I only discovered Sabaton a few years ago, and I am very disappointed in myself that it took so long. Growing up, one of my favourite subjects in school was History, and this band is pretty much an extended history class set to driving drums and loud guitars. Their songs and albums are entirely about past historical events, mostly significant battles and wars. From the trenches of World War I, the battles in the sky of The Red Baron to even ancient Greece, this band sings about them all, and I have been eating it all up since finally finding my way to them. I had almost sent a request to photograph them during their previous visit here in 2019, but I was still new to the concert game. I didn't want to miss them a second time, this time at the bigger Place Bell in Laval. The stage was set up like a giant field of battle, complete
with barbed wire fence that, while annoyingly in the way as a photographer, added an extra little touch to the stage show. The drum riser looked like a giant tank and there was a far share of explosive devices being detonated as they show went along. The crowd was really in to the show as well, already split down the middle in preparation for a wall of death before the lights even began to dim, We were treated to a little waltz from a couple of fans in a moment of peace before the battle on the floor was to being. Once on stage, Sabaton was unstoppable. As usual, I was able to photograph the first three songs, in this case it was Ghost Division, Stormtroopers and The Red Baron. Songs about the 7th Panzer Division of the German army in World War II, soldiers of the Imperial German army from World War I and, of course, the famed fighter pilot. They were touring in support of their most recent album, The War To End All Wars, which was released in March of this year. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
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