A major World War I campaign on the Western Front, the Battle of Passchendaele took place from July 31 to November 10, 1917, between the Allied forces and the Germans in Flanders. They were fighting for control of the ridges south and east of Ypres. This battle accounted for over half a million deaths. Read more about the Battle of Passchendaele 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/battle-of-passchendaele-begins/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/TH-cam ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
105 years on, this song is still relevant, amd perhaps ready for an update. It kind of accurately tells the stories of the Russian mobiks in trenches around Bakhmut, Svatove, Avdiivka, and all the other places along the Donbas frontline. It kind of tell the stories of the Ukrainians, too, except for the fact that they are not far away from home, and they know full well what they are fighting for.
A direct reference to the Battle of the Somme. 6 miles of ground was won by the Allies; and all it cost us was 600,000 casualties on our side. Horrifying, isn't it? The definition of a human meat grinder. 59,000 casualties on the first day alone; and the battle lasted 140 days.
Idk if anyone else has pointed out but I honestly can't get over how the song ends with the repeat of "Thousands of feet march to the beat, it's an army in despair" over and over again, continuing on even as the song ends. It's reflective of WWI as a whole in a weird way. Men constantly being thrown in waves and waves towards the enemy, repeating the same tactic every single time hoping that this will be the one instance where they'll actually win. The line is chilling enough but the repeat is what always gets me a little emotional. Not a clue if Sabaton did this on purpose or I'm reading too much into it, but it really takes this song to another level imo.
I agree. Its like it is just unending, the slog of the war keeps going, so much to become the background for your thoughts, because it lets you have a bit of time to think about what just happened in the song.
usually, saying stuff like 'this is so deep' is considered cringey, but sabaton is a big exception. they capture the picture of the battles, events and wars perfectly.
"Half a million men are gone" Half a million mothers crying Half a million friends grieving Half a million kids fatherless Half a million hearts stopped Half a million men are gone
This almost hits me because my great, great grandad was in the Battle of the Somme (which we covered in school). He survived and got a medal, but lost an arm during the war. But from what I remember during school, I don’t think that we covered the Battle of Passchendaele. I liked learning about history in school, but I feel like every time I listen to your songs, I’m given a new history lesson. We didn’t cover as much as I would’ve loved to in school, which I feel like is almost an insult to the stories that we never hear. You have my deepest respect, thank you for keeping the memories of the fallen alive.
I salute your great great grandad. And I agree with you about the missed topics schools don’t teach us. There’s so many good things that interests me, but the interesting stuff doesn’t get mentioned in school, so I, when I have time, like to find good events that happened. Sabaton helped with that, along with Mark Felton, The Front, etc. who are all history channels.
@@noahmcclure6871 and despite all of the mud and all of the blood, the Canadians still took Passchendaele. As terrible as it was, I am still proud of what my countrymen accomplished.
i dont blame the schools that much tho, they were such big conflicts that going through every major battle would prove to take a lot of time, a lot more than they would have.
As a medic, I saw the end of the Afghanistan War on Terror and saw the Taliban take back over. We achieved nothing in the end, and things went back to exactly how they were before we left. Which left me with a pit in my stomach because like the lyrics in this song ask "What was the purpose of it all?"
Truly the last few "wars" were just America really making a situation worse for the people our soldiers claimed to help. I salute you for your service.
Amen! Doc! IRAQ GWOT VET HERE SAME FEELING I GOT ABOUT THE END OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN! BUT THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLITICIANS DON'T LET US DO OUR JOBS! ROE IS THE SAME AS COMPLACENCY BUT POLITICIANS WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT WE DO! RESPECT TO YOU BROTHER ! IGYOR6
"Six miles of ground has been won Half a million men are gone" Probably my fav with cliffs of gallipoli in art of war album. May all died in Great War rest in peace.
I actually did the calculations and for every mile gain total by both the Central and allied Powers throughout the entire first world war 50,000 soldiers died per mile
I'm sure we all have one but this is one of the songs about a battle a relative of mine was at, Lance corporal Edwin O'Brien of the 12th battalion Middlesex regiment who was honourably discahrged a week before the end of the war after being shot multiple times in his left arm. May all of the men who fought in this unholdy horrific battle rest
@@geoshark12 Only two of their songs have actually managed to make me cry, Cliffs of Gallipoli and 1916 This song still pulls at my emotions but it doesn't make me actually cry
The greatest failure of Humanity is that we've had the first war, the world war, the War on Terror, fought in Asia, in Europe, in Africa, in North America, in South America, in Oceania, in every country from the North Pole to the South Pole, but we've never had the Last War.
General Currie was NOT a donkey. He was one of the few competent military commanders in WW1. That was why the Canadian Corps took Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
that’s not true at all. They didn’t just throw their men at the enemy , this was a transitional period in war, new tech, new tactics, new outlooks. Of course they weren’t rommel levels of tank commanders. This is obvious today, a large mixed assault with tanks, aircraft and tanks to break through a small area in the enemies defense to force them to retreat or flank them. This was the only the case at the tail end of the war where the fighting was more like what we’d see in ww2. This always happens with the help of foresight. (defending the ardennes as a example of foresight) let me remind you, the last major war was fought 110 years ago with muskets, large shoulder by shoulder line battalion, extensive use of cavalry, cannons so it’s pretty forgiving that they didn’t know how to use the new tech at top top shape. Not to mention this was the first major war to have a static line and not the old school going through the countryside then fight the enemy, then take the capital, this was a war fought with millions of men in a trench line going all the way through a border.
@@Josephistry Well, no, actually. The Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars were both large scale conflicts fought with weapons more in line with WWI than the Napoleonic era, and both resulted in large-scale losses and _temporary_ changes by the officers present in theater. There were also large colonial conflicts like the Boer War. But the lessons were almost immediately forgotten.
