A Lifetime of War is not a direction translation of En Livstid i Krig, though they're on the same topic. The English version is more broadly about the Thirty Years War and the devastation of Europe, while the Swedish version is more personal and from the perspective of a single soldier.
Right. I find the more personal view of the Swedish lyrics to be more impactful than the generalized sentiments in the English. I suspect it's due to Swedish being the band's native language, however conversationally fluent they are in English, they'll typically be able to write more meaningfully in their native language than others learned later.
Indeed, the Swedish version throws you in at the deep end giving you a proper "steel bath" before they pull you out telling you do dust yourself off and retake your place in the line of fire whilst the english version is more like, yeah, ok... another war, let's go and oversee this.
I agree with the other commenters but i do have to be pedantic and say that "en livstid i krig" does indeed mean " a lifetime at war". So to say that it is not a direct translation is just wrong. What some mean to say is that the english version of the song is sung from a european perspective and the swedish version of the song is sung from a swedish perspective. The song title however, does remain the same in both langauges even directly translated.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 they meant the lyrics of the songs, however the names of the song may be direct translations the lyrics could not be more different.
The Carolus Rex album was recorded in both English and Swedish. The English version of some of the songs are completely different. Some of the major differences are '1648' the English version is from the point of view of the citizens of Prague. The Swedish version is from the point of view of the Swedish soldiers laying seige to the city. 'A Lifetime of War' is an overview of the Thirty Years' War. 'En Livstid I Krig' is from the point of view of a single Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years' War.
basically, the swedish version is the point of view of a swedish soldier in a war while the english version is the point of view of an outsider seeing the war
It's a shame you didn't put on the captions while watching since they are he official English lyrics, you could have read that while simultaneously watching the video. Doing so is quite the experience, I remember tearing up when I watched it.
As a Swede I can say the Swedish lyrics is even more powerful compared to any English translation (because it was originally written and flows better in Swedish)
@@Bazerald777 I seriously doubt that the band wrote it, since it's incorrectly translated, and since they all speak English. Stating facts isn't crying.
@@jacobpaulson23 Yeah? Have you seen the sabaton history of it AND royal guard? Where they literally said that they have to change the lyrics to fit the song while trying to keep it as close as possible to the Swedish version? Keep on crying.
No captions 😳 You HAVE TO DO IT with the captions on, it will give you so much more depth to the song! So pleeeeaaase redo it with the captions on! PLEASE 🙏 Have to say that your reactions are quite unique compared to the other reactions I’ve seen on YT and I just love them and going into the Sabaton rabbit hole, gooo deeep 😉 Songs to react to: Bismarck (No 1) Lion from the north (same album as ”en livstid i krig”) Screaming eagles A caroleans prayer Seven pillar of wisdom And many more Thanks a lot for great reactions!! Best regards from Sweden
It was a choir of 14.000, I know cause I was there on the left. Joakim( leadsinger) in the beginning of the song said...nobody carries a lighter anymore but everyone have a mobile phone. Let's sing together...and we did! The emotions and pride that it evoked in us, the audience, was phenomenal and more ppl than I cried. Awsome reaction, and I appreciate your taking time to research the topic. Just one thing...many of Sabatons songs have captions on the videos(like this one), might be useful when you dig in to the world of Sabaton. Anyway...liked and subscribed
Sabaton is touring through sections of the USA this fall, We got 2 dates in sequence in September (185 mile drive/300km) and I've booked one of those dates. In a lot of ways I'm a bit bummed they likely won't perform either variant of the song, but I'm gonna hope. If they do perform it it's probably not going to be the Swedish version because, duh, who in the US is gonna understand or know the Swedish version? Lol
@@SirVivel He actually says: "Helt underbart. Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!". Or in English: "Absolutely wonderful. My friends, let's sing together!".
You summarized Sabaton so well at 10:17. "There's nothing extremely flashy, there's nothing extremely virtuosic, but it's rock-solid. It's mixed great, and the message is quite profound." Whenever I introduce people to Sabaton, that's the description I'm gonna use.
So, if you stick with Sabaton long enough, there are a few things you'll come to realize. First and foremost, they're not writing music that's insanely technical or complex. The musicians are all world class, to be sure, and they do have songs where they get to cut loose. But the songwriting itself isn't geared towards that. The songs are structured in such a way that the music tells the story as much as the lyrics, and I think that's where the real power of Sabaton comes from. I also think that's the source of a lot of the snobbery and hate directed towards them. It goes without saying that there's a certain contingent of the metal community that's going to hate on anything that gets popular. Any band with more than three followers on Spotify (or that has a Spotify page, for that matter), has sold out in their eyes. But there's also a contingent that criticizes the lack of complexity, or the fact that they're not constantly pushing boundaries, trying to play harder or faster than everyone else. Personally, I think that kind of criticism is misplaced. It relies on a superficial understanding of music, and completely ignores everything going on below the surface. Conveying complex themes and emotions through music is not easy, and the fact that anyone, from anywhere on the planet, can listen to this song or any one of dozens of others and feel exactly what they're meant to feel is a sign of masters at work.
If you want to do a little more war themed stuff due to the conflict in Ukraine right now, I would suggest "The price of a mile" from Sabaton. That is one of the heaviest and most brutal anti war songs there is. Right at the first note you will feel that this isn't going to end well, and then it just dives deeper into the misery for the whole song..
Definitely a underrated song, as it hit some feelings. I have a live concert CD in my car, and when my wife is with me, she always makes me skip The Price of A Mile. Gives her the chills.
That is one of my favorite songs. It hit hard and then, when I watched the corresponding Sabaton history episode, it hit even harder. It so well written.
I love Sabaton! 90% of their songs are history lessons. They really know their stuff. I have learned so much from them as they have reawakened my love of history. They also have a Sabaton history channel that tells the stories behind the songs.
A notable fact is that this recording was from Gothenburg, Sweden. For 30 Years War the Swedish soldiers were drafted and when losses mounted they started drafting younger and younger people. That's what the beginning about barely a man refers to. Many women first had to give their husbands and later their sons to the war, never to be seen again. And these 17000 people in the hall know had they happened to live in another time, they would have been drafted, too. So there's this somber 'it could have been me' undertone on the sound of this huge choir.
This song is about The Thirty Years War (1618-1648), one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. The war, disease and famine brought death to about 8 million Europeans, in some parts (like Southern Germany) only one third of the population survived.The song is from Sabaton 2012 album Carolus Rex, that focuses on Swedish war history (mainly the Great Nothern War). This album was one of Sabatons greatest commercial successes, and it was recorded in both english and swedish versions. Here's an eng version of the song with following lyrics: Two ways to view the world So similar at times Two ways to rule the world To justify their crimes By kings and queens young men Are sent to die in war Their propaganda speaks Those words been heard before Two ways to view the world Brought Europe down in flames Two ways to rule... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war... From dawn to dawn they're fighting Die where they stand The fog of war lies thick When armies scorch the land When all of Europe is burning What can be done? They've been to war a decade Two more to come! Long way from home (Döpas och dö i strid) Lifetime at war... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war... When they face death they're all alike: No right or wrong Rich or poor... No matter who they served before Good or bad... They're all the same Rest side by side now... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war...
Sabaton get a lot of undeserved associations in Sweden, since we are such a peaceful nation their lyrics make people associate them with nationalism or even racism and nazism. However, the Swedish lyrics talk about the devastation of war, not the glorification of war. "Who will mourn me?" and "Father and son who will never come home". This isn't a song about Nationalistic Pride, this is a song about peace.
You said that name really Well in swedish! Edit: in the beginning he says ” let’s sing this one together.. a lifetime of war” Edit again: the translation were missing the whole chorus ” who Will mourn me, a father, a son, a husband a friend, that never returns, who will mourn for me”
Not only is Carolus Rex the best selling Swedish Metal album of all time, it's also the first album to certified platinum since Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in 1986. In 2018 it reached another mile stone by being awarded quadruple platinum after remaining on the Swedish charts for a staggering 326 weeks. If I remember correctly, all Iron Maiden members have a Gold version of the album as well. Their latest album, The War to End All Wars was even more popular than Eurovision (in Sweden) for a brief moment, and Eurovision is almost as sacred as Midsummer to some Swedes.
You DEFINITELY need to turn on the CC if you want to experience this in its entirety. Sabaton stay on top of the correct translations. En livstid i Krig and A Lifetime Of War are COMPLETELY different songs.
soldier of heaven is powerful. also one should watch the sabaton history episode of the song to really get the message, those are a powerful aid to understandas far as message of the song goes.
A more precise translation "I look Back and see my home fade away My time at home feels now far too short Barely 17 not yet a man when duty called me If I get to see my home again, I do not know Among kinsmen from my village, I went out in War And the world it burned For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as A -husband, a friend A -Father and son never returns home But who will mourn me? Went to war for Sweden, was baptized in blood Out there, death awaits, not heroism In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard Challenging our fates, yet again Far from home Baptized and die in battle And the world it burned For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will misse me? So see me as a -husband, a friend A -father and son who never returns home But who will mourn me? "Guitar solo" And when my time has run out Who cares then? They are struggling on Does a soldier get a dignified end? Get to go to sleep fade away And never wake up For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as -A husband, a friend A -father and son who never will return home But who will mourn me?"
For a more interesting song in terms of musicality, I'd say go for Angels Calling from them. The live version from the great tour preferably. Cool song with neat musical ideas IMO.
@@2104dogface I personally say live because of apocalyptica being there with them. Besides, Doug usually listens more than watches so hearing how the live cellos and the metal combine should be interesting.
I was in Sweden and sang my heart out on this song. It's amazing how powerful it feels when over 20,000 people sing this in Swedish. Well, hope to see tour reactions for Within Temptation, or some of Epica's performances more. Thx and best wishes from Finland.
Sabaton would agree with you - there's a short video titled "We must learn from war" which has two of them going round a military museum in Belgium and talking about the history, it's kind of an advert for their history channel! Joakim makes the point that we have to remember in order to learn from bad things or we will keep repeating them. Worth a watch. My dad and uncle had very different experiences of WW2. My dad was stationed in the UK until just after D-Day so only caught the end of the action in Europe, and was happy to reminisce (he met his first wife over there), whereas my uncle was in the Pacific and would clam up and look very stressed whenever the war was mentioned. I will almost certainly never know what happened to him. My mum was a nurse, and would tell me the "funny" stories which were actually fairly horrific tales of trauma (such as the story of an injured German soldier who was terrified of the nurses and fought frantically not be tended by them because he'd been told that if he was captured he would be experimented on, and nobody could say anything to reassure him because nobody spoke the language). I am eternally grateful that I have never had to face anything like that.
It literally was a lifetime for many of the soldiers who were very young when it started and those that survived would be old by the time it ended (old by the standards of the day) ... Oh, and Carolus Rex is just King Charles in Latin
Sabaton is just amazing. I'm a student/learner of history, so I instantly got into them since 2008. Would you also listen to some other compositions like Two Steps from Hell and Antti Martikainen?
The Swedes loved our kings in the old days. Our most beloved king KarlXII spent his days in battle among his men, and therefore we honor his memory even today. Thank you for posting and therefore honoring the Swedish history.
Always love a good reaction, shame you did not put on the captions, they would have hit you to the heart... 'Think about me as a friend, father and son... that never returns home... ' watch it on your spare time but w captions. u will understand why, it's beautiful lyrics about the waste of war
Hello Doug, i like your Sabaton reactions! you're doing a good job. Please do more sabaton songs because they are absolutely amazing! So much depth to it. Peace from Belgium!
You made the right decision to hear the swedish version. The english lyrics (3rd person) of this song differ massivly from the swedish ones (1st person). Swedish ones are way more intense.
Sabaton just released their new album "The War to End All Wars" .....Allready at their first song "Sarajevo" - I got chills how history seem to repeat itself. Other prefferred songs on the album is : "Race to the Sea" , "Dreadnoughts" Christmas Truce" and "Soldier of Heaven"
Not that this makes the tragedy of the 30 years war any better but at least the Swedish king fought and died in the war with his soldiers. World would be a better place if those in power would have to fight in the frontlines with the ones they have sent to war but those days are long gone.
All you had to do was to click the CC button 😩 and you would have gotten the correct translation in real-time and understood the song as you were actually seeing it
11:58 in these times the leaders often put their own lifes on the line too. In the Thirty Year's War Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) actually DIED in the battle of Lützen on Nov 6 1632. Many years later Karl XII (Carolus Rex), another famous Swedish king often was in the very front of the charge against the enemy, and subsequently was shot in the head in Fredrikshald, Norway on Nov 30, 1718. It is in more modern time that the leaders are waging war from a distance
There was no "charge" at Fredriksten (it was a siege and it was at Frediksten because Fredrikshald had been burnt the year before when Karl XII lead his failed invasion). He was in a trench when he either got hit by Norwegian fire or was killed by his own. When the news of his death reached Sweden everybody celebrated, ostensibly to celebrate Ulrika Eleonora becoming queen, but in actuality they celebrated the death of Karl XII, because he was a tyrant and had lead the country into nothing but misery in his endless wars.
@@arudegestureI never wrote that there was a charge at Fredrikshald, just that he often was in front, like at Narva. I work at a museum dedicated to the Battle of Stäket 1719, believe me, I know most of the events of this period already. No need to explain it to me.
@@isaacbobjork7053 Sorry, I misread it as if you wrote that he was leading a charge at Fredrikshald. But just so you know, I'm not without academic credentials. Masters degree in Archaeology and Bachelor in History.
@@arudegesture That is great, most pepole I know that actually know something about these things know a great lot more than I do (I do not have a degree), but I still know more about it than the average person partly due to my job.
@@isaacbobjork7053 Yes, and a degree doesn't necessarily mean people know everything. ;-) I'm betting you have a lot of detailed knowledge, because of where you work, that some people with a degree might not have. :-) If you're interested (and a Swedish speaker) I highly recommend the book "Tyrannens tid" by Magnus Västerbro. Came out last year, or possibly this year, and is a great book about Karl XII's reign and the misery it caused Sweden and its people.
There are several great suggestions for Sabaton song that are worthy of you commentary, but I suggest Afraid to Shoot Strangers. There is a live performance of it from the album A Real Live One, the introduction goes something like "War is usually stared by politicians and it is usually ended by people who doesn't really want to kill anybody". An it is a fantastic song to boot!
I was lucky enough to catch Sabaton, in the only time I've seen them, as support band for Nightwish back in 2012. Just before Nightwish parted with Anette. This was in Adelaide, Australia, and it was a magnificent show. I'd honestly not been into Sabaton before, or since, but this video reminded me of that show, and has made me remember just how good they were, and I really should get around to listening to more of their music. Thanks Doug for such a great review of an amazing anthem that is really sad when you translate the lyrics.
I find it so cool that Sabaton, founded in a small town in Sweden, is the very same town that I live in. In fact, I go the the same school that most of the founding members (if not all of them) went to. Furthermore, my father claims that he would've seen the original members around his school, right around the time they got started, which does seem to add up. In general, a very cool band, and I think Joakim Brodén is such a fantastic front man.
Harmonically this song is quite simple, but that doesn't keep it from moving me. The English lyrics are pretty good, but the Swedish version hits so damned hard. They do this so well. Thank you for doing this one Doug. Cheers! EDIT: Some of the lyrics you seemed to miss in the Chorus: "So see me this way A husband and friend Father and son Who never returns home - But who's missing me?"
The outro regarding war and leaders seems somewhat misplaced considering that the Swedish kings in these wars led the campaigns themselves and both Gustav II Adolf and Karl XII died in battle.
Sabaton is such an amazing band. They really take the time to dig into the topics they're writing about, and actually get more flak for it than they deserve. I'd love to see you react to the live version of The Red Baron.
If you want to be very surprised , watch the guitar player, Tommy's rendition of You raise me up . he gave himself quite the challenge of signing it higher than the original ! I think you will be shocked! th-cam.com/video/zoGJ7mxNq0M/w-d-xo.html
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?
The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus ... from 1611 to 1632 was an exception. Unlike other kings who sent their soldiers into battle from a distance, Gustavus Adolphus led from the front .. and killed in battle.
Yes, I love this band. You should do Metal Machine and or Metal Crue. Listen to the lyrics. Metal Machine is all names of songs and Metal Crue is all names of metal bands for the lyrics. BTW, Caroulus Rex was shot in the back of the head by one of his own troops.
It might be a little long for your format, or most people's format for that matter. But I would love to see you react to Gettysburg (1863) by Iced Earth.
Ok I know this is unrelated to this video but this is the e most recent so here goes…DOUG, we’ve waited long enough, and I know you’ve done a lot of tool already, but it’s time for a reaction to Invincible. Thanks!
I absolutely love "En livstid i krig" i just sing along in danish, and when my mates and i are drinking beer we usually set it loud and sing along with our arms over our shoulders and the beer raised, it feels so damn epic!
I really like this reaction video. Doug has a lot of knowledge of music. I'd love to see him give a listen to Thomas Bergersen's music. Especially his new album series Humanity. Please give it a try, if you enjoy classic music mixed with all kinds of epic genres, you will not regret it I promise you :)
Great to see you coming back to Sabaton 🙂. Would really appreciate you doing a few more of their songs. The first two with Christmas Truce and En Livstid i Krig are brilliant from the lyrics but maybe not so typical Sabaton sound. From the new album there might be interesting and a bit more Metal: Stormtroopers: th-cam.com/video/Oo8H5vUKMlk/w-d-xo.html Hellfighters: th-cam.com/video/QoFy6mNtdpo/w-d-xo.html Both about WWI about the newly formed storm troops and the Harlem Hellfighters. Both up to now only available as lyric videos. Another great video production from the new album (but also a bit different) is: The unkillable soldier: th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.html About Adrian Carton de Wiart who went to three wars including WWI and WWI, was shot several times (head, eye, stomach etc.), survived two plain crashes, lost an eye and a hand and nevertheless had in his biography a famous quote which is cited at the end of the video. Two of my personal favorites are available in a special edition also explaining the background, so no research is needed here, just jump in for a quick flight: No bullets fly: th-cam.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/w-d-xo.html Night witches: th-cam.com/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/w-d-xo.html And for more live stuff, how about some songs from the previous album The Great War: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence from Arabia): th-cam.com/video/n2ewAf0LgYA/w-d-xo.html The Red Baron (including a classical easteregg): th-cam.com/video/GmqVpskrLsQ/w-d-xo.html Would be happy to see you falling down that rabbithole a bit further. Regards and keep on. I've learned a lot about my favorite bands here (and wanna learn more).
@@bunkerhousing Sure, Bismarck is a phantastic song with a great Musik video, but it's again more ballad style. That's why I not listed it 😉 Nevertheless: th-cam.com/video/oVWEb-At8yc/w-d-xo.html
Hi! For worth it is worth. About the history in this song!? Do not read me wrong. ( I do not now the up come of the text. )BUT At the time Sweden got a King, Karl the 12. (Karl XII) Hi was 17teen years old when he went out to war... He never return to Sweden and die in the frontline 32 years old. Did you know about that.????? Maybe? Therefore "A Life time in war" But in indeed it suit on many soldiers offer there lifes in the same way. (For any country) But fore the truth about the text (Lyric), you have to ask SABATON. Ulf.
5:13 "You see a tank on stage :O". Jocke and the boys don't just have ONE tank. They have two. Joakim Brodén is a trained church organist, and it shows - listen to The Red Baron which starts with Bach's Little Fugue in G minor. I myself am a countertenor in an English cathedral choir, and I can tell you Sabaton is one of my favourite adrenalin releases... What you'll notice if you listen to enough Sabaton is they love G minor, and they almost never write a song in a major key.
Yes this song is much better as Swedish version. I'm Finnish and should know language easily, but my generation hated Swedish language studies, we wanted to speak English, German, or France/Spanish instead of Germany.
5:10 That's because it IS a tank! Yes, a literal tank! It's part of their set, and they have to get import permissions for it wherever they go. Last I remember, it was actually a gift from the Swedish government.
Except for the religious part there were a situation on several occasions when a number of countries declared war on Sweden simultaneously beacause of common interests and the difficulty of fighting the Swedes alone. There was some important British naval support for Sweden beacause of common interests as well some supporting cossack cavalry.
You missed activating the captions, that's how you get the lyrics. You really ought to watch the video again with the captions on, even if you don't make a react video of it, because that makes the song that more powerful and the experience much more profound than if you only read the lyrics afterwards. Also the simplicity and particularly the camera position out at the crowd rather than on themselves says everything you need to know about Sabaton, they're all about the fans and the fans are their focus. A couple of friends of mine were there (still hate them for not telling me they were going) and they said it was an amazing concert.
The soldier fights and dies. Then musicians and movie makers picture them. The people then adopt the stories and they become mortar in the pillars of their nation's culture.
Doug's G-Father might have opened up @ VFW/American Legion venues. Very common behaviour not to easily share "stories". Good thing WW 1 ended all this stuff. $ince then thing$ are a little different.
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A Lifetime of War is not a direction translation of En Livstid i Krig, though they're on the same topic. The English version is more broadly about the Thirty Years War and the devastation of Europe, while the Swedish version is more personal and from the perspective of a single soldier.
Very true.
Right. I find the more personal view of the Swedish lyrics to be more impactful than the generalized sentiments in the English. I suspect it's due to Swedish being the band's native language, however conversationally fluent they are in English, they'll typically be able to write more meaningfully in their native language than others learned later.
Indeed, the Swedish version throws you in at the deep end giving you a proper "steel bath" before they pull you out telling you do dust yourself off and retake your place in the line of fire whilst the english version is more like, yeah, ok... another war, let's go and oversee this.
I agree with the other commenters but i do have to be pedantic and say that "en livstid i krig" does indeed mean " a lifetime at war". So to say that it is not a direct translation is just wrong. What some mean to say is that the english version of the song is sung from a european perspective and the swedish version of the song is sung from a swedish perspective. The song title however, does remain the same in both langauges even directly translated.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 they meant the lyrics of the songs, however the names of the song may be direct translations the lyrics could not be more different.
The Carolus Rex album was recorded in both English and Swedish.
The English version of some of the songs are completely different.
Some of the major differences are '1648' the English version is from the point of view of the citizens of Prague. The Swedish version is from the point of view of the Swedish soldiers laying seige to the city.
'A Lifetime of War' is an overview of the Thirty Years' War. 'En Livstid I Krig' is from the point of view of a single Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years' War.
They have an episode on the sabaton history channel done in swedish with english subtitles on this song as well as one for the english version
basically, the swedish version is the point of view of a swedish soldier in a war while the english version is the point of view of an outsider seeing the war
It's a shame you didn't put on the captions while watching since they are he official English lyrics, you could have read that while simultaneously watching the video. Doing so is quite the experience, I remember tearing up when I watched it.
As a Swede I can say the Swedish lyrics is even more powerful compared to any English translation (because it was originally written and flows better in Swedish)
I wouldn't call them the official English lyrics, since they are pretty poorly translated at times,
@@jacobpaulson23 They are written by Sabaton themselves. Hence it's official no matter how hard you're gonna cry about it.
@@Bazerald777 I seriously doubt that the band wrote it, since it's incorrectly translated, and since they all speak English. Stating facts isn't crying.
@@jacobpaulson23 Yeah? Have you seen the sabaton history of it AND royal guard? Where they literally said that they have to change the lyrics to fit the song while trying to keep it as close as possible to the Swedish version?
Keep on crying.
No captions 😳
You HAVE TO DO IT with the captions on, it will give you so much more depth to the song!
So pleeeeaaase redo it with the captions on!
PLEASE 🙏
Have to say that your reactions are quite unique compared to the other reactions I’ve seen on YT and I just love them and going into the Sabaton rabbit hole, gooo deeep 😉
Songs to react to:
Bismarck (No 1)
Lion from the north (same album as ”en livstid i krig”)
Screaming eagles
A caroleans prayer
Seven pillar of wisdom
And many more
Thanks a lot for great reactions!!
Best regards from Sweden
When you have watched this version around 1,000 times you no longer need English Captions 😊
It got the feeling that he had the lyrics on another screen.
@@dingodelta Music knows not words
It was a choir of 14.000, I know cause I was there on the left. Joakim( leadsinger) in the beginning of the song said...nobody carries a lighter anymore but everyone have a mobile phone. Let's sing together...and we did!
The emotions and pride that it evoked in us, the audience, was phenomenal and more ppl than I cried.
Awsome reaction, and I appreciate your taking time to research the topic.
Just one thing...many of Sabatons songs have captions on the videos(like this one), might be useful when you dig in to the world of Sabaton.
Anyway...liked and subscribed
I was in Stockholm the next day. It was indeed super powerful.
Sabaton is touring through sections of the USA this fall, We got 2 dates in sequence in September (185 mile drive/300km) and I've booked one of those dates. In a lot of ways I'm a bit bummed they likely won't perform either variant of the song, but I'm gonna hope. If they do perform it it's probably not going to be the Swedish version because, duh, who in the US is gonna understand or know the Swedish version? Lol
"Er vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!"
@@SirVivel He actually says: "Helt underbart. Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!". Or in English: "Absolutely wonderful. My friends, let's sing together!".
Jag stod typ i andra raden till vänster var en fantastisk känsla när alla sjöng med
You summarized Sabaton so well at 10:17. "There's nothing extremely flashy, there's nothing extremely virtuosic, but it's rock-solid. It's mixed great, and the message is quite profound." Whenever I introduce people to Sabaton, that's the description I'm gonna use.
So, if you stick with Sabaton long enough, there are a few things you'll come to realize. First and foremost, they're not writing music that's insanely technical or complex. The musicians are all world class, to be sure, and they do have songs where they get to cut loose. But the songwriting itself isn't geared towards that. The songs are structured in such a way that the music tells the story as much as the lyrics, and I think that's where the real power of Sabaton comes from.
I also think that's the source of a lot of the snobbery and hate directed towards them. It goes without saying that there's a certain contingent of the metal community that's going to hate on anything that gets popular. Any band with more than three followers on Spotify (or that has a Spotify page, for that matter), has sold out in their eyes. But there's also a contingent that criticizes the lack of complexity, or the fact that they're not constantly pushing boundaries, trying to play harder or faster than everyone else.
Personally, I think that kind of criticism is misplaced. It relies on a superficial understanding of music, and completely ignores everything going on below the surface. Conveying complex themes and emotions through music is not easy, and the fact that anyone, from anywhere on the planet, can listen to this song or any one of dozens of others and feel exactly what they're meant to feel is a sign of masters at work.
I was there on that concert. best night I ever had. That crowd and the people that were there was like the nicest people ever.
If you want to do a little more war themed stuff due to the conflict in Ukraine right now, I would suggest "The price of a mile" from Sabaton. That is one of the heaviest and most brutal anti war songs there is. Right at the first note you will feel that this isn't going to end well, and then it just dives deeper into the misery for the whole song..
Definitely a underrated song, as it hit some feelings. I have a live concert CD in my car, and when my wife is with me, she always makes me skip The Price of A Mile. Gives her the chills.
That song is in my top 5 of all Sabaton songs
That is one of my favorite songs. It hit hard and then, when I watched the corresponding Sabaton history episode, it hit even harder. It so well written.
'Stalingrad' is also a gem and 'Gallipoli' has very strong lyrics too.
@@Lttlemoi I can’t listen to cliffs of gallipoli without bawling my eyes out 😢 it’s too much
I love Sabaton! 90% of their songs are history lessons. They really know their stuff. I have learned so much from them as they have reawakened my love of history. They also have a Sabaton history channel that tells the stories behind the songs.
they just put out the History video for "Unkillable Soldier"
@@2104dogface the new album is amazing. Great stories and great music as always. Their videos are always very professionally done as well
@@Tbone-bv3wg they could make a song about a sandwich they ate a week ago and it could pump me up.
A notable fact is that this recording was from Gothenburg, Sweden.
For 30 Years War the Swedish soldiers were drafted and when losses mounted they started drafting younger and younger people. That's what the beginning about barely a man refers to.
Many women first had to give their husbands and later their sons to the war, never to be seen again.
And these 17000 people in the hall know had they happened to live in another time, they would have been drafted, too. So there's this somber 'it could have been me' undertone on the sound of this huge choir.
This song is about The Thirty Years War (1618-1648), one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. The war, disease and famine brought death to about 8 million Europeans, in some parts (like Southern Germany) only one third of the population survived.The song is from Sabaton 2012 album Carolus Rex, that focuses on Swedish war history (mainly the Great Nothern War). This album was one of Sabatons greatest commercial successes, and it was recorded in both english and swedish versions.
Here's an eng version of the song with following lyrics:
Two ways to view the world
So similar at times
Two ways to rule the world
To justify their crimes
By kings and queens young men
Are sent to die in war
Their propaganda speaks
Those words been heard before
Two ways to view the world
Brought Europe down in flames
Two ways to rule...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
From dawn to dawn they're fighting
Die where they stand
The fog of war lies thick
When armies scorch the land
When all of Europe is burning
What can be done?
They've been to war a decade
Two more to come!
Long way from home
(Döpas och dö i strid)
Lifetime at war...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
When they face death they're all alike:
No right or wrong
Rich or poor...
No matter who they served before
Good or bad...
They're all the same
Rest side by side now...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
Sabaton get a lot of undeserved associations in Sweden, since we are such a peaceful nation their lyrics make people associate them with nationalism or even racism and nazism. However, the Swedish lyrics talk about the devastation of war, not the glorification of war. "Who will mourn me?" and "Father and son who will never come home". This isn't a song about Nationalistic Pride, this is a song about peace.
Anyone with half a brain would not associate them with any ism's though.
What’s wrong with nationalism?
The state of Sweden now is caused by anti nationalism.
@@peter-8483 Maybe read up on nationalism before you speak. Here's a hint: It has _zero_ to do with "loving your country".
You said that name really Well in swedish! Edit: in the beginning he says ” let’s sing this one together.. a lifetime of war” Edit again: the translation were missing the whole chorus ” who Will mourn me, a father, a son, a husband a friend, that never returns, who will mourn for me”
Not only is Carolus Rex the best selling Swedish Metal album of all time, it's also the first album to certified platinum since Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in 1986. In 2018 it reached another mile stone by being awarded quadruple platinum after remaining on the Swedish charts for a staggering 326 weeks. If I remember correctly, all Iron Maiden members have a Gold version of the album as well. Their latest album, The War to End All Wars was even more popular than Eurovision (in Sweden) for a brief moment, and Eurovision is almost as sacred as Midsummer to some Swedes.
You DEFINITELY need to turn on the CC if you want to experience this in its entirety. Sabaton stay on top of the correct translations.
En livstid i Krig and A Lifetime Of War are COMPLETELY different songs.
I consider Sabaton the Metal History Band. For a Metal Monday I'd go with either Bismark, Soldier of Heaven, Stormtroopers, or The Unkillable Soldier.
soldier of heaven is powerful. also one should watch the sabaton history episode of the song to really get the message, those are a powerful aid to understandas far as message of the song goes.
You should’ve put captions on.
A more precise translation
"I look Back and see my home fade away
My time at home feels now far too short
Barely 17 not yet a man when duty called me
If I get to see my home again, I do not know
Among kinsmen from my village, I went out in War
And the world it burned
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will miss me?
So see me as A -husband, a friend
A -Father and son never returns home
But who will mourn me?
Went to war for Sweden,
was baptized in blood
Out there, death awaits, not heroism
In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard
Challenging our fates, yet again
Far from home
Baptized and die in battle
And the world it burned
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will misse me?
So see me as a -husband, a friend
A -father and son who never returns home
But who will mourn me?
"Guitar solo"
And when my time has run out
Who cares then?
They are struggling on
Does a soldier get a dignified end?
Get to go to sleep fade away And never wake up
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will miss me?
So see me as -A husband, a friend
A -father and son who never will return home
But who will mourn me?"
For a more interesting song in terms of musicality, I'd say go for Angels Calling from them. The live version from the great tour preferably. Cool song with neat musical ideas IMO.
2nd that, but the Official music video is real good with alot of behind the scene stuff
@@2104dogface I personally say live because of apocalyptica being there with them. Besides, Doug usually listens more than watches so hearing how the live cellos and the metal combine should be interesting.
I think doing either is fine honestly. Up to him if he wants to hear live or mastered.
no bullets fly - animated FULL STORY
They are doing a North America tour. If they come near you I highly recommend seeing them in concert. Its truly a great show!
The first thing Joakim says is "Helt underbart! Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!" - "Wonderful!" My friends, now we'll sing together!"
I was in Sweden and sang my heart out on this song. It's amazing how powerful it feels when over 20,000 people sing this in Swedish. Well, hope to see tour reactions for Within Temptation, or some of Epica's performances more. Thx and best wishes from Finland.
Sabaton would agree with you - there's a short video titled "We must learn from war" which has two of them going round a military museum in Belgium and talking about the history, it's kind of an advert for their history channel! Joakim makes the point that we have to remember in order to learn from bad things or we will keep repeating them. Worth a watch.
My dad and uncle had very different experiences of WW2. My dad was stationed in the UK until just after D-Day so only caught the end of the action in Europe, and was happy to reminisce (he met his first wife over there), whereas my uncle was in the Pacific and would clam up and look very stressed whenever the war was mentioned. I will almost certainly never know what happened to him. My mum was a nurse, and would tell me the "funny" stories which were actually fairly horrific tales of trauma (such as the story of an injured German soldier who was terrified of the nurses and fought frantically not be tended by them because he'd been told that if he was captured he would be experimented on, and nobody could say anything to reassure him because nobody spoke the language). I am eternally grateful that I have never had to face anything like that.
😢 every time I listen to this song; so emotional.
My father survived several concentration camps in Germany during the WW2. He never talked about it.
It literally was a lifetime for many of the soldiers who were very young when it started and those that survived would be old by the time it ended (old by the standards of the day) ... Oh, and Carolus Rex is just King Charles in Latin
Sabaton is just amazing. I'm a student/learner of history, so I instantly got into them since 2008.
Would you also listen to some other compositions like Two Steps from Hell and Antti Martikainen?
The Swedes loved our kings in the old days. Our most beloved king KarlXII spent his days in battle among his men, and therefore we honor his memory even today.
Thank you for posting and therefore honoring the Swedish history.
Always love a good reaction, shame you did not put on the captions, they would have hit you to the heart... 'Think about me as a friend, father and son... that never returns home... ' watch it on your spare time but w captions. u will understand why, it's beautiful lyrics about the waste of war
Hello Doug, i like your Sabaton reactions! you're doing a good job. Please do more sabaton songs because they are absolutely amazing! So much depth to it. Peace from Belgium!
Can't wait to see them in September! Sooo stoked!!
You made the right decision to hear the swedish version. The english lyrics (3rd person) of this song differ massivly from the swedish ones (1st person). Swedish ones are way more intense.
Sabaton just released their new album "The War to End All Wars" .....Allready at their first song "Sarajevo" - I got chills how history seem to repeat itself.
Other prefferred songs on the album is : "Race to the Sea" , "Dreadnoughts" Christmas Truce" and "Soldier of Heaven"
Not that this makes the tragedy of the 30 years war any better but at least the Swedish king fought and died in the war with his soldiers.
World would be a better place if those in power would have to fight in the frontlines with the ones they have sent to war but those days are long gone.
As a Scandinavian, I approve of this message.
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King Crimson - The Devils Triangle
It's a very underrated song.
Sabaton concerts aren't merely just another metal show, they are transcendent and universally uniting events.
All you had to do was to click the CC button 😩 and you would have gotten the correct translation in real-time and understood the song as you were actually seeing it
11:58 in these times the leaders often put their own lifes on the line too. In the Thirty Year's War Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) actually DIED in the battle of Lützen on Nov 6 1632. Many years later Karl XII (Carolus Rex), another famous Swedish king often was in the very front of the charge against the enemy, and subsequently was shot in the head in Fredrikshald, Norway on Nov 30, 1718.
It is in more modern time that the leaders are waging war from a distance
There was no "charge" at Fredriksten (it was a siege and it was at Frediksten because Fredrikshald had been burnt the year before when Karl XII lead his failed invasion). He was in a trench when he either got hit by Norwegian fire or was killed by his own. When the news of his death reached Sweden everybody celebrated, ostensibly to celebrate Ulrika Eleonora becoming queen, but in actuality they celebrated the death of Karl XII, because he was a tyrant and had lead the country into nothing but misery in his endless wars.
@@arudegestureI never wrote that there was a charge at Fredrikshald, just that he often was in front, like at Narva.
I work at a museum dedicated to the Battle of Stäket 1719, believe me, I know most of the events of this period already. No need to explain it to me.
@@isaacbobjork7053
Sorry, I misread it as if you wrote that he was leading a charge at Fredrikshald.
But just so you know, I'm not without academic credentials. Masters degree in Archaeology and Bachelor in History.
@@arudegesture That is great, most pepole I know that actually know something about these things know a great lot more than I do (I do not have a degree), but I still know more about it than the average person partly due to my job.
@@isaacbobjork7053
Yes, and a degree doesn't necessarily mean people know everything. ;-) I'm betting you have a lot of detailed knowledge, because of where you work, that some people with a degree might not have. :-)
If you're interested (and a Swedish speaker) I highly recommend the book "Tyrannens tid" by Magnus Västerbro. Came out last year, or possibly this year, and is a great book about Karl XII's reign and the misery it caused Sweden and its people.
There are several great suggestions for Sabaton song that are worthy of you commentary, but I suggest Afraid to Shoot Strangers. There is a live performance of it from the album A Real Live One, the introduction goes something like "War is usually stared by politicians and it is usually ended by people who doesn't really want to kill anybody". An it is a fantastic song to boot!
I was lucky enough to catch Sabaton, in the only time I've seen them, as support band for Nightwish back in 2012. Just before Nightwish parted with Anette. This was in Adelaide, Australia, and it was a magnificent show. I'd honestly not been into Sabaton before, or since, but this video reminded me of that show, and has made me remember just how good they were, and I really should get around to listening to more of their music. Thanks Doug for such a great review of an amazing anthem that is really sad when you translate the lyrics.
Doug, you really should check Immate 4859... As well as Warsaw uprising!
I find it so cool that Sabaton, founded in a small town in Sweden, is the very same town that I live in. In fact, I go the the same school that most of the founding members (if not all of them) went to. Furthermore, my father claims that he would've seen the original members around his school, right around the time they got started, which does seem to add up. In general, a very cool band, and I think Joakim Brodén is such a fantastic front man.
Harmonically this song is quite simple, but that doesn't keep it from moving me. The English lyrics are pretty good, but the Swedish version hits so damned hard. They do this so well. Thank you for doing this one Doug. Cheers!
