There is a colab with sabaton and Apocalyptica "Angles Calling" that is really good. And the Italian band Nanowar of steel just did a song with with sabaton lead singer in the style of sabaton called 1994. I think of nanowar of steel as a power metal weird al.
Sabaton is a band with a loooong list of history based music. and also an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs. Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, jusg lkke you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron epic videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Defence of Moscow, self explained. Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. these are just some, there are plenty more.
What I love most is Sabaton doesn't glorify causes or nations or generals but rather the actual soldiers who were out there doing the fighting and dying for a cause they had nothing to do with.
As stated before in the comments, this is a cover of a Motörhead song. The two guys standing in the door opening at 4:29 are Mikke Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture they are carrying is of Lemmy Kilmister the bassist and singer of Motörhead.
Sabaton - Swedish band that only does songs about military and war history. This one as you saw was a cover of a Motörhead song but they made the cover power-metal. All of Sabaton's songs are war and military history based except for their very first album. People learn a lot of history when listening to Sabaton and they make history very interesting. They combine their history with awesome power-metal and they sound awesome
my favourite atm is not even a military history song but more of a philosophical one... it's called Father... discovered it when making my Biomechanist dnd artificer character (next lvl [lvl 5] I can make biological bombs to poison enemies from within (gas bombs basically)
For me as someone living in Jamtland about 100km from Duved, I also like Imperii Ruina and Konungens Likfärd as they are part of the history in my region.
1916 is a cover of the mötorhead song of the same title. Written and performed by Lemmy Killmeister in dedication to the British soldiers of ww1. The video is also a dedication to all soldiers, as you can tell from the Spartans, knights, harlem hellfighters, the Australian auxiliary, the ww2 soldiers, the night witch. The convertible is a replica of the car archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in sparking the war in 1914.
They're definitely worth a listen. Sabaton's serious about telling their stories, to the point that they have their own history channel here on TH-cam that tells the history behind all their songs hosted by Indy Neidell (who also has a fantastic series on World War I as well as, more recently, World War II). If you really want to watch a passion project of theirs, the official music video for Christmas Truce is a must-watch. They spent years fine tuning that song because they wanted to get it exactly right, and the passion definitely shows in the music video. Another must-watch would be the live video for En Livstid i Krig, which *really* needs to be watched with subtitles on (unless you happen to be fluent in the Swedish language, at least). It's from the point of view of a Swedish soldier during the 30 Years War, and it's definitely every bit as emotional as this one. Examples of some livelier songs with proper videos would be Night Witches (the animated story video is excellent), Screaming Eagles (an older song but definitely a solid one, live-action video), Lady of the Dark (another animated story video), and The Red Baron (also has an excellent animated story video). What's The Price of a Mile? only has a lyric video (though there are some fan-made music videos floating around), but that one's...dark. *Fantastic*, but there's definitely a depressing sound to it...which fits, because it's about the Battle of Passchendaele. Which was just the embodiment of everything pointless and brutal about trench warfare, and the Sabaton History channel's video on it definitely hammers it home.
Indeed. The video is even better with an outro, that didn't make it on the album. I appreciate you watched the whole video including intro and credits.
Sabaton is a modern Bard band. They sing tales of both heroism and tragedy, of great men and terrible monsters, of battles fought in hopeless defiance, to crucial fights that determined wars. Some other songs of the tragedy that is World War I includes Price of a Mile, Cliffs of Gallipoli, Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, Versailles and War to End All Wars. There's also a song they incorporated, but don't sing, called Flanders Fields, which recites the poem by Lt Col John William McCrae with the angelic voices of a choir. No guitars, no hard riffs or banging drums. Just voices singing a dirge for the fallen dead. Such songs make grown men weep at the terrible cost of war.
If you don't shed a tear during this video... You should check yourself in. So much emotion in this song. Sabaton did a beautiful job of covering this song.
Welcome to the Sabaton Army! Thank you for your heartfelt reaction to this song, I cry every time I watch it. I hope you continue your journey with this band. This band's "mission" is to bring history to music so people don't forget what the cost of war is. But they also sing about acts of heroism. You might try next, as others have suggested, Christmas Truce to start with. For the best live video you want En livstid i krig. It's in Swedish but there are subtitles and it will knock your socks off!
Sabaton is the band that make me cry more often than any other - see also _Christmas_ _Truce_ (official music video) and _No_ _Bullets_ _Fly_ (animated story video), for starters. I saw them perform this live in Leeds on the first night of the current tour, and it was so emotional. So let's raise a few glasses: to Birmingham, birthplace of metal; to Lemmy (RIP); to Sabaton; and to those who sacrificed so much. My wife's grandfather was one of those who lied about his age - he was only _14_ when he went to the Front! He got out alive, thanks to some amazing luck: he was wounded and taken to a field hospital, and his own father was there at the same time. He swore a lot when he saw his son, then wrote to his wife back home explaining the situation. She in turn sent evidence of their boy's age to the War Office and they pulled him out. After he came home he never spoke to anyone in the family about his experiences. Greetings from South Yorkshire - Lest We Forget.
This is one of the best covers ever! And the video with the remaining Motörhead carrying a picture of Lemmy in it such a statement. This and Jonny Cash doing Hurt is such a magical moment.
When it comes to Sabaton, you can never go wrong. They are passionate storytellers for war history and heroism. What they never do is glorify war. They just tell you the story, and they always make it historical correct and in a way that makes you want to know more. A few suggestions; Christmas Truce (official video) Great war Ghost Division Bismark The final stand En livstid I krig, live Gothemburg (cc on) Uprising live Woodstock No Bullets Fly animated story Nightwitches full animated story These will give you history lessons dating from 1527 up to WWII
@@hoss3548 They have a few for recent conflicts, "Back In Control" (Falklands War, 1982), "Panzer Battalion" (Iraq Invasion, 2003), "Camouflage" (Vietnam), "Into the Fire" (Vietnam), "Reign of Terror" (Gulf War, 1992), "Counterstrike" (Six Day War, 1967), and "Hill 3234" (Soviet-Afghan War, 1980's).
Sabaton did another song about another wasteful WW1 battle. Called "Price of a Mile" A true power metal song would be "Bismark" . A lot of the characters form their songs are in this video, They were marching behind the band. I found these guys 3 years ago, and saw them once last year live. Best concert I have ever been to.
Don't think that Price for a Mile is as good as this. Especially when it's compared with Iron Maiden "Paschendale" 'bout the same battle in bloody marshes.
@@thesaltyengineer6086 No I think it was about Passchendaele which happened in 1917 also known as the Third Battle of Ypres: July 31 to November 6, 1917
Sabaton is so god damn amazing taking only one side in wars, the common soldiers side, everything they might have had to go through or experience in all types of wars and points of views. This is why their songs and especially their music videos hit so hard, they make you feel for every soldier of war, not matter side in all wars, it is only people and sabaton makes that abundantly clear!
They are phenomenal storytellers and they choose good stories to tell. In addition, they have their own TH-cam history channel to give the full story behind almost every song. You will get plenty of suggestions and you can't go wrong with any of them.
You guys are amazing ! The best reaction to this song I have seen yet, Sabaton is amazing, I’m 65 and cried like a baby watching and listening to this song, I subscribed. Thank you from Canada.
This is how all Sabaton songs are. Everything they do, you tell they love and have passion for telling forgotten stories. They have the ability to make you patriotic for countries of all sides of the war including the Germans ww2. They do stories on all sides of war.
First time i came across your channel. I hope you react to more Sabaton music. They're a metal band from Sweden that makes music from different wars and events in history. They dont take sides and sings about almost anything and everyone. Every song is a history lesson. Greetings from Sweden!
For anyone with a heart, this song punches you in the face with the pain. The first world war troops will always have my respect since they did not know what was ahead and believed the old lie "dulce decorum est".
You should watch everything with sabaton :) even there history channel also this is a cover of motörheads 1916 that Lemmy wrote, amazing tribute to lemmy and motörhead :)
Welcome to sabaton :-). this is what they do. All of their music is about history, mostly war history. They don't take sides, they just tell the stories, mostly from the perspective of common soldiers. And they do it with great passion. Check out the Sabaton history channel on youtube where to go in to greater depth for every one of their songs. I would suggest christmas truce as your next video, also about WW I. No bullets fly, the animated video is also a good choice. Thanks for the reaction and see you next time.
Motorhead wrote the song. Fun fact the band mates from Motorhead was in the video holding a picture of Lemmy at 4:34. Both Sabaton and Motorhead are very into culture and history.
Hey guys. Just like other Sabaton songs, like "Final Solution," "Prisoner #4589," "Price of a Mile," "Christmas Truce," "No Bullets Fly," and even "Night Witches" -- all of these are stories that Sabaton, because they put them into song, like other bands such as Iron Maiden or Motorhead, immortalize them for as long as we remember them. Because I am of the belief that we are only forgotten when we are no longer remembered by the living. And there are many stories of humanity amidst a battlefield, even simply the experiences of living through a battlefield, that are lost to time. In my lifetime, I have seen the death of the last World War I veteran of any nation who fought in that war, and the same, I presume, will be true when the last Second World War veteran passes in the next 10 to 15 years, along with the last Holocaust survivor. The stories we should remember are the ones that hit the hardest. That are the most poignant. The ones that tear at our hearts and souls...because it is those stories that remind us that we are human. That remind us of who we are. That remind us that we are a contradiction-filled species, and that we are capable of both the greatest good, as well as capable of the ultimate evil. If I may make a recommendation, it is to react to "All the Works of Nature in the World -- Ad Astra," by Tuomas Holopainen, the composer for Nightwish. In it, you'll hear an excerpt from "Pale Blue Dot" by Dr. Carl Sagan, who will make you reconsider how much you think you know about this planet we call "Home."
Sabaton are a swedish band who make songs from historic events, heroes, battles, bravery and heroism from all around the world. They never pick sides, they only tell stories and are true masters of it. If you havent listened to Sabaton until now you have a deeeeeeep rabbit hole to discover. Great reaction.😢 Next Sabaton please: 7 Pillars of Wisdom. The story of T.E Lawrence who led the Arab revolt against the Turks during WW1 and later became known as Lawrence of Arabia.
This is a Motörhead song and one of the most powerful anti-war songs I've ever heard. What makes the original even more powerful that it's a somber and slow song with violins and cleans vocals, on album of a band known more for rough guitars and barking lyrics.
1916, anti-war? I think not. Rather something gritty and grim as the reality of war is. Not a "trigger-happy" song, neither a "draft-dodger" song, but something about the harsh reality.
They have a song called "en livstid i krig" a life time at war, its in swedish but there is a live consert that is texted in english. That is a realy powerful song.
Yeah was a tribute not only to the soldiers but also for Motorhead, RIP Lemmy The original song was "1916" from Motorhead and in the Sabaton's version there was many references to the band
This is one of the softer songs but they have soooo much! They have gotten awards for the History telling in their music. Its music of real history Telling, from "modern" wars to the wars in the 1500houndreds, Sabaton is one of the best bands we have in Sweden, with the music but also live shows, this really is a band you should listen to even more and explore!!! 🙌🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
Sabaton is one of my top favorite metal bands. They make awesome videos and songs. Like others wrote, I agree you will like Christmas Truce by Sabaton. It also brings water into my eyes as well. It is about a sign of humanity in war, but also shows how merciless war can be.
Another Power Ballad done well by SABATON. SABATON'S "Soldier of Heaven" is a story (known as White Friday) about Soldiers Buried in Avalanches in the Italian Mountains in 1916 and they are still buried in the snow and ice on those mountains today.....106+ years later.