@@jamesharding3459 the Franco Prussian war was between just two nations and a swift victory and not a trench warfare struggle, and the Crimean war wasn't that big in terms of battles it was called the Crimean war for a reason, IT WAS THE ONLY REAL BATTLE, not too mention it started in 1853, WW1 WAS 51 YEARS LATER! That wasn't a good comparison at all. Not to mention basically all the of the command structure who fought during that time are retired and dead with not that much to learn from. WW1's problems wasn't a tactics thing. It was a tech thing, with no tanks and trench sweepers as well as not ss low morale divisions in the trenches that aren't deserting en mass like in 1917 an 1918 to effectively punch through, nothing was changing. Don't ever think you know more than people who've participated in actual war like you could've done any better without ya know 2021 experience. Not every conflict is big enough to learn from. But if they were THEY WOULD'VE LEARNT FROM IT.
For the longest time before I saw the lyrics I thought it said "that's the price of a mile" so you can imagine the emotional slap to the face to realize what it actually says. People talk about how tragic all of the other lines in this song are but if I had to choose one to say represents the meaning of the song, it'd be this one
I mean this. Greatest 'Modern Bards' Jethro Tull Blind Guardian Sabaton It takes a *TON* to dethrone the two Kings who more-or-less _invented_ the Genre but here we are!
Squire nagged and bullied till I went to fight, (Under Lord Derby's Scheme). I died in hell - They called it Passchendaele. My wound was slight, And I was hobbling back; and then a shell Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light. At sermon-time while Squire is in his pew, He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare: For, though low down upon the list, I'm there; "In proud and glorious memory"...that's my due. Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire: I suffered anguish that he's never guessed. Once I came home on leave: and then went west... What greater glory could a man desire? -Siegfried Sassoon's poem "Memorial Tablet"
Тысячи ног шагают в такт И на марше армия... От дома вдали Платят цену жизнью молодых... Тысячи ног шагают в такт И на стрессе армия В земле в грязи Встряли в траншее Без выхода назад
Actually Sabaton can make me feel a lot of different emotions. For example 1916 and The Final Solution can make me cry. Songs like The First Soldier, Defense of Moscow, and many more that make me feel patriotic for another country I never even visited. Truly Sabaton can influence you with there music.
The chorus repeating at the end got to me. Thousands of young men marching through the mud, living in despair, losing their lives in the trenches. Over and over and over and over and over again.
I listened to this before my great grandad died he was a medic in WW2 From the tears in his eyes from the tears on his cheeks after that He told me the price of a mile He died in 2020 at the age of 94 He was one of the closest grandparents I ever had That's a reason I listen to this song reminds me of him
I've seen Sabaton twice now LIVE. I'm not ashamed to admit: songs like this, Shiroyama, and Bismark get me misty eyed. There's Sabaton songs i can't sing because my voice cracks and i get all misty eyed. And i LOVE them for that. The Best kind of music is supposed to make you FEEL. Sabaton is amazing because they can envoke so many emotions. They're just...the best.
My history teacher used this song when we approached the chapter about ww1 to teach is about the war at paschendale and thats what got me hooked on sabaton
@@IndianBob846 cant rlly remember it was like 4 years ago now but he just said like aightt we are going to listen to it because its a easy way to explain it or like a small summary
This upsets me the most considering my great grandfather served in the 1st Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment in the Austro-Hungarian army and died in 1918, just 3 days before the armistice would take effect. Such a waste of life. Rest in peace to all that served.
If not for your comment and the bravery of your great grandfather, men like you and I would have no common bond such as this music. The next time Europe descends into war, it won’t be European brother Vs European brother.
When Sabaton cry out. Thousands of feet march to the beat, it's an amry in despair. Knee deep in mud. Stuck in a trench with no way OUT. Instant chills.
Just imagine this situation: you're walking around in probably only place you could feel anyhow safe, heavy rain starts, and then you fall deep into mud. The trench is filling with water, you beg for help but noone can help you. You're stuck, just crying and waiting for your slow and painful demise, as water level increases and it starts reaching your neck and is still going up. This is terrible.
i accidentally discovered sabaton when i was researching history, and needless to say i clicked on a video, i got hooked, now here we are. i love you sabaton! unfortunately i cant join the tour :( best band ever
I love how instead of having a proper end, the chorus just fades out on loop. Really hits home the dispair and total lack of "light at the end of the tunnel" that the troops must have felt.
I'm a biggest fan of sabaton the band is really extraordinary in depicting the scenes and scenarios as I am also a history geek and a heavy metal fan I really appreciate what the band has gone a long way in creating the best history metal songs more than any history no disrespect for anyone who teach history but compare to sabaton I think they just went a step higher in collecting facts and materials to write the songs...hats off to joakim broaden and his band mates a huge respect from my side...please make a song about erwin rommel that is my small request I have about him nickname the desert fox
I never experience any emotional reaction to songs, but this made me tear up. The anti-war genre is best when it combines the tragic deaths with a sense of pointlessness to it all, and that feeling is so well evoked in this song.
I think this song, of all Sabaton's songs penned about the Great War, gets to the truth of the thing the most. Harrowing, awful, unremitting slaughter in a hopeless land with no escape. Every time i hear it i cry, because whilst the song is specifically about Paschendaele, the truth at the heart of it is the same regardless of the place during those horrible years. It could be Verdun, Brest Fortress, the elevenfold slaughters of Isonzo, the Kaisarschlacht and 100 Days, and dozens more such horrors besides, whether they be (relatively) small affairs between a few score men, or the butchery of whole nations of the young...the truth of this song is the same.
