(r)Evolution

For the album by French band Minimum Serious, see Minimum Serious. For other uses, see Revolution (disambiguation).

(r)Evolution is the ninth studio album by Swedish power metal 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]

(r)Evolution
Studio album by HammerFall
Released	27 August 2014
Recorded	Red Level 3 Studios Nashville, U.S. Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden Castle Black Studios, Harryda, Sweden[1]
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	49:15
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	James Michael, Oscar Dronjak, Pontus Norgren, Fredrik Nordström
HammerFall chronology
Infected (2011) (r)Evolution (2014) Built to Last (2016)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hector's Hymn"	Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans	5:52
2.	"(r)Evolution"	Dronjak, Cans	4:23
3.	"Bushido"	Dronjak, Cans, Norgren	4:39
4.	"Live Life Loud"	Dronjak, Cans	3:30
5.	"Ex Inferis"	Dronjak, Cans	4:39
6.	"We Won't Back Down"	Dronjak, Cans	4:17
7.	"Winter Is Coming"	Dronjak	3:47
8.	"Origins"	Dronjak, Cans	4:56
9.	"Tainted Metal"	Cans, Norgren	4:35
10.	"Evil Incarnate"	Dronjak, Cans	4:34
11.	"Wildfire"	Dronjak, Cans, Norgren	4:03
Total length:			49:15

Limited edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Demonized"	Dronjak, Cans	3:36
Total length:			52:51

Personnel

• Joacim Cans – lead and backing vocals
• Oscar Dronjak – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Pontus Norgren – guitars, backing vocals
• Fredrik Larsson – bass, backing vocals
• Anders Johansson – drums
• James Michael – vocals on track 6
• Mats Leven – backing vocals

Production

• Oscar Dronjak – production
• Pontus Norgren – production
• Fredrik Nordström – production
• James Michael – 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