According to Nielsen SoundScan, the new album from Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL, No Sacrifice, No Victory, has sold over 1,500 copies in the United States and has debuted at no. 38 on the Heatseekers (Top New Artist Albums) chart, which tracks the best selling albums by new and developing artists defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200.
No Sacrifice, No Victory recently achieved gold status in Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. The album has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe:
no. 2 – Sweden
no. 7 – Germany
no. 20 – Switzerland
no. 21 – U.K. (Indie Albums chart)
no. 25 – Austria
no. 46 – Norway
no. 95 - France
Recorded in part at Andy La Rocque's (King Diamond) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden, No Sacrifice, No Victory includes an instrumental written by the group's newest member, guitarist Pontus Norgren, as well as a song entitled "One of a Kind," which was composed as a collaboration between HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak and In Flames axeman Jesper Strömblad (who was a member of HAMMERFALL in the band's earliest incarnation). Cover artwork was created by Sam Didier.
The band just finished the first leg of their European tour and will launch the 2nd leg on April 7th in Slovenia. Read guitarist Oscar Dronjak’s tour blog here.



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No Sacrifice, No Victory has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe:
no. 2 - Sweden
no. 7 - Germany
no. 20 - Switzerland
no. 21 - UK (Indie Albums chart)
no. 25 - Austria
no. 46 - Norway
no. 95 - France

No Sacrifice, No Victory was recorded in part at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden and includes an instrumental written by the group's latest addition, guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT), as well as a song entitled "One of a Kind," which was composed as a collaboration between HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak and IN FLAMES axeman Jesper Stromblad (who was a member of HAMMERFALL in the band's earliest incarnation).

The cover artwork was created by Sam Didier, while Thomas Ewerhard was responsible for the CD layout.
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On Saturday, January 17th, the very first performance of the new single "Any Means Necessary" is scheduled for the P3 Guld event held in at Scandinavium in Goteborg. HAMMERFALL will perform the song throughout the program, which will be aired live both on Swedish national TV and radio. Check your local listing for time and channels.
The online world video premiere of said song will take place exclusively at Myspace: (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu... the next day, January 18th. The image to the upper right is a screenshot from the video, don't forget to catch it in its entirety this Sunday!

"Any Means Necessary" is the first single off the band's eighth full-length album, No Sacrifice, No Victory, due on February 20, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded in part at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden and includes an instrumental written by the group's latest addition, guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT), as well as a song entitled "One of a Kind", which was composed as a collaboration between HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak and IN FLAMES axeman Jesper Strömblad (who was a member of HAMMERFALL in the band's earliest incarnation). The cover artwork was created by Sam Didier, while Thomas Ewerhard was responsible for the CD layout.

No Sacrifice, No Victory track list:
01. Any Means Necessary
02. Life Is Now
03. Punish And Enslave
04. Legion
05. Between Two Worlds
06. Hallowed Be My Name
07. Something For The Ages
08. No Sacrifice, No Victory
09. Bring The Hammer Down
10. One Of A Kind
11. My Sharona (THE KNACK cover)
Pontus Norgren joined HAMMERFALL as the replacement for Stefan Elmgren, who left the band in early April to focus on his new career as a pilot.