Listening to Great War after Sarajevo and The War to End all Wars after Versailles really bring home the true weight of the historical events Sabaton sings about in those songs. Try it sometime.
Not only does Versailles have the narration throughout, but also, it mixes in a part of Sarajevo. It goes from "From a shot the would change the world" in Sarajevo, to "Signed a treaty to change the world" which changes back to the verse from Sarajevo. In the grand scheme of the album, it's beautiful storytelling.
I think dreadnought has too be my favourite just because at the start I thought it was a bit meh, but by the end I loved it and found my self humming it at work. I fits really well with the dreadnought theme. I'm excluding Christmas truce from list because I think everyone can agree it is a masterpiece.
Thank you so much for these backstories Mr. Chris. I always enjoy what you add and listen to all your reactions and self done videos from your visits while I’m working overnight. I know everyone says thanks and shows appreciation, but still wanted to show mine. Have a wonderful day from our family to you and yours from Delaware
I love the story of Milunka Savic and am hoping that some of her biographies, which are currently only published in Serbian, will be reprinted in English. She fought in the First and Second Balkan Wars (she was revealed as a woman due to injuries suffered in the Second Balkan War) and was leading a grenadier unit during the Great War.
Loving the Sabaton reactions and the way you expand on the history in each song. I'm looking forward to watching some of your other non-reaction content when I get some time too. You might already be familiar with it, but Iron Maiden's "Paschendale" is another absolutely fantastic song about the First World War I'd recommend checking out - it's a song that really manages to create an atmosphere that fits perfectly with the story it tells.
I've lurked around here for some time now but would like to give my two pennies for a change. The entire album gives me 70s-80s metal vibes, from the style of music played to the way they are sung. Stormtrooper and Dreadnought are my faves with Unkillable soldier and Race to the Sea not far behind. Thank you for the wonderful content. I shall return to the shadows now to finish some art off haha
Can't wait for July to watch them play these songs live in Lisbon. I'm taking my 2 boys as a surprise, they love Sabaton. I'm only letting my kids know when we board the plane. They will go nuts. Thanks for the overview Chris
Damn such Channel growth! I subbed when you had like 8k subscribers i think! You deserve it though, always nice to watch you vids :) keep it up good sir. Greeting from Germany
Extended history: For "the valley of death" ''There is no war that the British had more casualties at once than the battle of Dorian'' - Loid Gorge The first battle of Dorian. The battle of Doiran took place for the first time in august 1916 when the Bulgarians hold the city at the cost of many lives. After that, the defense was given to colonel Vladimir Vazov. In the following 3 years, new defenses were built around Doiran. Three main lines of defense - front, intermediate, and main with concreted and rock shelters to protect every single soldier in artillery fire. The second battle of Doiran (Valley of death). On the 24th of April 1917, British troops attacked, after many bloody fights they managed to take several positions in the Bulgarians line. After the fearless Bulgarian counter-attack, the British took massive casualties and retread. On the 9th of May, there was another attack with pretty much the same result with one difference the British army suffered enormous casualties. The defeat of the Entente forces was so severe that they waited almost a year and a half for the next third offensive. They lost 12,000 soldiers versus the 2,000 Bulgarian soldiers. According to ''times'', the soldier of the Britain army started to call the ''Boris point'' ''The valley of death'' or how most Bulgarians know it ''The England graveyard''. The third battle of Dorian. In September 1918 the entente forces opened artillery fire at the Bulgarian's trenches and for the first time they used poisonous gas for these positions, 9 chemical attacks were made. They continued for approximately 10 days. 18th of September they lunch their offensive. Thousand of Ententes forces attacked but to their surprise the Bulgarian army expected them. They had excellently prepared under the leadership of the promoted general Vladimir Vazov. The English forces after many fights managed to overcome the Front and intermediate line mainly because of their huge numerical superiority. On the 19th there was another chemical attack, then they launched a massive offensive. General Vladimir Vazov was waiting for the decisive moment and on the same day he threw into battle his reserve divisions with an irresistible counter-attack, the Bulgarians returned the intermediate position and then the front line. 14,000 British and Greek versus 1,200 Bulgarian casualties. Germany called Doiran ''Little Verdun'' after the third battle. Right after the success of the Bulgarian army general Vladimir Vazov on the 20th of September 1918 got an order to abandon that position because the southern front collapsed elsewhere in ''Dobro pole''. But until the 23rd of September, the Entente did not dare to move closer to the abandoned positions. They were feared that the Bulgarians are still there. 7 days later Bulgaria left the war.