I've always liked how this song goes on and on and on at the end. Usually I would find this much repetition at the end a bit grating, but it just fits the theme and feel of the song so perfectly. The music keeps marching on like the suffering of those poor souls in the fields of WW1. May they rest in peace.
Thank You! So many people want to forget the dark times in human history(banning content, renaming landmarks and such), but those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So thanks for making history interesting and widely available for many to see and learn from.
Thousands of feet march to the beat It’s an army on the march Long way from home Paying the price in young men’s lives Thousands of feet march to the beat It’s an army in despair Knee-deep in mud Stuck in a trench with no way out no matter what those lines give me death chills of the reality those men faced... it's perhaps the most if not the greatest out of all the battles of World War I ever that had so many losses on either side. And some might say the battlefield that was the closest to Hell ever...
Always gives me chills. Its one of sabatons sad songs. But the music is spot on. 10/10. Also, for anyone wanting to know The Germans lost approximately 500,000 men. The allies captured approximately 96 square miles-a 6 mile advance on a 16 mile front. That's just under 6,500 men per mile captured. The Germans lost about 5,200 men per mile lost, for a total of about 11,700 casualties-probably around 3,000 to 4,000 killed-per mile. You're welcome
Gentlemen, only two of your songs can being me to tears. The Christmas Truce is one. This is the other one. Thank you so much for vividly illustrating the terror and futility of this titanic clash.
Listen the song & try to imagine ourself actually at the Battle of Passchendaele, watching the whole bloody battle being fought in front of us. Sends chills throughout the body & brain. A very deep & very nice song. Appreciative.
What makes this song even better is that is at 84 bpm, which is a pace that I typically run at. The lyrics, the long runtime, the bpm all make this my favorite song for running.
WWI is the most horrific conflict humanity has fought, it was started due to old monarchical politics and led to a massive war with no real reason to be fought. Everyone involved in the fighting has my eternal respect
What was the price of a mile in passchendaele? In total there were 585000 casualities on both sides If 6 miles were advanced it would be : 585000/6=97500 SOLDIERS PER MILE
Close to 100,000 men for a mile. The leaders who made those men go to die are the true evils in the war. Millions died for almost nothing to be gained.
@@cubecolton4009 While the great war was wasteful in human life, you'd be hard pressed to argue for no change. Three great empires fell and two fell into tyranny, Britain drafted the Beveridge report in 1942 as to not repeat the false promise of a land for heroes they constantly promised in the Great War and the league of nations was a precursor to the UN, which may be a precursor to world peace.
For even 5 centimeters, one man.... Men's lives even measured in mere. fucking. CENTIMETERS... Your body isn't even worth it's full measurement in bloodbaths like Paschendele!
"And as the men crawled, the generals called, and killing carries on and on, what was the purpose of it all?" Just imagining people having to go through that is already painful. Unfortunately, millions went through it...
I think a lot of people don't appreciate how horrific WW1 was. We know about it and hear about it, but a lot of people (especially in America) consider WW2 worse due to the non-war atrocities. The US not being involved at the onset also plays a part. Still, the fighting that occurred was horrific. Gasses, trench warfare. WW2 had a purpose. WW1 is all the more horrible because what was it for?
@@Gokes93 Nah. The Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires were broken, the Russian simply changed its name and the British continued on and wouldn't be broken until much later. The purpose of WW1 was to create the conditions necessary for WW2.
WW1 was the old political game of war in Europe that just went too far If not check the 30 year war, the 7 year war and the franco prussian war, they are the same but never went so far as The Great War was...
Seeing them in Wallingford CT on April 19th, can't wait. I like all their songs but this is one of my favorites. My grandfather served in WWI in the 26th "Yankee" Division. This song beautifully describes life in the trenches as the same as he told me when I was young.
This is by far my favorite sabaton song. What is in fact the price of a mile? It is a harmless question, but is answered so heartlessly. Millions of young lives is the price. This is more than a song. It's a protest to the cushy congressman who started it
Just think the injured feared drowning in the mud because they were helpless to stop it. They didn’t fear death itself. Thousands of men are still entombed under the mud and will never find peace.
I love how the chorus keeps repeating and fades out at the end of the song, a nice analogy to the monotony of the First World War. The battle, and the war, just goes on and on with no sign of progress, let alone stopping.
If I ever become a history teacher in my life, I’m going to have Sabaton music distantly playing during all of my lessons because it’s technically educational.
Just FYI, listening to your music while doing the chores is an experience. Life-or-death dishes, Commando sweeping, strategic laundry and you got the idea
I've been listening to this song since at least age 14. I'm 29 now. I just can't express how much joy this song brings me. The excellent beat of the drums, the disturbing lyrics, the great guitar riffs; been an absolute favorite of mine since then and always will be. Certainly helped shape my taste in metal as well. I served in the military and am doing war studies for my education and I'd like to think your music helped played a part in that. Thanks! Keep rockin'
I actually use this song to help assuage my depression. It’s a tragic song, no doubt, but it has a great beat to just belt along to. And sometimes that’s all I need. Thanks, guys.
Sabaton is my favourite band, although I know it about few months. I wanted to say that your songs are powerful and very good, and they makes people to remember the real heroes, that is important. Please, keep doing your work.
Crazy how deep and meaningful this song is... And how cheerful it can be to me...Yet so dark about a powerful event of the past and piece of history...Sick band
I love Sabaton, learning the history of great battles, people and machines. I am a Canadian who loves to study war, a song about the push for the hill in Passchendaele, Belgium hits home in more ways than one. Thank you Sabaton, keep pumping out the history the systems would like us to forget.
