Coat of Arms is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton.
Coat of Arms | ||||
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Studio album by Sabaton | ||||
Released | 21 May 2010 | |||
Recorded | December 2009 – February 2010 | |||
Studio | The Abyss (Pärlby, Sweden) | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal[1] | |||
Length | 39:47 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
Sabaton chronology | ||||
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Singles from Coat of Arms | ||||
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All music by Joakim Brodén and all lyrics by Brodén and Pär Sundström (except lyrics on "Saboteurs" and "Midway" by Sundström only and lyrics on "Metal Ripper" and "Wehrmacht" by Brodén only).
No. | Title | Theme | Length |
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1. | "Coat of Arms" | The Greco-Italian War during WWII from the Greeks' perspective | 3:35 |
2. | "Midway" | The Battle of Midway | 2:29 |
3. | "Uprising" | The Warsaw Uprising | 4:55 |
4. | "Screaming Eagles" | The 101st Airborne Division and the Siege of Bastogne | 4:06 |
5. | "The Final Solution" | The Holocaust | 4:56 |
6. | "Aces in Exile" | About foreign pilots during the Battle of Britain | 4:22 |
7. | "Saboteurs" | The Norwegian heavy water sabotage at Vemork | 3:15 |
8. | "Wehrmacht" | The Nazi war machine and the effects of the Third Reich on an ordinary German soldier | 4:14 |
9. | "White Death" | Simo Häyhä, an extremely skilled Finnish sniper during the Winter War | 4:10 |
10. | "Metal Ripper" | A tribute to heavy metal as in the songs "Metal Machine" and "Metal Crüe" from previous albums, this time using lyrics and guitar riffs from heavy metal songs. It includes lyrical tributes to bands such as: AC/DC, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Manowar, Twisted Sister, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, HammerFall, Dokken, Krokus, Yngwie Malmsteen, Accept, Deep Purple, Queensrÿche, Dimmu Borgir, Queen and Heaven's Gate | 3:51 |
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Source | Rating |
Lords of Metal [3] | (86/100) |
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Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Hungarian Albums Chart[5] | 9 |
Swedish Albums Chart[6] | 2 |
Polish Albums Chart[7] | 9 |
Finnish Album Charts[8] | 17 |
Austrian Album Charts[9] | 71 |
Switzerland Album Charts[10] | 33 |
German Album Charts[11] | 19 |
Greek Album Charts[12] | 10 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV)[13] | Gold | 10,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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