The Last Stand (Sabaton album)

"The Lost Battalion"
The Last Stand
Studio album by Sabaton
Released	19 August 2016
Recorded	April - May 2016, The Abyss (recording studio), Sweden
Genre	Power metal
Length	44:31
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
Singles from The Last Stand
	"The Lost Battalion"; Released: 10 June 2016; "Blood of Bannockburn"; Released: 15 July 2016; "Shiroyama"; Released: 12 August 2016;

The Last Stand is the eighth studio album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton. It was released on 19 August 2016. It was produced by Peter Tägtgren in Abyss Studios.[1] Like Sabaton's previous album Heroes, The Last Stand is a concept album and takes inspiration from "last stand" military battles. On 10 June 2016 the first single "The Lost Battalion" was released, followed by "Blood of Bannockburn" on 15 July and "Shiroyama" on 12 August. A lyric video for the title track was released on 25 January 2018.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Theme [2]	Length
1.	"Sparta"	Joakim Brodén · Pär Sundström	Brodén · Ken Kängström	Battle of Thermopylae	4:24
2.	"Last Dying Breath"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén · Kängström	Serbian defence of Belgrade	3:22
3.	"Blood of Bannockburn"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Battle of Bannockburn	2:54
4.	"Diary of an Unknown Soldier"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Meuse-Argonne Offensive	0:51
5.	"The Lost Battalion"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Lost Battalion (World War I)	3:35
6.	"Rorke's Drift"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Battle of Rorke's Drift	3:26
7.	"The Last Stand"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén · Chris Rörland	Stand of the Swiss Guard	3:55
8.	"Hill 3234"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Battle for Hill 3234	3:29
9.	"Shiroyama"	Brodén	Brodén · Thobbe Englund	Battle of Shiroyama	3:31
10.	"Winged Hussars"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Polish hussars/Battle of Vienna	3:51
11.	"The Last Battle"	Brodén · Sundström	Brodén	Battle for Castle Itter	3:12
12.	"Camouflage (Stan Ridgway Cover)" (Bonus Track)			Vietnam War	3:56
13.	"All Guns Blazing (Judas Priest Cover)" (Bonus Track)				3:58
14.	"Afraid to Shoot Strangers (Iron Maiden Cover)" (Bonus Track - EARBOOK edition only)			Gulf War	7:28
15.	"Burn in Hell (Twisted Sister Cover)" (Bonus Track - JAPAN only)				4:25
Total length:					44:31

Bonus Live DVD (Digipak and EARBOOK edition)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The March to War"	2:00
2.	"Ghost Division"	4:06
3.	"Far From the Fame"	3:46
4.	"Uprising"	6:00
5.	"Midway"	4:09
6.	"Gott mit uns"	3:27
7.	"Resist and Bite"	4:34
8.	"Wolfpack"	5:06
9.	"Dominium Maris Baltici & The Lion from the North"	5:33
10.	"Carolus Rex"	6:48
11.	"Swedish Pagans"	4:51
12.	"Soldier of 3 Armies"	4:12
13.	"Attero Dominatus"	3:58
14.	"The Art of War"	5:12
15.	"Wind of Change"	1:23
16.	"To Hell and Back"	4:25
17.	"Night Witches"	4:25
18.	"Primo Victoria"	6:00
19.	"Metal Crüe"	7:47

Bonus Live CD (EARBOOK edition)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The March to War"	2:03
2.	"Ghost Division"	4:04
3.	"Far From the Fame"	3:46
4.	"Uprising"	5:59
5.	"Midway"	4:10
6.	"Gott mit uns"	3:27
7.	"Resist and Bite"	3:28
8.	"Dominium Maris Baltici & The Lion from the North"	5:32
9.	"Carolus Rex"	6:48
10.	"Swedish Pagans"	4:51
11.	"Soldier of 3 Armies"	4:14
12.	"Attero Dominatus"	3:56
13.	"The Art of War"	5:12
14.	"Wind of Change"	1:23
15.	"To Hell and Back"	4:25
16.	"Night Witches"	4:25
17.	"Primo Victoria"	6:01
18.	"Metal Crüe"	4:50