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A major World War I campaign on the Western Front, the Battle of Passchendaele took place from July 31 to November 10, 1917, between the Allied forces and the Germans in Flanders. They were fighting for control of the ridges south and east of Ypres. This battle accounted for over half a million deaths. Read more about the Battle of Passchendaele 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/battle-of-passchendaele-begins/
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Do you guys have a song about Albert 1 of Belgium? (Exept race to the sea)
105 years on, this song is still relevant, amd perhaps ready for an update. It kind of accurately tells the stories of the Russian mobiks in trenches around Bakhmut, Svatove, Avdiivka, and all the other places along the Donbas frontline.
It kind of tell the stories of the Ukrainians, too, except for the fact that they are not far away from home, and they know full well what they are fighting for.
The price if a mile is 83,333.333333333 human lives for each mile so for 6 miles of ground the total loss of life is 500,000 lives
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"Six miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone".
That line always gets me. Such a sad but powerful song
A direct reference to the Battle of the Somme. 6 miles of ground was won by the Allies; and all it cost us was 600,000 casualties on our side.
Horrifying, isn't it? The definition of a human meat grinder.
59,000 casualties on the first day alone; and the battle lasted 140 days.
It is truly bone chilling.
It's so amazing how Sabaton always manages to talk about a great loss of men with such respect
IT TOOK ME HALF A MONTH TO RELISE WATH THIS SONG IS ABOUT, SAD
why do you think i cry when i hear this song? I can't sing along without feeling my voice crack.
"Thousends of feet march to the beat, it's an army on the march, long way from home, paying the price in young men's lives" Bring chills down my spine
It hits you pretty good
Yes
No matter how many times I've heard this song, that line hits like a ton of bricks.
@@stephenroberts4895 like tons of metal*
@@Sturmshy a Sabaton of metal
Sabaton has created a new genre: history class metal!
Please open your textbooks to chapter 11: The Price of A Mile
@@bariannash601 fck yes!
History metal is great i listen to this for hours now! 🤣 Love from Czech Republic 🇨🇿
@@tomas500, Děkuji bratře!😊
War metal
Idk if anyone else has pointed out but I honestly can't get over how the song ends with the repeat of "Thousands of feet march to the beat, it's an army in despair" over and over again, continuing on even as the song ends. It's reflective of WWI as a whole in a weird way. Men constantly being thrown in waves and waves towards the enemy, repeating the same tactic every single time hoping that this will be the one instance where they'll actually win.
The line is chilling enough but the repeat is what always gets me a little emotional. Not a clue if Sabaton did this on purpose or I'm reading too much into it, but it really takes this song to another level imo.
You are probably thinking too much...
Uhhh... the song doesn't do that, at least in this video. It just repeats the chorus while fading out
it just works if you try hard enough.
I agree. Its like it is just unending, the slog of the war keeps going, so much to become the background for your thoughts, because it lets you have a bit of time to think about what just happened in the song.
I listen to this song over and over and it gets me emotional every time
One of their deepest songs.
Great War... you listen to it right? I mean the song especially
yes at least knee deep
@@Strothy2 All songs of the album are awesome but this song, it's mood is kinda different
The best I think is "The final Solution". It touches a very very terrible topic perfectly.
usually, saying stuff like 'this is so deep' is considered cringey, but sabaton is a big exception. they capture the picture of the battles, events and wars perfectly.
“Half a million lives at stake, at the fields of Passchendaele”
“6 miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone”
This is heavy man
hi fellow gigachad
@@gigachad2162 Glad to see another gigachad enjoying this amazing music
yes
gives me chills everytime
@@gigachad2162 sir gigachad. How do i become giga?
"Half a million men are gone"
Half a million mothers crying
Half a million friends grieving
Half a million kids fatherless
Half a million hearts stopped
Half a million men are gone
preach
half a million dream subscribers
but they advanced 2km in a total wasteland.
"A million parents grieving"
Half a million widows
This almost hits me because my great, great grandad was in the Battle of the Somme (which we covered in school). He survived and got a medal, but lost an arm during the war. But from what I remember during school, I don’t think that we covered the Battle of Passchendaele.
I liked learning about history in school, but I feel like every time I listen to your songs, I’m given a new history lesson. We didn’t cover as much as I would’ve loved to in school, which I feel like is almost an insult to the stories that we never hear.
You have my deepest respect, thank you for keeping the memories of the fallen alive.
I salute your great great grandad. And I agree with you about the missed topics schools don’t teach us. There’s so many good things that interests me, but the interesting stuff doesn’t get mentioned in school, so I, when I have time, like to find good events that happened. Sabaton helped with that, along with Mark Felton, The Front, etc. who are all history channels.
What is your nationality? Passchendaele was fought by the Canadian Corps.
In 1 mile, over 500,000 or more died. Its also said for every inch 100 men died. Its 2nd worst battle behind Verdun
@@noahmcclure6871 and despite all of the mud and all of the blood, the Canadians still took Passchendaele. As terrible as it was, I am still proud of what my countrymen accomplished.
i dont blame the schools that much tho, they were such big conflicts that going through every major battle would prove to take a lot of time, a lot more than they would have.
As a medic, I saw the end of the Afghanistan War on Terror and saw the Taliban take back over. We achieved nothing in the end, and things went back to exactly how they were before we left. Which left me with a pit in my stomach because like the lyrics in this song ask "What was the purpose of it all?"
I salute you for your service.
You saved lives man, a thank you isnt enough but its all any of us can really give you
Truly the last few "wars" were just America really making a situation worse for the people our soldiers claimed to help. I salute you for your service.
Amen! Doc! IRAQ GWOT VET HERE SAME FEELING I GOT ABOUT THE END OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN! BUT THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLITICIANS DON'T LET US DO OUR JOBS! ROE IS THE SAME AS COMPLACENCY BUT POLITICIANS WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT WE DO! RESPECT TO YOU BROTHER ! IGYOR6
@BillRogers-wt6dz I maybe get the sentiment but it's a bit of a stretch to imply that the Taliban *aren't* an enemy of freedom.
