Heroes (Sabaton album)

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Heroes
File:Sabaton Alblem cover.jpg
Studio album by Sabaton
Released 6 May 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
Swedish Empire Live
(2013)String Module Error: Match not found2013		 Heroes
(2014)		 Heroes on Tour
(2016)
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
Limited and EARBOOK edition cover

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars[1]
Ultimate Guitar 7.2/10[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. Title Theme Length
1. "Night Witches"   The all female Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment called "Night Witches". 3:01
2. "No Bullets Fly"   The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, in which German pilot Stigler accompanied a disabled American bomber back to the English Channel. 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"   Witold Pilecki, soldier of Polish Armia Krajowa and leader of resistance movement in the Birkenau Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was interned voluntarily with inmate number 4859. Produced the Witold's Report. 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"   Corporal Leslie "Bull" Allen, an Australian Army soldier awarded the US Silver Star for rescuing 12 wounded American soldiers during the Papua New Guinea campaign of World War II.[10][11][12] 3:53
7. "Resist and Bite"   Chasseurs Ardennais, an infantry formation of the Belgian Armed Forces that fought in the Battle of Belgium in World War II 3:27
8. "Soldier of 3 Armies"   Lauri Törni known as Larry Thorne, soldier of the Finnish Army, the German Waffen-SS, and the United States Army Green Berets in Vietnam 3:38
9. "Far from the Fame"   Hero of Czechoslovakia – Air Marshal Karel Janoušek, founder of Czechoslovakian forces in Royal Air Force. Later imprisoned by communist regime in Czechoslovakia. 3:47
10. "Hearts of Iron"   The German forces of the 12th and 9th Armies, who, facing defeat at the hands of the Soviets, created a corridor across the Elbe to protect fleeing refugees and soldiers to escape and surrender to the West. 4:28
Total length:
 36:57
No. Title Theme 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
  • These last two tracks are listed on every other released version of this album.
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
  • These last three songs are only featured on the earbook edition.[13][14]

Personnel

  • Joakim Brodén – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Pär Sundström – bass, backing vocals
  • Chris Rörland – guitar, backing vocals
  • Thobbe Englund – guitar, backing vocals
  • Hannes van Dahl – drums

Release information

  • The special limited earbook edition (28x28cm) is housed in a faux leather sleeve including a metal emblem, a signing card and a 5-track bonus CD (only through mailorder).[13][15]
  • Limited 500 blue yellow splatter vinyls edition.[16]
  • Black vinyl edition with six songs on the A-side and six on the B-side of which the last two are bonus tracks: "7734" and "Man Of War".[17]
  • Limited Digi book edition.[18]
  • Limited 300 green vinyls edition.[19]The green vinyl edition also comes in a DLP (double LP) format.[20]
  • Limited edition Clear Numbered Vinyl, LP, Album 100 hand numbered copies with gatefold cover.[21][22]

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 over two million views as of February 2016.[35]

References

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  4. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Péter_Sallai/36765
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  7. ↑ Interview with Pär Sundström, by Grande-Rock.com retrieved on 13 June 2014.
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  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/cd/buch-cd-cd/sabaton-heroes-earbook-deluxe.html
  14. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sabaton-Heroes/release/5698735
  15. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sabaton-Heroes/release/5695439
  16. ↑ http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/vinyl/lp/sabaton-heroes-blue-yellow-splatter-vinyl.html
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  18. ↑ http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/cd/cd-digi/sabaton-heroes.html
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  21. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sabaton-Heroes/release/5695402
  22. ↑ http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/vinyl/lp/sabaton-heroes-clear-vinyl.html
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sabaton – Heroes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sabaton – Heroes" (in French). Hung Medien.
  25. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Sabaton – Heroes". Hung Medien.
  26. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Sabaton – Heroes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  27. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  28. ↑ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2014. 21. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  29. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Sabaton – Heroes". Hung Medien.
  30. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  31. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Sabaton – Heroes". Hung Medien.
  32. ↑ "Sabaton | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  33. ↑ "Sabaton: Heroes" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  34. ↑ "Sabaton – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Sabaton. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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