Sabaton - World War Live: Battle Of The Baltic Sea

Published September 01 2011

*=Staff's pick	The March To War (Intro) Ghost Division Uprising Aces In Exile Cliffs Of Gallipoli* White Death Swedish Pagans Wolfpack 40:1 The Art Of War Attero Dominatus The Price Of A Mile* Primo Victoria Metal Medley Dead Soldiers Waltz (Outro)

Genre	Heavy/Power Metal	Joakim Brodén	Vocals
Tracks	15	Rikard Sundén	Guitar
Running time	77 Min.	Oskar Montelius	Guitar
Label	Nuclear Blast	Pär Sundström	Bass
Release	19 August 2011	Daniel Mullbäck	Drums
Country	Sweden	Daniel Myhr	Keyboard
Producer	-
Similar artists	HammerFall, Grave Digger

The first annual Sabaton cruise took part in December 2010 and somewhere down the road they decided to record that show and release it as a live album. The cruise itself is a 23 hour trip from Stockholm, Sweden to Turku, Finland and back, with approximately 2800 metal fans onboard.

On this recording, Sabaton is giving us that live feeling you want to have when listening to a live album. The sound isn't too polished, with no unnecessarily cuts and no silent seconds between the songs. Just the way a live album should be. During these intense 77 minutes of music, there are hardly no ups and downs. However since this was recorded with mostly Swedish fans, lead singer Joakim speaks Swedish to 95 percent, making it harder to follow the red line, which briefly is that Joakim is letting the audience vote which songs to play.

The highlights on this albums are without a doubt mostly songs from The Art Of War. Their best release up to now and fortunately the songs work live as well. If you have seen Sabaton live, you can really see their performance before you, when listening to World War Live.

See also review of: Heroes , Carolus Rex , The Art Of War , Attero Dominatus , Primo Victoria

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	5	7

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe