{"id":16428,"date":"2014-05-16T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=16428"},"modified":"2022-02-28T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:11:27","slug":"news-sabaton-release-seventh-studio-album-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-sabaton-release-seventh-studio-album-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"SABATON Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Heroes\u2019 (May 16th, 2014) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SABATON Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Heroes\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 16th, 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Falun, Sweden-based power metal group Sabaton issued seventh studio full-length album Heroes<\/em> on May 16th, 2014 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

The outing marked the first Sabaton release to feature erstwhile Evergrey member Hannes Van Dahl behind the drumkit.<\/p>\n

Heroes<\/em> was recorded with producer Peter T\u00e4gtgren at The Abyss in Ludvika, Sweden. Mixing duties also fell to Peter T\u00e4gtgren, while mastering was handled by Jonas Kjellgren.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by P\u00e9ter Sallai.<\/p>\n

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The track listing was as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Night Witches\u2019
\n02. \u2018No Bullets Fly\u2019
\n03. \u2018Smoking Snakes\u2019
\n04. \u2018Inmate 4859\u2019
\n05. \u2018To Hell And Back\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Ballad Of Bull\u2019
\n07. \u2018Resist And Bite\u2019
\n08. \u2018Soldier Of 3 Armies\u2019
\n09. \u2018Far From The Fame\u2019
\n10. \u2018Hearts Of Iron\u2019<\/p>\n

Sabaton\u2019s line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Joakim Brod\u00e9n (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
\nThobbe Englund (guitar)
\nChris R\u00f6rland (guitar)
\nP\u00e4r Sundstr\u00f6m (bass)
\nHannes Van Dahl (drums)<\/p>\n

Heroes<\/em> was released in jewelcase CD format, as a vinyl version (different colours), as a limited edition digipak CD (featuring two bonus tracks), as a limited earbook (including five bonus tracks), and a digital download (with one bonus track). The bonus tracks in question were; \u20187734\u2019, \u2018Man Of War\u2019, \u2018For Whom The Bell Tolls\u2019 (Metallica cover), \u2018En Hj\u00e4ltes V\u00e4g\u2019 (Raubtier cover), and \u2018Out Of Control\u2019 (Battle Beast cover).<\/p>\n

In its first week of release, Heroes<\/em> sold roughly 3,100 copies in the United States, landing at position 99 on the Billboard 200. Also, the record landed at #1 in Sweden, at #2 in Finland, at #3 in Germany, at #4 in the Czech Republic, at #6 in Poland, at #7 in Switzerland, at #11 in Austria, at #13 in Norway, and at #59 in the United Kingdom. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) awarded Heroes<\/em> Gold certification for Swedish sales in excess of 20,000 copies.<\/p>\n

Directed by Owe Lingvall, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018To Hell And Back\u2019, while Yarn Hub-created animated story videos were issued for the songs \u2018Night Witches\u2019 and \u2018No Bullets Fly\u2019. In addition, official lyric videos were released for \u2018To Hell And Back\u2019, \u2018Resist And Bite\u2019 (two separate versions), \u2018Night Witches\u2019, \u2018No Bullets Fly\u2019, \u2018Inmate 4859\u2019, \u2018The Ballad Of Bull\u2019, \u2018Soldier Of 3 Armies\u2019, \u2018Far From The Fame\u2019 and \u2018Hearts Of Iron\u2019. All 13 clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Sixth studio record Carolus Rex<\/em> was released in May 2012 via Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n