I am a fan of metal, and a huge history buff. Because of this, I was naturally drawn to a band like sabaton, which combines the two perfectly. Because of my passion of this band, I wanted to ask other history fans about their opinions of the band, or, if you haven't heard of sabaton, introduce you.
Opinions on Sabaton?
Ryder Rivera
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Thomas Bennett
they're ok, i like their lyrics but they are slightly cheesy.
Jayden Ross
>slightly cheesy
This, plus they cater mostly to teenagers and people that don't know much about history, or music.
Hudson Williams
Metal is dubstep tier cringe.
Jaxon Moore
Absolutely terrible. Their lyrics are unbearably cheesy, and that's saying something for a genre where a big part of the appeal is the cheese. I think a huge part of it is the fact that they're a Swedish band, their grasp of the english language is very minimal and so all of their lyricism comes off as something written by an 8 year old boy after watching a bunch of war movies. There's just absolutely no style or tact to it.
Musically they're absolutely boring too. Very little guitar solos going on in any of their stuff and the riffs are insanely bland and anemic. I'm honestly having a very hard time remembering any melodic or rhythmic sections from any of their songs, even their iconic Ghost Division. It's no surprise then why they master their albums the way they do. The entire instrumentation is ridiculously subdued beneath the absolutely worthless vocals of their talentless vocalist.
The entire appeal of metal is the impassioned cheesiness combined with memorable, catchy melodies and energetic playing. Sabaton is the complete polar opposite of that.
Angel Edwards
Metal is greasy neckbeard tier music.
Sabaton is fedora wewuz tier metal.
Do the math.
Adrian Cruz
Pretty fun, they're accessible and a good springboard for getting interested in some historical events.
They're sort of a musical equivalent to Sharpe or The Last Kingdom
Asher Anderson
I like it,some times you need chessiness in your live.
Joshua Brown
I wish I had the musical culture, and the level of English, and the intelligence to express my artistic judgment as well as you do. You are absolutely right on the idea that as non native English speakers, they must have a harder time writing good lyrics, this is why I am favorable to singing in one's original language. Although, to be fair : native English speaking artists also produce uninspired lyrics (especially in Rap, Pop and R'n'B), so maybe English isn't a good language to base profound lyrics upon.
Lucas Gonzalez
I love em, yeah they're cheesy, and they might not always be accurate, but they are breddy good.
All these dudes saying that they're cringey, sure they are at times, but it's all in good fun and there's no need to be so butthurt about something like fucking power metal lmao