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True Story behind Sabaton's Cycle of Songs . Sabaton, the Swedish power metal band, have finally done a song about ancient Egypt, and if you look at the lyrics for Cycle of Songs, you might not think it's anything too specific, but there's actually a lot more going on behind the scenes from the band's description. The song is about Senusret III. He was a ruler from the Middle Kingdom, specifically the 12th dynasty. He reigned during the mid-1800s BCE, give or take, and he was quite an accomplish

“Once you heard death metal, there was no turning back. Thrash was out of the window. It seemed silly, music for wimps”: The chaotic story of Nihilist, Unleashed, Entombed and the bloody birth of Swedish death metal