The Last Stand (Sabaton album)
2016 studio album by Sabaton
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The Last Stand is the eighth studio album by the Swedish power 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. It would be their last album to feature guitarist Thobbe Englund following his departure in July 2016. He would then return to the band in February 2024, following the departure of guitarist Tommy Johansson.
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| Released | 19 August 2016 | |||
| Recorded | AprilâMay 2016 | |||
| Studio | The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Power metal[1] | |||
| Length | 36:56 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
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In 2021, Sabaton released a special History Channel Edition of the album to subscribers to the Sabaton History 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 | The Battle of Thermopylae from the Spartans' perspective | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Last Dying Breath" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén · Kängström | The Serbian defence of Belgrade | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Blood of Bannockburn" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Battle of Bannockburn from the Scottish perspective | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Meuse-Argonne Offensive | 0:51 |
| 5. | "The Lost Battalion" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Lost Battalion (World War I) during the Battle of the Argonne | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Rorke's Drift" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Battle of Rorke's Drift from the British perspective | 3:26 |
| 7. | "The Last Stand" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén · Chris Rörland | The last stand of the Swiss Guards during the Sack of Rome (1527) | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Hill 3234" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Battle for Hill 3234 | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Shiroyama" | Brodén | Brodén · Thobbe Englund | The Battle of Shiroyama | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Winged Hussars" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Polish hussars in the Battle of Vienna | 3:51 |
| 11. | "The Last Battle" | Brodén · Sundström | Brodén | The Battle of Castle Itter | 3:12 |
| No. | Title | Theme | Length |
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| 12. | "Camouflage" (Stan Ridgway cover) | The Vietnam War | 3:56 |
| 13. | "All Guns Blazing" (Judas Priest cover) | 3:58 | |
| 14. | "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (Iron Maiden cover; bonus track in earbook edition) | The Gulf War | 7:28 |
| 15. | "Burn in Hell" (Twisted Sister cover; bonus track in Japan edition) | 4:25 | |
| Total length: | 56:43 | ||
| 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, Ãsa Ãsterlund, Hannele Junkala, Sofia Lundberg, Marie-Louise Strömqvist and Floor Jansen
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