That line, "six miles of ground has been won and half a million men are gone" is in my opinion one of the most concrete and hardest hitting of all Sabaton lyrics. Its just the essence of the horrors of the Great War.
This is the epitome of eternal battle/fighting. It just never ends. Horror after horror, death and more death, that just goes on and on and on. Love this song. It is heavy yet slow paced, depicting the reality of war. As always, good reaction! :) You're getting your own little private army of followers now. So Sabaton always keeps a HIGH standard on their performances. They play it as if it was the first time they play it, even though it might be the last show of the year. It is an amazing experience, and if you ever get the opportunity, you should go and check them out live. Their interaction with their audience makes it worth it, just that alone. P.S. Whoever said the Great War Album is a nosedive apparently don't like their stuff. I LOVE their latest album, it has impressive tunes and songs! It gets better and better each album. You have only just opened the can of goodness - the Carolus Rex album was the first sip. From now on you have the rest of the drink and the snacks all to yourself ^^
a great upload bro,this song combined with the music video really does hit as a young man,here in the west where we live we are lucky,i know that in the east with russia and ukraine the conditions on the battlefield are slowly starting to look like world war one,trenches,disfigured fields with craters,bodies everywhere. seems like if history doesn't repeat it sure rhymes.
They released "The war to end all wars" in 2022... the follow up to "The great war". I don't think the quality of their music has gone down, it might have changed some, but that's fine by me. Some people just like the raw sound of early Sabaton better I guess.
Finally managed to see them live last year in Hamburg, been a fan for over 20 years and just LOVE how they manage to make the music support the lyrics or the mood of the song so natural.. like here in the chorus where you can almost FEEL the army marching, through the music.. breathtaking every time again... they they are all so down to earth and fun guys, you HAVE to love them! Greetings from Germany :)
I've loved the crew ever since I saw the history videos behind each song! 'll say it again, I'd love to buy them a beer if they're ever in my hometown xD
The video for the song 40-1 was created by a fan. She became famous. The band heard about this music video because it became number 1 in Poland. Unfortunately You Tube took it down. Fortunately, the band helped and the music video came back. And it became the band's official music video. There are many fan videos for Sabaton's songs. Often, they are the only music videos for songs. The team doesn't mind. So everyone from history fans to anime fans are making music videos for Sabaton's music.
WOW! Sabaton really does care about their fans! Compared to other artists, who usually get copies of their songs taken down from TH-cam... Sabaton has earned much respect from me and I won't be turning from them any time soon!
It is sad that Sabaton aren't bigger then they are, but I think they are a lot bigger than you think they are, not in the US but in Poland, Sweden and a few other european countries they are massive, I mean, they managed to get a spot on the woodstock stage with a crowd of over a million people
They're definitely known, that's for sure! I've seen their concerts, where it looks like they have tens of thousands of people attending! I personally, in my own country, never heard them growing up or even heard them mentioned! It's tragic that, at least in my own area, they aren't more well known Dx
I just saw Sabaton in concert, opening for Judas Priest, quite honestly, Sabaton stole the show so anyone that says Sabaton is not as good as they used to does not know what they are talking about. To tour with ledgendary bands for 25 years should tell you a lot. Not just Judas Priest either, we are talking Motohead, Nightwish, Dragonforce, huge bands and Sabaton stands with these.
I KNEW it was just a salty fan stating such blasphemy. You don't make epic albums and then just run out of mojo, I'm glad to know more greatness is on the way for me to listen to!
