{"id":47830,"date":"2015-01-26T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=47830"},"modified":"2015-03-14T07:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:17:41","slug":"video-interview-joakim-broden-of-sabaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/video-interview-joakim-broden-of-sabaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Joakim Brod\u00e9n of Sabaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Steve Patrick<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Senior Columnist &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sabaton-2014-01.jpg\" alt=\"Sabaton 2014 01\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sabaton-2014-01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sabaton-2014-01-350x146.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sabaton-2014-01-500x208.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Military history enthusiasts that happen to be Metal-heads had their prayers answered when the band Sabaton formed in 1999. These hard-driving Swedes recount tales of bravery and valor in every performance. Recently, while supporting their most recent album Heroes, Sabaton rolled through Columbus, Ohio alongside Skeletonwitch and Amon Amarth. <\/p>\n<p>Lead singer Joakim Brod\u00e9n took some time to speak with Hardrock Haven before the band&#8217;s set. In the interview, Brod\u00e9n discussed the genesis of the <em>Heroes<\/em> album, which Sabaton song he thinks Amon Amarth should cover, meeting a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force after writing a song about them, and why he can&#8217;t hear Europe&#8217;s &#8220;The Final Countdown&#8221; while in a social setting:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_yd6qMBWE_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Videography by Justin DelPrince<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Steve Patrick &#8211; Senior Columnist &#8212; Military history enthusiasts that happen to be Metal-heads had their prayers answered when the band Sabaton formed in 1999. These hard-driving Swedes recount tales of bravery and valor <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/video-interview-joakim-broden-of-sabaton\/\" title=\"Joakim Brod\u00e9n of Sabaton\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":47832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12393],"tags":[9620,9539,203,10604,642,8858,10605,2250],"class_list":{"0":"post-47830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcint2015","8":"tag-amon-amarth","9":"tag-heroes","10":"tag-interview","11":"tag-joakim-broden","12":"tag-sabaton","13":"tag-skeletonwitch","14":"tag-swedes","15":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}