Filmmaker reacts to SABATON - Soldier of Heaven. Those are some serious VFX!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2024
- So fun to see some serious VFX going on in a video! What are your thoughts on the video for Soldier of Heaven? Are there any other Sabaton videos I should check out? Sound off in the comments, I love hearing your thoughts!
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Its about the so called White Friday. During WW1 and at the alpine Front between Austria and Italy. In december 1916 a Big number of avalanches kill hundrets of Soldiers and many of them are still there.
Ah! That makes sense! What a horrific event.
Actually, the White Friday avalanches killed roughly 10,000 soldiers and civilians. It was the 2nd deadliest avalanche in history.
Still finding bodies out there.
@@manondereeperWhat is worse is most of those avalanches were caused BY the soldiers themselves. Hence the explosions in the mountains. Both sides would fire artillery into the mountains to cause avalanches to bury the other side.
If you are interested in production, you should check out “Christmas Truce” official music video by the same band.
I LOVE behind the scenes videos for music videos! Thanks for pointing this out to me, I'll have to watch Christmas Truce and then watch the BTS. It's always fun to see how close I can get to guessing what they did to make the video, lol.
@@manondereeper Sabaton have a whole bunch of behind the scenes videos. You’re in for a treat.
Btw, I liked your reaction 😊
And don't forget the video for Bismarck!! And, yes, there is a making of video.
I highly recommend this as well, if you want production quality, I think christmas truce is the bomb
Definitely! Christmas Truce is in a league on its own when it comes to music video production values.
You're gonna' love Bismarck.
And Steel commanders
Wow, thank you for a new interesting perspective. In the metal world, Sabaton is known for having great music videos. Please check out "1916", "Christmas Truce" or "Bismarck".
Thank you!! And that's what I'm finding out - while I hadn't really listened to Sabaton before, I had heard that they have great videos, so I'm excited to check out more. Thanks for the recs!!
@@manondereeper Just make sure it´s the official music videos and not the animated ones. 1916 and Bismarck are of course not done animated i think. But there is one to Christmas truce. The song is still amazing but the real video is more impactfull and as a filmmaker I truly believe that you will enjoy all those videos recommended in this comment.
@@ANDZIGCREAM Got it, thank you!
@@manondereeper When you react to a Sabaton video, be sure to let it play to the very end, even if it's credits. That's true of any Sabaton video, but particularly Christmas Truce. Sabaton fans always want to watch the entire video, and it's often relevant.
Great reaction! Your analysis was very interesting.
Bismarck, 1916 and A Christmas Truce are incredibly well done.
Others have already told you that it's about a battle in ww1, but the planes were ww1 biplanes at first, but the later ones that flew over were ww2 planes, symbolozing that although the ww1 soldier 'saw the end of [the first world] war', his spirit also witnessed ww2, ie that it wasn't the end of all wars...
I think Sabaton learned their lesson from filming the video for Bismarck, they were cold and wet filming on the Atlantic ocean
Can't wait to watch that one!
All of their songs tells about real history events.
Sabaton has a history channel here on TH-cam, Sabaton has actually won awards for being educators of the public with their music and history channel.
White Friday occurred during the Italian Front of World War I, when an avalanche struck Austro-Hungarian barracks on Mount Marmolada, killing 270 soldiers. Other avalanches the same day struck Italian and other Austro-Hungarian positions, killing hundreds. According to some reports both sides deliberately fired shells into the weakened snowpacks in an attempt to bury the other side. With the effects of global warming, bodies of the trapped soldiers continue to be revealed as the ice melts, to this day. In the music video, air combat from both the 1st and 2nd world wars are illustrated to emphasize what that ghostly soldier saw on his eternal watch.
To answer your question, the cammo pants and metal vest are the bands clothing style, since they sing almost exclusively about military history they decided to have a band uniform. As for more Sabaton recommendations... (cough, all of them, cough) From a filmmaking perspective definitely check out the official music videos for 'Bismarck', '1916' and 'Christmas Truce'. All have crazy high production values (and budget) and are much more than just the green screen you get here. For an older music video without the crazy budget but still interesting filmmaking wise there is 'To Hell and Back'.