In the end a battle was considered a victory by how much land was taken not by how many men they lost and what people fail to understand is that commanders back then, had little if any actual regards towards their soldiers since most if not all officers at the time were ((commissioned)) officers meaning that those who wanted to be an officer tended to be from the upper classes or the rich and powerful, who only saw the men under their command as nothing more than pawns to be used for their promotions or recognition, where if say a soldier were to hold the line against unending waves of enemies, saved his commander and won the battle, that soldiers recognition would be credited not towards the individual who committed such actions but was in fact given to their commanding officer And their units, and again whilst military promotions for the rank and file soldiers, they were few and very far between, and contrast to what the patriot might try and depict, that’s not only false but a single man slaughtering hundreds of British troops is basically impossible not to mention that the main character appears to treat his gun as if it was a semi automatic rifle rather than the slow and cumbersome muzzle loader that it was. So yeh the whole concept or even notions of rights or liberties or individuality wasn’t really much of a thing, as soon as you joined the army you were basically considered as nothing more than a piece of ancillary equipment, where disobedience would normally result in things like flogging in which a soldier was tied down and was whipped for a certain period of time or a certain amount as a popular form of punishment, another popular form of punishment was the simple expediency of an execution, mostly via a firing squad where several soldiers would form a small line infront of the condemned and would be be either tied to a pole or standing still and would simply be shot, other punishments included things like hanging which was very popular in western militaries at the time which was a popular choice when dealing with cowards who run away and the most popular form of execution by the British military in the 18 to early 1900’s was called blowing from a gun, basically the condemned would be tied to the muzzle of a cannon, not the modern ones but the old fashioned muzzle loaded ones in which the crim would be tied to its muzzle and shot (by the cannon) in which their body would explode from the force and energy and so yeh consider yourself lucky if you ever join the military, where the most you’d get would be imprisoned or sternly slapped on the wrists.😂
During World War I, between 250,000 and 1 million people died in one battle just to move the front line 6 miles. Generals in the 19th century mentally sent thousands into the barrels of machine guns and artillery fire. Only the English artillery was able to fire from 1 to 1.5 million artillery shells during one battle. To this day, there is a zone in France that will be cleansed of missiles and various types of chemicals for the next 600 years.
I love your curiosity and comments. As for banging during specificly Final Solution - never happened. This song was performed a few times (I don't know exactly how many; among others in Poland) because of its serious theme. I've seen a vid them playing this song with accustic instruments only.
No freaking way? The lyrics are so powerful that they have to be mindful when playing it at live shows... Just goes to show you that Sabaton songs go WAY beyond music! Thanks brotha!! 😊
Passchendaele: the British and French lost between 240,000-448,614, while the Germans lost something between 217,000-400,000. That's almost a repeat of the Somme, where over 1 million died.
There were soldiers on both sides as young as 15 and 16, Pashendale and the Somme with meat grinders where young men were sent in and bodies came out, maybe...
@@Clouded_Reactions I was in Glasgow last summer and went to the Necropolis there (massive graveyard on a hill). Too many tombs and head stones from the 1st world war.
It's world war 1, not world war 2. Pashendale was one of the largest battles in history and a meat grinder for the young men of nations. Particularly Germany and Britain. Though I believe France was also involved in that battle. Some people who fought in the war were egger youths looking for adventure and lied about their ages. 16 and sometimes even younger would fight and die. Also Sabaton hasn't gone downhill at all. Their new stuff is great as is their old stuff.
When I first heard this song I did the math, though I took it a bit further... If you use the total dead for the battle it comes out to 7.5inches per life if you break it down by total casualties it drops to just over 2 inches. The craziest part is you have this song about passchendale(so?) and also in ww1 the battle of the somme, both battles just down the road from each other with similar casualties and roughly the same amount of ground switching sides. Just insanity.
The amount of death humans are capable of dismissing just for power... I just don't get it. You have to have a special heart of stone to send young soldiers off to fight for your greed :/
it be really cool if you checked out ''hearts of iron'' or ''wehrmacht'' with their music video's too,sabaton has decent videos of it with only subtitles but these actual music video's just seem to hit a little harder you know? hahaha.
when 1917 played in amsterdam everyone got their phone flashlight and waved slowly so with more sadder songs the audience is no longer like a metal audience
I LOVE Sabaton! 😍 One of my favorite bands! And I think it's great that you react to their songs! 🤩 But are you open to react to other bands/artists too? If so... Please react to Måneskin! 🙏 Doesn't matter which song, they're all equally good! almost all anyway... 😉
Måneskin? Never heard of them before but that doesn't shock me xD I've added them to my list, I hope you don't mind if I shout you out for the video suggestion? 😁
LOL...that Diddy song from Godzilla is a banger...wait, am I allowed to say that now on YT? ROFLMAO But FYI...that opening riff is basically a sample from the incredible Led Zeppelin track "Kashmir" off the Physical Graffiti album...and Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page features on the track. Also...quick reminder that "casualties" are not just deaths...they include those who are wounded/injured, men who get sick, and those who are captured or missing. At the Battle of Passchendaele, there were 500k or more casualties between both sides, but probably only about 50 percent of the casualties were KIA. It seems impossible to know exactly what percentage but that is a general formula that is often used. As artists writing songs, even Sabaton with all the history they try to represent do not always get it right in the difference between casualties and deaths.
I'm not sure if you can say that on TH-cam, you've probably been placed on the "list" xD Oouu if there's a famous riff that people keep jumping on then I have to hear Kashmir, the original! Hope you don't mind if I credit you for the song!!!