"Six miles of ground has been won
Half a million men are gone"
Probably my fav with cliffs of gallipoli in art of war album. May all died in Great War rest in peace.
Ballad of bull gets me too though idek why
Fact: according to this song, the price of a mile is approximately 83,333 men.
At the Somme, it was 100,000 men per mile
I actually did the calculations and for every mile gain total by both the Central and allied Powers throughout the entire first world war 50,000 soldiers died per mile
@@whitewolf-xf9ui welp time to cry in a corner
@@whitewolf-xf9ui its insane to think that all 50.000 soldier died just for a mile
@@whitewolf-xf9ui Jesus fucking christ that is morbid. So many lives lost to the mud.
I'm sure we all have one but this is one of the songs about a battle a relative of mine was at, Lance corporal Edwin O'Brien of the 12th battalion Middlesex regiment who was honourably discahrged a week before the end of the war after being shot multiple times in his left arm. May all of the men who fought in this unholdy horrific battle rest
My great great grandpa was a Belgian soldier during that time. Luckily, he survived.
How dare he get shot, ur discharged!
(Jokes aside he must have really pissed off the higher ups)
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@@APersonOnTH-camX Honourably discharged. That is; wounded to the point he can't contribute any more. Not picked a fight with superiors.
"Older men start wars, but younger men fight them."
"War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." - Niko Bellic
Yet again it happens.
Old men go to battle also
In peace Sons bury their Fathers. In War Fathers bury their Sons.
"You're waging a war. She's fighting it."
Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5 episode 12
Everytime I hear this song and read the lyrics I get the feeling that I am gonna cry, great job guys!
It's great to read that, thanks!
Senti
I do end up crying
@@geoshark12 Only two of their songs have actually managed to make me cry, Cliffs of Gallipoli and 1916
This song still pulls at my emotions but it doesn't make me actually cry
@@titaniac3037 well for me it does , just so many lives lost most barely lived any life before dying in a bullet meatgrinder
"The worst thing about World War One wasn't the trenches, or the artillery, or the poison gas. It was the fact it was the first."
Underrated comment
The greatest failure of Humanity is that we've had the first war, the world war, the War on Terror, fought in Asia, in Europe, in Africa, in North America, in South America, in Oceania, in every country from the North Pole to the South Pole, but we've never had the Last War.
@@ladywaffle2210 That's why war is known as "Season Unending"
I agree. The sequel was definitely much better.
I mean, my brother in Christ you got to drive a Tank high on Meth as a Teenager.
It was the needless slaughter
"Lions led by donkeys" was am excellent description of the fighting in WWI.
General Currie was NOT a donkey. He was one of the few competent military commanders in WW1. That was why the Canadian Corps took Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
@@joshuaplotkin8826 He was an exception, as you noted.
that’s not true at all. They didn’t just throw their men at the enemy , this was a transitional period in war, new tech, new tactics, new outlooks. Of course they weren’t rommel levels of tank commanders. This is obvious today, a large mixed assault with tanks, aircraft and tanks to break through a small area in the enemies defense to force them to retreat or flank them. This was the only the case at the tail end of the war where the fighting was more like what we’d see in ww2. This always happens with the help of foresight. (defending the ardennes as a example of foresight)
let me remind you, the last major war was fought 110 years ago with muskets, large shoulder by shoulder line battalion, extensive use of cavalry, cannons so it’s pretty forgiving that they didn’t know how to use the new tech at top top shape. Not to mention this was the first major war to have a static line and not the old school going through the countryside then fight the enemy, then take the capital, this was a war fought with millions of men in a trench line going all the way through a border.
@@Josephistry Well, no, actually. The Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars were both large scale conflicts fought with weapons more in line with WWI than the Napoleonic era, and both resulted in large-scale losses and _temporary_ changes by the officers present in theater. There were also large colonial conflicts like the Boer War. But the lessons were almost immediately forgotten.
@@jamesharding3459 the Franco Prussian war was between just two nations and a swift victory and not a trench warfare struggle, and the Crimean war wasn't that big in terms of battles it was called the Crimean war for a reason, IT WAS THE ONLY REAL BATTLE, not too mention it started in 1853, WW1 WAS 51 YEARS LATER! That wasn't a good comparison at all. Not to mention basically all the of the command structure who fought during that time are retired and dead with not that much to learn from. WW1's problems wasn't a tactics thing. It was a tech thing, with no tanks and trench sweepers as well as not ss low morale divisions in the trenches that aren't deserting en mass like in 1917 an 1918 to effectively punch through, nothing was changing.
Don't ever think you know more than people who've participated in actual war like you could've done any better without ya know 2021 experience.
Not every conflict is big enough to learn from. But if they were THEY WOULD'VE LEARNT FROM IT.
"There's no price to a mile" as a final verse change-up gives me goosebumps.
For the longest time before I saw the lyrics I thought it said "that's the price of a mile" so you can imagine the emotional slap to the face to realize what it actually says. People talk about how tragic all of the other lines in this song are but if I had to choose one to say represents the meaning of the song, it'd be this one
In the medieval they had bards. Nowaday we have Sabaton, the best bards that I have had the honour to listen to.
o7
Someone should make a bardcore version
I mean this. Greatest 'Modern Bards'
Jethro Tull
Blind Guardian
Sabaton
It takes a *TON* to dethrone the two Kings who more-or-less _invented_ the Genre but here we are!
