Sweden's SABATON have issued the following updates:

"We can now announce even more parties that we will attend during the release of the new album, Coat of Arms! At the following places you can find us band members, playing the new album from the DJ booth, partying and just being crazy with you guys."

Dates/venues include:

Friday, May 14th:

Hamburg, Germany - Ballroom (with Rikard Sundén)

Katovice, Poland - Club Kultowa (with Daniel Myhr)

Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik (with Pär Sundström)

Frankfurt, Germany - Die Halle (with Oskar Montelius)

Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock Café (with Joakim Brodén)

Saturday, May 15th:

Warsaw, Poland - Club Crank (with Pär Sundström)

Antwerp, Belgium - De Rots (with Rikard Sundén)

Bochum, Germany - Matrix (with Oskar Montelius)

Vienna, Austria - Escape (with Daniel Myhr)

Prague, Czech Republic - Club Kain (with Joakim Brodén)

Another message from the band reads: "Buy the new Sabaton album (any formats) at the offical merchandise shop of Metalfest Hungary on the weekend of the release, May 21st - 23rd! Be an early bird and you will get a FREE ticket to the release party-ship of the band!

The ship starts at late morning, May 23rd, from the heart of the capital city Hungary, Budapest and makes a nice sightseeing tour! The band gives an exclusive show on board, followed by a Coat Of Arms signing session and a meet and great for the fans!

There are no separate tickets for the event, you need to have the Metalfest wristband and the ticket you get with the new album! Enjoy this one and only event with the Swedish warriors!

The regular Sabaton Metalfest show is on May 22nd."

Further info: hungary@metalfest.hu.

Sabaton will be releasing their new album, Coat Of Arms, via Nuclear Blast on May 21st throughout Europe and the 24th in the UK. Click left to view the artwork.

Another new song, 'Uprising', joins the album's title track, both now streaming online at the band's MySpace page.

Says the band, "We are proud to announce that we have added the track 'Uprising' from our upcoming album to our MySpace site. The song is a powerful and emotional tribute to those who lost their lives in the Warsaw uprising in 1944."

The band also announces that they will shoot a video clip for the song under just spectacular circumstances.

“We are happy to announce that the recording of our music video for the song 'Uprising' has been rescheduled successfully, and that it will take place in Warsaw during this and next week. Out of respect for the Polish mourning period we decided to postpone the video shoot last week, and now we will try again.

As mentioned before the song 'Uprising' is a powerful and emotional tribute to those who lost their lives in the Warsaw uprising in 1944, and so shall the video be!

This will by far be the biggest Sabaton video production ever, and dare we say: one of the biggest in heavy metal?

The video will feature Peter Stormare (Prison Break, 8MM, Fargo) as SS-Obergruppenführer von dem Bach and will be directed by Jacek Raginis (related to decorated WWII hero Wladyslav Raginis).”

As previously reported, Sabaton has announced their first full UK headline tour. The battle ready bruisers are arming their guns for the UK invasion alongside allies/Scottish Pirate metallers ALESTORM for a six day attack of England, Scotland and Wales.

When asked for comment, Sabaton vocalist Joakim Brodén replied: “You want me to say some words about us going on tour with Alestorm? I only need two: Blitzkrieg Piracy! We’ve met these guys several times on the road, and they’re just as fucked up as we are. Expect some crazy ass shows.”

Catch Sabaton and Alestorm at the following shows:

October

11- Manchester, UK - Academy

12 - Glasgow, UK - Garage
14 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
15 - Wolverhampton, UK - Slade Rooms
16 - Sheffield, UK - The Corporation
17 - Brighton, UK - Concorde

Coat Of Arms tracklisting is as follows:

'Coat Of Arms'

'Midway'

'Uprising'

'Screaming Eagles'

'The Final Solution'

'Aces In Exile'

'Saboteurs'

'Wehrmacht'

'White Death'

'Metal Ripper'