For many outsiders, Swedish military metallers Sabaton feel like the laughing-stock of post-Millennial metal. Clinging, with po-faced persistence to their war torn imagery, heroic themes and (literal) battle-vests is one thing. But when they back it up with songs as cheesily overblown as Primo Victoria and The Red Baron, it’s just too much to stomach for the uninitiated. With uber-bombastic World War One concept-album The Great War (their ninth LP thus far) having just dropped like a 120 mm pig iron incendiary shell, though, not to mention the headline performances at Derby’s Bloodstock Open Air festival (August 9) and London’s Wembley Arena (February 8, 2020) looming, their popularity is at an all time high. We thought we’d pull on our most weathered fatigues for a look back at how t...