Personnel

Joakim Brodén: lead vocals, keyboards
Pär Sundström: bass, backing vocals
Chris Rörland: guitars, backing vocals
Thobbe Englund: guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "All Guns Blazing"
Hannes van Dahl: drums, backing vocals

Additional Credits:

Spoken words on "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" by Jon Schaffer
Bagpipes on "Blood of Bannockburn" by Jonas Kjellgren
Hammond Organ on "Blood of Bannockburn" by Tomas Sunmo

Choir Credits:

Christer Gärds, Anders Sandström, Bosse Gärds, Pontus Lekaregärd and Peter Hindén from Eternal (of Sweden),
Thomas Nyström & Marie Mullback, Äsa Österlund, Hannele Junkala, Sofia Lundberg, Marie-Louise Strömqvist and Floor Jansen

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	29
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	11
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7]	43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	1
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	43
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	2
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12]	92
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13]	67
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[14]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15]	11
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[16]	2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	17
US Billboard 200[21]	63

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]	73

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[23]	Gold	10,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

"New Sabaton Album: Details, Artwork, and Title!". www.sabaton.net. Sabaton – Official website. 29 April 2016.
"SABATON - "The Last Stand" Listening Session". www.stormbringer.at. Stormbringer.at – The Austrian heavyzine. 20 June 2016.
"Australiancharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Austriancharts.at – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Sabaton Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Sabaton: The Last Stand" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
"Lescharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 34, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Album – Classifica settimanale WK 35 (dal 2016-08-26 al 2016-09-01)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
"NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Norwegiancharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Swedishcharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
"Swisscharts.com – {{{artist}}} – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"Sabaton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
"Årslista Album – År 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
"Polish album certifications – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

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[1] "New Sabaton Album: Details, Artwork, and Title!". www.sabaton.net. Sabaton – Official website. 29 April 2016.

[2] "SABATON - "The Last Stand" Listening Session". www.stormbringer.at. Stormbringer.at – The Austrian heavyzine. 20 June 2016.

[ac_Australia_Sabaton-3] "Australiancharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[ac_Austria_Sabaton-4] "Austriancharts.at – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[ac_Flanders_Sabaton-5] "Ultratop.be – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[ac_Wallonia_Sabaton-6] "Ultratop.be – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Sabaton-7] "Sabaton Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[ac_Netherlands_Sabaton-8] "Dutchcharts.nl – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[ac_Finland_Sabaton-9] "Sabaton: The Last Stand" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[ac_France_Sabaton-10] "Lescharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[ac_Germany4_Sabaton-11] "Offiziellecharts.de – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[ac_Ireland_-12] "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 34, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[13] "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 35 (dal 2016-08-26 al 2016-09-01)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[14] "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[ac_Norway_Sabaton-15] "Norwegiancharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[ac_Poland_-16] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[ac_Scotland_-17] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[ac_Sweden_Sabaton-18] "Swedishcharts.com – Sabaton – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[ac_Switzerland_-19] "Swisscharts.com – {{{artist}}} – The Last Stand". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[ac_UK2_-20] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[ac_Billboard200_Sabaton-21] "Sabaton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[22] "Årslista Album – År 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[PolandSabatonThe_Last_StandalbumCertRef-23] "Polish album certifications – Sabaton – The Last Stand" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

Sabaton
Joakim Brodén Pär Sundström Chris Rörland Hannes van Dahl Tommy Johansson Richard Larsson Oskar Montelius Rikard Sundén Daniel Mullback Daniel Mÿhr Robban Bäck Thobbe Englund
Studio albums	Primo Victoria (2005) Attero Dominatus (2006) Metalizer (2007) The Art of War (2008) Coat of Arms (2010) Carolus Rex (2012) Heroes (2014) The Last Stand (2016) The Great War (2019)
Related articles	Sabaton discography