The Last Stand (Sabaton album)
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Released | 19 August 2016 | |||
Recorded | April–May 2016 | |||
Studio | The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal[1] | |||
Length | 44:31 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
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Singles from The Last Stand | ||||
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The Last Stand is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton. It was produced by Peter Tägtgren in the Abyss Studios in Sweden[2] and released on 19 August 2016. Like Sabaton's previous album Heroes, The Last Stand is a concept album and takes inspiration from "last stand" military battles. On 10 June 2016 the first single "The Lost Battalion" was released, followed by "Blood of Bannockburn" on 15 July and "Shiroyama" on 12 August. A lyric video for the title track was released on 25 January 2018.
In 2021, Sabaton released a special History Channel Edition of the album to subscribers to the Patreon, featuring historical prefaces to each song by channel host Indy Neidell. The version had originally been planned for April 2020, but it and the History Channel Edition of Heroes suffered production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and label Nuclear Blast's purchase by Believe Digital.[3] The albums finally shipped to subscribers on 25 June 2021.[4]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Theme [5] | Length |
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1. | "Sparta" | Joakim Brodén · Pär Sundström | Brodén · Ken Kängström | Battle of Thermopylae | 4:24 |
2. | "Last Dying Breath" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén · Kängström | Serbian defence of Belgrade | 3:22 |
3. | "Blood of Bannockburn" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Battle of Bannockburn | 2:54 |
4. | "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Meuse-Argonne Offensive | 0:51 |
5. | "The Lost Battalion" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Lost Battalion (World War I) | 3:35 |
6. | "Rorke's Drift" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Battle of Rorke's Drift | 3:26 |
7. | "The Last Stand" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén · Chris Rörland | Stand of the Swiss Guard | 3:55 |
8. | "Hill 3234" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Battle for Hill 3234 | 3:29 |
9. | "Shiroyama" | Brodén | Brodén · Thobbe Englund | Battle of Shiroyama | 3:31 |
10. | "Winged Hussars" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Polish hussars in the Battle of Vienna | 3:51 |
11. | "The Last Battle" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | Battle for Castle Itter | 3:12 |
12. | "Camouflage (Stan Ridgway Cover)" (Bonus Track) | Vietnam War | 3:56 | ||
13. | "All Guns Blazing (Judas Priest Cover)" (Bonus Track) | 3:58 | |||
14. | "Afraid to Shoot Strangers (Iron Maiden Cover)" (Bonus Track - EARBOOK edition only) | Gulf War | 7:28 | ||
15. | "Burn in Hell (Twisted Sister Cover)" (Bonus Track - JAPAN only) | 4:25 | |||
Total length: | 44:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The March to War" | 2:00 |
2. | "Ghost Division" | 4:06 |
3. | "Far from the Fame" | 3:46 |
4. | "Uprising" | 6:00 |
5. | "Midway" | 4:09 |
6. | "Gott mit uns" | 3:27 |
7. | "Resist and Bite" | 4:34 |
8. | "Wolfpack" | 5:06 |
9. | "Dominium Maris Baltici & The Lion from the North" | 5:33 |
10. | "Carolus Rex" | 6:48 |
11. | "Swedish Pagans" | 4:51 |
12. | "Soldier of 3 Armies" | 4:12 |
13. | "Attero Dominatus" | 3:58 |
14. | "The Art of War" | 5:12 |
15. | "Wind of Change" | 1:23 |
16. | "To Hell and Back" | 4:25 |
17. | "Night Witches" | 4:25 |
18. | "Primo Victoria" | 6:00 |
19. | "Metal Crüe" | 7:47 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The March to War" | 2:03 |
2. | "Ghost Division" | 4:04 |
3. | "Far from the Fame" | 3:46 |
4. | "Uprising" | 5:59 |
5. | "Midway" | 4:10 |
6. | "Gott mit uns" | 3:27 |
7. | "Resist and Bite" | 3:28 |
8. | "Dominium Maris Baltici & The Lion from the North" | 5:32 |
9. | "Carolus Rex" | 6:48 |
10. | "Swedish Pagans" | 4:51 |
11. | "Soldier of 3 Armies" | 4:14 |
12. | "Attero Dominatus" | 3:56 |
13. | "The Art of War" | 5:12 |
14. | "Wind of Change" | 1:23 |
15. | "To Hell and Back" | 4:25 |
16. | "Night Witches" | 4:25 |
17. | "Primo Victoria" | 6:01 |
18. | "Metal Crüe" | 4:50 |
Personnel[]
- Joakim Brodén: lead vocals, keyboards
- Pär Sundström: bass, backing vocals
- Chris Rörland: guitars, backing vocals
- Thobbe Englund: guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "All Guns Blazing"
- Hannes van Dahl: drums, backing vocals
Additional credits:
- Spoken words on "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" by Jon Schaffer
- Bagpipes on "Blood of Bannockburn" by Jonas Kjellgren
- Hammond Organ on "Blood of Bannockburn" by Tomas Sunmo
Choir credits:
- Christer Gärds, Anders Sandström, Bosse Gärds, Pontus Lekaregärd and Peter Hindén from Eternal (of Sweden),
- Thomas Nyström & Marie Mullback, Äsa Österlund, Hannele Junkala, Sofia Lundberg, Marie-Louise Strömqvist and Floor Jansen
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
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Year-end charts[]
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Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV)[30] | Gold | 10,000![]() |
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- 2016 albums
- Sabaton (band) albums
- Nuclear Blast albums
- Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren