Artist: SABATON
Album: CAROLUS REX 180G REPRINT BLUE VINYL (2LP)

Release date: 03.03.2023
EAN/UPS: 727361282714
Media type: LP

Widescreen cinema for the ears!

In 2012 there was even more pomp, even more pathos, even more catchy melodies, even more traditional quotes, even more choirs and even more hits than on all SABATON albums before. And all this is packaged in a concept album that stirs up the history of the homeland after the previously exhausted World War II theme. »Carolus Rex« is about the Swedish kingdom of the 17th century and was specifically dedicated to King Charles VII. Visually as well as acoustically, of course, it could not have been better, because despite the modern background typical of SABATON, which despite everything is based on traditional heavy metal, you can experience the battles and stories of that time visually in your mind's eye. Whether in the rushing opener 'Lion From The North', in which for the first time the great choirs (in Latin even more impressively) come into play or the following , predestined to roar 'God with us', in which the main person responsible for the bombastic, transparent and maximally oppressive sound, Peter Tägtgren (PAIN, HYPOCRISY), makes a short guest appearance behind the microphone – you can feel both the blue blood behind the scenes and the red one at the venues. of war.

SIDE A

01. Dominium Maris Baltici
02. The Lion From The North
03. God with us
04. A Lifetime of War

SIDE B

05. 1 6 4 8
06. The Carolean's Prayer

SIDE C

07. Carolus Rex
08. Killing Ground
09. Poltava

SIDE D

10. Long Live The King
11. Ruina Imperii

Bonus track:
12. Twilight Of The Thunder God