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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Sabaton - Primo Victoria + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-09-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.sabaton.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Sabaton Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Primo Victoria Label : Black Lodge ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Starting from nineties, a good deal of bands ║ │
│║ from Northern Europe emerged in Heavy Metal ║ │
│║ scene, most of which are death and black metal. ║ │
│║ With their landsÆ climateÆs effect, they offered ║ │
│║ their music to listeners with a pessimist, ║ │
│║ schizoid and loser approach. One of the newer ║ │
│║ bands hailing from this fruitful land is ║ │
│║ Sabaton, a young Swedish group. I believe that ║ │
│║ this band, members of which are 23-24 years old ║ │
│║ in average, shall find its place among the ║ │
│║ important groups of heavy metal scene. ║ │
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│║ The band, which was founded in 1999, released ║ │
│║ their debut album, ôFist for Fightö, from a ║ │
│║ small Italian label, ôUnderground Symphonyö. ║ │
│║ After this release, which did not draw attention ║ │
│║ much, they made their impact with their second ║ │
│║ album titled "Primo Victoria" in 2005 and they ║ │
│║ participated in important metal festivals, such ║ │
│║ as "Gates of Metal" and "Sweden Rock". But they ║ │
│║ are treating ôPrimo Victoriaö as their debut at ║ │
│║ their website. I am unable to see why they are ║ │
│║ dismissing ôFist for Fightö, maybe for reasons ║ │
│║ that are unknown to me. Though they give the ║ │
│║ impression of an ordinary heavy metal band at ║ │
│║ first listen, they have a very special feature ║ │
│║ that distinguishes them from their kind. This ║ │
│║ special feature is Joakim BrodenÆs strong, deep, ║ │
│║ rich and barbaric vocals. Though Joakim reminds ║ │
│║ Chris Boltendahl, vocals of German Heavy Metal ║ │
│║ masters Grave Digger, I can safely say that he ║ │
│║ is much better; Joakim has a more aesthetic ║ │
│║ style compared to Chris. His singing of the ║ │
│║ songs in an anthem style has definitely proved ║ │
│║ itself to be original. We are faced with ║ │
│║ magnificent vocals, being supported with choir ║ │
│║ chorus partitions in parts. In fact, the album ║ │
│║ is opened with neither guitar arpeggio nor an ║ │
│║ intro, but with JoakimÆs scream. This must be an ║ │
│║ indication of how much the band trusts its ║ │
│║ vocalist. I have already placed Joakim Broden ║ │
│║ among my chronically favorite vocalists, Ronnie ║ │
│║ James Dio and Steve Grimmet (of Grim Reaper). ║ │
│║ Moreover, he has added keyboards to his success ║ │
│║ in vocals and played all keyboards in the album. ║ │
│║ It may seem as exaggeration but, in my opinion, ║ │
│║ Joakim Broden is the best heavy metal voice ║ │
│║ appeared within last decade. ║ │
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│║ My acquaintance with Sabaton occurred as the ║ │
│║ dark guard of "Kuzey Orman?" fanzine whispered ║ │
│║ into my ear, ôThere is a band called Sabaton, ║ │
│║ itÆs just right for youö, at a concert night. I ║ │
│║ recognized what a serious music I had faced with ║ │
│║ as soon as I downloaded ôPanzer Battalionö from ║ │
│║ their website. There were no groundless fantasy ║ │
│║ elements or a chain of pessimistic lyrics, nor ║ │
│║ it was a music that had forgotten its roots; it ║ │
│║ was totally European Heavy Metal. Sabaton has ║ │
│║ shaped its music with strong, stubborn guitar ║ │
│║ riffs and keyboard use that creates an epic mood ║ │
│║ in the background. Their musical structure ║ │
│║ mostly follows the path of German metal giants, ║ │
│║ such as Grave Digger, Accept and Helloween. ║ │
│║ Their lyrics are about wars. ôPanzer ║ │
│║ BattalionÆs" subject is USA's besiege of Iraq, ║ │
│║ "Into the FireÆs" is Vietnam War, and ôPrimo ║ │
│║ Victoria'sö is the landing of Normandy, which ║ │
│║ took place at the end of WWII. Moreover, ║ │
│║ Stalingrad is about the battle between Russia ║ │
│║ and Germany. The only song that is not about war ║ │
│║ is the epilogue, ôMetal Machineö. Its lyrics are ║ │
│║ formed by using the song titles of metal bands ║ │
│║ like Iron Maiden, Kreator, Judas Priest, Dio, ║ │
│║ Manowar, Rainbow, WASP, Accept, Helloween and ║ │
│║ Black Sabbath; it is, in a way, a ôtribute to ║ │
│║ Godfathersö song. ║ │
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│║ Primo Victoria is a very important album that ║ │
│║ should be considered in terms of the continuity ║ │
│║ of Heavy Metal music. They are far from the ║ │
│║ handicap of confusing musical change with ║ │
│║ musical progression. They have mixed the effects ║ │
│║ of the geography they are living in into ║ │
│║ classical heavy metal with a very successful ║ │
│║ effort and they have created beautiful, fun-to- ║ │
│║ listen music. ║ │
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│║ Joakim Broden - vocals,keyboards ║ │
│║ Rikard Sunden - guitars ║ │
│║ Oskar Montelius - guitars ║ │
│║ Par Sundstrom - bass ║ │
│║ Daniel Mullback - drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Primo Victoria [04:11] │
│ 02 - Reign of Terror [03:52] │
│ 03 - Panzer Battalion [05:10] │
│ 04 - Wolfpack [05:56] │
│ 05 - Counterstrike [03:48] │
│ 06 - Stalingrad [05:18] │
│ 07 - Into the Fire [03:26] │
│ 08 - Purple Heart [05:08] │
│ 09 - Metal Machine [04:23] │
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│ Total Length : [41:12 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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