"I died in hell. They called it Passchendaele."
hello there Piscator
All of my brothers went there, we are gone but not forgotten. We dine in hell awaiting our ascention to heaven
Pantes kita negara berkembang ya hhhhh
Squire nagged and bullied till I went to fight,
(Under Lord Derby's Scheme). I died in hell -
They called it Passchendaele. My wound was slight,
And I was hobbling back; and then a shell
Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell
Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light.
At sermon-time while Squire is in his pew,
He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare:
For, though low down upon the list, I'm there;
"In proud and glorious memory"...that's my due.
Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire:
I suffered anguish that he's never guessed.
Once I came home on leave: and then went west...
What greater glory could a man desire?
-Siegfried Sassoon's poem "Memorial Tablet"
@@murraypeterson3213 is it related because I live under a rock
Тысячи ног шагают в такт
И на марше армия...
От дома вдали
Платят цену жизнью молодых...
Тысячи ног шагают в такт
И на стрессе армия
В земле в грязи
Встряли в траншее
Без выхода назад
You know they're an awesome band when they can write metal songs that make you cry 😢 🤘🤘
That must mean something ;)
You guys are the best, thanks for your mesage!
Actually Sabaton can make me feel a lot of different emotions.
For example 1916 and The Final Solution can make me cry. Songs like The First Soldier, Defense of Moscow, and many more that make me feel patriotic for another country I never even visited. Truly Sabaton can influence you with there music.
"Six miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone"... damn, it really gives me chills
Somewhere around 82000 permile.
i like how the song doesnt end on a high note, but it continues and continues the chorus, just like the nature of war, its never ending.
The chorus repeating at the end got to me.
Thousands of young men marching through the mud, living in despair, losing their lives in the trenches.
Over
and over
and over
and over
and over again.
And it has a slow drum beat to symbolise marching.
Its amazing how well made this song is. It sends chills down your spine, no matter how many times you listen to it. Its truely a masterpiece
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Last time I was this early Sun Tzu hadn’t wrote the art of war
Hm, I'd agree
This may be an unpopular opinion but this is one of, if not the best sabaton songs .
Agreed but I do like hearts of iorn and no bullets fly
@@toxic2snipergaming355 Hearts of Iron is incredible. Similar modd to this
Mh i liked very much this song…'cause don't have a big drop…
Sry 4 trash english
@@met5694 no worries, we can all enjoy good music
Don’t misunderstand me, but I really love Rise of Evil
I listened to this before my great grandad died he was a medic in WW2
From the tears in his eyes from the tears on his cheeks after that
He told me the price of a mile
He died in 2020 at the age of 94
He was one of the closest grandparents I ever had
That's a reason I listen to this song
reminds me of him
and i do understand this is WW1 song
I am glad you got to know his stories as their are very few left.
He is a hero, may he rest easy in the arms of god
My great grandfather was a medic in Normandy. He was a hero and a real man. I wish I could have met him.
There are very few of those brave men left. Your grandfather honored those who are no longer able to speak in sharing what he went through.
Send this to whoever says that Sabaton glorifies war
But those are ignorant...
Foolish of you to think anything will change their minds
I love war, man!
@@ramonvinicius4419 I don’t think you’d like it if you were deployed in a real war
@@ramonvinicius4419 seek help bro
I've seen Sabaton twice now LIVE. I'm not ashamed to admit: songs like this, Shiroyama, and Bismark get me misty eyed. There's Sabaton songs i can't sing because my voice cracks and i get all misty eyed. And i LOVE them for that. The Best kind of music is supposed to make you FEEL. Sabaton is amazing because they can envoke so many emotions. They're just...the best.
That's great to hear BFleck89! Thanks for that, it's made our day! 🤘
I will never understand how some people think Sabaton is glorifying war. Not a single songs lyrics are describing a situation I'd want to be in.
Deadass
People with no problems tend to invent problems.
"six miles of ground has ben won. Half a million men are gone"
Wow..... just... wow
Love u guys!
My history teacher used this song when we approached the chapter about ww1 to teach is about the war at paschendale and thats what got me hooked on sabaton
We're truly happy to read this
That’s one great teacher
yeah i wish my history teacher played sabaton
How did she incorporate it? I plan on using sabaton in the classroom when i become a teacher later in life
@@IndianBob846 cant rlly remember it was like 4 years ago now but he just said like aightt we are going to listen to it because its a easy way to explain it or like a small summary
This upsets me the most considering my great grandfather served in the 1st Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment in the Austro-Hungarian army and died in 1918, just 3 days before the armistice would take effect. Such a waste of life. Rest in peace to all that served.
@@xy2842 all died in vain, by orders of cowards that never suffered the effects of war
If not for your comment and the bravery of your great grandfather, men like you and I would have no common bond such as this music. The next time Europe descends into war, it won’t be European brother Vs European brother.
Which part of the front he served ?
When Sabaton cry out. Thousands of feet march to the beat, it's an amry in despair. Knee deep in mud. Stuck in a trench with no way OUT. Instant chills.
Just imagine this situation: you're walking around in probably only place you could feel anyhow safe, heavy rain starts, and then you fall deep into mud. The trench is filling with water, you beg for help but noone can help you. You're stuck, just crying and waiting for your slow and painful demise, as water level increases and it starts reaching your neck and is still going up. This is terrible.
i accidentally discovered sabaton when i was researching history, and needless to say i clicked on a video, i got hooked, now here we are. i love you sabaton! unfortunately i cant join the tour :( best band ever
There are no accidents
To this day many soldiers still pay the price of a mile. God bless them.
"Long way from home, paying the price in young men's lives" is a line that perfectly describes war
I love how instead of having a proper end, the chorus just fades out on loop. Really hits home the dispair and total lack of "light at the end of the tunnel" that the troops must have felt.