I saw a live performance video of them after my reaction and saw they were rocking the camo outfit there too so I guessed correctly!! Lol. This is all great to know, thank you!
I'd also suggest Race to the Sea. I always enjoy seeing bands playing in water even if I found out it was edited into the shot.
Great reaction, thank you! Cool to also get a filmmakers view. Theyve made a few more "movie like" videos. This is one of the simpler ones (I think). Other ones to check out could be: Seven pillars of wisdom, Fields of Verdun, Bismarck, Christmas truce, 1916. Theres also videos on YT about the making of the music videos for Bismarck, 1916 and Christmas truce..
I love making of/behind the scenes video! Thank you!! Will add these to my list ^_^
The camo pants are *_definitely_* a Sabaton thing. lol
Yes, I found out since and I think it's hilarious I was so oblivious now!
Christmas Truce, No Bullets Fly, Bismarck, 1916. Last Stand.
Night witches, fields of verdun, unkillable soldier, 7 pillars of wisdom
You maybe noticed how the visuals were made to emphasize the lyrics of the soldier being frozen in time as it changed from WWI Red Baron Manfred von Richthofens Fokker triplane to WWII planes.
"So many brave men fell in the battles that were raging down below
I have seen it all but none will hear my story
All of those years I have been frozen in time
I cry for spring to come but here winter remains"
The planes transition from WWI bi/triplanes to WWII Bf109s, showing that time passes, the soldier died in the First World War, but his spirit witnessed WWII, and still remains.
Climate change is actually melting the ice on those mountains, revealing soldiers who died a hundred years ago for the first time... still in their trenches, still in their gear, still with their weapons as though waiting the next assault.
Check "Bismarck" and "Christmas truce" from Sabaton also. I think great filming and visuals, and great songs as well.
Among some of their best videos, while others already have mentioned Christmas truce and Bismarck, I would say other videos amongst their best include Uprising (about the Warsaw Uprising), Steel Commanders (the evolution of armored combat). They are wonderful, a great starting point to get interested in historic events.
Also, if you want to see other music videos, there is a band called Civil war, which has some previous sabaton members in it, their video for their song Tombstone is entertaining. Then, there is also Beast in black, they write songs with ties to the manga series Berserk, as well as now the cyberpunk genre, their videos for Blind and frozen, sweet true lies, and moonlight rendezvous will give you plenty to explore, plus Yannis’ vocals are, an absolute monster and incredibly enjoyable.
That was a very novel reaction, normally you see people react to the music/lyrics/historical context (which is understandable), but seeing a reaction to the filmmaking was nice :) Looking forward to seeing more!
I love when who know's their stuff still loves classical Sabaton work
I used to not be a big fan of this song compared to some of their other works however this song really grew on me and I love it.
One thing I love above all is how it tells an horrific story and shows time passing by flying different planes from different wars over like I would guess the red plane is supposed be the red baron and how that these soldiers died in WWI yet their watch remains forever.
Also on another note I think you should certainly watch Bismarck as others have pointed out already.
"Bismarck" is like a movie. I would like to see you react to that one
for those of you who are interested in the numbers, up untill 2016 it was thought white friday took out 10,000+ men how ever that delegation from switzerland put the numbers around 2000
It was covid lock down, so they could not go. Indi did go for the sabaton history segment, but that was after the restrictions were lifted. Anyways my great grandfather fought on the Alpine Front with a czech unit ( Austira Hungary) against the italians caught malaria after the first battle of Piave, got sent to Wien for the rest of the war, which saved his life.
While this is a good video, if you want to see really really good production, check out their songs "Bismarck", "Christmas Truce", and "The Unkillable Soldier". The production values of those is through the roof.
i read somewhere that early on a Austro-Hungarian soldier shot a Italian soldier while he was climbing and as he fell he took 2 others with him down the cliff , after that the Austro-Hungarian taunted them with shouts of "Welcome to Heaven" hence the nickname given to the path going up Blood MT - Stairway to heaven , Aslo Sabaton has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube for this song - th-cam.com/video/UZ4CJ9f-JEc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q6KdB5z08JWc8xF3
somewhere on their channel they did mention about the start of their cammo pants....