Well done for noticing the subtle change in lyrics most reactor’s either don’t notice or don’t comment on it, the video though is not Hollywood exaggerating in this case, WW1 really was that bloody especially when it came to trench clearing men would fight hand to hand with rifles bayonets, shovels whatever was to hand like you see in the video.
Thanks for the comment brotha! I know war is terrible but I didn't want people thinking I was basing my opinion off of the movie that was being displayed. I'm very fortunate that I don't know what happens first hand, thanks again for your comment! x)
actually that video failed to show brutality, there are numerous pictures/films of the battlefields of ww1 from the actual battlefields showing decomposING corpses, detached bodyparts... next to fighting soldiers. this means they had to WALK/CRAWL... THROUGH that to get over No mans land trying to get to enemy trenches and take them, imagine walking next to your fallen friend dead sincefew weeks... INSANITY. I fully understand that many became insane.
A tragic shame that the men who sacrificed and seen so much will never be able to explain what they seen or heard. Many probably just wish to forget but I don't think it really works out like that in the end :/ EDIT* I'm noticing this comment was 8 days ago but it barely appeared in my notifications? Sorry brotha!
I LOVE Sabaton, but man, this one just depresses the hell outta me. Great song, don’t get me wrong, but you gotta be in the right mood, like Wish You Were Here.
@@Clouded_Reactions really enjoy your channel. What I like best is that you express what you think the song is about, and sometimes your wrong. Believe me, I’m 50 and been wrong a lot, but I always remember and learn more when I am wrong and then find out about it, than if I just looked it up. I’m always impressed when young people want to learn more, so just keep doing what you’re doing. And yes, I can always find Sabaton songs to make my day better lol.
@@detroitpolak9904 yeah I'm not going to lie, quite a few people get on me for not knowing the history haha but the learning part is just as fun as the music! Most comments are positive thankfully, and it's comments like yours that make me glad I started doing this channel. Thanks brotha! I really do appreciate you!
You live in the US and you say that many people you know have never heard of Sabaton. It is believed that Sabaton has done several long tours in the USA with large audiences and often tunes with other big bands such as Iron Maiden. Many American TH-camrs know Sabaton well and they have also sent in contributions about various American war events that Sabaton has made music from, such as SABATON - 82nd All The Way (Live - The Great Tour - Munich), th-cam.com/video/wcpO_x0nxc0/w-d-xo.html SABATON - To Hell And Back (Live - The Great Tour - Antwerp)th-cam.com/video/Xjg6chvywb0/w-d-xo.html Sabaton - Screaming Eagles (Music Video) th-cam.com/video/ZKJReh7CLUI/w-d-xo.html So it's more ignorance among your friends about not knowing who Sabaton is.
I wouldn't claim that it's ignorance that's causing me not to know about Sabaton. You stated many tubers know of them, how many of those tubers know of Sabaton because of suggestions? Sabaton does in fact tour in the US, I only found that out through a fellow fan. I'm not saying they're completely unknown, I've actually never said that. I said it's a shame they're not more well known i.e. radio play (obviously in the US but that should seriously go without saying). My comment was more aimed at the fact that I've heard of rock bands and their songs through radio, culture references, movies etc. but I haven't heard of Sabaton through any of the mentioned outlets. I'm glad I found them now, better late than never! I do still stand by the fact that I wish they were more well known (in the United States of America).
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That line, "six miles of ground has been won and half a million men are gone" is in my opinion one of the most concrete and hardest hitting of all Sabaton lyrics. Its just the essence of the horrors of the Great War.
Damn thats crimm
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What’s worse is that a week later, a good chunk of those gains were lost.
This is the epitome of eternal battle/fighting. It just never ends. Horror after horror, death and more death, that just goes on and on and on.
Love this song. It is heavy yet slow paced, depicting the reality of war.
As always, good reaction! :)
You're getting your own little private army of followers now.
So Sabaton always keeps a HIGH standard on their performances. They play it as if it was the first time they play it, even though it might be the last show of the year.
It is an amazing experience, and if you ever get the opportunity, you should go and check them out live.
Their interaction with their audience makes it worth it, just that alone.
P.S.
Whoever said the Great War Album is a nosedive apparently don't like their stuff. I LOVE their latest album, it has impressive tunes and songs!
It gets better and better each album. You have only just opened the can of goodness - the Carolus Rex album was the first sip. From now on you have the rest of the drink and the snacks all to yourself ^^
I just love how Sabaton set the mood for the theme. I love their old albums, and I love their newer.
