HAMMERFALL - New Album Certified Gold In Sweden
March 20, 2009, 15 years ago
HAMMERFALL have reached gold status in Sweden with their new album, No Sacrifice, No Victory. The Swedish templars of steel entered the Swedish charts at the #2 position, and remained in the top ten until now, for the fourth week.
Hammerfall are currently touring across Europe and the band is more than happy about those fantastic news from their mother country.
Says founding guitarist Oscar Dronjak: "This was a very welcome wake-up call in Bamberg, where we're playing tonight. This is the sweetest of the gold albums we have gotten so far, we all believed so hard in this new album and line-up and it's great to see such results. Sacrifices have been made, and now victory is attained!"
No Sacrifice, No Victory has now achieved the following chart positions:
#2 - Sweden
#7 - Germany
#18 - European Billboard
#20 - Switzerland
#21 - UK (Indie Charts)
#25 - Austria
#46 - Norway
#95 - France
No Sacrifice, No Victory recorded in part at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden and features the following tracklisting: '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).
