SABATON
Coat Of Arms
SABATON hails from Falun, Sweden, for those of you that don’t know, they’ve been around for over a decade, since 1999 to be exact. They are known for their war themed lyrics, taking their inspiration for various battles, and wars. That being said, they tend to focus on World War II the most.
| As a result, you can definitely hear the obvious influences of Iron Maiden and Saxon, along with hints of keyboards that have become popular in female fronted bands like Within Temptation, and Nightwish (to name a few), or groups like Symphony X, and Kamelot. That said, SABATON are nowhere near as technical as the latter two bands, which I wouldn’t necessarily consider this a bad thing. Their lead singer Joakim Broden does not sound remotely like any of the bands mentioned, and adds a nice twist to the band’s music. |  |
The album’s opening three tracks are in my opinion the best songs on the album. The album starts out with the title track “Coat Of Arms” before going into “Midway” which to me is the strongest track of this record. This track is then followed up by “Uprising” before moving forward through a series of less memorable songs. They’re not bad, just ok at best, the only issue here is that the end of the album (the last three tracks to be exact), are just to generic in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong the album is entertaining, but towards the end it falls into the pitfalls of sounding like a lot of the other music that is currently coming out of Scandinavia. Again, nothing wrong with that, but it just doesn’t hold my attention at that point.
The standout of the album is defiantly lead singer Joakim Broden, adding a different approach to what you would be accustomed to by what some would consider a “power metal” band . Coat Of Arms does start out strong but ends up sounding less engaging as the album progresses. Would recommend the album to anyone that enjoys any of the aforementioned bands listed above.
Grade: B-
Victor M. Ruiz
Tags: Coat Of Arms, Iron Maiden, Joakim Broden, Kamelot, nightwish, Saxon, Symphony X, Within Temptation
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