The Stormtroopers were pretty much the real origin of the modern self-sufficient infantry squad. Almost all armies ended up adapting similar organisations and tactics
Dude I love every one of these songs so far. Even Sarajevo and Versailles (which lets be honest, most of it is just talking about history) are really good. I think my favorites in no particular order are: 1.) Soldier of Heaven 2.) Dreadnought 3.) Stormtroopers 4.) Race to the Sea 5.) Lady of the Dark
I've been blasting this album everyday since I bought the CD last Friday, and just like you, I think Lady of the Dark has to be my favorite, followed by Stormtroopers. This morning, I showed my sister LotD and she said, from the very beginning, that it sounds like the real-life story of the movie, "She's the Man". I was thinking more of a real-life, more badass, Mulan, but whatever. XD
Idk if they meant for “infantry attacks” to have any double meaning, but I believe that was the name of the book rommel wrote that got him promoted by Hitler to lead a panzer division. Also the “book” patton speaks of in the movie “rommel, i read your book!”
I've got the LP and CD's in both versions of this album :D Saturday morning had the album on loop for a solid 4 times. Now just to wait till I know when they will perform the European tour. I'm so excited to be able to see them again. I know people view Rammstein live performance as the most awesome. Sabaton changed my mind though
dreadnought, race to the sea and stormtroopers are very close in my preferences, I still didn't decide witch I prefer more, just awesome, I love the others also, they are great, but those 3 for me are perfection
You pronounced Milunka Savić really good, coming from a Serb :). I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Lady of the dark, but I think it could be more personall (like Unkillable soldier),they didn't mention her nationality/name/stories. I hope you mention it in the reaction, her Wikipedia is really detailed and correct. I love the song, it just needed to better show her.
Hello First, I'd like to say, I absolutely love the Sabaton videos, keep going. But to the point, I'm wondering if you could do the song "Ghost in the Trenches", as a Canadian, this song means alot to me and it means more because I've got a little first Nation blood in me. If you see this comment, I hope you respond, I'm not expecting you too, but I'm leaving this comment in the tiny hope you actually do see it. So, thank you for the amazing content and I hope you have a good year
Weird. I bought the album on iTunes but don’t have “Sarajevo” as the first track. In fact it’s not on there at all. “Stormtroopers” opens it. I was disappointed they didn’t talk about the assassination of the Archduke, only to find out I got jipped on a song for some reason
An ironic fact about the Dreadnought-class battleships. The first, HMS Dreadnought, actually hardly saw any combat. Her only significant action was ramming the German U-Boat SM U-29 and sinking it. She was the only battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine. She was reduced to reserve in 1919 and scrapped two years later.
Milunka Savić took her brother's place in the army, everyone was thinking she was a man, till she got wounded and doctors found out. She single-handedly captured 20+ soldiers from one trench in WW1. After the war, nobody knew who she was until her late life. She fought in Balkan wars and WW1. Absolutely crazy story
The 369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters) were as a unit awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm. 171 members of that unit were also individually awarded the medal along with the nation's highest award, the Légion d'Honneur. That has the same rules concerning salutes as the VC or CMoH, but I somehow doubt if the recipients were treated that well by their immediate (white) US superiors, even when still in France, where it is a legal requirement.
I can really recommend Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger, a brilliant book and in my opinion way better and way more realistic than All Quiet on the Western Front. However, i don‘t know if the English translation can keep up with the original.
do u know actually during the global warming in 2010s and glacier began to melt around the world, in 2011, 2 Austro Hungarian mummified bodies were found in Punta Linke mountain of Alpini mountain.They were indentified as Medic soldier fron the equipment that were found with them when Italian Hiker pull them out from icy snow..They were buried with full military honour and given title the "Unknown Soldier"
I’d love to see you branch out from sabaton in your music reactions. Corb Lund makes lots of historical songs but I’d start with Horse Soldier th-cam.com/video/EIWINsaEpnw/w-d-xo.html You could talk about all the references that people aren’t likely to catch like Mayor Thorpe, “polish lances charging German tanks”, charge of the light brigade, and even the different breeds of horses mentioned. It’s a great song written from the POV of the eternal cavalryman. There are also MANY American civil war based songs I could recommend. Branch out!
Lady of the dark is amazing but I did some digging she is not the only women soldier in ww1. A British woman Flora Sandes who the Serbian army knew was female, was a captain in the Serbian during WW1
For dreadnought I thought it said and the dreadnoughts did nothing at all which made me laugh since it's kinda true for WW1. I thought it was like the propaganda about it being these amazing ships there gonna win wars for us then when war happened they didn't do anything
I like your channel and all but isn't this just kind of a steal from Sabaton history? Genuinely not trying to accuse you of anything but this is basically the same thing with their song material/fanbase.
