When you hear “Sabaton” and you know of them, what do you think first before anything else? For me it’s that distinguishing and unique accent of the vocalist who has done a great job in this band. And this album was no exception. Although I’ve never really been a “fan” of Sabaton, I do admire their work, style, and how they plan out some of their albums. “Heroes” was by far my most favorite album from this band because they had the same war theme that they’ve had for a while which they’ve been pulling off exceedingly well, especially in this album.

“Heroes” has a variety of songs that span across the entire stylistic spectrum that they’ve made since their origination. Some of their songs have their notable fast paced rhythm with the vocalist speaking loud and fast, all the way to the slow paced song that includes a well done pianist playing his musical instrument masterfully as he (or she) did in the track “The Ballad of Bull”. And of course they still carry that sense of underlying hope in all of their songs that overcomes whatever the song is about whether it be about war, death, genocide, what have you. Along with that, their sometimes united vocals and specially crafted notes give the listener a unique quality of music that few bands have been able to master and obviously Sabaton has been one of those bands for many, many years. They’re one of those bands who have a specialized style and musical quality that they have perfectly molded to suit their talents so well that one cannot help but feel the slightest bit of attraction to their work, and I haven’t been quite convinced these past years with their music but I was pushed into their group of fans with “Heroes”. The album performed exceptionally well and exceeded what I was expecting from Sabaton when I first saw the release date for this album. Thankfully, I was proven wrong and I was given a good album that I’m surely going to buy some songs off of, most likely “To Hell and Back” and “Man of War” because those two tracks have terrific sound and composure to them with “To Hell and Back” beginning with someone whistling and then an excellent guitar mimicking the whistle notes, and “Man of War” having a tone to it that gets the listened pumped up and wanting to chant along with the lyrics which is always good if a band can pull that off. And of course, Sabaton was going to do it again sooner or later, and they just did.

I’m very impressed with this album. If you haven’t heard the album or even Sabaton yet, then I strongly urge you to click on the link below to listen to “Heroes” for free and then buy them off of iTunes if you so desire.

 

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