HAMMERFALL Confirm Swedish Television Appearances And Signing Sessions For This Week
February 15, 2009, 15 years ago
Sweden's HAMMERFALL will perform live this Wednesday, February 18th in Stockholm, Sweden at the Debaser Medis a part of SVT's Popcirkus live broadcast (airing on SVT2 at 7:30pm). The following day the band will perform two songs from their new album No Sacrifice, No Victory on the TV4 program Nyhetsmorgon. Check local listings for details.
In other news, the band has announced two signing sessions in Sweden for the end of the week. They are as follows:
February
20 - Bengans - Stockholm -- 17:0021 - RockHouse - Göteborg -- 14:00
As previously reported, Nuclear Blast will be releasing HammerFall's eighth full-length album No Sacrifice, No Victory as a limited edition "noble box". Details: limited to 750 copies: the box (measures 178 x 178 x 35 mm) with fake leather look and a 3-D cover of the new Swedish hammer (in the lid of the box), the exclusive vinyl/CD (one side vinyl – one side CD with enhanced parts), the exclusive No Sacrifice..." posterflag, an extra booklet and a numbered certificate of authenticity.
No Sacrifice, No Victory, is 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.
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).
The band's new video, for the track 'Any Means Necessary', can be viewed below.
Hammerfall will be doing a headlining tour in 2009, supported by SABATON and BULLET. The routing goes as follows:
February
26 - Rijssen, Netherlands - Lucky27 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
28 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Ter Lo
March
1 - London, UK - Carling Academy Islington3 - 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 - Stuk8 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
11 - Belgrad, Serbia - SKC
12 - Budapest, Hungary - Petöfi Hall
14 - Wien, Austria - Gasometer
15 - Prag, Czech Republic - Abaton