Great reaction and welcome to an awesome rabbit hole!🤘 Looking forward to see you react to more Sabaton!😃 I put a few suggestions in another comment, but I forgotten the most important one: "Lion from the North" (official lyric video. About a badass king of the Swedish Empire during the 30 years war). Greetings from Sweden! 🤘🇸🇪
Really enjoyed your reaction to this video. Would absolutley love to watch some more reactions to Sabaton from you guys. Been reading some of the commens and there are some great recommendations down there but ill leave a few of my own aswell. And just to touch on what other people said, one of the most notable aspects of Sabaton's music is their lyrical content, which revolves around historical events, particularly military history. Sabaton's stage presence is also worth mentioning. Sabaton is known for their energetic and enthusiastic live performances, which often include historical imagery, props, and pyrotechnics. So would definatley recommend watching some of their live performances aswell as their cinematic masterpieces. Recommendations for future reactions: SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg) This should be the live performance which is best, it is also in Swedish (there is an english version but not as good) but has English lyrics. SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video) Great history video with an amazing ending aswell as a musical masterpiece. SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video) SABATON - The Price Of A Mile (Official Lyric Video) Those are some great recommendations and ill add a few honorbale mentions aswell, it's hard to not put them all on the list above because they are in my opinion all great. SABATON - 40:1 SABATON - Ghost Division (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) (Should be the video posted by the channel "Nuclear Blast Records") This is the live version from Woodstock SABATON - BISMARCK (This is almost like a movie, and well has a story line to it if you follow along) SABATON - To Hell And Back If you have seen and read through this comment thank you and I hope to see some more Sabaton reactions from you guys, you are amazing keep up the good work!
Acousticly, this is one of the slowest most somber tuned songs of Sabato, it is a cover from Motörhead, but it fits perfectly to Sabaton, too. and they managed to enhance the pathos and emotional impact of the original (which was alredy pretty heavy in that regard). All of Sabaton's Songs are about historic events or remarkable persons around wars and human conflicts, most songs revolve around the two world wars, but some of their best songs feature more ancient conflicts, like "lifetime of War" about the 30 year war, The Winged Hussars, telling the story of the Polish cavalry saving Vienna from the Osman invaders or The Last Stand, one of their most epic songs, telling the story of the Swizz Guard defendeing the pope during the sacking of Rome in 1527.
Sabaton is an excellent example of why metal is so powerful -- the lyrics, musicianship, and vocals. Cheers to Motörhead for bringing this song into being and reminding us of the stark realities of WWI and war in general, and to Sabaton for continuing to carry this torch. And to you both for your moving reaction. This is in no way to take away from the sacrifice of the British soldiers honoured in this song and how my heart breaks for them and their families; as a Canadian, I want to mention the Newfoundland regiment that followed in the 3rd wave of attacks on that day. Again, a regiment made up mostly of volunteers. They were stationed near Beaumont Hame, and most were killed or wounded before they even made it to No Man's Land. This battle is also forever seared into the cultural memory of the Newfoundland and Labrador people. Of the Newfoundland Regiment, only 68 men were left standing, with more than 700 killed, wounded or missing. As it was for the towns in northern Lancashire and southern Yorkshire, an entire generation was lost.
the girl who steps out of the building in the military uniform is the lead pilot of the Nightwitches, the Spartans within the marching troupe of soldiers is an obvious one, the car is the one in which Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, the people on the horses were Robert the Bruce and his brother, there was the obvious Lemmy tribute, and near the end with the two biplanes was a tribute to the Red Baron and the B-17 that shortly followed after them was a tribute to Charlie Brown and Franz Stiglar when Franz Stiglar refused to shoot Charlie down and instead guided him back to safety over Allied lines. all of these people they have a song for. this one being Lemmy's with cameo's of all of the above mentioned people.
Thank you for your reaction to this video. Emotionally! As mentioned, Sabaton is all about making songs for war history, not always as sad as this one, but important to remember. They also have their own history channel on TH-cam to describe the background for the music and lyrics. This song is not in the power metal category as many of their own songs are. However, they don't consider themselves a power metal band, just Sabaton. I can strongly recommend the songs mentioned in other comments. I do not see a recommendation for their song "Inmate 4859" though. That one is a banger along with the follow up on their history channel. A totally insane story that must be remembered for the future.
Originally a Motorhead song and well worth a listen in it's own right. Lemmy wrote the song and the other two Motorhead members Phil Campbell and Mickey Dee feature several times in the Sabaton video . Perhaps one of the hardest hitting antiwar songs ever written .
Apart from the very important and rich songs like No Bullets Fly, Christmas Truce, Hearts of Iron etc. I can absolutely recommend Swedish Pagans - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019. The fun the band has with the fans (and vice versa) is just great.
Y'all should watch more Sabaton. Their whole thing is to tell the stories of the conflicts and wars of times past. Not just the rhetoric and well known stories, but ensuring heroic deeds and sacrifices are remembered. They are as much history teachers as they are a metal band and they are my favorite band of all time!
Been following you guys for over 2 years now, can't believe you haven't reacted to Sabaton before. I would recomend SABATON - Bismarck SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video) SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video) Btw their drummer Hannes Van Dahl is married to Floor Jansen :)
You happened upon a bit typical bit somehow still typical video by Sabaton. A very emotional story as they are able to produce, making us all cry. For the more energetic, powerful music you talked about, there is plenty of it out there. Try Bismarck, Winged Hussars, Attack of the Dead Men, 40:1.
Welcome to the world of Sabaton where every song is a lesson about history. Most of their tracks are pounding power metal tracks but they throw in an occasional balad every now and then. Check out Ghost Division for an example of their harder work or En Livstid E Krig ( it's Swedish so turn subtitles on ) for another slow tear jerker
Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. and also an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs. Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, jusg lkke you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron epic videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Defence of Moscow, self explained. Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. these are just some, there are plenty more.
My grandfather, William Morgan, was taken out of the trenches in 1916 and brought back to Barrow in Furness in Cumberland to build submarines - he was a very good engineer.
Check out the old Irish song "The green fields of France" it is without a doubt one of the most heart wrenching songs written about the great war, no one writes a ballad like the Irish. Most recently it has been covered by the Dropkick Murpheys. Also, for all its comedic genius, the tv series Blackadder goes forth (which has a superb cast) delivers some equally gut wrenching moments. In particular the very last episode where they all go over the top. I would say it is one of the finest depictions of the great war, and one of the most poignant moments in British TV history.
