Editing HammerFall (section)

===''No Sacrifice, No Victory'' and ''Infected'' (2009–2012)===

HammerFall's album ''[[No Sacrifice, No Victory]]'' was released in February 2009. This album features a cover song [[My Sharona]]. The Album peaked at No.&nbsp;38 on the Billboard heatseakers charts.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=hammerfall|chart=all}} No Sacrifice, No Victory - HammerFall (2009)], Billboard.com</ref>
A music video for the song "Any Means Necessary" was released some time before the actual release of the album.  To kick off their new album, HammerFall toured all over the world with several support bands, such as fellow Swedish band [[Sabaton (band)|Sabaton]]. In the summer 2010 the band played a couple of high-profile festivals throughout Europe, including [[Sonisphere Festival]], [[High Voltage Festival]], [[Metalcamp]], [[Graspop Metal Meeting]] and many more. The summer tour was named "Any Festival Necessary".

HammerFall's 8th album was released on 18 May 2011 (Sweden), 20 May (Europe), and 7 June (North America),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hammerfall.net/releases/albums/infected/ |title=Infected &#124; Hammerfall - Official Webpage |access-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519005628/http://www.hammerfall.net/releases/albums/infected/ |archive-date=19 May 2011 }}</ref> under the name ''[[Infected (HammerFall album)|Infected]]''. After several months of recordings in Göteborg, Sweden and Nashville, TN, the new studio album was finally finished in February. The European tour followed, under the name "European Outbreak".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hammerfall.net/news/european-outbreak-2011/ |title=EUROPEAN OUTBREAK TOUR 2011 &#124; Hammerfall - Official Webpage |access-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030327/http://www.hammerfall.net/news/european-outbreak-2011/ |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref> ''Infected'' is also the first HammerFall album not to feature the mascot, the knight Hector, on the cover.

In 2012, HammerFall recorded a live DVD while performing a show in Dalhalla, Sweden, that featured some former band members as well as other special guests. The DVD celebrated 15 years of the band's existence, and was titled "Gates of Dalhalla".

In 2013, HammerFall took a break and some time to spend with their families or side-works. Oscar wrote a book about HammerFall, ''Legenden om HammerFall'' (Swedish: "The Legend of HammerFall),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hammerfall.net/news/legenden-om-hammerfall-is-coming-on-october-24/ |title="Legenden om HammerFall" is coming on October 24! &#124; Hammerfall - Official Webpage |access-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231821/http://www.hammerfall.net/news/legenden-om-hammerfall-is-coming-on-october-24/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> that was released on 24 October and tells of the band's events during the past 16 years, but it still exists only in Swedish.