Sabaton is so good, they dont care if its German or French or Serbian and Bulgarian they respect great military feats from all sides of the war.
Unkillable Soldier and Lady of the Dark is such a good song, and the history behind it is very phenomenal and very inspiring.
My favorite of the album is stormtroopers
Dreadnought is definitely in top 3 Sabaton's song for me
@@Kromvato Dreadnought is brilliant!
Unkillable Soldier and Lady of the Dark are also my favorites from the new album
so Lady of the Dark was Mulan
Listening to Great War after Sarajevo and The War to End all Wars after Versailles really bring home the true weight of the historical events Sabaton sings about in those songs. Try it sometime.
Milunka Savic is actually the most decorated female soldier of all recorded history
Favorite songs of this album is Stormtrooper, Dreadnaught, Soldier of Heaven and The Valley of Death
Not only does Versailles have the narration throughout, but also, it mixes in a part of Sarajevo. It goes from "From a shot the would change the world" in Sarajevo, to "Signed a treaty to change the world" which changes back to the verse from Sarajevo. In the grand scheme of the album, it's beautiful storytelling.
I think dreadnought has too be my favourite just because at the start I thought it was a bit meh, but by the end I loved it and found my self humming it at work. I fits really well with the dreadnought theme. I'm excluding Christmas truce from list because I think everyone can agree it is a masterpiece.
It is a great one. The guitar on it is amazing.
Christmas Truce, Dreadnought and Stormtroopers are unbeatable man
Thank you so much for these backstories Mr. Chris. I always enjoy what you add and listen to all your reactions and self done videos from your visits while I’m working overnight. I know everyone says thanks and shows appreciation, but still wanted to show mine. Have a wonderful day from our family to you and yours from Delaware
I love the story of Milunka Savic and am hoping that some of her biographies, which are currently only published in Serbian, will be reprinted in English. She fought in the First and Second Balkan Wars (she was revealed as a woman due to injuries suffered in the Second Balkan War) and was leading a grenadier unit during the Great War.
I've seen some of her photos, she had stern beauty and man those eyes... Don't weather I should be painfully aroused or scared out of my mind
Loving the Sabaton reactions and the way you expand on the history in each song. I'm looking forward to watching some of your other non-reaction content when I get some time too.
You might already be familiar with it, but Iron Maiden's "Paschendale" is another absolutely fantastic song about the First World War I'd recommend checking out - it's a song that really manages to create an atmosphere that fits perfectly with the story it tells.
This might be my favorite Sabaton album to date. Dreadnought, Race to the Sea and Stormtroopers are my favorites :)
Stormtroopers & Lady of the Dark were surprising hits for me. Love your work and insight as always!
Cant wait for a Valley of Death reaction.. cant stop listening to that song..
I've lurked around here for some time now but would like to give my two pennies for a change. The entire album gives me 70s-80s metal vibes, from the style of music played to the way they are sung. Stormtrooper and Dreadnought are my faves with Unkillable soldier and Race to the Sea not far behind. Thank you for the wonderful content. I shall return to the shadows now to finish some art off haha
Thanks for stopping by the comment section!
Another great video, keep 'em coming! Loved the part about Belgium, it's always nice to hear my small country mentioned anywhere 😜
Such a Good band to listen to. I also love the commentary that you add to their songs Chris.
Can't wait for July to watch them play these songs live in Lisbon.
I'm taking my 2 boys as a surprise, they love Sabaton. I'm only letting my kids know when we board the plane. They will go nuts.
Thanks for the overview Chris
I’ve been waiting for this video as soon as they announced the album.
Great idea for a video, been really enjoying this album, a ton of different riffs, really refreshing
Damn such Channel growth! I subbed when you had like 8k subscribers i think! You deserve it though, always nice to watch you vids :) keep it up good sir. Greeting from Germany
Thank you so much for the break down of the songs
Can’t wait for more of these! I love the unkillable soldier out of all of them!
Extended history:
For "the valley of death"
''There is no war that the British had more casualties at once than the battle of Dorian'' - Loid Gorge
The first battle of Dorian.
The battle of Doiran took place for the first time in august 1916 when the Bulgarians hold the city at the cost of many lives. After that, the defense was given to colonel Vladimir Vazov. In the following 3 years, new defenses were built around Doiran. Three main lines of defense - front, intermediate, and main with concreted and rock shelters to protect every single soldier in artillery fire.
The second battle of Doiran (Valley of death).
On the 24th of April 1917, British troops attacked, after many bloody fights they managed to take several positions in the Bulgarians line. After the fearless Bulgarian counter-attack, the British took massive casualties and retread.
