SABATON
NOUVEL ALBUM
»The Last Stand«
Sortie le 19 août 2016
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« We once work again with Peter Tägtgren in his newly upgraded and top class Abyss studio in Sweden to record, produce and mix the album. The mastering will be done by Jonas Kjellgren who also works in the same building in nice Pärlby on the countryside of Sweden. Both »Carolus Rex« and »Heroes« was done in the same way and we feel very comfortable to return to the same place and people again. Fans will recognize the sound of the album as SABATON, but we really feel we took it a step forward this time », says Pär Sundström.
The artwork on the album is made by Peter Sallaí who has been with SABATON since »Carolus Rex«. Pär Sundström explains: « We had the idea to make an image reflecting soldiers of different times representing the different historical battles we sing about on the new album. This only reveals a small part of the album topics though« .
« The concept of a last stand has always fascinated me, and both me and Pär were ”all in excited” about the subject so it was an easy choice to make », says vocalist Joakim Broden about the album title »The Last Stand«. « We have always several ideas for albums to work with. Since there are countless different views and angles of war, we will unfortunately never run out of ideas. We kinda felt that the last stand was something perfect for SABATON. Something we really wanted to do. »Heroes« was a perfect theme and »The Last Stand« is right down our alley too. It was exciting to do the research », adds Sundstöm.
Few more weeks until the final work is done. But everyone in the SABATON camp is more than satisfied. Joakim Broden sums it up: « Did any other artist ever say ”Our new album is the best we ever made”? That’s not for us to decide, that’s up to our fans… »
SABATON – Live 2016:
27.05. D Dortmund – Rock Im Revier
29.05. D Munich – Rockavaria
03.06. CH Luzern – Sonisphere/Allmend rockt
11.06. S Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock Festival
12.06. F Paris – Download Festival
29.06. FIN Hämeenlinna – Kantola Event Park
30.06. E Bilbao – Bilbao Arena Miribilla (w/ SCORPIONS)
02.07. E Córdoba – Plaza De Toros (w/ SCORPIONS)
03.07. E Madrid – Barclaycard Center (w/ SCORPIONS)
06.07. SK Zilina – Zilina Airport (w/ IRON MAIDEN)
08.07. FIN Kuusisaari – Jalometalli
24.07. I Rome – Sonisphere Italy (w/ IRON MAIDEN)
26.07. ALA Mariehamn – Rockoff
03.08. DK Skandeborg – Smukfest
07.08. CDN Montréal – Heavy Montréal
18.08. D Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
19.08. D Hamburg – Elb-Riot
20.08. S Falun – Sabaton Open Air
28.08. PL Straszecin – Czad Festival
29.08. PL Wroclaw – Rock For Freedom
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More info:
www.sabaton.net
www.facebook.com/sabaton
www.nuclearblast.de/sabato
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