Attero Dominatus

Attero Dominatus
Studio album by Sabaton
Released	July 14, 2006
Recorded	Early - May 2006 Abyss Studios, Sweden
Genre	Power metal
Length	40:57
Label	Black Lodge Records
Producer	Tommy Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
Primo Victoria (2005) Attero Dominatus (2006) Metalizer (2007)
Re-Armed edition
Front cover of the 2010 reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Cosmos Gaming	[1]

Attero Dominatus is the third album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton, as well as the first to feature keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr.

The Latin name is intended to mean 'Destroy Tyranny' (lit. 'Wear down absolute authority').^[2] However it is syntactically incorrect. The imperative verb conjugation should be used in conjunction with the accusative noun form to accurately translate to the command- thus, Attere Dominatum, or Atterete if it is addressed to more than one person. As it stands, it means "I, the ruled-over one, wear down [something]".

As with the Primo Victoria album, the lyrics on Attero Dominatus deals with different war subjects. "Nuclear Attack" deals with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Rise of Evil" with the rise of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler. The song "Back in Control" deals with the Falklands War. "In the Name of God" takes on the situation in the middle-east by tackling suicide bombers and everyone who kills innocent people in the name of religion.

A video was shot for the titletrack in Umeå, Sweden done by Nocturnal Rites' drummer Owe Lingvall.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Theme	Length
1.	"Attero Dominatus"	Brodén, Sundström	Brodén	About the Battle of Berlin from the Soviet perspective	3:43
2.	"Nuclear Attack"	Brodén	Brodén	About Hiroshima and Nagasaki	4:09
3.	"Rise Of Evil"	Brodén	Brodén	About the events surrounding the creation of the Third Reich and the events leading to World War II, from the Nazis' perspective	8:19
4.	"In The Name Of God"	Brodén	Brodén	About organizations like Hamas, al-Qaeda and the Taliban, from the perspective of those opposed to their actions	4:06
5.	"We Burn"	Sundström	Brodén	About crimes in the Yugoslav Wars from the perpetrators' perspective	2:55
6.	"Angels Calling"	Brodén	Brodén	About World War I	5:57
7.	"Back In Control"	Brodén, Sundström	Brodén	About the Falklands War from the British perspective	3:14
8.	"Light In The Black"	Brodén, Sundström	Brodén	About peacekeeping forces, such as that of the UN	4:52
9.	"Metal Crüe"	Brodén	Brodén	About heavy metal, it is built up entirely by famous band names such as Kiss, Gamma Ray, Queen, In Flames, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, Venom, Unleashed, Slayer, Motörhead, Rush, Guns N' Roses etc	3:42
Total length:					40:57

Re-armed edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Für immer" (Warlock cover)	4:36
11.	"Långa bollar på Bengt" (Svenne Rubins cover)	2:52
12.	"Metal Medley (Live In Falun)"	6:12
13.	"Nightchild"	5:12
14.	"Primo Victoria (Demo Version)"	4:11
Total length:		23:03

Album line-up

• Joakim Brodén - Vocals
• Rickard Sundén - Guitars
• Oskar Montelius - Guitars
• Pär Sundström - Bass
• Daniel Mullback - Drums
• Daniel Mÿhr - Keyboards
• Christian Eriksson - Backing vocals on "Metal Crüe"

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	2007
United States	29 January 2008[3]

References

1. Review by Cosmos Gaming in February 11, 2008
2. http://www.cosmosgaming.com/music/music-reviews/sabaton-attero-dominatus/
3. Locomotive Records - Locomotive to release new SABATON record "Attero Dominatus"