Metalizer

Metalizer is the third full-length release by Swedish power metal band Sabaton, but was actually recorded as their professional debut album (second overall) in 2002. The band's first record company, Underground Symphony, withheld the recordings for several years before arranging to release the rights to the band's new label Black Lodge Records.^[1][2]

Metalizer
Studio album by Sabaton
Released	16 March 2007
Recorded	2002, with minor remastering in January 2007
Genre	Power metal[1]
Length	43:18
Label	Black Lodge Records (original) Nuclear Blast (Re-Armed edition)
Sabaton chronology
Attero Dominatus (2006) Metalizer (2007) The Art of War (2008)
Singles from Metalizer
"Masters of the World" Released: Early 2007

The band's first album, the demo compilation Fist for Fight, is included as a bonus disc with a previously unreleased track. Most of the tracks on the first disc are re-recordings from this release.

Metalizer reached 21st place in the Swedish album charts.^[3]

In 2010 the album was re-released on German label Nuclear Blast with four bonus tracks, under the name Metalizer Re-Armed.^[4]

Track listing

^[5]

Disc 1

No.	Title	Theme	Length
1.	"Hellrider"	About the Ghost Rider	3:42
2.	"Thundergods"	About the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft [citation needed]	3:47
3.	"Metalizer"		4:06
4.	"Shadows"	About the Nazgûl from The Lord of the Rings	3:28
5.	"Burn Your Crosses"	From the perspective of a victim of the Spanish Inquisition	5:09
6.	"7734"		3:41
7.	"Endless Nights"		4:52
8.	"Hail to the King"		3:39
9.	"Thunderstorm"		3:08
10.	"Speeder"		3:45
11.	"Masters of the World"		4:01

2010 Re-Armed Edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Jawbreaker" (Judas Priest cover, also in the special edition)	3:23
13.	"Dream Destroyer"	3:12
14.	"Panzer Battalion" (Demo Version)	5:01
15.	"Hellrider" (Live in Västerås 2006)	4:25

Disc 2: Fist for Fight

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:50
2.	"Hellrider"	3:48
3.	"Endless Nights"	4:49
4.	"Metalizer"	4:25
5.	"Burn Your Crosses"	5:23
6.	"The Hammer Has Fallen"	5:50
7.	"Hail to the King"	4:08
8.	"Shadows"	3:33
9.	"Thunderstorm"	3:10
10.	"Masters of the World"	4:00
11.	"Guten Nacht"	1:53
12.	"Birds of War" (Previously unreleased)	4:52

Note

• Disk 2 is the compilation of the two demos of Sabaton. It was originally released as a test of the market in 2000. 600 copies were pressed and they sold out within weeks.^[6] In 2001, the compilation was re-released in a digipak edition by Underground Symphony. It was limited to 3000 copies.^[7]

Personnel

Sabaton

• Joakim Brodén – vocals, keyboards
• Rickard Sundén – guitars
• Oskar Montelius – guitars
• Pär Sundström – bass
• Daniel Mullback – drums
• Richard Larsson - drums (disc 2)

Production Staff (Disk 1)

• Henke - mastering
• Mats Brännlund - recording, mixing
• Tommy Tägtgren - recording, mixing
• Mattias Norén - cover art

Production Staff (Disk 2)

• Mats Brännlund - recording, mixing
• Tommy Tägtgren - recording, mastering
• Ken Kelly - cover art

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8]	21

References

1. "Metal Storm – Sabaton – Metalizer". Retrieved 27 February 2007.
2. Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Sabaton – med krig som tema". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Sabaton - Metalizer". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
4. "Metalizer - Re-Armed by SABATON - info and shop at Nuclear Blast - Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
5. "Discography at sabaton.net". Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
6. Kilvik, Frode (31 July 2006). "SABATON – Attero Dominatus". METAL EXPRESS RADIO. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
7. Sandvall, Anders (13 April 2005). "Pär from the band Sabaton". Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Sabaton – Metalizer". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 5, 2024.