#no i didn't break my neck with how hard and fast I turned reading “Sabaton”

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hey! ill take any opportunity to gush about my favorite band sabaton. they have so many songs that i like, but i think their song “night witches” is one of my favorites. ill give a general content warning that sabaton sings mostly about real history and war and i know that can be a sensitive topic to many.

here is a link to night witches. guitar solo is around 1:40. i hope the link works and that you like the song! ^_^

*VIOLENTLY SLAMS DESK IN EXCITEMENT*

I FUCKING LOVE SABATON. DUDE WE SAW THEM FUCKING LIVE BACK IN LIKE 2012 OR SOME SHIT. LIKE THEY WERE THE PRE-SHOW TO A NIGHTWISH CONCERT WE GOT INVITED TO AND TBH THEY STOLE THE SHOW, NIGHTWISH WAS KINDA BORING IN COMPARISON NGL. THEYRE ONE OF MY LONGEST TERM FAVORITES SO

10/10 GOOD TASTE.

Like they stand out in my playlist since I tend to go for darker / more aggressive / "harder" sorts of metal but like, Sabatons been with me since I've been around as a part so its fucking nostalgic as shit they're fucking GOOD

The guitar itself falls into the category similar to Dragonforce where the technique is impressive and energizing that to fall into the genre / corner of guitar metal and it's really good with that sheer speed. It's not my favorite sound, but god damn do I respect it and nor does that take away from the actual fucking VIBE of Sabaton.

Sabaton is honestly one of the bands I actually do listen to for the stories and lyrics. Like I was actually just internally rambling to myself about it after posting this but like usually listening to music is 90% not-the-lyrics and I tend to process human voices like just another instrument so the lyrics themselves usually don't matter and sometimes I don't even register it until someone points it out or asks me

But Sabaton is just great viking vibes.

Honestly I'm also just generally a simp for fucking Sun Tzu's Art of War and when we found them that was the album they had JUST come out from and-

...... I just realized that album is fucking 11 years old what the fuck.

But ANYWAYS

I haven't listened to their newer stuff much lately, but I'll trade you my personal favorites from but Panzerkampft I fucking love the opening "call" rift and obviously Art of War (the solo also has a lot of emotive-ness to it) in specific holds a special place in my heart.

In terms of guitar stuff though, circling back to the genre, the thing about this corner of heavy metal is a lot of the time the back and forth between the lyrics and guitar is a lot more centered on the power of the vocals with the guitar and other instruments framing the vocalist which Good GOD Joakim has a GOOD voice. A lot of the guitar flashes are in traditional solo styles and instrumentally are framed to specifically highlight and them as explicit solos which I do like - but often that style is not so much my taste

And while I do love Sabaton, I do think their music can become a bit "same-y" feeling, which is probably why I don't listen to them as much as I used to, but REGARDLESS, a solid classic. 10/10 good taste good hat, love to hear it.

-XIV