Yes, agree about Black Adder. After watching some of the Sabaton songs about WWI, I was thinking of that show, and of them going over the top of the trench at the end: A very strong image for the satirical show.
Lemmy was a genius writing this piece and Sabaton did a great job "doing their thing" with it. But the original with Lemmys voice touches the heart even more deep. Maybe check it out!
I could tell the song was affecting Lulu: I could see her hand clenching. You two made a good reaction video! Other exceptionally well made videos by Sabaton are Christmas Truce, Soldier of Heaven, and No Bullets Fly (I recommend watching the animated music video version for that last one).
I would recommend Sabatons songs - No Bullets Fly (Music Video specifically), Night Witches (Music Video Specifically) and Christmas Truce to name but a few of their great work
I am ret. military, my son is now 16, there is no way in hell, any 16 year old is equipped or should be fighting a war in the modern ere when men of my age ( 55) are more then capable of giving that sacrifice instead of their children. Almost every song these guys put out is an emotional rollercoaster.
How classy are Sabaton? They spend 5 minutes crediting everyone involved in bringing to life an amazing 5 minute video. This is a rare cover from Sabaton. They have quite a back catalog of amazing stuff, and I definitely recommend digging into it further. A couple of other awesome videos of theirs are Bismarck, Soldier of Heaven, and Christmas Truce, but really any of their stuff is worth checking out. And if you want the stories behind the songs, the history that they're based on, they have an entire TH-cam channel for it, called (logically enough) the Sabaton History Channel.
Yet another emotional video is the live recording of En Livstid I Krig, I cry like a baby every time (just make sure you switch subs on as it's in Swedish). For a faster hard-hitter, check out "Into the Fire"
Christmas Truce No Bullets Fly 1916 The Price of a Mile The Final Solution Inmate 4859 Flanders Fields Are just some of the big time sad songs/stories from Sabaton. 100/10 would recommend
The line about adding two years to their age really touches home, one of my grandfather's grew up as a sharecropper and lied about his age to go fight in Korea at the tender age of 16 and got to celebrate his 17th birthday in the battle of Chosin. Did multiple tours in Vietnam and stayed in till retirement.
As has been previously stated, every song is a lesson. As to what to listen to next? There's "The Christmas Truce", but two of my favourites are "The Night Witches" and "Attack of the Dead Men". Both of them are about Russia fighting back in incredible ways. I won't spoil the songs though....
Another power metal band worth checking out is Unleash The Archers from Canada. Most people start down that rabbit hole with the full band playthrough of "Awakening".
Though this song isn't the best to show Sabaton's usual style, it's great at showing Sabaton's usual message, telling stories that need to be remembered in military history without glorifying the war. Though not all are so somber, some of the faster, more upbeat songs are fun to listen to without compromising that ideal.
Sabaton is not just musicians, they are modern day bards. Most of their songs are about historical war events told without glorifying it but rather make it a point to show how horrible war really is. They do not only sing about it, they also have their own History Cannel (Sabaton History) where they go into the details of the events they' sang about with an actual historian. Since you liked this one I suggest you continue by watching their song "Christmas Truce" which is about the spontaneous truce that occurred in 1914 along the front lines in WWi and "No Bullets Fly (animated version)" which is about... well I won't spoil it, you'll just have to find out for yourselves. And bring tissues.
This song is a tribute to Motörhead with a song with the same name and the passing of Lenny rip . I recommend the no bullets fly ( animated story video)
What else should we check out from Sabaton?
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React to the original version please. Motorhead - 1916
There is a colab with sabaton and Apocalyptica "Angles Calling" that is really good. And the Italian band Nanowar of steel just did a song with with sabaton lead singer in the style of sabaton called 1994. I think of nanowar of steel as a power metal weird al.
Bismarck Officiell music video you can do next. Sabaton are a great band
Bismarck!! 🤩
Sabaton is a band with a loooong list of history based music. and also an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs.
Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, jusg lkke you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it.
Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them)
No bullets fly
Night witches
Lady of the dark
Red baron
epic videos.
Bismark, about the sinking of the ship
Defence of Moscow, self explained.
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performances
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war.
these are just some, there are plenty more.
Sabaton is a history lesson in every song. They have their own niche in doing this and they do it very well.
What I love most is Sabaton doesn't glorify causes or nations or generals but rather the actual soldiers who were out there doing the fighting and dying for a cause they had nothing to do with.
@@JeshuaSquirrel very good way to phrase that
As stated before in the comments, this is a cover of a Motörhead song. The two guys standing in the door opening at 4:29 are Mikke Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture they are carrying is of Lemmy Kilmister the bassist and singer of Motörhead.
RIP Lemmy.
I wish he was alive to have seen Sabaton's take on his beautiful song.
@@FreakyGremlinDK I'm sure he would have approved of this take.
RIP Lemmy
not also the bassist and singer of Motörhead, Lemmy basically worte and produced 1916 without the other band members
@@jonasthemovie nope, 1916 was done by Lemmy himself
@@suit1337 I was replying to the guy claiming Eddie being Gene, carrying the photo of Lemmy. Sorry
Sabaton - Swedish band that only does songs about military and war history. This one as you saw was a cover of a Motörhead song but they made the cover power-metal. All of Sabaton's songs are war and military history based except for their very first album. People learn a lot of history when listening to Sabaton and they make history very interesting. They combine their history with awesome power-metal and they sound awesome
my favourite atm is not even a military history song but more of a philosophical one... it's called Father... discovered it when making my Biomechanist dnd artificer character (next lvl [lvl 5] I can make biological bombs to poison enemies from within (gas bombs basically)
And it makes people want to learn what they are talking about. in that way mabe we hopefully change the world.
@@kevinkelly9342 They even have a second youtube channel where they go in-depth about the history their songs are based on.
No Bullets Fly and Christmas Truce is two really emotional songs from Sabaton 🤘💥
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Yes and yes… sabaton all songs are powerfull in a way. I love lion from the north and that ticks something in me
I still love Bismark and Red Baron as my top 2 faves.
And "En Livstid i Krig" live from Gothenburg (remember subtitles).
For me as someone living in Jamtland about 100km from Duved, I also like Imperii Ruina and Konungens Likfärd as they are part of the history in my region.