I'm loving every track so far, I wish I had heard of them before so I can react to their new music alongside their fans!
@@Clouded_Reactionsnew fans are recruited constantly! Partly thanks to reaction channels who help spread their music
a great upload bro,this song combined with the music video really does hit as a young man,here in the west where we live we are lucky,i know that in the east with russia and ukraine the conditions on the battlefield are slowly starting to look like world war one,trenches,disfigured fields with craters,bodies everywhere. seems like if history doesn't repeat it sure rhymes.
They released "The war to end all wars" in 2022... the follow up to "The great war".
I don't think the quality of their music has gone down, it might have changed some, but that's fine by me.
Some people just like the raw sound of early Sabaton better I guess.
Some people don't like change, if that is the reason some fans don't appreciate their newer music then Sabaton doesn't need them as fans!
Finally managed to see them live last year in Hamburg, been a fan for over 20 years and just LOVE how they manage to make the music support the lyrics or the mood of the song so natural.. like here in the chorus where you can almost FEEL the army marching, through the music.. breathtaking every time again... they they are all so down to earth and fun guys, you HAVE to love them! Greetings from Germany :)
I've loved the crew ever since I saw the history videos behind each song! 'll say it again, I'd love to buy them a beer if they're ever in my hometown xD
The video for the song 40-1 was created by a fan. She became famous. The band heard about this music video because it became number 1 in Poland. Unfortunately You Tube took it down. Fortunately, the band helped and the music video came back. And it became the band's official music video. There are many fan videos for Sabaton's songs. Often, they are the only music videos for songs. The team doesn't mind. So everyone from history fans to anime fans are making music videos for Sabaton's music.
WOW! Sabaton really does care about their fans! Compared to other artists, who usually get copies of their songs taken down from TH-cam...
Sabaton has earned much respect from me and I won't be turning from them any time soon!
It is sad that Sabaton aren't bigger then they are, but I think they are a lot bigger than you think they are, not in the US but in Poland, Sweden and a few other european countries they are massive, I mean, they managed to get a spot on the woodstock stage with a crowd of over a million people
They're definitely known, that's for sure! I've seen their concerts, where it looks like they have tens of thousands of people attending!
I personally, in my own country, never heard them growing up or even heard them mentioned! It's tragic that, at least in my own area, they aren't more well known Dx
I just saw Sabaton in concert, opening for Judas Priest, quite honestly, Sabaton stole the show so anyone that says Sabaton is not as good as they used to does not know what they are talking about.
To tour with ledgendary bands for 25 years should tell you a lot. Not just Judas Priest either, we are talking Motohead, Nightwish, Dragonforce, huge bands and Sabaton stands with these.
I KNEW it was just a salty fan stating such blasphemy. You don't make epic albums and then just run out of mojo, I'm glad to know more greatness is on the way for me to listen to!
The riff you are thinking is Led Zeppelins Kasmir
In the end a battle was considered a victory by how much land was taken not by how many men they lost and what people fail to understand is that commanders back then, had little if any actual regards towards their soldiers since most if not all officers at the time were ((commissioned)) officers meaning that those who wanted to be an officer tended to be from the upper classes or the rich and powerful, who only saw the men under their command as nothing more than pawns to be used for their promotions or recognition, where if say a soldier were to hold the line against unending waves of enemies, saved his commander and won the battle, that soldiers recognition would be credited not towards the individual who committed such actions but was in fact given to their commanding officer And their units, and again whilst military promotions for the rank and file soldiers, they were few and very far between, and contrast to what the patriot might try and depict, that’s not only false but a single man slaughtering hundreds of British troops is basically impossible not to mention that the main character appears to treat his gun as if it was a semi automatic rifle rather than the slow and cumbersome muzzle loader that it was.