I cannot wait for you to get to Bismark, Christmas Truce, and Prima Victoria... those are some of their heaviest VFX videos, and I will seriously enjoy seeing you analize them. PS, in Bismark... yes, they did a fair amount of filming on location.
sabaton bismark official video is a movie almost
My favorite band ❤
Happy is the one who doesn't know the source of this song. Because the one who knows gives chills down his spine. Because they are still there. Several thousand soldiers are on eternal guard at their posts. Because the biggest enemy was frost and snow, which claimed the most victims.
Why this one when Bismarck is out of this world? Thats a mini movie
if want to see more Sabaton videography, highly recommend Bismarck, 1916 and Christmas truce
Others already mentioned Sabatons 1916, Bismarck, & Christmas Truce. Would be nice to see your professional comments on Steel Commanders, too.
Thank you!
Sabaton have used producers of videogames for some of their videos. Bismack for instance is made in cooperation with World of Warships
Nice reaction, interesting comments, thanks! I have always got chills when I watch this video!
Glad you enjoyed!
The best part about this music video in my opinion is that you can clearly tell that pretty much all of the big effects are completely fake but it's still incredibly visually appealing. Watching it brings me joy from that alone.
I love your input as well, I certainly learned something I've never really thought about.
Youll have to check out Bismarck by Sabaton
If you want to see special effects you should check out their Bismarck video. They were partnered with the video game studio behind World of Warships - Wargaming - for that video and it really shows.
Much like with any death that happen on the tops of high alps, the bodies get frozen in time quite literally, they don't decompose because bacteria and other elements that break the body down can't survive that high up in the cold.
And this song is about one of the most devastating natural disasters where an avalanche killed upwards of 10000 soldiers during the first world war.
Christmas Truce is crazy good, Bismarck and Royal Guard as well. Also check out some really good animation videos like Lady of the Dark or Red Baron
Would be interesting to see what you think of Bismarck and Christmas truce official videos .
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Excellent reaction from a different perspective, very informative and interesting. As a filmmaker, you might be interested in "Christmas Truce" which was filmed on location with a movie crew instead of the normal music video crew or "Bismark" and "Steel Commanders" with used extensive CGI from game developer Wargaming. You might also want to check the Sabaton channel since they have several "behind the scenes" videos with information on what was involved.
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you! Since everyone's telling me to do Bismarck and Christmas Truce, I've put them on the list, lol. I love that they do BTS videos!
@@manondereeper In this case you should check Saltatio Mortis, they have a lot of Making of ... videos. I've found Pray to the hunter the most interesting.
need to check out Bismarck!!!!
the song 1916 by the same band is a wonderful video
interesting perspective, please have a look at Bismarck and let us know what you think, personally I think it will blow your socks off, and Christmas Truce + No Bullets Fly are pretty cool
I think the synth is supposed to sound like the echoing thru the mountains, given the subject matter.
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No, it is not about 2nd World War. It is about 1st World War! Few years ago alpine hikers found a dead body and called the police. Investigations found out it was an Italian soldier from 1st World War and even his identity could be clarified.
From Sabaton you should have chosen Bismark, Christmas truce or 1916, from video value
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You need to see bismarck!
Really interesting, thanks! As others have said, the next three should probably be _Christmas_ _Truce,_ _1916,_ and _Bismarck_ (in no particular order), all of which have accompanying BTS videos. One request: please watch to the end, the people involved deserve that (I'm one of those who stays for the credits in the cinema). After that, there are plenty more including some animations. If you want to do animated, the _No_ _Bullets_ _Fly_ Animated Story Video is a fine place to start. Enjoy!
Glad you enjoyed it, and heard on watching all the way through the credits! If you look at my Alien Weaponry video, I do that - and I also actually talk a little bit about what all the people on that list do. It's the least we can do to honor the many many people it takes to get a video/movie made! In fact, I prefer it when there are credits on music videos because it tells me a lot about how it was made! ^_^
React to Steel commanders or fields of Verdun.