I'm a biggest fan of sabaton the band is really extraordinary in depicting the scenes and scenarios as I am also a history geek and a heavy metal fan I really appreciate what the band has gone a long way in creating the best history metal songs more than any history no disrespect for anyone who teach history but compare to sabaton I think they just went a step higher in collecting facts and materials to write the songs...hats off to joakim broaden and his band mates a huge respect from my side...please make a song about erwin rommel that is my small request I have about him nickname the desert fox
Thank you very much for your message and your support 🤘🏼
They’ve already made a song for Rommel, check out “Ghost Division” in the Art of War Album, it’s about the 7th Panzer Division which Rommel lead.
I never experience any emotional reaction to songs, but this made me tear up. The anti-war genre is best when it combines the tragic deaths with a sense of pointlessness to it all, and that feeling is so well evoked in this song.
Same with Liftime of War, I feel
I think this song, of all Sabaton's songs penned about the Great War, gets to the truth of the thing the most. Harrowing, awful, unremitting slaughter in a hopeless land with no escape. Every time i hear it i cry, because whilst the song is specifically about Paschendaele, the truth at the heart of it is the same regardless of the place during those horrible years.
It could be Verdun, Brest Fortress, the elevenfold slaughters of Isonzo, the Kaisarschlacht and 100 Days, and dozens more such horrors besides, whether they be (relatively) small affairs between a few score men, or the butchery of whole nations of the young...the truth of this song is the same.
I've always liked how this song goes on and on and on at the end. Usually I would find this much repetition at the end a bit grating, but it just fits the theme and feel of the song so perfectly. The music keeps marching on like the suffering of those poor souls in the fields of WW1. May they rest in peace.
Hearing his tone at the end and the echo of his voice really gives me the chills.
Анекдот:
Приезжает Йоаким в Америку, садиться в такси и спрашивает:
"What's a price, of a mile? "
Хах
А он ему: "40:1"
Good to see sabaton memes transcend language barriers. Rock on komrade
Bro has got a plab
@@vadyman5867This one made me snicker, thank you
Как обычно все на высшем уровне! Круто! Nice!
Thank You! So many people want to forget the dark times in human history(banning content, renaming landmarks and such), but those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So thanks for making history interesting and widely available for many to see and learn from.
Last time I was this early the Price Of A Mile didn't reach past 2 million soldiers.
Honestly though, that intro riff is just GLORIOUS
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It’s an army on the march
Long way from home
Paying the price in young men’s lives
Thousands of feet march to the beat
It’s an army in despair
Knee-deep in mud
Stuck in a trench with no way out
no matter what those lines give me death chills of the reality those men faced... it's perhaps the most if not the greatest out of all the battles of World War I ever that had so many losses on either side. And some might say the battlefield that was the closest to Hell ever...
War is war. Hell is Hell. Of two, war is the worst.
*THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT*
IT'S AN ARMY ON THE MARCH
LONG WAY , FROM HOME
LONG WAY FROM HOME
PAYING THE PRICE IN YOUNG MEN'S LIVES
@@plasma0566 PAYING THE PRICE IN YOUNG MEN'S LIVES
Always gives me chills. Its one of sabatons sad songs. But the music is spot on. 10/10.
Also, for anyone wanting to know
The Germans lost approximately 500,000 men. The allies captured approximately 96 square miles-a 6 mile advance on a 16 mile front. That's just under 6,500 men per mile captured. The Germans lost about 5,200 men per mile lost, for a total of about 11,700 casualties-probably around 3,000 to 4,000 killed-per mile.
You're welcome
Gentlemen, only two of your songs can being me to tears. The Christmas Truce is one. This is the other one. Thank you so much for vividly illustrating the terror and futility of this titanic clash.
This song always gets me in the feels!
Listen the song & try to imagine ourself actually at the Battle of Passchendaele, watching the whole bloody battle being fought in front of us. Sends chills throughout the body & brain.
A very deep & very nice song. Appreciative.
Thanks for your words
What makes this song even better is that is at 84 bpm, which is a pace that I typically run at. The lyrics, the long runtime, the bpm all make this my favorite song for running.
WWI is the most horrific conflict humanity has fought, it was started due to old monarchical politics and led to a massive war with no real reason to be fought. Everyone involved in the fighting has my eternal respect
That Sun Tzu quote is the most hardcore and depressing thing ever. Humans have gotten really good at killing each other haven't we?
This is the most heart wrencing metal song I've ever heard.
The same as Galipolli.
RIP all who died for the rich man.
This song has one of the best intros to any Sabaton song.
that grueling riff is just 👌
@@thetwitchywarlock Indeed it is.
I like Panzerkampf but I admit what you are telling is true.
@@brethartaquino3976 I think that Panzerkampf, this song, and Livgardet have the best intros as a tie.
Firestorm?
This song has never made so much sense now in 2024 where the great wars have returned to the world! saboton ❤️
This always hits hard
Easily one of my favorites
What was the price of a mile in passchendaele?
In total there were 585000 casualities on both sides
If 6 miles were advanced it would be :
585000/6=97500 SOLDIERS PER MILE
thats 2 soilders per foot
or 1 soilder per a foot on each side
@@floptron1videos Hey if that's the price of property these days do you accept souls?
Close to 100,000 men for a mile. The leaders who made those men go to die are the true evils in the war. Millions died for almost nothing to be gained.
@@cubecolton4009 While the great war was wasteful in human life, you'd be hard pressed to argue for no change. Three great empires fell and two fell into tyranny, Britain drafted the Beveridge report in 1942 as to not repeat the false promise of a land for heroes they constantly promised in the Great War and the league of nations was a precursor to the UN, which may be a precursor to world peace.
For even 5 centimeters, one man.... Men's lives even measured in mere. fucking. CENTIMETERS... Your body isn't even worth it's full measurement in bloodbaths like Paschendele!