So yeh the whole concept or even notions of rights or liberties or individuality wasn’t really much of a thing, as soon as you joined the army you were basically considered as nothing more than a piece of ancillary equipment, where disobedience would normally result in things like flogging in which a soldier was tied down and was whipped for a certain period of time or a certain amount as a popular form of punishment, another popular form of punishment was the simple expediency of an execution, mostly via a firing squad where several soldiers would form a small line infront of the condemned and would be be either tied to a pole or standing still and would simply be shot, other punishments included things like hanging which was very popular in western militaries at the time which was a popular choice when dealing with cowards who run away and the most popular form of execution by the British military in the 18 to early 1900’s was called blowing from a gun, basically the condemned would be tied to the muzzle of a cannon, not the modern ones but the old fashioned muzzle loaded ones in which the crim would be tied to its muzzle and shot (by the cannon) in which their body would explode from the force and energy and so yeh consider yourself lucky if you ever join the military, where the most you’d get would be imprisoned or sternly slapped on the wrists.😂
During World War I, between 250,000 and 1 million people died in one battle just to move the front line 6 miles. Generals in the 19th century mentally sent thousands into the barrels of machine guns and artillery fire. Only the English artillery was able to fire from 1 to 1.5 million artillery shells during one battle. To this day, there is a zone in France that will be cleansed of missiles and various types of chemicals for the next 600 years.
I love your curiosity and comments. As for banging during specificly Final Solution - never happened. This song was performed a few times (I don't know exactly how many; among others in Poland) because of its serious theme. I've seen a vid them playing this song with accustic instruments only.
No freaking way? The lyrics are so powerful that they have to be mindful when playing it at live shows...
Just goes to show you that Sabaton songs go WAY beyond music! Thanks brotha!! 😊
Passchendaele: the British and French lost between 240,000-448,614, while the Germans lost something between 217,000-400,000. That's almost a repeat of the Somme, where over 1 million died.
Great map in Battlefield 1. There's pretty much nothing left but trenches and ruins..and remains of chlorine gas
@@Finkele1 I still play Battlefield 1 yes there's a lot of good maps and the game mode catch and defend specially on the map that is the Somme
@@Badger.AD.1066do many people still play it?
@@pawejesse1335 yeah a lot actually same with battlefield 4 too large player base still which I still play 4
There were soldiers on both sides as young as 15 and 16, Pashendale and the Somme with meat grinders where young men were sent in and bodies came out, maybe...
Smh it's tough to even think about... No one wins when it comes to war, only the dead
@@Clouded_Reactions I was in Glasgow last summer and went to the Necropolis there (massive graveyard on a hill). Too many tombs and head stones from the 1st world war.
The energy over there must be thick, must have taken your breath away.
I'd love to visit one day, paying respects is LONG overdue
It's world war 1, not world war 2. Pashendale was one of the largest battles in history and a meat grinder for the young men of nations. Particularly Germany and Britain. Though I believe France was also involved in that battle. Some people who fought in the war were egger youths looking for adventure and lied about their ages. 16 and sometimes even younger would fight and die. Also Sabaton hasn't gone downhill at all. Their new stuff is great as is their old stuff.
When I first heard this song I did the math, though I took it a bit further...
If you use the total dead for the battle it comes out to 7.5inches per life if you break it down by total casualties it drops to just over 2 inches.
The craziest part is you have this song about passchendale(so?) and also in ww1 the battle of the somme, both battles just down the road from each other with similar casualties and roughly the same amount of ground switching sides.
Just insanity.
The amount of death humans are capable of dismissing just for power... I just don't get it.
You have to have a special heart of stone to send young soldiers off to fight for your greed :/
it be really cool if you checked out ''hearts of iron'' or ''wehrmacht'' with their music video's too,sabaton has decent videos of it with only subtitles but these actual music video's just seem to hit a little harder you know? hahaha.
I love Hearts of Iron!! Jay reviews each album in turn (which I love, tbh), so we'll just have to wait...
when 1917 played in amsterdam everyone got their phone flashlight and waved slowly so with more sadder songs the audience is no longer like a metal audience
I'm surprised their fans didn't cry tears of metal shards :D I'm still shocked that rock music can be so deeply emotional!
I LOVE Sabaton! 😍
One of my favorite bands!
And I think it's great that you react to their songs! 🤩
But are you open to react to other bands/artists too?
If so... Please react to Måneskin! 🙏
Doesn't matter which song, they're all equally good!
almost all anyway... 😉
Måneskin? Never heard of them before but that doesn't shock me xD I've added them to my list, I hope you don't mind if I shout you out for the video suggestion? 😁
@@Clouded_Reactions no problem! 😊
My favorite Måneskin song (for the moment) is "the driver"... Just so you know... 😉
Top 3 on my list, old but still epic🇸🇪
Top 3 for good reason! Cheers!
LOL...that Diddy song from Godzilla is a banger...wait, am I allowed to say that now on YT? ROFLMAO
But FYI...that opening riff is basically a sample from the incredible Led Zeppelin track "Kashmir" off the Physical Graffiti album...and Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page features on the track.
