Primo Victoria

Primo Victoria (Latin for "Victory First")[2] is the debut studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton.

Primo Victoria
Studio album by
Sabaton
Released4 March 2005 (original edition)
24 September 2010 (Re-Armed edition)
RecordedAugust–November 2004
StudioThe Abyss (Ludvika, Sweden) Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
GenreHeavy metal, power metal[1]
Length41:05
LabelBlack Lodge Records
ProducerTommy Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
Fist for Fight
(2000)		 Primo Victoria
(2005)		 Attero Dominatus
(2006)

The band had previously recorded the full length album Metalizer with Italian label Underground Symphony, but due to conflicts its release was delayed until 2007.[3] Primo Victoria instead became Sabaton's debut album, recorded in 2004 in Abyss Studios, and released the following year with their new label, Black Lodge Records.[4]

In 2010 the album was re-released on German label Nuclear Blast, with six additional bonus tracks, under the name Primo Victoria Re-Armed.[5] The re-release reached 43rd place in the Swedish album charts.[6]

Lyrics theme

Sabaton used themes of war history in Primo Victoria, a style they have continued ever since. According to singer Joakim Brodén, he and bass player Pär Sundström had written the music for the title track, but were missing lyrics. Because they felt the song had a "big sound", they wanted a big subject, and chose the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Having to do some research on the historic events, they decided they liked the meaning that the subject added to the song, and decided to give the whole album a war history theme.[7][8]

Track listing

All music is composed by Brodén

No.TitleLyricsThemeLength
1."Primo Victoria"Brodén, SundströmThe Normandy landings from the Allied perspective4:10
2."Reign of Terror"Brodén, SundströmThe Gulf War and Saddam Hussein3:51
3."Panzer Battalion"BrodénOperation Iraqi Freedom and the American armored battalion that led the invasion5:09
4."Wolfpack"BrodénWolfpack Hecht's attack on Convoy ON 925:55
5."Counterstrike"Brodén, SundströmThe Six-Day War3:48
6."Stalingrad"BrodénThe Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective5:18
7."Into the Fire"Brodén, SundströmThe use of napalm in the Vietnam War from the American perspective3:25
8."Purple Heart"SundströmThe Purple Heart, a U.S. military decoration awarded to killed or wounded service personnel in the name of the President5:07
9."Metal Machine"BrodénA tribute to Metal using song titles from other Metal bands to make the lyrics4:22
Total length:41:05
Re-armed edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."The March to War" 1:21
11."Shotgun"Brodén3:14
12."Into the Fire (Live in Falun 2008)"Brodén, Sundström4:08
13."Rise of Evil (Live in Falun 2008)"Brodén8:03
14."The Beast" (Twisted Sister cover)Dee Snider3:11
15."Dead Soldier's Waltz" 1:21
Total length:21:18

Personnel
  • Joakim Brodén – lead vocals and keyboard
  • Rickard Sundén – guitar and backing vocals
  • Oskar Montelius – guitar and backing vocals
  • Pär Sundström – bass guitar
  • Daniel Mullback – drums

"Second Battalion" and "Amphibious Battalion"

The band was commissioned by members of the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion to make an alternative version of Panzer Battalion. The alternate version, called Second Battalion, differs only in that the lyric "Second Battalion" is sung in place of "Panzer Battalion".[9]

The band also later created another alternate version of Panzer Battalion named Amphibious Battalion for the Swedish marines fighting in Chad as a part of EUFOR.

Covers

Cross-promotion with Wargaming

As part of Nuclear Blast's 30th anniversary, in 2017, Sabaton announced through their website that they were beginning a long-term collaboration with Wargaming. The band stated they often play World of Tanks between shows.[11] This collaboration resulted in the filming of a music video for the song "Primo Victoria", as well as the custom-painted Swedish Army Centurion tank featured in the video being made available for purchase in World of Tanks.[12]

References
  1. "Review | SABATON - Primo Victoria | POWERMETAL.de".
  2. "Lewis & Short". perseus.uchicago.edu.
  3. Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Sabaton – med krig som tema". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Sabaton - Primo Victoria". Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. "Primo Victoria - Re-Armed by SABATON - info and shop at Nuclear Blast - Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Sabaton - Primo victoria". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. "Interview: Sabaton's Frontman Joakim Brodén | Spotlight Report "The Best Entertainment Website in Oz"". spotlightreport.net. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  8. "Interview - Joakim Brodén of Sabaton - Cryptic Rock". crypticrock.com. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  9. "Sabaton - Trivia - Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  10. "Van Canto "Break The Silence" About The Nuances Of "Rakkatakka" And The Origins Of "Power A Cappella Metal"". Metalunderground.com. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. Sabaton (12 June 2017). "World of Tanks collaborates with Swedish Heavy Metal Band SABATON!". Sabaton.net. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  12. "SABATON Releases New 'World of Tanks' Music video for 'Primo Victoria'". Blabbermouth.net. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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