THERE ARE FEW heavy metal bands you’d want on your side in a war, but Sabaton are one of them. Not least because the Swedes’ stage show features an actual tank as their drum riser. It’s a reflection of their enduring fascination with wars and conflict throughout history, a theme central to all but one of their nine albums to date.
Like Manowar imagined by Steven Spielberg, Sabaton’s epic subject matter is matched by the