Attero Dominatus

Attero Dominatus is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, as well as the first to feature keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr. The album reached 16th place on the Swedish album charts, remaining in the listings for seven weeks.[2]

Attero Dominatus
Studio album by Sabaton
Released	28 July 2006 (original) 24 September 2010 (Re-Armed edition)
Recorded	March - May 2006
Studio	The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal[1]
Length	40:57
Label	Black Lodge Records (original) Nuclear Blast (Re-Armed edition)
Producer	Tommy Tägtgren
Sabaton chronology
Primo Victoria (2005) Attero Dominatus (2006) Metalizer (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cosmos Gaming	[1]

"Attero Dominatus" is supposed to mean "Attack Dominate " [3]

A video for the title track was shot in Umeå, Sweden, by Nocturnal Rites' drummer Owe Lingvall. For the recording, the band wore camouflage gear, and singer Joakim Brodén donned a vest with metal plates, both features which came to be part of the band's regular stage gear from that point on.[4]

In 2010, the album was re-released on German label Nuclear Blast with five bonus tracks, under the title Attero Dominatus Re-Armed.[5]

Lyrics

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" is about terrorism, especially religious terrorism.[6]

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 terrorism, especially religious terrorism, from the perspective of those opposed to their actions	4:06
5.	"We Burn"	Sundström	Brodén	About crimes in the Yugoslav Wars from the perspective of those committing them	2:55
6.	"Angels Calling"	Brodén	Brodén	About the horror of 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 and screams on "Metal Crüe"

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	2007
United States	29 January 2008[7]

References

1. "Sabaton- Attero Dominatus - Cosmos Gaming". 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
2. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Sabaton - Attero dominatus". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
3. Anon, Morgoth. "What does "Attero Dominatus" mean?". latin.stackexchange.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
4. "Hårdrock och historia med Sabaton - Articles - www.duonoje.se". www.duonoje.se. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
5. "Attero Dominatus - Re-Armed by SABATON - info and shop at Nuclear Blast - Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
6. "In The Name of God - Lyrics | Sabaton – Official website and headquarters". Sabaton – Official website and headquarters. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
7. "www.locomotivemusic.com". www.locomotivemusic.com.