Hammercult was an Israeli thrash metal band from Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2010. Their lineup released a first EP, Rise of the Hammer, in 2011 and won the Israeli Wacken Metal Battle finals in 2011, performing at the Wacken Open Air festival. Their debut full-length album, Anthems of the Damned (2012), was released through Sonic Attack Records. In 2014, Hammercult released a second album, Steelcrusher (2014). Their subsequent album, Built for War (2015), charted in the German Metal and Rock Radio Charts top 10 for two weeks consecutively and gained national radio play in the United States. Other notable releases include the compilation Legends Never Die (2016).
