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Heroes, the seventh studio release by Swedish heavy metallers & avid war historians SABATON \u2013 who devastated stages in the U.S. and Canada this past April & May as direct support for Iced Earth \u2013 has debuted at #99 on the American Billboard Top 200 album chart and at #105 on the Canadian Billboard Top 200 album chart.\u00a0 Heroes also holds the #7 position on the American Hard Rock\/Metal chart and #11 on the Canadian Hard Rock\/Metal chart. <\/p>\n
\u201cMore great news!\u201d exclaims an enthused P\u00e4r Sundstr\u00f6m from Sweden, who is the band\u2019s bass player and one of SABATON\u2019s founding members.\u00a0 \u201cWe can feel that there is something going on in North America for SABATON and this proves that hard touring pays off.\u00a0 We are proud, happy, and extremely thankful to all of you who supported us over the years. Heroes has reached higher positions in every country than anything we\u2019ve done before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Worldwide first week chart positions for Heroes include:<\/p>\n
#1 \u2013 Sweden
#2 \u2013 Finland
#3 \u2013 Germany
#4 \u2013 Czech Republic
#6 \u2013 Poland
#7 \u2013 Switzerland
#11 \u2013 Austria
#13 \u2013 Norway
#99 \u2013 United States
#105 – Canada<\/p>\n
SABATON will be returning to North America this September with Amon Amarth & Skeletonwitch for a thirty-five show \u201cDeceiver Of The Gods\u201d tour that includes nine performances in Canada.\u00a0 Tour dates and pre-sale ticket links can be found here.<\/p>\n
Heroes was recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter T\u00e4gtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, IMMORTAL); album art was created by P\u00e9ter Sallai.\u00a0 Album bundles \u2013 which include the CD & a t-shirt with exclusive artwork for North America \u2013 plus the import digi-pak, import vinyl, import earbook & earbook deluxe versions can all be ordered from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop: http:\/\/smarturl.it\/SABATON-Heroes-Or<\/p>\n
Fans can download the FREE SABATON Smartphone App from Google Play and the AppStore.<\/p>\n
ABOUT SABATON:<\/p>\n
Formed in Falun, Sweden in 1999, the band is best known for singing almost exclusively about historical wars & battles, a direction SABATON members decided to take on after watching the 1999 Academy Award-winning film Saving Private Ryan.\u00a0 \u201cFor us it means a lot more to write about historical events than to make up stories,\u201d says bassist P\u00e4r Sundstr\u00f6m, one of the main songwriters.\u00a0 The band thoroughly researches their topics to ensure the songs paint accurate & objective portraits of the historical event they\u2019re singing about, which are narrated from an omniscient point-of-view or in first-person as a soldier caught in the line of fire.\u00a0 Like their home country, SABATON aims to remain politically neutral in their role as musical war historians. Heroes marks the band\u2019s first appearance on the American Billboard Top 100.<\/p>\n
SABATON is:<\/p>\n
Joakim Brod\u00e9n \u2013 Lead Vocals
Thobbe Englund \u2013 Lead Guitar
Chris R\u00f6rland \u2013 Lead Guitar
P\u00e4r Sundstr\u00f6m – Bass
Hannes Van Dahl – Drums<\/p>\n
Source:
www.SABATON.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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