing. But certainly, it is a very fulfilling progression starting with no songs at all and ending up with a mixed and mastered album sporting massive artwork!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d track listing:<\/p>\n

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  1. Poseidon Will Carry Us Home<\/li>\n
  2. The King Is A Deadly Machine<\/li>\n
  3. Battle Of Wars<\/li>\n
  4. 7 Days And 7 Kings<\/li>\n
  5. Warriors Of Angelhill<\/li>\n
  6. Where The Hammer Hangs<\/li>\n
  7. Last Rites<\/li>\n
  8. Glorious Night Of Glory<\/li>\n
  9. Locust Plague<\/li>\n
  10. At The Mercy Of The Waves<\/li>\n
  11. We Sail Cape Horn<\/li>\n
  12. Meatus Majestatis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    German true metal ensemble HAMMER KING will release their third full-length, \u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d, on October 5 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Recorded at Studio Greywolf with POWERWOLF bassist Charles Greywolf at the helm, \u201cPoseidon Will Carry Us Home\u201d is an unabashed bow to classic, anthemic, hook-laden metal, proving HAMMER KING was more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1144],"tags":[1145,42,1513,1165,1514,1515],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2874\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}