On the 9th of May, there was another attack with pretty much the same result with one difference the British army suffered enormous casualties. The defeat of the Entente forces was so severe that they waited almost a year and a half for the next third offensive. They lost 12,000 soldiers versus the 2,000 Bulgarian soldiers. According to ''times'', the soldier of the Britain army started to call the ''Boris point'' ''The valley of death'' or how most Bulgarians know it ''The England graveyard''.
The third battle of Dorian.
In September 1918 the entente forces opened artillery fire at the Bulgarian's trenches and for the first time they used poisonous gas for these positions, 9 chemical attacks were made. They continued for approximately 10 days. 18th of September they lunch their offensive. Thousand of Ententes forces attacked but to their surprise the Bulgarian army expected them. They had excellently prepared under the leadership of the promoted general Vladimir Vazov. The English forces after many fights managed to overcome the Front and intermediate line mainly because of their huge numerical superiority. On the 19th there was another chemical attack, then they launched a massive offensive. General Vladimir Vazov was waiting for the decisive moment and on the same day he threw into battle his reserve divisions with an irresistible counter-attack, the Bulgarians returned the intermediate position and then the front line. 14,000 British and Greek versus 1,200 Bulgarian casualties.
Germany called Doiran ''Little Verdun'' after the third battle.
Right after the success of the Bulgarian army general Vladimir Vazov on the 20th of September 1918 got an order to abandon that position because the southern front collapsed elsewhere in ''Dobro pole''.
But until the 23rd of September, the Entente did not dare to move closer to the abandoned positions. They were feared that the Bulgarians are still there. 7 days later Bulgaria left the war.
I wish there was a way to save youtube comments
@@AjarTadpole7202 Me too, I always take screenshots
Stormtroopers is my favourite, but also the story behind it, that was the new kind of warfare that still is used till today and that was 100 years ago
Sabaton is such a good music Writer
The Stormtroopers were pretty much the real origin of the modern self-sufficient infantry squad. Almost all armies ended up adapting similar organisations and tactics
There's so much weight and emotion behind the lines "Will this war really end all wars?
Can a war really end all war?" in Versailles
Dude I love every one of these songs so far. Even Sarajevo and Versailles (which lets be honest, most of it is just talking about history) are really good. I think my favorites in no particular order are:
1.) Soldier of Heaven
2.) Dreadnought
3.) Stormtroopers
4.) Race to the Sea
5.) Lady of the Dark
I've been blasting this album everyday since I bought the CD last Friday, and just like you, I think Lady of the Dark has to be my favorite, followed by Stormtroopers.
This morning, I showed my sister LotD and she said, from the very beginning, that it sounds like the real-life story of the movie, "She's the Man". I was thinking more of a real-life, more badass, Mulan, but whatever. XD
I am a big fan of Sabaton! I was going to their concert in march buuut they canceled it due to covid. I hope I can go next time!
Lady of the dark for lore reasons Music wise hellfighters and stormtroopers are my fave
Idk if they meant for “infantry attacks” to have any double meaning, but I believe that was the name of the book rommel wrote that got him promoted by Hitler to lead a panzer division. Also the “book” patton speaks of in the movie “rommel, i read your book!”
I was just waiting for this, vibing to the album
I've got the LP and CD's in both versions of this album :D Saturday morning had the album on loop for a solid 4 times. Now just to wait till I know when they will perform the European tour.
I'm so excited to be able to see them again. I know people view Rammstein live performance as the most awesome. Sabaton changed my mind though
Awesome video
dreadnought, race to the sea and stormtroopers are very close in my preferences, I still didn't decide witch I prefer more, just awesome, I love the others also, they are great, but those 3 for me are perfection
Loved the video! With all that going on, you should check out “The origins of Russian Authoritarianism” by Kraut. It’s a super interesting watch
I hope you're still planning on doing reactions to some of these!
Soldier of heaven is my favorite, also wasn’t there Canadians known as storm troopers where the Germans feared the Canadians
You pronounced Milunka Savić really good, coming from a Serb :). I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Lady of the dark, but I think it could be more personall (like Unkillable soldier),they didn't mention her nationality/name/stories. I hope you mention it in the reaction, her Wikipedia is really detailed and correct. I love the song, it just needed to better show her.
Thank you...I wasn't sure how well I got her name.
