That’s a lot of ideas and you had to select only a few for this album, but do you think you’ll keep going with this concept for future albums, or is this the treatment that you wanted to give to this particular subject? For example, the Alamo was one of the ideas we had, and unfortunately it didn’t make it this time, but it’s one of the 50 that had to go away, I guess (laughs). We had quite a few more that we wanted to do, but it’s kind of important for us as well that the music and the lyrics speak the same emotional language. But we ended up with the 11 tracks we have. Obviously we can’t squeeze 60 songs into an album unless you make five albums, which would mean that people would have to wait ten years for it. So, we kind of started with a blank slate, but probably 50 or 60 ideas that we wanted to do (laughs). I think one of the first things we had to realize was that we really can’t stay in the era of World War II anymore, and the realm of it, if you will. When we started thinking about the concept of ‘The Last Stand’, most of the stuff that flew into our minds directly was way, way further back in history. If you look back at our discography, most of our albums have been based on recent, modern warfare, 1900s and onwards. Can you talk about the lyrical concept a little bit? How much did you work on it and what was it like? The previous album ‘Heroes’ which came out two years ago talked about individuals in battle, and this one is more about battles themselves.
Your new album ‘The Last Stand’ came out last Friday via Nuclear Blast. Enjoy the chat below, along with three tracks from ‘The Last Stand’. On August 25th, vocalist Joakim Brodén spoke to Metal Assault in a candid conversation about the new album, lyrics, the use of backing tracks, the fans, the band’s own festival and cruise endeavors, and the upcoming US tour.
Following the release of this bombastic set of tunes, Sabaton are now getting ready for a five-week US tour as main support to Trivium. They’ve consistently written songs about battles, victories, sacrifices and heroes from history, and continue to do so on their eighth studio album ‘The Last Stand’ (released August 19th 2016 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment), but focusing lyrics on ancient battles on this one. After several years of continued success in Europe, they finally embarked upon North American shores in 2011, and through constant touring, have enjoyed a steady rise in their popularity in the continent ever since.
Swedish battle-themed power metal warriors Sabaton have been a band since 1999, perhaps longer than some people realize.
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