HAMMERFALL - 'Any Means Necessary' Video Now Available

January 19, 2009, 15 years ago

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Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have unveiled their new video, for the track 'Any Means Necessary', which can be viewed below.

'Any Means Necessary' is the first single off the band's eighth full-length album No Sacrifice, No Victory, due on February 20th 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 will be out February 20th. The cover was made by Sam Didier and Thomas Ewerhard did all the layout of the record.

The tracklisting is as follows: 'Any Means Necessary', 'Life Is Now', 'Punish And Enslave', 'Legion', 'Between Two Worlds', 'Hallowed Be My Name', 'Something For The Ages', 'No Sacrifice, No Victory', 'Bring The Hammer Down', 'One Of A Kind', 'My Sharona' (THE KNACK cover version).

Hammerfall will be doing a headlining tour in 2009, supported by SABATON and BULLET. The routing goes as follows:

February

26 - Rijssen, Netherlands - Lucky
27 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
28 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Ter Lo

March

1 - London, UK - Carling Academy Islington
3 - Paris, France - Elysee
4 - Lyon, France - Transbordeur
6 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
7 - Bilbao, Spain - Rock Star Live
8 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
10 - Mailand, Italy - Rolling Stone
11 - München, Germany - Backstage
12 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
13 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
14 - Kaufbeuren, Germany - ALL Karthalle
16 - Filderstadt, Germany - Filharmonie
17 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall
18 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
20 - Bamberg, Germany - JAKO Arena
21 - Fulda, Germany - Wartenberg Oval
22 - Osnabrück, Germany - Halle Gartlage
23 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
24 - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
26 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
27 - Göteborg, Sweden - Scandinavium
28 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
29 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet

April

7 - Maribor, Slovenia - Stuk
8 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
11 - Belgrad, Serbia - SKC
12 - Budapest, Hungary - Petöfi Hall
14 - Wien, Austria - Gasometer
15 - Prag, Czech Republic - Abaton


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