“Armour-plated anthems about guns, battles and dudes shooting other dudes”: Every Sabaton album ranked from worst to best What’s the most bulletproof entry in the Swedish wardogs’ back-catalogue? Metal Hammer · Mar 4
"He walked through the airport wearing a soldier’s helmet, holding two massive boxes that said ‘GUNS’ on the side. The security said ‘What is in there?’ He said, ‘Guns! Can’t you read?!" Inside the top-secret HQ of Sabaton, power metal's biggest band 20 years on from their debut, Hammer joined Sabaton in their hometown of Falun to dive into the band's history Metal Hammer · Nov 23, 2025
"It had a second life through social media, eight years after the album!" This is what it’s like when your song goes viral almost a decade after you released it, according to Swedish power metallers Sabaton 2016 single The Last Stand has racked up some impressive numbers through social media, despite not being the album’s biggest hit when it came out Metal Hammer · Nov 6, 2025
“I’d love to play the battlefields where the song actually happened”: Sabaton’s singer wants to do a gig on the beaches of Normandy, on the anniversary of D-Day The events of Operation Overlord inspired the Swedish power metal battalion’s 2005 fan-favourite single, Primo Victoria Metal Hammer · Nov 4, 2025
“I told him, ‘This is only a small town, we don’t have the infrastructure for an artist like you!’”: Why Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris was turned down after asking to play power metal stars Sabaton’s hometown festival In 2017, Steve Harris’ British Lion performed at Sabaton Open Air – but not without the Maiden man convincing the band in charge first Metal Hammer · Oct 24, 2025
Sabaton Legends review: If you've ever found the biggest power metal band on Earth too war-obsessed, they've got something new for you Sabaton mix it up on album 11 Metal Hammer · Oct 17, 2025
Sabaton took over a Swedish island in the dead of winter and it was as crazy as it sounds What happened when the world's biggest power metal band invaded a tiny Swedish island? Metal Hammer · May 12, 2023