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Falun, Sweden (1999 – present)

Where did it start? And where do we go from here?

Digging deep will let you discover that Sabaton were formed back in 1999 in Falun, Sweden and worked hard with demos and small club shows just like any other band.
You will also find that an album was recorded in 2002 bearing the name of Fist for Fight on an independent label in Italy but was never released.

What is interesting is not to hear what you already heard from thousands of other bands but to hear the story of a successful band that paid the high price and sacrificed it all for their dreams. So we take a leap in history.

In 2004 the band began to be quite angry about their trouble to get an album out on the market but decided to forget about the past and started all over again. A new demo was recorded bearing the title of Panzer Battalion. At this point Sabaton had become much better songwriters and the quality of the songs was a lot higher than before which of course gave result.
Several labels immediately contacted Sabaton but after stranded negotiations Sabaton decided to record an album without any help from any label. Primo Victoria was recorded and was fully paid by the band members themselves. With this masterpiece in their hands the band now returned to some labels and the bidding started. Winner was the Swedish label Black Lodge who gave a fair offer and a deal was made.

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Floodofnapalm wrote:
yesterday evening

I agree. If war is so cool, they should move to Afghanistan or IRaq. By the way: I think they are posers, just like Manowar.

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Viggetorr wrote:
Friday afternoon

Well, I think we can all agree that they're ridiculous.

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NightUlf wrote:
Thursday afternoon

This band were awesome, had not heard of them before and I saw them supporting Dragonforce. In fact this band owned the night.

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gaylord666-argh wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Try Gozerk, a death metal band from Spain with some finnish members in it http://www.myspace.com/gozerk

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StudKickAss wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Why were you seeing DragonForce?

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Akrijfm wrote:
Thursday morning

this band rules so much it's ridiculous [4]

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fluos wrote:
Thursday morning

Saw them today supporting Dragonforce, they rock

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Nagini_Strummer wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

this band rules so much it's ridiculous [3] :)

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robert7 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

this band rules so much it's ridiculous [2]

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thedancingprat wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

SO FUCKING AMAZING

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fleurenne wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

I saw them last night and they were absolutely incredible.

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Davex1990 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

this band rules so much it's ridiculous

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Palmaero wrote:
Wednesday morning

this band sucks so much it's ridiculous [2]

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Mighty_Wizard wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Signed at Nuclearblast. I hope they dont get sucked out... Such an amazing Band

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Stigmatyze wrote:
Monday evening

They were absolutely awesome at the Summerbreeze '09. They're funny, skilled, and extremely friendly, nice guys, I'm looking forward to their new output coming early 2010.

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tallis_keeton wrote:
Monday afternoon

żałuj ;P

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sardonicznie wrote:
7 days ago

byli w Rzeszowie, jak zawsze przespałam.

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Tuomasp wrote:
8 days ago

If you've chance to see them live, go for it. Sabaton is one of the best live bands I've seen. Also waiting for the new album.

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threekey wrote:
8 days ago

byli w Rzeszowie, byłem w Rzeszowie ...- POEZJA!!

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SharkTooth194 wrote:
8 days ago

:O just saw these guys live last night and they were AMAZING!!! :D

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