Sabaton- No bullets fly (animated story) is definitely worth checking out. An awesome song with and incredible story behind it. ;)
1916 is a cover of the mötorhead song of the same title. Written and performed by Lemmy Killmeister in dedication to the British soldiers of ww1. The video is also a dedication to all soldiers, as you can tell from the Spartans, knights, harlem hellfighters, the Australian auxiliary, the ww2 soldiers, the night witch. The convertible is a replica of the car archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in sparking the war in 1914.
They're definitely worth a listen. Sabaton's serious about telling their stories, to the point that they have their own history channel here on TH-cam that tells the history behind all their songs hosted by Indy Neidell (who also has a fantastic series on World War I as well as, more recently, World War II). If you really want to watch a passion project of theirs, the official music video for Christmas Truce is a must-watch. They spent years fine tuning that song because they wanted to get it exactly right, and the passion definitely shows in the music video.
Another must-watch would be the live video for En Livstid i Krig, which *really* needs to be watched with subtitles on (unless you happen to be fluent in the Swedish language, at least). It's from the point of view of a Swedish soldier during the 30 Years War, and it's definitely every bit as emotional as this one. Examples of some livelier songs with proper videos would be Night Witches (the animated story video is excellent), Screaming Eagles (an older song but definitely a solid one, live-action video), Lady of the Dark (another animated story video), and The Red Baron (also has an excellent animated story video). What's The Price of a Mile? only has a lyric video (though there are some fan-made music videos floating around), but that one's...dark. *Fantastic*, but there's definitely a depressing sound to it...which fits, because it's about the Battle of Passchendaele. Which was just the embodiment of everything pointless and brutal about trench warfare, and the Sabaton History channel's video on it definitely hammers it home.
If you liked this song I suggest watching sabatons Christmas truce song. It's an amazing song about a truly miraculous event!
I concur
You definitely need something to lift your spirits after hearing this song.
@@ShamanMcLamielion from the north or screaming eagles
Indeed. The video is even better with an outro, that didn't make it on the album. I appreciate you watched the whole video including intro and credits.
there was no fucking christmas in ww1 trenches....
Sabaton is a modern Bard band.
They sing tales of both heroism and tragedy, of great men and terrible monsters, of battles fought in hopeless defiance, to crucial fights that determined wars.
Some other songs of the tragedy that is World War I includes Price of a Mile, Cliffs of Gallipoli, Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, Versailles and War to End All Wars. There's also a song they incorporated, but don't sing, called Flanders Fields, which recites the poem by Lt Col John William McCrae with the angelic voices of a choir. No guitars, no hard riffs or banging drums. Just voices singing a dirge for the fallen dead.
Such songs make grown men weep at the terrible cost of war.
If you don't shed a tear during this video... You should check yourself in. So much emotion in this song. Sabaton did a beautiful job of covering this song.
Welcome to the Sabaton Army! Thank you for your heartfelt reaction to this song, I cry every time I watch it. I hope you continue your journey with this band. This band's "mission" is to bring history to music so people don't forget what the cost of war is. But they also sing about acts of heroism. You might try next, as others have suggested, Christmas Truce to start with. For the best live video you want En livstid i krig. It's in Swedish but there are subtitles and it will knock your socks off!
Sabaton is the band that make me cry more often than any other - see also _Christmas_ _Truce_ (official music video) and _No_ _Bullets_ _Fly_ (animated story video), for starters. I saw them perform this live in Leeds on the first night of the current tour, and it was so emotional. So let's raise a few glasses: to Birmingham, birthplace of metal; to Lemmy (RIP); to Sabaton; and to those who sacrificed so much. My wife's grandfather was one of those who lied about his age - he was only _14_ when he went to the Front! He got out alive, thanks to some amazing luck: he was wounded and taken to a field hospital, and his own father was there at the same time. He swore a lot when he saw his son, then wrote to his wife back home explaining the situation. She in turn sent evidence of their boy's age to the War Office and they pulled him out. After he came home he never spoke to anyone in the family about his experiences. Greetings from South Yorkshire - Lest We Forget.
I broke down in tears😢 amazing! And a great reactionvideo. You are so sweet
This is one of the best covers ever! And the video with the remaining Motörhead carrying a picture of Lemmy in it such a statement. This and Jonny Cash doing Hurt is such a magical moment.
When it comes to Sabaton, you can never go wrong. They are passionate storytellers for war history and heroism. What they never do is glorify war. They just tell you the story, and they always make it historical correct and in a way that makes you want to know more.
A few suggestions;
Christmas Truce (official video)
Great war
Ghost Division
Bismark
The final stand
En livstid I krig, live Gothemburg (cc on)
Uprising live Woodstock
No Bullets Fly animated story
Nightwitches full animated story
These will give you history lessons dating from 1527 up to WWII
480 bc to modern day. They tend to stay away from modern conflict. Mainly focusing on ww1 and ww2
@@hoss3548 They have a few for recent conflicts, "Back In Control" (Falklands War, 1982), "Panzer Battalion" (Iraq Invasion, 2003), "Camouflage" (Vietnam), "Into the Fire" (Vietnam), "Reign of Terror" (Gulf War, 1992), "Counterstrike" (Six Day War, 1967), and "Hill 3234" (Soviet-Afghan War, 1980's).
Sabaton did another song about another wasteful WW1 battle. Called "Price of a Mile" A true power metal song would be "Bismark" . A lot of the characters form their songs are in this video, They were marching behind the band. I found these guys 3 years ago, and saw them once last year live. Best concert I have ever been to.
Don't think that Price for a Mile is as good as this. Especially when it's compared with Iron Maiden "Paschendale" 'bout the same battle in bloody marshes.
Price of a Mile is also about the Battle of the Somme which is what 1916 refers to in the end the MV
@@thesaltyengineer6086 No I think it was about Passchendaele which happened in 1917 also known as the Third Battle of Ypres: July 31 to November 6, 1917
Sabaton is so god damn amazing taking only one side in wars, the common soldiers side, everything they might have had to go through or experience in all types of wars and points of views.
