No Sacrifice, No Victory
No Sacrifice, No Victory is the seventh studio album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released 20 February 2009. It was partly recorded at PAMA Studios in Torsås and at Andy La Rocque's Sonic Train Studios in Varberg. It is the first album featuring the band's new lead guitarist Pontus Norgren, the return of bassist Fredrik Larsson who played bass from 1994 to 1997, as well as the first to have the band tuning all of their guitars in all songs to D tuning as opposed to the E-flat tuning seen on most songs from all previous albums.
Personnel
- Joacim Cans – lead vocals
- Oscar Dronjak – guitar, backing vocals
- Pontus Norgren – guitar, backing vocals
- Anders Johansson – drums
- Fredrik Larsson – bass, backing vocals
- Jens Johansson – keyboard solo on "Something for the Ages" and church organ on "Between Two Worlds"
- Stefan Elmgren – additional guitar solo on "Bring the Hammer Down"
- Samwise Didier – cover art
Song descriptions
- Drummer Anders Johansson knew No Sacrifice, No Victory was an important record as it was the first since their debut Glory to the Brave without the guitarist Stefan Elmgren. But Johansson is confident and explains every song in his own words: