SABATON Announces Deluxe Edition Of 'Legends' Album, Shares Lyric Video For 'Berserker'
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Swedish metallers SABATON have expanded their acclaimed eleventh full-length album, "Legends", with a brand new recharged deluxe edition, due out March 5, 2027 via Better Noise Music. To crank up anticipation for its arrival, the group just dropped a new single and lyric video for "Berserker". Watch it here.
"Berserker" nods to the group's deep Scandinavian roots, lineage, and history. It channels the spirit of classic lore re-ignited with thunderous heavy metal. The single started to take shape a few years back, yet SABATON opted to carefully perfect it and unleash it at the right moment — now. Powered up by cloud-shaking guitars and soaring vocals, it spins a myth all its own that's as raw, riveting, and rapturous as the band's best material. It hits with the force of a Viking fleet and leaves an undeniable mark straight out of the gate.
SABATON bassist Pär Sundström comments: "'Berserker' breathes Scandinavian influences, so the Viking theme came naturally. It's close to our own roots and our own history, and that gave the song a special meaning for us."
The news of the deluxe edition arrives as the band embarks on its first U.S. tour in four years.
"Legends (Deluxe)" will be available on streaming, download and various physical formats: deluxe CD, 3CD deluxe digibook, Amazon-exclusive deluxe CD, 2LP deluxe vinyl, 2LP Amazon-exclusive deluxe Vinyl, 2LP Berserker edition deluxe vinyl (indie exclusive),2LP Stephen The Great edition deluxe vinyl (indie exclusive) and a very special box set, which includes a variety of exclusive formats and content.
Track listing for deluxe edition of "Legends":
01. Templars
02. Hordes Of Khan
03. A Tiger Among Dragons
04. Crossing The Rubicon
05. I, Emperor
06. Maid Of Steel
07. Impaler
08. Lightning At The Gates
09. The Duelist
10. The Cycle Of Songs
11. Till Seger
12. Berserker
13. Champion Of Christ
14. To Glory
15. Templars (feat. POP EVIL)
16. Crossing The Rubicon (feat. NOTHING MORE)
SABATON will embark on the "Legends On Tour" trek across North America this month. POP EVIL and WINGS OF STEEL will serve as support.
In a September 2026 interview with Jason Saulnier, SABATON vocalist Joakim Brodén spoke about a possible follow-up to "Legends", which came out in October 2025. He said: "We're always working on music, but it's not until we hit songwriting mode where we go all in. Everybody in the band writes music. I'm the main songwriter, and it never really stops, so I'm always playing around with music because it's fun. I usually take a break for six months or so after we've recorded an album because being part of the pre-production and songwriting and then all of the recording and the mixing, I'm pretty blown out by music at that point. So I usually don't write or do anything for six months. But after that, I start getting ideas, but I might not... I'm not finishing a song, if you know what I mean. I'll write half of a song, and if I hit a wall, I'll just [say], 'Okay, leave that for later.' It's fun to gather all ideas and inspiration, and then I start working with whatever I got when it's time to make a new album.
"We're still touring on ['Legends'], but, yeah, I have some fun ideas. But I don't know what... We don't actually know what we're gonna do with the next album, theme-wise, because we usually have a theme with our albums. We're still trying to figure that out. We have a bunch of ideas, obviously, but which one we're going with, I have no idea [as of] now."
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
