needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2010) "Hammerfall" redirects here. For other uses, see Hammerfall (disambiguation). HammerFall HammerFall at Saarang, IIT Madras. (l-r) Pontus Norgren, Anders Johansson, Cans, Larsson and Dronjak. HammerFall at Saarang, IIT Madras. (l-r) Pontus Norgren, Anders Johansson, Cans, Larsson and Dronjak. Background information Origin Gothenburg, Sweden Genres Power metal, heavy metal Years active 1993–2003, 2005–present Labels Nuclear Blast Associated acts Dionysus, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Ceremonial Oath, Cans, Full Force, Lost Horizon Website hammerfall.net Members Joacim Cans Oscar Dronjak Pontus Norgren Fredrik Larsson Anders Johansson Past members Johann Larsson Niklas Sundin Jesper Strömblad Mikael Stanne Glenn Ljungström Patrik Räfling Magnus Rosén Stefan Elmgren Hammerfall is a power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak..