Released May 30, 2008 The Art of War
(2008) Coat of Arms
(2010) Release date 30 May 2008 | Length 49:28 Artist Sabaton Label Black Lodge Records | |
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Recorded September 2007 - January 2008, Abyss Studios, Sweden Producer Sabaton, Tommy & Peter Tägtgren Genres Heavy metal, Power metal, Thrash metal Nominations Grammis Award for Hard Rock/Metal of the Year Similar Sabaton albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
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The Art of War is the fourth album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton.
Contents
- 1 sabaton sun tzu says
- Sabaton the art of war lyrics english deutsch
- Different versions
- Album line up
- Trivia
- Songs
- References
The album is based on the ancient Chinese military treatise, The Art of War written by General Sun Tzu in the 6th Century BC. It consists of 13 chapters, each of which describe a different aspect of warfare, and is considered the definitive work on military tactics and strategies of its time. The tracks on the album correspond to each chapter of treatise. The lyrics of the songs are about famous battles or war, mostly based on the battles of the First and Second World Wars where Sun Tzu's tactics were applied.
Sabaton the art of war lyrics english deutsch
Different versions
The Art of War was released in three different versions, a standard edition containing only the CD, a vinyl version and a Limited Edition. The limited contains the full-length CD and the book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. The limited edition comes in a DVD case with alternate artwork. All preorders from the official Sabaton homepage also included the single, Cliffs of Gallipoli.
Album line-up
Trivia
"40:1" became a hit in Poland and Sabaton was asked to perform it on the Polish Independence Day celebration in Gdańsk in 2008. "40:1" is also used as an entrance song by Polish mixed martial artist Damian Grabowski.
The Swedish national anthem from Sweden Rock '09 (found on the Re-Armed edition) was the only song on which bassist Pär Sundström has contributed vocals until 2012, when the line-up change required Sundström to step up to the microphone on a more permanent basis.
Spoken quotes from Sun Tzu's The Art of War can be heard in songs such as "Sun Tzu Says", "The Art of War", "Unbreakable", "The Nature of Warfare", "The Price of a Mile", "Firestorm" and "A Secret". These quotes are taken from LibriVox's audiobook version of the book, which follows the Lionel Giles translation.
Songs
1Sun Tzu Says0:24
2Ghost Division3:51
3The Art of War5:09