This song always brings tears to my eyes as I hear the lyrics and think about the men and boys that gave their lives in this war..😢
One of their best and most important songs ♥️
Thanks for appreciating it!
One of Sabaton's best songs.
Sabaton songs are amazing. The problem is how to explain the genre.
History metal
Power metal
Heavy Metal Minstrels?
Historical heavy metal
Heavy History
"War is young men dying and old men talking"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"And as the men crawled, the generals called, and killing carries on and on, what was the purpose of it all?"
Just imagining people having to go through that is already painful. Unfortunately, millions went through it...
This is still my favorite song from this band.
Good choice!
@@Sabaton Are you going to make a song about D Day
@@phoenix-2467 Primo Victoria
Same!
@@phoenix-2467 They already have. It's called Primo Victoria
I think a lot of people don't appreciate how horrific WW1 was. We know about it and hear about it, but a lot of people (especially in America) consider WW2 worse due to the non-war atrocities. The US not being involved at the onset also plays a part. Still, the fighting that occurred was horrific. Gasses, trench warfare. WW2 had a purpose. WW1 is all the more horrible because what was it for?
All the Empires collapsed, not sure if that's what it was for. But that's what it did
It was to avenge some dude with a good mustache and bad situational awareness
the reason why it is less celebrated is also because it has no good guys or bad guys
@@Gokes93 Nah. The Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires were broken, the Russian simply changed its name and the British continued on and wouldn't be broken until much later. The purpose of WW1 was to create the conditions necessary for WW2.
WW1 was the old political game of war in Europe that just went too far
If not check the 30 year war, the 7 year war and the franco prussian war, they are the same but never went so far as The Great War was...
вечная память тем кто исполняли приказ и положил за это голову
Да, и Верхмахту, и СС тоже вечная память, приказ же исполняли, были расстреляны многие... Положили голову действительно.
@@НикитаПермяков-к1у , я про обычных солдат. когда я писал комментарий, я понимал что можно приплести вермахт.
@@АнтонКлочков-я3ю так вермахт такие же обычные солдаты
@@platonkachalin5304 , не все.
@@platonkachalin5304 "обычные солдаты, исполняющие приказ"? А ниче, что эти простые солдатики творили античеловеческие поступки?
It doesn't matter how many times I listen to this masterpiece, it brings a tear to me eye.
This is by far the hardest 😢song to listen to. You just can't hold back the tears either it be your first time hearing this or your 100th.
The silence at the end always gets me. Fading to silence in the wake of all those lost
Too many lost lives on every side, how many families have stories of loss from both wars? What's the price of a mile indeed?
Best history teacher🤘
In case anyone was wondering the price of a mile is roughly 2.6 billion dollars
Seeing them in Wallingford CT on April 19th, can't wait. I like all their songs but this is one of my favorites. My grandfather served in WWI in the 26th "Yankee" Division. This song beautifully describes life in the trenches as the same as he told me when I was young.
This is by far my favorite sabaton song. What is in fact the price of a mile? It is a harmless question, but is answered so heartlessly. Millions of young lives is the price. This is more than a song. It's a protest to the cushy congressman who started it
where girls cried:
where boys cried:
where men cried:
where everybody cried:
nobody is spared from this song, god bless you sabaton
Just think the injured feared drowning in the mud because they were helpless to stop it.
They didn’t fear death itself.
Thousands of men are still entombed under the mud and will never find peace.
This is the song that made me a Sabaton fan
A very special one for you then :)
I love how the chorus keeps repeating and fades out at the end of the song, a nice analogy to the monotony of the First World War. The battle, and the war, just goes on and on with no sign of progress, let alone stopping.
"There's no price for a mile" hits really hard
I can barely start a conversation so the extreme endurance all on both sides of the conflict show is an awe inducing sight indeed
If I ever become a history teacher in my life, I’m going to have Sabaton music distantly playing during all of my lessons because it’s technically educational.
Just FYI, listening to your music while doing the chores is an experience. Life-or-death dishes, Commando sweeping, strategic laundry and you got the idea
I'm a huge fan of the Blitzkrieg Vacuuming myself!
I've been listening to this song since at least age 14. I'm 29 now. I just can't express how much joy this song brings me. The excellent beat of the drums, the disturbing lyrics, the great guitar riffs; been an absolute favorite of mine since then and always will be. Certainly helped shape my taste in metal as well. I served in the military and am doing war studies for my education and I'd like to think your music helped played a part in that. Thanks! Keep rockin'
I actually use this song to help assuage my depression. It’s a tragic song, no doubt, but it has a great beat to just belt along to. And sometimes that’s all I need. Thanks, guys.
Sabaton is my favourite band, although I know it about few months. I wanted to say that your songs are powerful and very good, and they makes people to remember the real heroes, that is important. Please, keep doing your work.
ЭТО СУПЕЕЕР! ОБОЖАЮ SABATON, САБАТОН СУПЕР!)😍😍😍
It's heavy metal, not because of the instruments or style, but the topics
Crazy how deep and meaningful this song is... And how cheerful it can be to me...Yet so dark about a powerful event of the past and piece of history...Sick band
I love Sabaton, learning the history of great battles, people and machines. I am a Canadian who loves to study war, a song about the push for the hill in Passchendaele, Belgium hits home in more ways than one. Thank you Sabaton, keep pumping out the history the systems would like us to forget.
Thank you Sabaton for the 92% in history.
Beautiful song from epic album.
This song will always hold a special place in my heart as the one that introduced me to this glorious band
probably the most sad sabaton song, everthing comes together. tone, instruments, theme, lyrics... tragic...
What a great intro and song. I love sabaton
Great to read that!