This is why their songs and especially their music videos hit so hard, they make you feel for every soldier of war, not matter side in all wars, it is only people and sabaton makes that abundantly clear!
Sabaton is my top favorite band of all time and I only discovered them a couple of years ago. Such beautiful and important messages they share
They are phenomenal storytellers and they choose good stories to tell. In addition, they have their own TH-cam history channel to give the full story behind almost every song. You will get plenty of suggestions and you can't go wrong with any of them.
You guys are amazing ! The best reaction to this song I have seen yet, Sabaton is amazing, I’m 65 and cried like a baby watching and listening to this song, I subscribed.
Thank you from Canada.
This is how all Sabaton songs are. Everything they do, you tell they love and have passion for telling forgotten stories. They have the ability to make you patriotic for countries of all sides of the war including the Germans ww2.
They do stories on all sides of war.
First time i came across your channel. I hope you react to more Sabaton music. They're a metal band from Sweden that makes music from different wars and events in history. They dont take sides and sings about almost anything and everyone.
Every song is a history lesson.
Greetings from Sweden!
I saw the Sabaton video for the first time today. It brought tears to my eyes.
One of the best reactions. Good job, and if I had to choose Sabaton is probably my all time favorite band. The stories never grow too old.
For anyone with a heart, this song punches you in the face with the pain. The first world war troops will always have my respect since they did not know what was ahead and believed the old lie "dulce decorum est".
You should watch everything with sabaton :) even there history channel also this is a cover of motörheads 1916 that Lemmy wrote, amazing tribute to lemmy and motörhead :)
Welcome to sabaton :-). this is what they do. All of their music is about history, mostly war history. They don't take sides, they just tell the stories, mostly from the perspective of common soldiers. And they do it with great passion. Check out the Sabaton history channel on youtube where to go in to greater depth for every one of their songs. I would suggest christmas truce as your next video, also about WW I. No bullets fly, the animated video is also a good choice. Thanks for the reaction and see you next time.
Motorhead wrote the song. Fun fact the band mates from Motorhead was in the video holding a picture of Lemmy at 4:34. Both Sabaton and Motorhead are very into culture and history.
Welcome to the SABATON journey! From now You will be SABATON fans forever. All songs will effect you! 🤘
NEED to do more sabaton, so many truly amazing songs from them
Hey guys. Just like other Sabaton songs, like "Final Solution," "Prisoner #4589," "Price of a Mile," "Christmas Truce," "No Bullets Fly," and even "Night Witches" -- all of these are stories that Sabaton, because they put them into song, like other bands such as Iron Maiden or Motorhead, immortalize them for as long as we remember them.
Because I am of the belief that we are only forgotten when we are no longer remembered by the living. And there are many stories of humanity amidst a battlefield, even simply the experiences of living through a battlefield, that are lost to time. In my lifetime, I have seen the death of the last World War I veteran of any nation who fought in that war, and the same, I presume, will be true when the last Second World War veteran passes in the next 10 to 15 years, along with the last Holocaust survivor.
The stories we should remember are the ones that hit the hardest. That are the most poignant. The ones that tear at our hearts and souls...because it is those stories that remind us that we are human. That remind us of who we are. That remind us that we are a contradiction-filled species, and that we are capable of both the greatest good, as well as capable of the ultimate evil.
If I may make a recommendation, it is to react to "All the Works of Nature in the World -- Ad Astra," by Tuomas Holopainen, the composer for Nightwish. In it, you'll hear an excerpt from "Pale Blue Dot" by Dr. Carl Sagan, who will make you reconsider how much you think you know about this planet we call "Home."
Sabaton are a swedish band who make songs from historic events, heroes, battles, bravery and heroism from all around the world.
They never pick sides, they only tell stories and are true masters of it.
If you havent listened to Sabaton until now you have a deeeeeeep rabbit hole to discover.
Great reaction.😢
Next Sabaton please: 7 Pillars of Wisdom.
The story of T.E Lawrence who led the Arab revolt against the Turks during WW1 and later became known as Lawrence of Arabia.
"We've heard about, but never checked out."
Oh.
Oh no.
Thank you for your beautiful reaction to this ultimate tribute song, originally written by Lemmy of Motorhead.
This is a Motörhead song and one of the most powerful anti-war songs I've ever heard.
What makes the original even more powerful that it's a somber and slow song with violins and cleans vocals, on album of a band known more for rough guitars and barking lyrics.
1916, anti-war? I think not. Rather something gritty and grim as the reality of war is. Not a "trigger-happy" song, neither a "draft-dodger" song, but something about the harsh reality.
@@Briselance Yes, anti-war. Showing the harsh reality is literally the best argument against war there is.
They have a song called "en livstid i krig" a life time at war, its in swedish but there is a live consert that is texted in english.
That is a realy powerful song.
Yeah was a tribute not only to the soldiers but also for Motorhead, RIP Lemmy
The original song was "1916" from Motorhead and in the Sabaton's version there was many references to the band
This is one of the softer songs but they have soooo much! They have gotten awards for the History telling in their music. Its music of real history Telling, from "modern" wars to the wars in the 1500houndreds, Sabaton is one of the best bands we have in Sweden, with the music but also live shows, this really is a band you should listen to even more and explore!!! 🙌🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
Sabaton is a great band with powerful songs of soldiers.
Sabaton is one of my top favorite metal bands. They make awesome videos and songs. Like others wrote, I agree you will like Christmas Truce by Sabaton. It also brings water into my eyes as well. It is about a sign of humanity in war, but also shows how merciless war can be.
I had not heard of this group either, but I love the message of the performance. No one should trivialize the cost of war.
Another Power Ballad done well by SABATON. SABATON'S "Soldier of Heaven" is a story (known as White Friday) about Soldiers Buried in Avalanches in the Italian Mountains in 1916 and they are still buried in the snow and ice on those mountains today.....106+ years later.
Sabaton is a history lesson in every song. Check out their great hits like Bismarck and Christmas Truce
Great reaction and welcome to an awesome rabbit hole!🤘 Looking forward to see you react to more Sabaton!😃
I put a few suggestions in another comment, but I forgotten the most important one: "Lion from the North" (official lyric video. About a badass king of the Swedish Empire during the 30 years war).
