In an amazing coincidence, the albumвЂ™s quadruple platinum certification came exactly 300 years after the kingвЂ™s death in 1718. The concept effort - which is the groupвЂ™s biggest success to date - charts the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire, in particular, the life of Charles XII( вЂњCarolus RexвЂќ) who ruled it for 21 years. SABATONвЂs 2012 album, вЂњCarolus RexвЂќ, was recently certified quadruple platinum in the bandвЂ™s home country of Sweden. SABATONвЂs next disc will be the groupвЂ™s first with guitarist Tommy JohanssonВ ( GOLDEN RESURRECTION, REINXEED), who replaced Thobbe EnglundВ in 2016. Sonically triumphant and lyrically war-obsessed, Swedens Sabaton have been a major force in the power metal field since the mid-2000s. ItвЂ™s kind of important to us that the music and lyrics fit well together.вЂќ

And you canвЂ™t really sing about futuristic warfare if the songs sound old. 2005s Primo Victoria was the first official Sabaton album to be released. We see what language, what kind of message is the music bringing. Then singer Joakim Brden bellowed, This next song is about my penis. So, IвЂ™m not trying to be secretive - we have probably 20 or 30 ideas that weвЂ™re always working with, but at the end, we donвЂ™t really decide until we have half of the songs written. Sabaton stated that they started recording the next album just around New Years 2021, so that window would suggest between early May through August, and a. I mean, weвЂ™ve done that in the past and we said what we were planning to do, and then we changed our minds at the last minute and people were disappointed. The trick is we never know what weвЂ™re gonna use. FeMetal TVs fiery redhead Mercedes recently conducted an interview with bassist PГ¤r SundstrГ¶m of Swedish metallers SABATON. But, yeah, weвЂ™re not gonna be a band who releases an album every eight years.вЂќДЄsked if SABATONВ already had some ideas for a possible concept for the next studio album, BrodГ©nВ told вЂњTV WarвЂќ: вЂњWe have a lot of concept ideas, actually. Now, since we are playing in Australia, North and South America and Asia as well, it, unfortunately, delays it a bit. вЂњBefore we didnвЂ™t play so much in South America and in North America and also Asia, so back in those days, we were done with the touring in time to do an album every two years. вЂњThe thing is, tour has taken us almost everywhere,вЂќ he said. IвЂ™m not saying weвЂ™re gonna start making a new album - weвЂ™re actually recording now.вЂќД®arlier this year, BrodГ©nВ told GreeceвЂ™s вЂњTV WarвЂќВ that there was a perfectly good explanation for the longer-than-usual wait for a new SABATONВ record. вЂњWeвЂ™ve got some exciting news to tell you guys,вЂќ JoakimВ said. SABATONВ singer Joakim BrodГ©nВ and bassist PГ¤r SundstrГ¶mВ released a short video message earlier today letting their fans know what they can expect from the group in 2019. The follow-up to 2016вЂ™s вЂњThe Last StandвЂќВ will be released next year via Nuclear Blast Records. Swedish metallers SABATONВ have entered the studio to begin recording their new album.

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