If you have ever listened to SABATON – and pretty much EVERY LRFotS has encountered AT LEAST one poast here that incorporates one or more of their most memorable choons – then you know how hilariously awesome they are. They also have a great sense of humour, and are not above poking fun at themselves. But this, I have to say, takes the cake:
The best part is that I can totally see Joakim and the boys making an epic war song about ordering coffee at a crappy chain store. Indeed, it is entirely reasonable to expect that they will take on a great fan-made meme or song, and turn it into an actual full track.
After all, they have done precisely that before:
The backstory to this song is quite amusing. A Russian group called “Radio Tapok” created a song called “Битва за Москву” (literally, “Battle for Moscow”), written and performed in the signature “SABATON style”. Anyone who has ever listened to the last four or five SABATON albums, knows exactly what that means. Basically, if you have heard one of those albums, you have heard them all, because it is the exact same set of riffs, melodies, harmonies, and bridges across every single one.
SABATON then picked up on that song, and decided to make a cover of it, in English. The rest is – quite literally – history.
I love SABATON, and have done since I first saw them playing live, opening for… who was it… oh yeah, AMON AMARTH, back in the US. I remember they got on stage and very nearly blew the headliners away. Keep in mind, this is AMON FREAKIN’ AMARTH, one of the most energetic and brutal bands on the planet. Every time I have gone to one of their concerts, I have barely been able to stand afterwards. Yet, SABATON nearly outperformed those guys.
Ever since then, I have done my very best to attend their concerts, and I was fortunate enough to do precisely that recently. It was – to use the technical term – SUPER DOOPER AWESOMESAUCE AMAZEBALLS.
Their latest album, Legends, is also – in my personal opinion – a significant return to form. After the last couple of WWI-themed albums, this one gets back to basics. Although it breaks absolutely no ground musically – except, perhaps, for the track, “A Tiger Among Dragons”, which is very unusual – the album as a whole does not have a single weak track. This is quite unlike its predecessors, which had a few boring songs that kind of weighed things down, on both The War to End All Wars, and on The Great War.
Let us hope that we will indeed someday see and hear a SABATON song about ordering coffee. Unlike some overly self-serious bands – I’m looking at you, MANOWAR – these guys know how to have fun.
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That is hilariously awesome. I listen to these guys on YT Music all the time, but I need to give some albums a listen.