Coat of Arms (Sabaton album)

Coat of Arms
Studio album by Sabaton
Released	21 May 2010
Recorded	December 2009 – February 2010
Studio	The Abyss (Pärlby, Sweden)
Genre	Power metal [1]
Length	39:47
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
The Art of War (2008) Coat of Arms (2010) Carolus Rex (2012)
Singles from Coat of Arms
"Coat of Arms" Released: 17 May 2010 "Screaming Eagles" Released: 23 October 2010

Coat of Arms is the fifth studio album by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton.

Track listing

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
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"	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

Digipak edition bonus tracks

1. "Coat of Arms (Instrumental)" (3:35)
2. "Metal Ripper (instrumental)" (3:51)

Streaming and digital download bonus track

1. "White Death (Instrumental)" (4:10) ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Lords of Metal	(86/100) [3]
Danger Dog	[4]
Allmusic	[1]

Personnel

• Joakim Brodén – vocals
• Rickard Sundén – guitars
• Oskar Montelius – guitars
• Pär Sundström – bass
• Daniel Mullback – drums
• Daniel Mÿhr – keyboards

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5]	71
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7]	19
Greek Albums (IFPI) [8]	10
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [9]	9
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [10]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12]	33
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [13]	39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [14]	Gold	10,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Notes

• Because the official translation of "40:1" song from the former album was criticised by Polish fans, a contest was set for the best translation of the "Uprising" lyrics to Polish. The winning translation was chosen as the official. ^[15]
• The riff in "White Death" has been borrowed from Ankie Bagger's "Where Were You Last Night". ^[16]
• The video for "Uprising" was a re-enactment of Polish resistance during World War II and contained the actor Peter Stormare as well as Polish actors Monika Buchowiec and Mateusz Damięcki. ^[17]

References

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12. "Swisscharts.com – Sabaton – Coat of Arms". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
13. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
14. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
15. Virt (12 March 2010). "Uprising - angielski tekst i konkurs na tłumaczenie!" [Uprising - English text and a translation competition!]. Polish Panzer Battalion (in Polish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2011.
16. "Sidan kunde inte hittas". Dalademokraten.se. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
17. "SABATON - Uprising (2010) - Official Video". YouTube. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2012.