{"id":16045,"date":"2016-06-13T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16045"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:50:13","slug":"content-needed-album-review-sabaton-heroes-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=16045","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Sabaton &#8211; Heroes On Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sabaton &#8211; Heroes on Tour<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date:<\/strong> March 4, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Label<\/strong>: Nuclear Blast<\/p>\n<p>The first time I ever saw Sabaton live, I remember being absolutely astonished.\u00a0 Playing in this small club in Atlanta, watching Sabaton perform was akin to Iron Maiden, today, playing a small club in front of about 100 or so people.\u00a0 You get the picture right?\u00a0 Since 2005, Sabaton has released eight studio album and, pulling from the Iron Maiden play book, \u00a0three live albums (so far) with the most recent one being this year&#8217;s <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01AVMS936\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B01AVMS936&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegreatsou0d-20&amp;linkId=0d699a95e55cbc788c948583b8215be8\">Heroes on Tour<\/a><\/strong><\/em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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