[Music] Sabaton - Soldier of Heaven

Today Sabaton released "Soldier of Heaven". Bandcamp | Youtube

This is the second preview track for their upcoming album The War to End All Wars; the first was "Christmas Truce", which I posted about in December. The hints that this new song would be about alpine warfare made me hope for something related to the Dolomites sector. And it is! Specifically, it's about White Friday - December 13 1916, when a series of avalanches on Marmolada struck both Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops, causing a very large number of deaths.

As for the song itself - there are some neat synth bits that give it a very 80s vibe in parts, which is somewhat different from their typical style, but not so much of a departure that it doesn't fit. Overall, it has a very classic sound. Medium paced, good vocals, nice rhythm, hangs together really well. Overall it's a pretty solid track, and I like it a lot.

The chorus has been stuck in my head all day, and I didn't mind at all, so there is that. ;)

So far, I really like the previews we've got of The War to End All Wars, and if the other songs are as good as this one and "Christmas Truce", I'll be very happy. Usually, I don't listen to preview tracks until the entire thing comes out, but... not going to lie, I'm kind of hyped about this one. Possibly it's because I enjoyed The Great War so much, so "more of the same" sounds good to me.

Aaahh, I can hardly wait for it to come out! But it'll be released in March, which isn't that far away - I can wait. (Probably.)