60. Sabaton – “The Great War”

I could be facetious and claim that this album gets a berth on the list simply for having the wonderful line ‘Great War….there will be no encore”, but it is actually on because this is the best thing that Sabaton have done in absolute ages. Live they are formidable, but on record they have, in my opinion, trod water since 2012 quite excellent Carolus Rex. However “The Great War” sees them ease themselves out of their comfort zone and try to push their musical boundaries. There is choirs, orchestral bits and just a general feeling that the band want to do things a bit differently. It is still big, bold, commercial metal but you definitely get the feeling that the band want to expand their musical palette.