Primo Victoria

Sabaton used themes of war history in Primo Victoria, a style they have continued ever since. According to singer Joakim Brodén, he and bass player Pär Sundström had written the music for the title track, but were missing lyrics. Because they felt the song had a "big sound", they wanted a big subject, and chose the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Having to do some research on the historic events, they decided they liked the meaning that the subject added to the song, and decided to give the whole album a war history theme.{{Cite web|url=http://spotlightreport.net/on-the-spot-2/interview-sabaton-joakim-broden|title=Interview: Sabaton's Frontman Joakim Brodén {{!}} Spotlight Report "The Best Entertainment Website in Oz"|website=spotlightreport.net|date=2 September 2013|language=en-US|access-date=7 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-joakim-broden-of-sabaton/|title=Interview - Joakim Brodén of Sabaton - Cryptic Rock|website=crypticrock.com|date=5 June 2015|language=en-US|access-date=7 October 2017}}

{{track listing

| all_music = Brodén

| extra_column = Theme

| total_length = 41:05

| title1 = Primo Victoria

| lyrics1 = Brodén, Sundström

| extra1 = The Normandy landings from the Allied perspective

| length1 = 4:10

| title2 = Reign of Terror

| lyrics2 = Brodén, Sundström

| extra2 = The Gulf War and Saddam Hussein

| length2 = 3:51

| title3 = Panzer Battalion

| lyrics3 = Brodén

| extra3 = Operation Iraqi Freedom and the American armored battalion that led the invasion

| length3 = 5:09

| title4 = Wolfpack

| lyrics4 = Brodén

| extra4 = Wolfpack Hecht's attack on Convoy ON 92

| length4 = 5:55

| title5 = Counterstrike

| lyrics5 = Brodén, Sundström

| extra5 = The Six-Day War from the Israeli perspective

| length5 = 3:48

| title6 = Stalingrad

| lyrics6 = Brodén

| extra6 = The Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective

| length6 = 5:18

| title7 = Into the Fire

| lyrics7 = Brodén, Sundström

| extra7 = The use of napalm in the Vietnam War from the American perspective

| length7 = 3:25

| title8 = Purple Heart

| lyrics8 = Sundström

| extra8 = The Purple Heart, a U.S. military decoration awarded to killed or wounded service personnel in the name of the President

| length8 = 5:07

| title9 = Metal Machine

| lyrics9 = Brodén

| extra9 = A tribute to Metal using song titles from other Metal bands to make the lyrics, with a handful of NSFW jokes thrown in

| length9 = 4:22

| all_writing =

| title10 =

| length10 =

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Re-armed edition bonus tracks

|notes = yes

|total_length = 21:18

|title10 = The March to War

|length10 = 1:21

|title11 = Shotgun

|writer11 = Brodén

|length11 = 3:14

|title12 = Into the Fire (Live in Falun 2008)

|writer12 = Brodén, Sundström

|length12 = 4:08

|title13 = Rise of Evil (Live in Falun 2008)

|writer13 = Brodén

|length13 = 8:03

|title14 = The Beast

|writer14 = Dee Snider

|note14 = Twisted Sister cover

|length14 = 3:11

|title15 = Dead Soldier's Waltz

|length15 = 1:21

}}

• Joakim Brodén – lead vocals and keyboard
• Rickard Sundén – guitar and backing vocals
• Oskar Montelius – guitar and backing vocals
• Pär Sundström – bass guitar
• Daniel Mullback – drums

The band was commissioned by members of the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion to make an alternative version of Panzer Battalion. The alternate version, called Second Battalion, differs only in that the lyric "Second Battalion" is sung in place of "Panzer Battalion".{{Cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/trivia.php?band_id=1362&bandname=Sabaton|title=Sabaton - Trivia - Metal Storm|website=www.metalstorm.net|access-date=7 October 2017}}

The band also later created another alternate version of Panzer Battalion named Amphibious Battalion for the Swedish marines fighting in Chad as a part of EUFOR.

• German a cappella metal group Van Canto covered "Primo Victoria" on their fourth studio album Break the Silence in 2011, with Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén appearing as a guest vocalist and in the music video.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/interviews/details.cfm?newsid=71757 |title=Van Canto 'Break The Silence' About The Nuances Of 'Rakkatakka' And The Origins Of 'Power A Cappella Metal'|website=Metalunderground.com|date=16 September 2011 |access-date=7 August 2018}}

As part of Nuclear Blast's 30th anniversary, in 2017, Sabaton announced through their website that they were beginning a long-term collaboration with Wargaming. The band stated they often play World of Tanks between shows.{{cite web |url=http://www.sabaton.net/world-tanks-collaborates-swedish-heavy-metal-band-sabaton/ |title=World of Tanks collaborates with Swedish Heavy Metal Band SABATON! |author=Sabaton |date=12 June 2017 |website=Sabaton.net |access-date=5 January 2018|author-link=Sabaton (band) }} This collaboration resulted in the filming of a music video for the song "Primo Victoria", as well as the custom-painted Swedish Army Strv 81 featured in the video being made available for purchase in World of Tanks.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sabaton-releases-new-world-of-tanks-music-video-for-primo-victoria/ |title=SABATON Releases New 'World of Tanks' Music video for 'Primo Victoria' |date=16 August 2017 |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=5 January 2018}}

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• {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=9fb7f904-1d72-49e8-bab4-16e50d49d4f3|name=Primo Victoria}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPVm-QkWbBQ "Primo Victoria" music video] on Nuclear Blast's YouTube channel
• [https://laivindur.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/sabaton-primo-victoria-primo-victoria/ Primo Victoria music video and lyrics] on Blogul lui Laivindur website

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