Talk:Sabaton (band)

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Per WP:NMG please include chart positions, sales data or other indications of notability. Thanks - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] (W) AfD? 12:32, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I merely assumed that because I could buy their albums off Amazon and the website of one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK (Tesco) they would be important enough to be featured in this wiki. --Midness 21:31, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sabaton are a legitmate and professional band

Power metal doesn't make chart positions or sales records anymore. Those figures are a bad measure of importance. The power metal scene is alive and well. Sabaton are a well known band and their work has been reviewed many times in various Metal periodicals. These guys do this for a living and aren't some weekend project garage band.

Indeed, they played support for Dragonforce, 'nuff said. Robrecht 15:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

They actually played a headliner tour through North-West Europe also in August, which was then lengthened with a few extra concerts in September because of the huge success. IN A SINGLE MONTH they nearly (there was maybe a dozen tickets left) sold out the same venue (Biebob) in Belgium out twice. While Biebob isn't huge, not many bands have had more than one full hall there on such a short timeframe. -- 80.201.180.229 23:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Difference from other Power Metal bands section

This whole section seems pretty worthless. Sabaton may be doing things a little differently from most modern European Power Metal bands, but its hardly noteworthy or unique, just another style of the genre. Riff-driven, with subtle keyboards and deep vocals - could be talking about any number of bands. Radagast1983 18:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I removed some bad info from this section earlier, but you're right, the whole section is useless. AidanPryde 04:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I created that section. I would like to say if you feel that's it's useless, then delete it. The reason I but it there because I will disagree with the "Hardly" part because when I originally heard them, I wasn't sure what they would be classified as in the metal genre. And usually bands that don't sound like typical power metal bands are bands that have crossed over into other genre's as well (such as Iced Earth with thrash metal, Into Eternity for death metal but not much under power metal, Evergrey and Sypmohny X with progressive metal, Nightwish with gothic metal, and others) while Sabaton entirely soounds Power Metal pretty much, with some Heavy Metal-like songs of course but still carrying on Power Metal style, so that's what got me to add that section in. I thought it would be a interesting thing for new fans of the band who may have never heard of Sabaton and would like to hear them and such. But, if you feel the section is useless, delete it, I won't stop you. Mandilore 18:07 12 February 2007(UTC)