Greetings from Sweden! 🤘🇸🇪
Really enjoyed your reaction to this video. Would absolutley love to watch some more reactions to Sabaton from you guys. Been reading some of the commens and there are some great recommendations down there but ill leave a few of my own aswell. And just to touch on what other people said, one of the most notable aspects of Sabaton's music is their lyrical content, which revolves around historical events, particularly military history.
Sabaton's stage presence is also worth mentioning. Sabaton is known for their energetic and enthusiastic live performances, which often include historical imagery, props, and pyrotechnics. So would definatley recommend watching some of their live performances aswell as their cinematic masterpieces.
Recommendations for future reactions:
SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg) This should be the live performance which is best, it is also in Swedish (there is an english version but not as good) but has English lyrics.
SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video) Great history video with an amazing ending aswell as a musical masterpiece.
SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)
SABATON - The Price Of A Mile (Official Lyric Video)
Those are some great recommendations and ill add a few honorbale mentions aswell, it's hard to not put them all on the list above because they are in my opinion all great.
SABATON - 40:1
SABATON - Ghost Division (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) (Should be the video posted by the channel "Nuclear Blast Records") This is the live version from Woodstock
SABATON - BISMARCK (This is almost like a movie, and well has a story line to it if you follow along)
SABATON - To Hell And Back
If you have seen and read through this comment thank you and I hope to see some more Sabaton reactions from you guys, you are amazing keep up the good work!
Acousticly, this is one of the slowest most somber tuned songs of Sabato, it is a cover from Motörhead, but it fits perfectly to Sabaton, too. and they managed to enhance the pathos and emotional impact of the original (which was alredy pretty heavy in that regard). All of Sabaton's Songs are about historic events or remarkable persons around wars and human conflicts, most songs revolve around the two world wars, but some of their best songs feature more ancient conflicts, like "lifetime of War" about the 30 year war, The Winged Hussars, telling the story of the Polish cavalry saving Vienna from the Osman invaders or The Last Stand, one of their most epic songs, telling the story of the Swizz Guard defendeing the pope during the sacking of Rome in 1527.
Great reaction my great grandfather was at the somme he was wounded and lost his left eye but I guess he was a lucky one
beautiful reaction guys. Sabaton hits where it hurts.
Sabaton is an excellent example of why metal is so powerful -- the lyrics, musicianship, and vocals. Cheers to Motörhead for bringing this song into being and reminding us of the stark realities of WWI and war in general, and to Sabaton for continuing to carry this torch. And to you both for your moving reaction. This is in no way to take away from the sacrifice of the British soldiers honoured in this song and how my heart breaks for them and their families; as a Canadian, I want to mention the Newfoundland regiment that followed in the 3rd wave of attacks on that day. Again, a regiment made up mostly of volunteers. They were stationed near Beaumont Hame, and most were killed or wounded before they even made it to No Man's Land. This battle is also forever seared into the cultural memory of the Newfoundland and Labrador people. Of the Newfoundland Regiment, only 68 men were left standing, with more than 700 killed, wounded or missing. As it was for the towns in northern Lancashire and southern Yorkshire, an entire generation was lost.
the girl who steps out of the building in the military uniform is the lead pilot of the Nightwitches, the Spartans within the marching troupe of soldiers is an obvious one, the car is the one in which Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, the people on the horses were Robert the Bruce and his brother, there was the obvious Lemmy tribute, and near the end with the two biplanes was a tribute to the Red Baron and the B-17 that shortly followed after them was a tribute to Charlie Brown and Franz Stiglar when Franz Stiglar refused to shoot Charlie down and instead guided him back to safety over Allied lines. all of these people they have a song for. this one being Lemmy's with cameo's of all of the above mentioned people.
Thank you for your reaction to this video. Emotionally!
As mentioned, Sabaton is all about making songs for war history, not always as sad as this one, but important to remember.
They also have their own history channel on TH-cam to describe the background for the music and lyrics.
This song is not in the power metal category as many of their own songs are. However, they don't consider themselves a power metal band, just Sabaton.
I can strongly recommend the songs mentioned in other comments. I do not see a recommendation for their song "Inmate 4859" though. That one is a banger along with the follow up on their history channel. A totally insane story that must be remembered for the future.
Originally a Motorhead song and well worth a listen in it's own right. Lemmy wrote the song and the other two Motorhead members Phil Campbell and Mickey Dee feature several times in the Sabaton video . Perhaps one of the hardest hitting antiwar songs ever written .
Apart from the very important and rich songs like No Bullets Fly, Christmas Truce, Hearts of Iron etc. I can absolutely recommend Swedish Pagans - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019. The fun the band has with the fans (and vice versa) is just great.
Sabaton is a power metal / historian band! all of their stuff is historically awesome.
Whether it's Sabaton's grand and complex version, or Motorhead's simple and raw original, the "food for the gun" part gets me every time.
Y'all should watch more Sabaton. Their whole thing is to tell the stories of the conflicts and wars of times past. Not just the rhetoric and well known stories, but ensuring heroic deeds and sacrifices are remembered. They are as much history teachers as they are a metal band and they are my favorite band of all time!
Been following you guys for over 2 years now, can't believe you haven't reacted to Sabaton before. I would recomend
SABATON - Bismarck
SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video)
SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)
Btw their drummer Hannes Van Dahl is married to Floor Jansen :)
It's amazing how many new things we discover. We love it!
And Floor Jansen is married to the drummer?! No way!
Love then even more!!
You happened upon a bit typical bit somehow still typical video by Sabaton. A very emotional story as they are able to produce, making us all cry.
For the more energetic, powerful music you talked about, there is plenty of it out there.
Try Bismarck, Winged Hussars, Attack of the Dead Men, 40:1.
Welcome to the world of Sabaton where every song is a lesson about history. Most of their tracks are pounding power metal tracks but they throw in an occasional balad every now and then. Check out Ghost Division for an example of their harder work or En Livstid E Krig ( it's Swedish so turn subtitles on ) for another slow tear jerker
I agree the Christmas truce of 1914 is incredibly powerful..they played it live in Boston in Nov last year when I got to see them.
