Os ícones do metal viking das Ilhas Faroé, TÝR, lançam hoje o mais recente single “Hammered ”. A faixa faz parte do nono álbum de estúdio completo do grupo, "Battle Ballads", com lançamento previsto para 12 de abril pela Metal Blade Records.
"We consciously decided to make this a more direct album with songs that are easier for listeners to get right away than some of the stuff on our last album, or maybe even on our 2006 album Ragnarok, which was very progressive," diz o vocalista Heri Joensen. "With Battle Ballads, there are progressive elements here and there, but we tried to keep the songs based on one or two musical ideas each, and work on everything from there. So, in a way, it's more concise than our last album, but it's more epic because of the symphonic elements."
Sobre "Hammered" o vocalista comenta: "The song begins with the hammering of metal against metal, forging, then melodic riffing over a simple but classical chord progression that evolves throughout the song. Driving drums, heavy metal over a symphonic soundscape. An adventurous backdrop to the forging of weapons of war, blades of battle. This used to be in the past but now it's here with a fast-paced singalong chorus. Thoughts on the apparent inevitability of war and our reaction to it. Balancing our enthusiasm against our defeatism."