Hello
First, I'd like to say, I absolutely love the Sabaton videos, keep going. But to the point, I'm wondering if you could do the song "Ghost in the Trenches", as a Canadian, this song means alot to me and it means more because I've got a little first Nation blood in me. If you see this comment, I hope you respond, I'm not expecting you too, but I'm leaving this comment in the tiny hope you actually do see it. So, thank you for the amazing content and I hope you have a good year
I feel like everyone has forgot Christmas Truce
I love the heavier, faster paced songs so hellfighters is a no brainer.
Stormtroopers rocks! My fav in the album.
Ooh, you should have a look at Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
I was hoping to see this
Weird. I bought the album on iTunes but don’t have “Sarajevo” as the first track. In fact it’s not on there at all. “Stormtroopers” opens it.
I was disappointed they didn’t talk about the assassination of the Archduke, only to find out I got jipped on a song for some reason
An ironic fact about the Dreadnought-class battleships. The first, HMS Dreadnought, actually hardly saw any combat. Her only significant action was ramming the German U-Boat SM U-29 and sinking it. She was the only battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine. She was reduced to reserve in 1919 and scrapped two years later.
Milunka Savić took her brother's place in the army, everyone was thinking she was a man, till she got wounded and doctors found out. She single-handedly captured 20+ soldiers from one trench in WW1. After the war, nobody knew who she was until her late life. She fought in Balkan wars and WW1. Absolutely crazy story
Valley of death is my favorite
The 369th Infantry Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters) were as a unit awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm. 171 members of that unit were also individually awarded the medal along with the nation's highest award, the Légion d'Honneur.
That has the same rules concerning salutes as the VC or CMoH, but I somehow doubt if the recipients were treated that well by their immediate (white) US superiors, even when still in France, where it is a legal requirement.
I can really recommend Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger, a brilliant book and in my opinion way better and way more realistic than All Quiet on the Western Front. However, i don‘t know if the English translation can keep up with the original.
I gotta be honest, it was hard to pay attention to what you were saying cause as the videos were playing I was humming the songs. Totally my fault.
Understandable!
Lady of the dark and hellfighters are my favorite
do u know actually during the global warming in 2010s and glacier began to melt around the world, in 2011, 2 Austro Hungarian mummified bodies were found in Punta Linke mountain of Alpini mountain.They were indentified as Medic soldier fron the equipment that were found with them when Italian Hiker pull them out from icy snow..They were buried with full military honour and given title the "Unknown Soldier"
What's the difference between the history version and the regular version of the album?
It has narration at the beginning of every song.
That's a cool idea! Other than for videos like this one, I'd have little to no idea what the backstory to each song is.
I’d love to see you branch out from sabaton in your music reactions. Corb Lund makes lots of historical songs but I’d start with Horse Soldier th-cam.com/video/EIWINsaEpnw/w-d-xo.html
You could talk about all the references that people aren’t likely to catch like Mayor Thorpe, “polish lances charging German tanks”, charge of the light brigade, and even the different breeds of horses mentioned. It’s a great song written from the POV of the eternal cavalryman.
There are also MANY American civil war based songs I could recommend. Branch out!
We all know the real reason you went to France is to be part of one of their music videos
I wish :) Indy and I did speak about trying to connect but he was in Bavaria doing content for his WW2 channel.
I love stormtrooper. My favorite song
The word dreadnought also means fear nothing
Yarn-hub did an animated story for the Christmas trues.
Lady of the dark is amazing but I did some digging she is not the only women soldier in ww1. A British woman Flora Sandes who the Serbian army knew was female, was a captain in the Serbian during WW1
I don’t think anyone said she was the only woman soldier in WW1.
@Vlogging through History. Valley of death with Bulgarians was against British and “Greeks” not Serbians
I watched like every new song about 2 hours after they came out
Could you react to Shiroyama please? It’s a fantastic song!
ye my favourite one must be dreadnought
They need an Amercan Civil War one...
I love all the songs music everything but my favourite is Versailles. Doesn't fit today
I feel like Im in the minority, but Versailles just has so much passion to it that its become one of my favorite songs in the album
Agreed
It's crazy to think that black and other colored Americans to reach the Rhine, back when they were segregated and very oppressed
Epic History tv The Russian Revolution 1917 after the 5 parts of History of Russia.
For dreadnought I thought it said and the dreadnoughts did nothing at all which made me laugh since it's kinda true for WW1. I thought it was like the propaganda about it being these amazing ships there gonna win wars for us then when war happened they didn't do anything
I like your channel and all but isn't this just kind of a steal from Sabaton history? Genuinely not trying to accuse you of anything but this is basically the same thing with their song material/fanbase.
No, because VTH is discussing all of the songs in one video, whereas the Sabaton History page covers one song per video
@@josher-ch6sf yeah ok I guess. Basically an album review.