Pär Sundström stated in a 2017 interview that the group would be touring less in 2018 so they could concentrate on writing and recording their next album. The songs' orchestration was made by Therion's mastermind Christofer Johnsson. On 13 July 2017 at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice a concert with symphonic orchestra was played. Tommy Johansson of ReinXeed was announced immediately as the new member after Englund's final show with the band. Thobbe Englund played his last show with Sabaton at Sabaton Open Air 2016.
On 25 July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Thobbe Englund had left the band. On 10 June 2016 the first single of the upcoming album was released, called "The Lost Battalion" and about the eponymous military unit of World War I. In April 2016, the band announced the cover of their new album called The Last Stand, then due to be released on 19 August 2016. ] In October 2015 performed their first concert in Japan in Loud Park.
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On January 27 the band was announced to play Download Festival in June. The album proved to be a hit and made #1 on the official Swedish album chart. In January 2014, the band announced the cover of their new album called Heroes, then due to be released on May 16, 2014. In the same year, Sabaton released a new concept album Carolus Rex. Snowy Shaw replaced him as touring drummer. In November 2012, drummer Robban Bäck decided to take a break from touring due to becoming a father. Former Sabaton guitarists Oskar Montelius and Rikard Sundén, drummer Daniel Mullback and keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr went on, together with vocalist Patrik Johansson and bassist Stefan Eriksson, to form a new band, Civil War. Sabaton was joined by touring members Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund on guitar, and Robban Bäck on drums. On 31 March vocalist Joakim Brodén confirmed rumors that the band would be going separate ways, with only Brodén himself and bass player Pär Sundström staying on board. In 2012 two-thirds of Sabaton's lineup left the band. A second music video, for "Screaming Eagles", was released on 25 May. The first music video, for "Uprising", was released on 1 August 2010 and features Peter Stormare. They announced it on their official website, and posted a link to a YouTube video containing the album art and a teaser music sample. Coat of Arms contains a majority of songs about World War II including the Winter War "White Death". On 23 December 2009, the band announced the name of their forthcoming album. The band had hoped to begin recording the next album in October but with concerts booked and the DragonForce support tour the following month, it was pushed back. After their Bloodstock performance, the band again went on tour with DragonForce, towards the end of 2009, for 18 shows in the UK. They toured Europe in 2009 as an opening act on the Hammerfall Tour. The album contains the singles "Cliffs of Gallipoli" and "Ghost Division". The decision to base the album upon Sun Tzu's book came from the idea that in the 2000 years since the book was written, the human race has achieved many things but apart from weapon advancements, operational art, strategy, and war itself have remained basically the same. Sabaton performing at Wacken Open Air, Germany in 2015Īs a follow up to Metalizer, in May 2008, Sabaton released its fourth album The Art of War, an album inspired by the influential book by Sun Tzu. Sabaton performing at Norway Rock Festival in 2010 In March 2007, Sabaton released Metalizer as a double disc together with Fist for Fight, along with the previously unreleased song "Birds of War". The band's third album, Attero Dominatus, was released in Europe on 28 July 2006. In early 2006, Sabaton toured in support of Edguy and DragonForce. In early 2005, they recruited keyboardist Daniel Myhr to relieve Joakim Brodén. They signed with Black Lodge, the metal division of the Sound Pollution record label. The band returned for a second album titled Primo Victoria. Joakim Brodén playing at Global East Rock Festival in Ukraine 2010 Metalizer was supposed to be distributed by Underground Symphony as the band's debut album, but after two years of waiting, during which the band held various performances across Sweden, the album was abandoned. The band signed with the Italian label Underground Symphony, under which internationally released the promo CD Fist for Fight, a compilation consisting of material from two demo tapes recorded between 19, with the intention to promote forthcoming releases. After the first songs were recorded in Peter Tägtgren's studio, The Abyss, Sabaton was contacted by a couple of record labels.
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