Sabaton vocalist Joakim Brodén is featured in the latest episode of Chaoszine's new series, My Story As A Metal Frontman, revealing how he ended up singing for the band. Check out the interview below.
Brodén: "When I joined what would later become Sabaton (as a keyboardist), with vastly different band members and different music, they didn't have any songs of their own at the time either. But when I came in, they found out that I was writing songs and they asked me to sing so they could hear vocal melodies since I'd written those as well. And then they basically told me 'You'll sing until we find a singer.' Lazy bastards (laughs).
I'm comfortable with it now, but I was seriously a bit angry in 2005 when they came and said they found my keyboard player and I was like, 'Fuck you guys, that's my job.' So, no, that's something that sort of slipped onto me so that I became a singer before I even realized I was a singer. I think I was a frontman even before I was a frontman in my mind. Of course, even though I wasn't where I felt I was supposed to be, I always felt like I owed myself, the band and the people, the few who were in the crowd, to do the best I could and improve as much as I could.
But in my mind I was only the keyboard player until we came back after a tour, and I was gonna play keyboards, and I realized I hadn't played keyboards in such a long time that my fingers weren't doing what my mind wanted them to do (laughs). So, yeah, weird transition for me. I still don't know what to think of it."
There's no rest for the wicked. After celebrating the huge international success of their latest release, The War To End All Wars, Sweden's war chroniclers prepare for the next step in their remarkable career.
On May 6, Sabaton will release The Symphony To End All Wars, presenting a new interpretation of their #1 album, as a beautiful and monumental epic soundtrack version. Pre-order your copy here.
The Symphony To End All Wars will be available in two vinyl formats: Black Single LP in Gatefold and Winter Wind Single LP in Gatefold [Ltd. to 1500 units]. The album will also be available on all digital music platforms.
Tracklisting:
"Sarajevo" (Symphonic Version)
"Storm Troopers" (Symphonic Version)
"Dreadnought" (Symphonic Version)
"The Unkillable Soldier" (Symphonic Version)
"Soldier Of Heaven" (Symphonic Version)
"Hellfighters" (Symphonic Version)
"Race To The Sea" (Symphonic Version)
"Lady Of The Dark" (Symphonic Version)
"The Valley Of Death" (Symphonic Version)
"Christmas Truce" (Symphonic Version)
"Versailles" (Symphonic Version)
Sabaton has also made The War To End All Wars (History Edition) available for streaming today. Physically released on March 4, this special version of The War To End All Wars includes spoken commentary with additional information about the historical background of the new Sabaton songs.
Stream it here.
Sabaton’s The Tour to End All Tours - North America 2022 will kick off on September 15 in Seattle, WA. Those dates, as well as The Tour To End All Tours 2023, the band’s rescheduled 2023 European tour, can be found here.
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