- power metal, heavy metal, metal
- 49 min
- 12 tracks
- Nuclear Blast
Carolus Rex is the sixth studio album by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton. It is a concept album based on the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire, whose monarch Charles XII gives it its title.
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Grave, epic, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1Dominium Maris Baltici0:29
- 2The Lion From The North4:43
- 3Gott Mit Uns3:16
- 4A Lifetime Of War5:45
- 516483:55
- 6The Carolean's Prayer6:14
- 7Carolus Rex4:54
- 8Killing Ground4:25
- 9Poltava4:04
- 10Long Live The King4:10
- 11Ruina Imperii3:24
- 12In the Army Now3:59
12 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sabaton
- Label
- Nuclear Blast
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- IL
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