Also...quick reminder that "casualties" are not just deaths...they include those who are wounded/injured, men who get sick, and those who are captured or missing. At the Battle of Passchendaele, there were 500k or more casualties between both sides, but probably only about 50 percent of the casualties were KIA. It seems impossible to know exactly what percentage but that is a general formula that is often used. As artists writing songs, even Sabaton with all the history they try to represent do not always get it right in the difference between casualties and deaths.
I'm not sure if you can say that on TH-cam, you've probably been placed on the "list" xD
Oouu if there's a famous riff that people keep jumping on then I have to hear Kashmir, the original! Hope you don't mind if I credit you for the song!!!
Te amo 🎉
💚🤍❤️
You should definitly chk out the sabaton history for this one / with love
I do for all of their songs, it's a shame how little I really know or have forgotten over the years Dx
Well done for noticing the subtle change in lyrics most reactor’s either don’t notice or don’t comment on it, the video though is not Hollywood exaggerating in this case, WW1 really was that bloody especially when it came to trench clearing men would fight hand to hand with rifles bayonets, shovels whatever was to hand like you see in the video.
Thanks for the comment brotha!
I know war is terrible but I didn't want people thinking I was basing my opinion off of the movie that was being displayed. I'm very fortunate that I don't know what happens first hand, thanks again for your comment! x)
We as fins got shitloads of sheldhock. Now theye sre dead but war followed
I couldn't even imagine what those soldiers go through, my nightmares pale in comparison :/
actually that video failed to show brutality, there are numerous pictures/films of the battlefields of ww1 from the actual battlefields showing decomposING corpses, detached bodyparts... next to fighting soldiers. this means they had to WALK/CRAWL... THROUGH that to get over No mans land trying to get to enemy trenches and take them, imagine walking next to your fallen friend dead sincefew weeks... INSANITY. I fully understand that many became insane.
A tragic shame that the men who sacrificed and seen so much will never be able to explain what they seen or heard.
Many probably just wish to forget but I don't think it really works out like that in the end :/
EDIT* I'm noticing this comment was 8 days ago but it barely appeared in my notifications? Sorry brotha!
@@Clouded_Reactions PTSD is a thing for a reason
I LOVE Sabaton, but man, this one just depresses the hell outta me. Great song, don’t get me wrong, but you gotta be in the right mood, like Wish You Were Here.
Agreed! Just play one of their songs and let your emotions RUN WILD!
@@Clouded_Reactions really enjoy your channel. What I like best is that you express what you think the song is about, and sometimes your wrong. Believe me, I’m 50 and been wrong a lot, but I always remember and learn more when I am wrong and then find out about it, than if I just looked it up. I’m always impressed when young people want to learn more, so just keep doing what you’re doing. And yes, I can always find Sabaton songs to make my day better lol.
@@detroitpolak9904 yeah I'm not going to lie, quite a few people get on me for not knowing the history haha but the learning part is just as fun as the music!
Most comments are positive thankfully, and it's comments like yours that make me glad I started doing this channel. Thanks brotha! I really do appreciate you!
There's no price for a mile
Apparently to the higher ups, there's no price too high :/
You live in the US and you say that many people you know have never heard of Sabaton. It is believed that Sabaton has done several long tours in the USA with large audiences and often tunes with other big bands such as Iron Maiden.
Many American TH-camrs know Sabaton well and they have also sent in contributions about various American war events that Sabaton has made music from, such as SABATON - 82nd All The Way (Live - The Great Tour - Munich),
th-cam.com/video/wcpO_x0nxc0/w-d-xo.html
SABATON - To Hell And Back (Live - The Great Tour - Antwerp)th-cam.com/video/Xjg6chvywb0/w-d-xo.html
Sabaton - Screaming Eagles (Music Video) th-cam.com/video/ZKJReh7CLUI/w-d-xo.html
So it's more ignorance among your friends about not knowing who Sabaton is.
I wouldn't claim that it's ignorance that's causing me not to know about Sabaton. You stated many tubers know of them, how many of those tubers know of Sabaton because of suggestions?
Sabaton does in fact tour in the US, I only found that out through a fellow fan. I'm not saying they're completely unknown, I've actually never said that. I said it's a shame they're not more well known i.e. radio play (obviously in the US but that should seriously go without saying).
My comment was more aimed at the fact that I've heard of rock bands and their songs through radio, culture references, movies etc. but I haven't heard of Sabaton through any of the mentioned outlets.
I'm glad I found them now, better late than never! I do still stand by the fact that I wish they were more well known (in the United States of America).