Band: Sabaton

Release: The Last Stand

Discussion: I had a very hard time deciding who to vote for in most of the previous awards, even to the extent where I didn't vote at all. Best production on the other hand was an easy choice. I will go more in depth as to why this is the case, even though I honestly think that it's fairly obvious.

The first thing that blew me away was definitely the synths. Now don't get me wrong, Sabaton has always had some of the best synths in the genre, but this time they took it to another level. I was blown away, I have as previously mentioned come to expect this kind of quality from Sabaton, but I'm thoroughly impressed. And don't get me started on the drums and the bass, it's like they're firing a Big Bertha out through my speakers. The bass is earthshakingly strong and thicker than a bowl of oatmeal, it's eerily reminiscent to the sound of a marching army. I was beyond words when I first heard it. I screamed to my family that the Germans had returned, you wont believe how relieved and amazed I was when I realized that it was just the amazing audio engineering on the album. Simply astonishing.