Primo Victoria (Latin for "Victory First ")[2] is the debut studio album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton.
| Primo Victoria | ||||
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| Released | 4 March 2005 (original edition) 24 September 2010 (Re-Armed edition) | |||
| Recorded | August–November 2004 | |||
| Studio | The Abyss (Ludvika, Sweden) Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Power metal[1] | |||
| Length | 41:05 | |||
| Label | Black Lodge Records | |||
| Producer | Tommy Tägtgren | |||
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The band had previously recorded the full-length album Metalizer with Italian label Underground Symphony, but due to conflicts its release was delayed until 2007.[3] Primo Victoria instead became Sabaton's debut album, recorded in 2004 in Abyss Studios, and released the following year with their new label, Black Lodge Records.[4]
In 2010 the album was re-released on German label Nuclear Blast, with six additional bonus tracks, under the name Primo Victoria Re-Armed.[5] The re-release reached 43rd place in the Swedish album charts.[6]
Lyrics
editSabaton used themes of war history in Primo Victoria, a style they have continued ever since. According to singer Joakim Brodén, he and bass player Pär Sundström had written the music for the title track, but were missing lyrics. Because they felt the song had a "big sound", they wanted a big subject, and chose the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Having to do some research on the historic events, they decided they liked the meaning that the subject added to the song, and decided to give the whole album a war history theme.[7][8]
Track listing
editAll music is composed by Brodén
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Theme | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Primo Victoria" | Brodén, Sundström | The Normandy landings from the Allied perspective | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Reign of Terror" | Brodén, Sundström | The Gulf War and Saddam Hussein | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Panzer Battalion" | Brodén | Operation Iraqi Freedom and the American armored battalion that led the invasion | 5:09 |
| 4. | "Wolfpack" | Brodén | Wolfpack Hecht's attack on Convoy ON 92 | 5:55 |
| 5. | "Counterstrike" | Brodén, Sundström | The Six-Day War | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Stalingrad" | Brodén | The Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective | 5:18 |
| 7. | "Into the Fire" | Brodén, Sundström | The use of napalm in the Vietnam War from the American perspective | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Purple Heart" | Sundström | The Purple Heart, a U.S. military decoration awarded to killed or wounded service personnel in the name of the President | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Metal Machine" | Brodén | A tribute to Metal using song titles from other Metal bands to make the lyrics | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 41:05 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "The March to War" | 1:21 | |
| 11. | "Shotgun" | Brodén | 3:14 |
| 12. | "Into the Fire (Live in Falun 2008)" | Brodén, Sundström | 4:08 |
| 13. | "Rise of Evil (Live in Falun 2008)" | Brodén | 8:03 |
| 14. | "The Beast" (Twisted Sister cover) | Dee Snider | 3:11 |
| 15. | "Dead Soldier's Waltz" | 1:21 | |
| Total length: | 21:18 | ||
Personnel
edit- Joakim Brodén – lead vocals and keyboard
- Rickard Sundén – guitar and backing vocals
- Oskar Montelius – guitar and backing vocals
- Pär Sundström – bass guitar
- Daniel Mullback – drums
"Second Battalion" and "Amphibious Battalion"
editThe band was commissioned by members of the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion to make an alternative version of Panzer Battalion. The alternate version, called Second Battalion, differs only in that the lyric "Second Battalion" is sung in place of "Panzer Battalion".[9]
The band also later created another alternate version of Panzer Battalion named Amphibious Battalion for the Swedish marines fighting in Chad as a part of EUFOR.
Covers
edit- German a cappella metal group van Canto covered "Primo Victoria" on their fourth studio album Break the Silence in 2011, with Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén appearing as a guest vocalist and in the music video.[10]
Cross-promotion with Wargaming
editAs part of Nuclear Blast's 30th anniversary, in 2017, Sabaton announced through their website that they were beginning a long-term collaboration with Wargaming. The band stated they often play World of Tanks between shows.[11] This collaboration resulted in the filming of a music video for the song "Primo Victoria", as well as the custom-painted Swedish Army Strv 81 featured in the video being made available for purchase in World of Tanks.[12]
Charts
edit| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 43 |
References
edit- ^ "Review | SABATON - Primo Victoria | POWERMETAL.de".
- ^ "Lewis & Short". perseus.uchicago.edu.
- ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Sabaton – med krig som tema". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sabaton - Primo Victoria". Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Primo Victoria - Re-Armed by SABATON - info and shop at Nuclear Blast - Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Sabaton - Primo victoria". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Interview: Sabaton's Frontman Joakim Brodén | Spotlight Report "The Best Entertainment Website in Oz"". spotlightreport.net. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Interview - Joakim Brodén of Sabaton - Cryptic Rock". crypticrock.com. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Sabaton - Trivia - Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Van Canto "Break The Silence" About The Nuances Of "Rakkatakka" And The Origins Of "Power A Cappella Metal"". Metalunderground.com. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Sabaton (12 June 2017). "World of Tanks collaborates with Swedish Heavy Metal Band SABATON!". Sabaton.net. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "SABATON Releases New 'World of Tanks' Music video for 'Primo Victoria'". Blabbermouth.net. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Sabaton – Primo Victoria". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
External links
edit- Primo Victoria at MusicBrainz
- "Primo Victoria" music video on Nuclear Blast's YouTube channel
- Primo Victoria music video and lyrics on Blogul lui Laivindur website