This song is one that has grown in my mind, such a catchy a melodic chorus for a very very sad story.
I 100000% recommend Christmas Truce, is by far my favorite Sabaton song ❤ and the video is stunning.
Sabaton would be a HUGE rabbit hole for you. All of their songs are historical and many of their videos are like mini movies. I see they've already been recommended but I'll say again "Christmas Truce", "Bismark", and "1916" are all really good. Another one though that I highly recommend, especially if you're into the story and history, is "No Bullets Fly" (linked below). Its all animated. So maybe just a personal watch and not so much for your channel (I'm not sure if animation is your channel's thing or not yet.)? Just be sure to keep watching after the song is finished. They also have their own TH-cam history channel where they take 15-20 minutes to talk about the stories in their songs. I keep saying that its better than any high school history class (that will be the second link)!!
th-cam.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUHc2FiYXRvbg%3D%3D
www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory
Yep given how well this was received I'll definitely do more Sabaton, probably Bismarck or Christmas Truce next since they were most requested! Don't think I'll do animation since I have no experience in that field, but I could eventually some folks in animation to come on - as a filmmaker I'm lucky to know and meet so many different creatives so that could be fun! I'll wait to get more subs though before I do stuff like that so I make sure it's worth their time! Thanks Doug!
i think you should check out 1916 by sabaton official music video and listen to the words aswell as reacting to the cinimatagrophy
The soldier reminds me of a young Keifer Sutherland
do one of the animated version of no bullets fly also by sabaton.
This music video is cool and all but it has nothing on sabaton - Bismarck which had movie quality edits and effects
10+ albums more of Sabatonic Metal to go - History taught with Metal.
They also have a Sabaton History Channel that expands on the events/people they sing about.
Can't believe I missed out on these guys for so many albums!
Check christmas Truce
Thanks from sweden on your reaction to Sabaton videos, i hope you find more
my pick for you is Sabaton lady of the dark animated story video new sub🐕
Please react to Sabaton: Wolfpack music video and Red baron and No bullets fly Animation Story
Welcome to the Sabaton Rabbit Hole, a power metal band that won an educator award for their covering of historical military topics. While a bit off topic for what seems to be the focus of your channel (just found you through TH-cam recommendations, so I may be off on this) but would at least be useful for your own edification, their channel "Sabaton History" covers almost all of their songs' real life stories, both BTS of the songs and the actual historical events. So if you're ever curious about what a song is talking about, I'd recommend going there.
Interesting note about this song, it was inspired by more WW1 KIAs (Killed In Action, aka soldiers killed while at war) being discovered in the mountains a year or two before the album came out (roughly a century after White Friday took place). To this day, there are still bodies of missing soldiers being discovered in the mountains who were killed by avalanches, and its doubtful that every fallen soldier will be recovered from there. Also, White Friday (I might be misremembering, so if I am wrong, feel free to correct me) was a major reason as to why the Laws of Armed Conflict (aka Geneva Conventions) include a section on forbidding the usage of weather as a weapon of war, which I'm fairly confident is qualified as a Weapon of Mass Destruction in the legalese.
Thank you for recommending the Sabaton History Channel, I wasn't aware that they have this education mission alongside the music too, I think that's really really cool.
Greetings from Germany 👍
Hallo! Thanks for watching 😁
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it !
Hammerfall also has a very similar style video. ❤
I'm a sailor too.
Hello. Please react "Sabaton Race To The Sea" 🙂
not gonna make any coments on the skills u have in filmmaking, this song is about the soldiers who died not only first world war but also second war, is why u see planes from both wars flying. There was alot of soldiers manning fortifications on the alps and several times there was huge avalanches burying thousands of soldiers who was never found, i get it u are looking it this as a tech and that is ok, i on the otherhand look at this as a historical event and sadness for the people lost.
You need to do Christmas truce by Sabaton.
Are you living on a boat? What kind is that? Seems cousy.
Indeed! I'm living on a sailboat when I'm in my home country (The Netherlands). Prepping it for travel later this year, hopefully sailing across the Atlantic! O_O
@@manondereeper That's awesome! Hope you will have a great trip with good weather!
