Directed by 11 Frames Productions, the video for “Hector’s Hymn” - the opening track to (r)Evolution, the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metallers HAMMERFALL due out in North America on September 2nd - is now available for viewing online: http://smarturl.it/HectorsHymn For the uninitiated, Hector – a Templar of Steel - is HAMMERFALL’s hammer-wielding mascot and has graced the covers of eight studio albums, all of which are featured in the music video. (r)Evolution was produced by Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, SOILWORK, OPETH), who also helped produce the first two HAMMERFALL albums, 1997’s Glory To The Brave and 1998’s Legacy Of Kings. Album artwork is by German artist Andreas Marschall (BLIND GUARDIAN, KREATOR, IMMOLATION). Watch all four HAMMERFALL album trailers on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4brr7vf-P48BjZimz3QWWpcRhkwSoRi The track listing for the North American version of (r)Evolution is: 01. Hector's Hymn 02. (r)Evolution 03. Bushido 04. Live Life Loud 05. Ex Inferis 06. We Won't Back Down 07. Winter Is Coming 08. Origins 09. Tainted Metal 10. Evil Incarnate 11. Wildfire EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK 12. Demonized (r)Evolution can be pre-ordered from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop in the following formats: • Exclusive Mail-Order Edition import box set • Exclusive CD + album artwork t-shirt bundle • Import blue vinyl • Import digi-pak (r)Evolution is the follow-up to 2011’s Infected, which debuted at #16 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart and clinched HAMMERFALL’s highest-ever first-week sales in the United States. Visit HAMMERFALL online at www.HAMMERFALL.net. Like: www.facebook.com/HAMMERFALL Follow: twitter.com/HAMMERFALL Watch: www.youtube.com/HAMMERFALL4REAL