Archive for 2022

Paris Kills

Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2022 by Sara Hammerzmith

Wow. What in all of the world is this? I haven’t been blogging in the longest of times. And how is that even possible. Well I guess it is not so peculiar when you think of things. At least not in the grand scheme of things.

Mostly, it has all come down to lack of motivation and at time lack of time. When the pandemic hit I found myself struggling to find content to write as a the metal nomad who is known for touring. After that, heavy things happened in my personal life that led to me not being able to write, or more like, step away from writing in a way it shouldn’t have done. I lost someone I love (not in death they just left me) and it took a hard toll.

Ever so slowly did I actually start to bounce back but I did mostly so by working. Getting new jobs, startin University, ups and downs and high and lows. I got back on track touring, following Sabaton along their Swedish tour and even got through a few festivals. Most recently now I was with Lordi in Paris and having my little “promotion” with them surely helped lit my spark.

In other news, I have also started streaming. You find me on Twitch under the same name as this blog, so that’s always something – streaming and gaming and building a new community there has definitely helped me find the creative spark again. So thanks for that everyone. I got back together with my loved one and he’s the one I brought with me to Paris together with two of my absolute best friends… And they really inspired me to what is important and what is not.

So here I am. I have just gotten off stream a few hours ago, just had a delish dinner with my boyfriend, making contentplans for Lordi, writing and essay and being sappy with my best friend.

And I am again blogging. See you soon.

// Sara

Sabaton – Soldier of Heaven

Posted in Music, Uncategorized with tags on January 7, 2022 by Sara Hammerzmith

First week of 2022 serves us a new single from Sabaton. “Soldier of Heaven” covers the subject of White Friday, taking place in December 13th 1916 where an avalanche killed a great number of soldiers during The Great War. So, lets dig into the song, shall we?

The song starts of with a nice yet not unfamiliar synth sling heading into the verse consisting of Jocke’s voice alone with the sling, allowing the song to build on more and more as it goes into an epic chorus that instantly brings the thoughts back to Bloodbound (think “Stormborn“) with elements of Beast in Black, if anything production wise.

Lyrically the song speaks from a perspective of the soldier which, in my own personal opinion brings it to a more personal and emotional level, one might say? It might just be me, but I love when it’s from ones own perspective.

While I enjoy the song.. A lot. I have been blasting it ALL DAY… I can’t help but somehow long for the “old” Sabaton. Lately, and this starting already on “The Last Stand” we’ve seen them step away more and more from the kind of music they used to go, going in a softer more radio friendly (if you’d like) kind of direction. Hopefully, there might be tracks on the album that are more in the style that I fell for. I do however, enjoy it a lot. And I’m stoked for the rest!

// Sara