Any Means Necessary

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"Any Means Necessary"
Cover art of HammerFall's EP, Any Means Necessary.jpg
Single by HammerFall
from the album No Sacrifice, No Victory
ReleasedPromo CD: 2009
EP: 6 February 2009
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
LengthPromo CD 3:35
EP 20:05
Label Nuclear Blast
Songwriter(s) Joacim Cans, Oscar Dronjak
Producer(s) Track1-4: Charlie Bauerfeind
Track5: Michael Wagener
HammerFall singles chronology
"Natural High'"
(2006)
"Any Means Necessary"
(2009)
"One More Time"
(2011)

"Any Means Necessary" is a song by the Swedish power and heavy metal band HammerFall released as a single from their album, No Sacrifice, No Victory . It is included in a promo CD which comes in a cardboard sleeve and only has the track on it. [1]
The single was also released as a digital only EP featuring five tracks, listed below, of which four of them are considered the band's best songs. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Any Means Necessary"3:35
2."Last Man Standing"4:30
3."Blood Bound"3:49
4."Hearts on Fire"3:51
5."Renegade"4:20
Total length:20:05

Personnel

Music video

The song "Any Means Necessary" was also made into a music video. [3]

Release information

The single was also released as a limited 7" Vinyl edition with Picture Disc and has two tracks: "Any Means Necessary" and "My Sharona". [4]

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References

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  2. "HammerFall - Any Means Necessary - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : HAMMERFALL - Any Means Necessary (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO). YouTube .
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