Sabaton are as subtle as a tank in your living room. Not only do they salute the same traditional heavy metal flag as Manowar and Judas Priest, but they make the whole thing even more ludicrous by adding blaring keyboards and grand lyrics about warfare. Their costumes, sound and stage production are all impossible to ignore, so it’s no surprise that this Swedish militia now conquer arenas on every tour they do.
During their near-30-year-long campaign to siege the metal mainstream, the band have unloaded 11 studio albums. Almost all of them are packed with armour-plated anthems about guns, battles and dudes shooting other dudes – but which is the most bulletproof of the bunch? Here’s Metal Hammer’s ranking of every record Sabaton have shot out.
