No sacrifice, no victory

No sacrifice, no victory
HammerFall's studio album
Publication (s)	February 20, 2009
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Power metal , heavy metal
Title (number)	11
running time	50:05
occupation	Singing : Joacim Cans Guitar : Oscar Dronjak Guitar: Pontus Norgren Bass : Fredrik Larsson Drums : Anders Johansson Church organ from Between Two Worlds & keyboards from Something for the Ages : Jens Johansson Guitar solo from Bring the Hammer Down : Stefan Elmgren Backing vocals : Biff Byford, Dave Hill, Nicky Moore, Billy King, Olaf Zenkbiel, Mats Redndlert, Johan Aremyr, Joacim Lundberg, Markus Sköld & Edward Janson
production	Charlie Bauerfeind
Studio (s)	PAMA Studios, Torsås, Sweden (recordings) Sonic Train Studios, Varberg, Sweden (recordings) G-Tracks Studios, Ebermannstadt, Germany (mixing and mastering)
chronology Masterpieces (2008) No sacrifice, no victory Infected (2011)

No Sacrifice, No Victory (English for: "No sacrifice, no victory") is the seventh studio album by the Swedish power metal band Hammerfall and the first with the new band members Pontus Norgren and Fredrik Larsson. It is the third Hammerfall album produced by Charlie Bauerfeind; the cover artwork is by Samwise Didier. It was recorded from August to November 2008 at PAMA Studios and Sonic Train Studios. The album reached number 2 in Sweden, number 9 in Germany, number 25 in Austria and number 20 in Switzerland. With Any Means Necessary a single was released, for which a video was also released.

Track list

1. Any Means Necessary (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 3:38
2. Life Is Now (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 4:45
3. Punish and Enslave (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 3:59
4. Legion (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 5:38
5. Between Two Worlds (Oscar Dronjak) - 5:30
6. Hallowed Be My Name (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 3:58
7. Something for the Ages (Pontus Norgren) - 5:06
8. No Sacrifice, No Victory (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans) - 3:34
9. Bring the Hammer Down (Joacim Cans, Stefan Elmgren) - 3:43
10. One of a Kind (Oscar Dronjak, Joacim Cans, Jesper Strömblad ) - 6:17
11. My Sharona (Berton Averre, Doug Fieger ) - 3:57

Song information

• The song Legion is about the demonic appearance Legion (Eng. Many), which is mentioned in the New Testament .
• My Sharona is a cover version of the worldwide hit from The Knack .

Music genre

With the line-up change on the guitar and the electric bass, not only the line-up of Hammerfalls has changed, but also their style. On this album you can find more classic heavy metal influences, but double bass and hymn-like choruses (e.g. Legion and Bring the Hammer Down ) can still be found.

Web links

• Music video for Any Means Necessary
• www.nuclearblast.de

swell

• www.hammerfall.net
• Studio album No Sacrifice, No Victory by HammerFall ℗ + © 2009 Nuclear Blast GmbH