By listening to Sabaton, you've opened a door you'll never be able to close.
Exactly. Your simple sentence sums up the experience completely.
Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. and also an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs.
Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, jusg lkke you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it.
Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them)
No bullets fly
Night witches
Lady of the dark
Red baron
epic videos.
Bismark, about the sinking of the ship
Defence of Moscow, self explained.
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performances
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war.
these are just some, there are plenty more.
sabaton is my all time favorite band, 100% music based on history
My grandfather, William Morgan, was taken out of the trenches in 1916 and brought back to Barrow in Furness in Cumberland to build submarines - he was a very good engineer.
It gets me every time 😢
Check out the old Irish song "The green fields of France" it is without a doubt one of the most heart wrenching songs written about the great war, no one writes a ballad like the Irish. Most recently it has been covered by the Dropkick Murpheys. Also, for all its comedic genius, the tv series Blackadder goes forth (which has a superb cast) delivers some equally gut wrenching moments. In particular the very last episode where they all go over the top. I would say it is one of the finest depictions of the great war, and one of the most poignant moments in British TV history.
Yes, agree about Black Adder. After watching some of the Sabaton songs about WWI, I was thinking of that show, and of them going over the top of the trench at the end: A very strong image for the satirical show.
Lemmy was a genius writing this piece and Sabaton did a great job "doing their thing" with it. But the original with Lemmys voice touches the heart even more deep. Maybe check it out!
Hi there old friends! Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole! ❤😊
I could tell the song was affecting Lulu: I could see her hand clenching. You two made a good reaction video!
Other exceptionally well made videos by Sabaton are Christmas Truce, Soldier of Heaven, and No Bullets Fly (I recommend watching the animated music video version for that last one).
You are just wonderful in your reaction.
welcome to the rabbit hole of great Sabaton songs
I would recommend Sabatons songs - No Bullets Fly (Music Video specifically), Night Witches (Music Video Specifically) and Christmas Truce to name but a few of their great work
Great cover and video of a criminally underrated Motorhead song. Well done.
The acting in this video is incredible. The young British boy/soldier is heartbreaking. The fear on his face is palpable.
This Reaction video is the Best I have seen. You seem like 2 Very Caring People. Well Done. Love and Best Wishes to you Both.
Yep. This is a powerful song.
When they played it at Wembley Arena the whole audience just listened
Great tribute
i wish Lemmy was alive to have been a part of this, im sure he would have loved to have joined this march
Thank you for the reaction! You both are beautiful people. Greetings from Sweden!
I am ret. military, my son is now 16, there is no way in hell, any 16 year old is equipped or should be fighting a war in the modern ere when men of my age ( 55) are more then capable of giving that sacrifice instead of their children. Almost every song these guys put out is an emotional rollercoaster.
How classy are Sabaton? They spend 5 minutes crediting everyone involved in bringing to life an amazing 5 minute video.
This is a rare cover from Sabaton. They have quite a back catalog of amazing stuff, and I definitely recommend digging into it further. A couple of other awesome videos of theirs are Bismarck, Soldier of Heaven, and Christmas Truce, but really any of their stuff is worth checking out. And if you want the stories behind the songs, the history that they're based on, they have an entire TH-cam channel for it, called (logically enough) the Sabaton History Channel.
Once we replace, hate, anger and fear, with love, compassion and gratitude. We will truly live.
If you want to hear some power metal that Sabaton is known for I recommend Ghost Division there live performance.
Yet another emotional video is the live recording of En Livstid I Krig, I cry like a baby every time (just make sure you switch subs on as it's in Swedish). For a faster hard-hitter, check out "Into the Fire"
im actually going to a concert from sabaton this tuesday and im so fucking hyped for it
You should give Sabatons "No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video)" a chance, its another powerful video with a story with a little bit of light in it.
Some are still buried at the Somme, forever to remain nameless and forgotten.
In war, there are no winners and losers only victims.
I'm from a small town in Lancashire so it's hits hard.
Christmas Truce
No Bullets Fly
1916
The Price of a Mile
The Final Solution
Inmate 4859
Flanders Fields
Are just some of the big time sad songs/stories from Sabaton. 100/10 would recommend
The line about adding two years to their age really touches home, one of my grandfather's grew up as a sharecropper and lied about his age to go fight in Korea at the tender age of 16 and got to celebrate his 17th birthday in the battle of Chosin. Did multiple tours in Vietnam and stayed in till retirement.
There is nothing gloryful whit battle the soner ppl learn that the better. Genuin reaction my friends keep up your good work 😊
As has been previously stated, every song is a lesson. As to what to listen to next? There's "The Christmas Truce", but two of my favourites are "The Night Witches" and "Attack of the Dead Men". Both of them are about Russia fighting back in incredible ways. I won't spoil the songs though....
Another power metal band worth checking out is Unleash The Archers from Canada. Most people start down that rabbit hole with the full band playthrough of "Awakening".
before the guitar kicked in i already feel the emotional weight of the lyrics
Though this song isn't the best to show Sabaton's usual style, it's great at showing Sabaton's usual message, telling stories that need to be remembered in military history without glorifying the war.
Though not all are so somber, some of the faster, more upbeat songs are fun to listen to without compromising that ideal.
A retired soldier, and I am crying along with you.
They are the band who make veterans cry
Sabaton is not just musicians, they are modern day bards. Most of their songs are about historical war events told without glorifying it but rather make it a point to show how horrible war really is. They do not only sing about it, they also have their own History Cannel (Sabaton History) where they go into the details of the events they' sang about with an actual historian.
Since you liked this one I suggest you continue by watching their song "Christmas Truce" which is about the spontaneous truce that occurred in 1914 along the front lines in WWi and "No Bullets Fly (animated version)" which is about... well I won't spoil it, you'll just have to find out for yourselves. And bring tissues.
Banger after banger after banger!!!
This song is a tribute to Motörhead with a song with the same name and the passing of Lenny rip . I recommend the no bullets fly ( animated story video)