History Music / CivilWarBand

--> [[TheHorde We're rolling like thunder we burn and we plunder!]]\\

[[IDidWhatIHadToDo But this is the way of the world!]]

* CoolShip: The titular ship in "USS Monitor" certainly qualifies, being the first Ironclad warship commissioned by the US Navy and one of the first of its kind to actually see battle.[[note]]England and France were the first to invent Ironclads, but neither used their designs until after the Civil War. ''Monitor'' was also the first combatant use of a gun turret.[[/note]] The song is sung from the perspective of its designer, John Ericsson, a Swedish-American inventor. The song details his vision of the Ironclad as the future of naval warfare, and his initial attempts to sell the design to the British, who turned him down. Hearing of the ongoing American Civil War, he decided to propose his design to the Union, who then build the titular ship based on his design. The ship is rather accurately described as a NighInvulnerable juggernaut that it's best to avoid going up against.

* HorribleHistoryMetal: Like Sabaton, they sing primarily about historical events, though their lyrics often tend to be more abstract. Rather than European conflicts, they mainly focus on American history.

** ''Tears From the North'' deals with the Viking exploration of the New World under Leif Erikson.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: General Shermain is portrayed as holding this view on his scorched earth tactics [[TruthInTelevision much as he did in real life]]. He believed such ruthless tactics were necessary to avoid prolonging the war and causing even more suffering.
---> The tactic was brutal but God Hallelujah\\

Completing the inglorious raid!

* NewEraSpeech: ''USS Monitor'' is essentially one long one told from the perspective of John Ericsson, the inventor of the titular ship, about how his design will revolutionize naval warfare as we know it.

* PowerBallad: "Andersonville" is a slow, mournful song told from the perspective of a US Army soldier taken prisoner by the rebels and shipped off to the infamous HellholePrison POWCamp in Andersonville, Georgia.
* TakingOverHeaven: Napoleon's goal, according to "I Will Rule the Universe."
-->"I shall cross the seraphs' veil"\\
"and soon I will be marching on to Heaven."
* UnscrupulousHero: UsefulNotes/WilliamTecumsehSherman is portrayed as a mixture of this and WellIntentionedExtremist in ''Savannah'', which details his (in)famous March to the Sea, which saw the use of devastating scorched earth tactics typically involving burning crops and supplies, burning plantations ([[SlaveLiberation and freeing the slaves]] [[PetTheDog on said plantations]]) destroying farming equipment, wrecking the already underdeveloped Southern railways, and other such ruthless tactics, most famously burning much of Atlanta down entirely. He did this all as the means to end the war as quickly as possible and spare more people from [[WarIsHell the horrors of war]].

-->[[HeroicSacrifice We will die on the glory road to heaven!]]\\

Well I'm not sure.

In 2021, Rikard Sundén was [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor charged and eventually convicted of sex crimes]]; the band replaced him with former Music/{{Sabaton}} guitarist Thobbe Englund.

Current lineup:

Past members:

Discography:

* FolkMetal: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkhozu3QdI "Dead Man's Glory"]] takes cues from Irish folk music.

* HornyVikings: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkhozu3QdI "Dead Man's Glory"]] is about Irishmen ''fighting off'' Vikings.

* BlasphemousBoast: In ''I Will Rule the Universe'', [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] claims to be greater than God.

* CoolShip: The titular ship in ''USS Monitor'' certainly qualifies, being the first Ironclad warship commissioned by the US Navy and one of the first of its kind to actually see battle[[note]]England and France were the first to invent Ironclads, but neither used their designs until after the Civil War.[[/note]]. The song is sung from the perspective of its designer, John Ericsson, a Swedish-American inventor. The song details his vision of the Ironclad as the future of naval warfare, and his initial attempts to sell the design to the British, who turned him down. Hearing of the ongoing American Civil War, he decided to propose his design to the Union, who then build the titular ship based on his design. The ship is rather accurately described as a NighInvulnerable juggernaut that it's best to avoid going up against.

Armored in steel the USS Monitor\\

-->"I shall cross the seraphs' veil"
-->"and soon I will be marching on to Heaven."

---> [[TheHorde We're rolling like thunder we burn and we plunder!]]\\

* WarIsGlorious and WarIsHell: Like Sabaton, they often tow the lines between the two, often covering both the hellish and glorious aspects of war. Some, like ''Gods and Generals'' and ''The Last Full Measure'' from their respective titular albums do both at once. Emphasizing how brutal the war was and how many died during the bloodiest conflict in American history, while also celebrating the Union's victory, and demonstrating that the cause was ultimately worth fighting for in the end. ''Gods and Generals'' in particular deals with the lionization of the military leaders of the war, comparing the reverence they earned to that of gods.
--->[[HeroicSacrifice We will die on the glory road to heaven!]]\\

* UnscrupulousHero: Useful Notes/WilliamTecumsehSherman is portrayed as a mixture of this and WellIntentionedExtremist in ''Savannah'', which details his (in)famous March to the Sea, which saw the use of devastating scorched earth tactics typically involving burning crops and supplies, burning plantations ([[SlaveLiberation and freeing the slaves]] [[PetTheDog on said plantations]]) destroying farming equipment, wrecking the already underdeveloped Southern railways, and other such ruthless tactics, most famously burning much of Atlanta down entirely. He did this all as the means to end the war as quickly as possible and spare more people from [[WarIsHell the horrors of war]].

* UnscrupulousHero: Useful Notes/William Tecumseh Sherman is portrayed as a mixture of this and WellIntentionedExtremist in ''Savannah'', which details his (in)famous March to the Sea, which saw the use of devastating scorched earth tactics typically involving burning crops and supplies, burning plantations ([[SlaveLiberation and freeing the slaves]] [[PetTheDog on said plantations]]) destroying farming equipment, wrecking the already underdeveloped Southern railways, and other such ruthless tactics, most famously burning much of Atlanta down entirely. He did this all as the means to end the war as quickly as possible and spare more people from [[WarIsHell the horrors of war]].

* UnscrupulousHero: [[Useful Notes/William Tecumseh Sherman General Sherman]] is portrayed as a mixture of this and WellIntentionedExtremist in ''Savannah'', which details his (in)famous March to the Sea, which saw the use of devastating scorched earth tactics typically involving burning crops and supplies, burning plantations ([[SlaveLiberation and freeing the slaves]] [[PetTheDog on said plantations]]) destroying farming equipment, wrecking the already underdeveloped Southern railways, and other such ruthless tactics, most famously burning much of Atlanta down entirely. He did this all as the means to end the war as quickly as possible and spare more people from [[WarIsHell the horrors of war]].

[[IDidWhatIHadToDo But this is the way of the world!]]\\

Well I'm not sure.\\

Well I'm not sure.\\
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* WarIsGlorious/WarIsHell: Like Sabaton, they often tow the lines between the two, often covering both the hellish and glorious aspects of war. Some, like ''Gods and Generals'' and ''The Last Full Measure'' from their respective titular albums do both at once. Emphasizing how brutal the war was and how many died during the bloodiest conflict in American history, while also celebrating the Union's victory, and demonstrating that the cause was ultimately worth fighting for in the end. ''Gods and Generals'' in particular deals with the lionization of the military leaders of the war, comparing the reverence they earned to that of gods.

-->"I shall cross the seraphs' veil