

In early 2005, they recruited Daniel Myhr to relieve Joakim Brodén, who played keyboards in addition to singing, of his keyboard duties.

They eventually signed with Black Lodge, the metal division of the Sound Pollution record label. The band returned for a second album titled Primo Victoria and found themselves in negotiations with several international record labels. Metalizer was supposed to be distributed by Underground Symphony as the band's debut album, but after two years of waiting, during which the band held various performances across Sweden, the album was abandoned. The band decided to sign up for Italian label Underground Symphony, under which internationally released the promo CD Fist for Fight -actually a compilation consisting of material from two demotapes recorded between 19- with the intention to promote forthcoming releases. After the first songs were recorded in Peter Tägtgren's studio, The Abyss, Sabaton was contacted by a couple of record labels. History Early career and first albums (1999–2007)