@@fredrikdippel3664 Thank you so much! I'm absolutely terrified but it's going to be amazing. Haha!
@@manondereeper That is now the coolest bit of personal information that know about any of the reactors that I follow!!!!! Fair weather and calm sees to you!!!!
@@dougel4709 Haaa!!! That's so funny, and thank you! I have been wondering how much of that I should share!
As Military history is a big interest of mine including my Country's military history the UK and that I am a Fan of Sabaton for many years now, it's the true story that they tell of actually historical events that are the most important thing in a Sabaton song, then comes the words of the song, then the music and lastly the video. Looking at how they made the video and the quality is not the important part of a Sabaton video it's the true story that younger generations need to know, and the sacrifice that 100's of millions of men did throughout history weather fighting a common enemy, evil dictatorship, freedom of a country or people or fighting tyranny or protecting ones own country and freedom is the most important part of a Sabaton song and learning about history and those that we owe our freedom, democracy and sovereignty to. There are stories about historical events, heroes, courage and self sacrifice that everyone should learn about and the greatest band on earth teaches the world this so those that can't no longer speak have a voice to tell there story and that is what Sabaton does. Instead of talking about the set and the filming, you should just watch and listen as you may learn something new. BRITISH SABATON FAN 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴🤝🤝🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
This video isn't even close to being best one. I mean unkilleable soldier is a movie, Christmas Truce also, and Bismarck has more CGI
Sabaton has a loooong list of history based music, yes, tjis is aboutaevent in history, their videos are frequently well made and this is not exactly best one.
Bismark is their best in my opinion... if i think about the views...
I would like to suggest to check also Nightwish’s music video called ”Noise” It’s not about effects or tricks, but it is full of messages with scenes in the video, and the production is high quality as well. I think the professional eye like yours, might see even more in it than just regular person 🙂
Noted! Thank you for the great suggestion!
Who would shoot a music video on top of Matterhorn? Nobody so ofc it's green screen and probably the snow falling is cgi. Still good song and good video of event that almost nobody knows. Unlike it's called white friday it was actually wednesday. 😉
Love metal? You're a filmmaker? Just learning about Sabaton? Well you ain't seen nothin' yet, as we used to say in the olden days hehe. Seriously, Sabaton are known for innovative and extremely well-produced music videos, so you're in for a treat as you explore their catalog.
This is a great one, but for the ultimate Sabaton Cinematic Universe experience, I'd pick their video for Christmas Truce. They apparently had access to a full-on movie studio as covid had rendered the studio less busy than normal. It's extremely well done, with far more practical effects, and they've used historically accurate costuming and weapons. Brilliant, but stick around for the end credits and listen to the singer behind them. If you're not familiar, that's Floor Jansen, the Valkyrie Goddess of metal herself, and who is also married to Sabaton's drummer, who I call the Norse God of Thunder. He's the poor chap in Christmas Truce who gets blown up in the beginning.
I really hope you enjoy your Sabaton (and Nightwish, which is Floor's band) journey!
This is so cool! Can't wait to watch Christmas Truce and I'm truly curious but I'll save it for a reaction. ^_^ Love that they were able to work with a real film studio during the pandemic for that.
I love Floor and Nightwish! Floor is just lovely and such a talented singer. As a Dutch metalhead of course I've known her for a very long time, long before Nightwish!
Assista o vídeo antes de ver esses detalhes. No primeiro detalhe, ali do homem parada é a alma dele de pé do soldado morto no chão, é óbvio que sabemos que tudo é só tela verde. Mas um fã de sabaton só quer saber do que você acha da história. Péssimo vídeo. Adeus
it’s really annoying when people keep stopping the music, major disrespect to the band. just shut up and listen
No shit? Is this fake? I thought they actually played in the alps
I cannot wait for you to get to Bismark, Christmas Truce, and Prima Victoria... those are some of their heaviest VFX videos, and I will seriously enjoy seeing you analize them. PS, in Bismark... yes, they did a fair amount of filming on location.