Sabaton announce new album ‘Legends’

July 29, 2025 James Weaver

SABATON have announced a new album!

Titled Legends, the upcoming album from the Swedish power metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s The War To End All Wars, and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via Better Noise Music.

“We can finally announce that our 11th studio album Legends is coming out on October 17th!” Says bassist Pär Sundström. “Eleven tracks that cover eleven iconic legendary stories. This time we look further back in history than we have the past few years, going to times that I think are very exciting. As someone who’s always been into the history of the Middle Ages, knights and the legends of old, it felt incredible to finally bring those stories into the SABATON universe.”

“Music collectors will be happy to hear that you are now able to pre-order our Legends album in all formats imaginable, including digital, CD, vinyl and a cassette tape that will be featured in a box set,” says singer Joakim Brodén. “Apart from the usual suspects, there are multiple cool editions available, and we have a bunch of cool vinyls, each corresponding to a legend.”

Sundström continues, “we’re all about telling stories through our songs, so we thought, why not do the same with our vinyls? Instead of just making them a cool colour, we wanted them to actually tell a story too. That’s why we decided to name them after the legendary figures featured on the album. It just felt like the perfect way to make them more special. We hope all the physical music collectors out there love the concept! We took the idea from the community and tweaked it ourselves!”

Brodén continues, “Legends have always been woven into our music, and the Heroes album is the perfect example of that! I’m incredibly proud of Heroes and everything it stands for, so Legends is just a natural next step. It’s like the story continues but goes way back in time. We’re excited to finally be taking our listeners on a new journey! Here’s to another chapter in SABATON’s story!”

Alongside the album announcement, the band have released two new singles: The Duelist and Lightning at the Gates. The new songs are the third and fourth singles to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Templars and Hordes Of Khan, which were released earlier this year.

Watch the official lyric video for The Duelist here: