As a style, I find power metal to be pretty silly. I just wish it didn’t have to be power metal. Lake said, “I’m glad there are artists like Sabaton who can get a young audience excited about world history. This includes music critic and math teacher Daniel Lake, who has published USBM: A Revoulution of Identity in American Black Metal. Many critics of power metal dislike the over-the-top energetic style of music. Sabaton is the specific armor piece used to protect the foot. This may also be seen with the name of the band, Sabaton, which comes from the royal knight’s armor. For example, the band does wear very stylized clothing (with the band sporting matching camo pants, black shirts, and with lead singer Joakim sporting aviator glasses and a chest plate). This generalization does make sense in some areas. When performing and playing, most power metal bands are also known to wear very expressive clothing and grand gestures (similar to bands like KISS). Usually, power metal bands sing about Sci-Fi/Dungeon and Dragon like topics. The majority of Sabaton’s music is rock style power metal, mostly for its high octane energy. We are a non-religious and non-political band, but the songs are sometimes sung from a certain point of view that has a stand, but if you looked through it and tried to figure out if there was political meaning then we’d end up being communist/Nazis /Democratic r*tards” We always say that we are a non-political band, because we do not take political stands. In defiance of the critics, that is the reason the band’s next album would have the word “Nazi” again in the opening song of album “Attero Dominatus.” If you may still not understand that Sabaton is against that sort of stuff, song “Counterstrike” focuses on the recent conflicts in Israel. The song says, “Through the gates of Hell, as we make our way through Heaven, to the Nazi lines, Primo Victoria.” However many don’t care about the explanation. To reviewers, focusing on the fact that they say the word “Nazi” in many songs seems to discredit everything the song is about.įor example, song “Primo Victoria,” includes the word “Nazi” in the opening line, but on further examination never describes them in a good light. This is truly disheartening, as I believe that all Sabaton seeks to achieve through its recounting of history is to show the effects of war and retell the stories of those brave enough to go into it. This has lead the band to being discredited by many rock fans and politicians alike as “Nazi-sympethizers.” On multiple occasions their music as been banned in countries like Russia and Germany. Sabaton is most infamously known for their willingness to cover both sides of the conflicts they choose to discuss. The band also makes sure to highlight the work of many other history-based YouTube channels, just recently shouting out French history channel Nota Bene, who made a video relating to one of Sabaton’s new songs. The channel seeks to bring the historical context and background to their music. This love of history may most notably be seen through their YouTube channel Sabaton History, which is partnered with Swedish-American documentarian Indy Neidell. This newest album focuses on people and battles relating to the first World War. The band’s reputation is founded on history as the main subject for almost every song, mostly focusing on European conflicts. However, this may also be due to their choice of themes. Sabaton, while well-known across Europe, is a fairly unheard of band in the United States, mostly due to the band having most of its performances in their home continent. On March 4, 2022, Swedish “power metal” band of studio Nuclear Blast, Sabaton, released its newest album, The War to End All Wars, marking the ninth album and many single releases since formation in 1999.