Heroes (Sabaton album)

Heroes
Studio album by Sabaton
Released May 6, 2014
Recorded August 2013 - March 2014, Abyss Studios, Sweden
Genre Power metal
Length CD 36:57
Digi-pack 44:18
Earbook 50:21
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Peter Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
Carolus Rex
(2012)
Heroes
(2014)
Singles from Heroes
  1. "To Hell and Back"
    Released: 28 March 2014
  2. "Resist and Bite"
    Released: 2 May 2014
Limited and EARBOOK edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Ultimate Guitar7.2/10[2]

Heroes is the seventh studio album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton. It was released on 6 May 2014. It is the first album to feature the new Sabaton line-up with guitarists Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund as well as new drummer Hannes van Dahl. It was produced by Peter Tägtgren in Abyss Studios.[3] The artwork was made by Péter Sallai[4] and the photos were created by Ryan Garrison. The first single To Hell and Back from their album was released digitally on 14 March 2014 and available on iTunes, Nuclear Blast, Amazon and Google Play.[5] The second single Resist And Bite was also released digitally on 2 May 2014, available on iTunes, Nuclear Blast and Amazon.[6]

Pär Sundström said about the album's concept: "Well, I think this is a perfect concept for Sabaton. We decided to go for the idea to write about individuals instead of bigger battles. Individuals who we think basically went beyond their call of duty, put themselves into harms way for the good of others".[7]

In an interview to the Brazilian Army's official blog, Sundström explained that the idea for the track "Smoking Snakes" came when he was doing some research for the album: "I tried searching for the word 'Helden', which means heroes in German. I then came across the story of the Drei Brasilianischen Helden (Three Brazilian Heroes) and, from that point on, we deepened our research and decided to write the track."[8] On 17 April 2015, the Brazilian 14th Motorized Infantry Brigade Orchestra covered the song as a thanksgiving.[9]

Track listing

No. TitleTheme Length
1. "Night Witches"   3:01
2. "No Bullets Fly"   3:37
3. "Smoking Snakes"  
  • Arlindo Lúcio da Silva, Geraldo Baeta da Cruz and Geraldo Rodrigues de Souza – 3 Brazilian Expeditionary Force soldiers who became separated from their unit and fought a large contingent of Germans in Italy on 14 April 1945. Refusing surrender, they fought to their deaths and were buried by the Germans, who placed a cross over their graves with the inscription 'Drei brasilianische Helden' (Three Brazilian Heroes).
3:14
4. "Inmate 4859"   4:26
5. "To Hell and Back"  
  • Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated American veterans of World War II. Specifically his post war battle with; and victory over PTSD. Based off his own poem 'The Crosses Grow on Anzio' from his book 'To Hell and Back'
3:26
6. "The Ballad of Bull"   3:53
7. "Resist and Bite"   3:27
8. "Soldier of 3 Armies"   3:38
9. "Far from the Fame"   3:47
10. "Hearts of Iron"   4:28
Total length:
36:57
No. TitleTheme Length
11. "7734"  
  • 7734 in calculator spelling means "Hell" and song lyrics devoted to soldiers in general and holy meanings. The Song Lyrics also state "The last two united(3 + 4) and two became one(=7)." "111 they perished in flames(777 - 111 = 666)" making a reference to The Number of The Beast.This is a remake of the song, "7734", originally released in the Metalizer album.
3:33
12. "Man of War"  
  • References various songs of the classic metal band Manowar, paying them homage.
3:48
Total length:
44:18
No. Title Length
11. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Metallica cover) 5:22
12. "En hjältes väg" (Raubtier cover) 4:26
13. "Out of Control" (Battle Beast cover) 3:36
Total length:
57:42

Personnel

Release information

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 70
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 18
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[28] 17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 13
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 59
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[33] 2
US Billboard 200[34] 99

Music video

The song "To Hell And Back" was also made into a music video which was directed by Owe Lingvall and produced by Bengt Larvia. It was uploaded on Nuclear Blast Records main YouTube channel on 15 May, and currently has almost two million views as of October 2015.[35]

References

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  6. "SABATON - 'Resist And Bite' – Digital ... - Nuclear Blast". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. Interview with Pär Sundström, by Grande-Rock.com retrieved on 13 June 2014.
  8. "Banda Sabaton concede entrevista onde fala sobre a canção Smoking Snakes". EBlog (in Portuguese). Brazilian Army. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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  10. "Call for World War II hero Leslie 'Bull' Allen to be posthumously awarded Victoria Cross". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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