This is the one night I had been looking forward to for almost my whole time in Russia. Seeing Sabaton live in concert. This is one of my favorite bands, essentially because most of their songs cover military history. What makes it better is that we're in the land of a good amount of their songs, Russia. So essentially, it's still very cultured for me to attend this concert.
The concert venue was Club A2 Green, which is one of the main concert halls here in Petersburg, located at Petrogradskaya Metro Station. Upon arriving, there was a long line in order to get inside. Thankfully it was cold, but not windy, so it wasn't too bad to wait outside. Of course, there were people offering to buy my ticket for a good amount of money. If I had a spare, sure, but I'm not giving up my ticket to go see one of my favorite bands.
The opener was Halcyon Way, a band from Atlanta, Georgia. They were good, but since I didn't know them, I didn't enjoy them as much as I should have. Also, there were some pretty tall russians in front of me, so I couldn't see the on stage antics.
After they finished, we waited for about 20 minutes, and then Sabaton played their intro track, and the crowd went wild. They weren't even on stage, they were just playing a tape. A mosh pit started, and I started using this to my advantage to advance to the front. Of course, the crowd kept swaying, and I had to keep my ground. Sabaton finally came on stage and played Ghost Division, and the crowd went beyond crazy. I felt the energy, and tapped into my own, belting out the lyrics. The next song was one of my favorites, Sparta, which is what I listen to on repeat when I run at the gym.
The energy never died down, and I was squished myself the whole time. Some people threw Soviet Memorabilia onto the stage, which the singer wore, leading into different songs about the famous Soviet battles. Throwing the Red Army cap brought out Panzerkampf, which was the first song I used on my blog, and throwing the soviet flag started Stalingrad.
Their penultimate song was Attero Dominatus, which is about the Soviets taking Berlin. They ended with Winged Hussars, which were Polands best armed forces during the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Of course, they couldn't leave us without any more World War 2 songs, so during their encore, which the people were chanting like crazy, they played Night Witches, which is about the women bombers in the Soviet Union, and finally ended with their most popular song, Primo Victoria, which is about Operation Overlord, or D-Day to you common folk.
The Full Setlist (Link)
Now here are the pictures, and the video of that night. Warning, the video will be loud, and will contain my belting of lyrics, and the gradual progression of my voice loss.
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