These tracks are just as macho as their predecessors, but the testosterone-fuelled melodies are catchier, the songs stronger and it’s just generally better across the board. SABATON don’t do much to play with their established formula and instead refine what made The Great War so enthralling. The Swedes aren’t done with the trenches yet.Īnd quite frankly, if they decide to do a third album in the series, we’d have no complaints because The War To End All Wars is terrific. The War To End All Wars was written and recorded apart from its older sibling, but it still comes across like the second half of a two-disc project. Given that they’ve now delivered another album with the same theme, they’d probably agree with that sentiment. The individual tracks were epics and what was there was tremendous, but it did feel like SABATON hadn’t fully explored their chosen topic deeply enough. ![]() But the runtime was less than 40 minutes and it was easy to feel irritated that it wasn’t longer. ![]() Based entirely on events from the First World War, it was a thumping great record of blood and thunder, ideal for anyone that likes their memorable choruses to be historically accurate. ![]() The Great War was one of SABATON’s best albums of the last decade, however it was also frustratingly short.
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