Sabaton (band)

Sabaton
Sabaton at The Garage in London, 2009
Background information
Origin	Falun, Sweden
Genres	Power metal, Heavy metal
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Underground Symphony, Black Lodge, Nuclear Blast
Website	sabaton.net
Members	Joakim Brodén Pär Sundström Chris Rörland Tommy Johansson Hannes van Dahl
Past members	Oskar Montelius Rikard Sundén Richard Larsson Daniel Mullback Daniel Mÿhr Robban Bäck Thorbjörn Englund

Sabaton [ˈsæbəˌtɑn] is a power metal band from Falun, Sweden. The band's main lyrical themes are based on war and historical battles. This is heard in the albums Primo Victoria, The Art of War, Attero Dominatus, Coat of Arms, Carolus Rex, Heroes, and The Last Stand in which all of the songs contain these motifs, except final tracks which are tribute songs to influential heavy metal bands. Lyrical content drawn from World War I, World War II and other historical conflicts is prevalent and lyrics often recite stories of heroic deeds by men and armies.

In April 2012, guitarists Oskar Montelius and Rikard Sundén, drummer Daniel Mullback and keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr left the band to form Civil War. Vocalist Joakim Brodén and bassist Pär Sundström continued with new members. As well as extensively touring internationally, the band have a festival in their home town of Falun, Sabaton Open Air in August and an annual cruise, 'Sabaton Cruise', in November.

Sabaton was formed in December 1999. After the first songs were recorded in Peter Tägtgren's studio, The Abyss, Sabaton was contacted by a couple of record labels. The band decided to sign up for Italian label Underground Symphony, under which internationally released the promo CD Fist for Fight —actually a compilation consisting of material from two demotapes recorded between 1999 and 2000— with the intention to promote forthcoming releases.