Hammerfall - No Sacrifice No Victory-(2009)-GRAVEWISH

Artist: HammerFall

Album: No Sacrifice, No Victory

Year: 2009

Rel. Date: 2009-02-19

Genre: Heavy Metal

Label: Nuclear Blast

Source: CD

Type: Album

Encoder: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new

Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo



Formed in Goteborg, Sweden, in 1993 by guitarist

Oscar Dronjak. Early line-ups included members

from In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, most notably

Jesper Stromblad, who continued to write songs

together with Oscar and singer Joacim Cans despite

leaving before the first album was released.

"Glory To The Brave" (1997) and "Legacy Of Kings"

(1998) cemented the band as the pioneers of modern

Eighties heavy metal.



Often credited with bringing back the melodies and

honesty in music, the world-wide crusade continued

with "Renegade" (2000), an album that generated a

breakthrough for HammerFall and metal music in

general in the mainstream media in Sweden.



The line-up was now complete with drummer Anders

Johansson, formerly of Rising Force fame, Stefan

Elmgren on guitar and Magnus Rosen on bass guitar.

The latter two joined HF before the release of the

inaugural record, with Stefan even being a session

player on "Glory To The Brave".

" Crimson Thunder" (2002) was next, followed by a

live album and DVD - "One Crimson Night" (2003) -

recorded in their home town in front of a capacity

crowd. The fifth album, aptly titled "Chapter V:

Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken" (2005) further planted

the name HammerFall in the minds of households in

Sweden, as well as metal fans all over the world.

The band's fourth world tour on as many albums was

an even bigger success than before, headlining the

U.S. for the first time (after supporting Death

and Dio in 1998 and 2002 respectively).



Two sportsrelated videos were recorded in 2006, a

remake of "Hearts On Fire" for the Swedish Olympic

Women's Curling Team and a brand new song

specifically written for Kajsa Bergqvist and a

couple of other Swedish track & field superstars,

culminating in a performance at the opening

ceremony at the European Athletics Championships

in August, bringing HammerFall into the home of

250 million people around the world. Threshold

(2006) saw the light of day at the end of the

year, and virtually the entire 2007 was spent on

the road promoting it.



Magnus Rosen left the band in March. Without

skipping a beat, original basist Fredrik Larsson

was brought back into the fold, elevating the

musical side with his steady brilliance.

Celebrating its ten year anniversary as a

record-releasing artist, HammerFall released

"Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory" (2007).

The album features two brand new tracks, a

re-recording of an old classic plus some bonus

material for the true fans.



Surprising to all, Stefan got a job as an airline

pilot in the spring of 2008, and after careful

consideration decided to pursue that dream

instead. Pontus Norgren of The Poodles fame

replaced Stefan and made his on stage debut with

the band at the Heavy MTL Festival in Montreal,

Canada.



Sometimes hailed as the leaders of the new heavy

metal movement, "the new and improved" HF is

currently finished working on a new studio album

No Sacrifice, No Victory will be released on

February 20, 2009. The cover was made by Sam

Didier and Thomas Ewerhard did all the layout of

the record, which was produced, mixed and mastered

by Charlie Bauerfeind



The European Tour kicks off February 26th and the

band is also confirmed to play Wacken Open Air

2009!



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1. Any Means Necessary 3:35

2. Life Is Now 4:43

3. Punish And Enclave 3:57

4. Legion 5:36

5. Between Two Worlds 5:28

6. Hallowed Be My Name 3:56

7. Someting For The Ages 5:03

8. No Sacrifice, No Victory 3:31

9. Bring The Hammer Down 3:41

10. One Of A Kind 6:14

11. My Sharona (The Knack cover) 3:56

49:40



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