# Anyone listen to Sabaton?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934 "2016-09-14T14:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934/1 "2016-09-14T14:58:53Z")

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They’re a Swedish heavy metal band that mostly sings about historical things, primarily battles/wars fought in Europe.

Here are just a few of their songs I enjoyed.

[Cliffs of Gallipolli](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltAxoW7ltok)(WW1)

[Shiroyama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylyqoxh-cXk)(Battle of Shiroyama 1877)

[Attero Dominatus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RFHR-8YuI) (Battle of Berlin from the Soviet pov)

[Light In The Black](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLNMfCBUb0)(UN peacekeepers)

[Hearts of Iron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uk2NeKBG5A) (Evacuation of Berlin by the German 12th and 9th Armies)  
[The Lion from the North](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLt0lerdgKs) (King Gustavus Adolphus)

[Poltava](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2g5hoUzHI)(Battle of Poltava, Sweden vs Russia)

[1 6 4 8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdhmODA8M64) (Battle of Prague)

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934/2 "2016-09-14T21:39:19Z")

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I enjoy their music. Discovered them a few years back and they were right up my alley. I have most of their stuff in my winamp playlist and a bunch of my favorites among my driving music. I really dig how they back up the historical shtick with high quality metal and epic vocals. Too many bands out there trying to make it off a gimmick alone, not putting enough work into the sound.

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**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934/3 "2016-09-15T21:38:06Z")

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I think the first time I heard a Sabaton song was when I watched the following video of “40:1” (about the Battle of Wizna) at the 2012 Woodstock festival:

These guys are outstanding performers, and for some reason this particular song gets me a little choked up every time I listen. I imagine the Polish captain motivating his troops by saying "In the future, power metal bands will sing songs of our glorious bravery!"

I also recently discovered another remarkably similar band called [Civil War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXAvNLTWNMM), whose similarity turned out to be due to the fact that most of the band are former Sabaton members.