HAMMERFALL To Participate In Swedish Game Show

July 29, 2003

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message to the band's official web site:

"Hello Templars, I have some very exciting news for you (us, really) today: HAMMERFALL have been invited to tape an episode of the popular game show 'Fångarna' (formerly 'Fångarna På Fortet')! For those who don't know what this is, the contest takes place at Fort Boyard in France, which probably helps a lot of you Europeans in understanding what this is — I'm sure the show has been produced with the same format for many different countries. We will be competing against 23 other teams, some of which are very interesting, indeed: imaging facing (the rules have changed slightly for this season, as two teams now go head-to-head and only the winner gets to collect the golden doublons) four people from the Olympic ice-hockey champion team of '94. Or why not four members of the fantastic football World Cup bronze medalists of that same, glorious year? Then we have the national swim team, the Gladiators, a team from the national ice-hockey league, teams with musicians and other shows on TV (like 'Big Brother', 'Expedition: Robinson' etc). Whichever team we end up facing, I just know it will be a blast. This is something I have been dreaming about forever, being a part of one of these semi-athletic game shows, and I couldn't be prouder or happier to be asked. It is an honour to be a part of this, especially considering the caliber of (most) of the other teams. Our episode is being shot next week, and we don't find out who our opponents are until we're on the plane to France. I LOVE this!

"Next up for us is a show at Mallorca, believe it or not. You know, Mallorca? The holiday resort? That's going to be seriously interesting, to say the least. A metal show where people go for summer vacation? Like I said, it will be interesting to see what comes out of this. Later!"

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