Hammer Anger Review

The Anger Solid looks good aesthetically and hooks harder and earlier than anything I’ve thrown in the past. Been a couple weeks and I’m still trying to dial it in though. Definitely for heavier oil lanes.

Ohio, United States

Here's my take on the new Hammer Anger Solid. The Anger Solid features a modified Infamous symmetrical core wrapped by a Semtex Solid coverstock colored in black, gray and red. Box surface is 2000 Siaair. The one I threw in the video has a 45 x 4 1/4 x 25 layout. I tried it on THS and 2025 PBA Chameleon. The new Anger Solid accompanies the original Anger released by Hammer toward the end of 2024. The original Anger was designed to be a quick response pearl for lighter volumes of oil. The new Anger Solid has not only a solid cover but a more aggressive surface preparation. Notwithstanding the high RG core (2.56), the manufacturer's intent was to create a stronger overall ball with a little rounder shape to it. Compared to a similarly drilled original Anger, the new Anger definitely reads earlier and is smoother in its response. That being said, my sense is the Anger Solid, like the original Anger, is best suited for medium to lighter volumes of oil. The Anger Solid showed a motion in between my quickest and slowest response bowling balls. I had trouble getting the ball to read PBA Chameleon properly at box surface. However, the 2025 PBA Chameleon has close to 34ml of oil. I think for centers that have lighter volume house patterns or even older sport patterns with lighter volumes and medium to shorter distances, the Anger Solid will ABSOLUTELY be in play as there will be some friction in the front to help get it to read correctly. The Anger Solid is readily available, see your local pro shop for more information.

First time using an asymmetrical core. I feel it is easier to throw a more consistent shot.

CA, United States

Such an attractive color scheme. I could not resist. I believe that the color scheme has great influence on the oil pattern, and I cannot prove it to be more than a placebo effect. Once the ball begins to understand how the oil pattern breaks down, the color scheme takes over and allows the ball to break properly in the pocket. The color scheme also supersedes any of the myths that deal with how the ball is released or how the cover stock reacts to the lane conditions. Of course I can’t prove that either, but my belief makes it so.

FL, United States