EDIT: Some of the lyrics you seemed to miss in the Chorus:
"So see me this way
A husband and friend
Father and son
Who never returns home - But who's missing me?"
The outro regarding war and leaders seems somewhat misplaced considering that the Swedish kings in these wars led the campaigns themselves and both Gustav II Adolf and Karl XII died in battle.
Reaction to this song without understanding the lyrichs is a waste of time. The message in the song is what really makes this song so great!
Sabaton is such an amazing band. They really take the time to dig into the topics they're writing about, and actually get more flak for it than they deserve. I'd love to see you react to the live version of The Red Baron.
it genuinely annoys me how many people don't watch this with lyric, the main point of Sabaton songs is the message/story, not the music
Goosebumps. This was the last concert i went to before the pandemic. A really great night!
You should react to either “82nd all the way” or “soldier of heaven” off their album War to End all Wars. Great songs.
You should've put on the captions, stopped watching in the middle because it's not the same without it, not a good reaction
Beautiful voice
My friends, now we sing together !! A lifetime in war! greetings from Sweden
This was badass during 70000 Tons of Metal!!
If you want to be very surprised , watch the guitar player, Tommy's rendition of You raise me up . he gave himself quite the challenge of signing it higher than the original ! I think you will be shocked! th-cam.com/video/zoGJ7mxNq0M/w-d-xo.html
Second that, his voice is out of this world
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?
The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus ... from 1611 to 1632 was an exception. Unlike other kings who sent their soldiers into battle from a distance, Gustavus Adolphus led from the front .. and killed in battle.
This song relates to all who have served their country.
Yes, I love this band. You should do Metal Machine and or Metal Crue. Listen to the lyrics. Metal Machine is all names of songs and Metal Crue is all names of metal bands for the lyrics. BTW, Caroulus Rex was shot in the back of the head by one of his own troops.
Let's not be so hasty here! It is a theory that he was shot by his own troops, not 100% certain.
*back of the foot
@@brokenglass9814 No, it was head. Autopsy proves this.
@@oobee123 Oh, apparerntly you are right, idk what I was thinking of
It might be a little long for your format, or most people's format for that matter. But I would love to see you react to Gettysburg (1863) by Iced Earth.
Can confirm, being in the crowd at a Sabaton show is fantastic, moving and awesome!
They sing about the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) .. Where Sweden became a great power 💙💛
Ok I know this is unrelated to this video but this is the e most recent so here goes…DOUG, we’ve waited long enough, and I know you’ve done a lot of tool already, but it’s time for a reaction to Invincible. Thanks!
What about the captions during the song… without there is not the whole power… but great reaction video 🏆‼️
I absolutely love "En livstid i krig" i just sing along in danish, and when my mates and i are drinking beer we usually set it loud and sing along with our arms over our shoulders and the beer raised, it feels so damn epic!
Let's face it. Not the most refined music around but it hits hard on the emontional notes.
The crowd ALWAYS sing the entirety of this song, sometimes joakim does also! :D
I really like this reaction video. Doug has a lot of knowledge of music. I'd love to see him give a listen to Thomas Bergersen's music. Especially his new album series Humanity. Please give it a try, if you enjoy classic music mixed with all kinds of epic genres, you will not regret it I promise you :)
Great to see you coming back to Sabaton 🙂. Would really appreciate you doing a few more of their songs. The first two with Christmas Truce and En Livstid i Krig are brilliant from the lyrics but maybe not so typical Sabaton sound. From the new album there might be interesting and a bit more Metal:
Stormtroopers: th-cam.com/video/Oo8H5vUKMlk/w-d-xo.html
Hellfighters: th-cam.com/video/QoFy6mNtdpo/w-d-xo.html
Both about WWI about the newly formed storm troops and the Harlem Hellfighters. Both up to now only available as lyric videos.
Another great video production from the new album (but also a bit different) is:
The unkillable soldier: th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.html
About Adrian Carton de Wiart who went to three wars including WWI and WWI, was shot several times (head, eye, stomach etc.), survived two plain crashes, lost an eye and a hand and nevertheless had in his biography a famous quote which is cited at the end of the video.
Two of my personal favorites are available in a special edition also explaining the background, so no research is needed here, just jump in for a quick flight:
No bullets fly: th-cam.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/w-d-xo.html
Night witches: th-cam.com/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/w-d-xo.html
And for more live stuff, how about some songs from the previous album The Great War:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence from Arabia): th-cam.com/video/n2ewAf0LgYA/w-d-xo.html
The Red Baron (including a classical easteregg): th-cam.com/video/GmqVpskrLsQ/w-d-xo.html
Would be happy to see you falling down that rabbithole a bit further. Regards and keep on. I've learned a lot about my favorite bands here (and wanna learn more).
He should actually do Bismarck, a great song that is also a history lesson at the same time.
@@bunkerhousing Sure, Bismarck is a phantastic song with a great Musik video, but it's again more ballad style. That's why I not listed it 😉
Nevertheless: th-cam.com/video/oVWEb-At8yc/w-d-xo.html
Sabato is absolutely off the wall amazing! They deserve more PR in the states!
No caption. 😞
I thought it was Danish for a second, but then I realised it was Sabaton and therefore Swedish.
best band ever 🤘🎸🙏✅
Hi! For worth it is worth. About the history in this song!? Do not read me wrong. ( I do not now the up come of the text. )BUT At the time Sweden got a King, Karl the 12. (Karl XII) Hi was 17teen years old when he went out to war... He never return to Sweden and die in the frontline 32 years old. Did you know about that.????? Maybe? Therefore "A Life time in war" But in indeed it suit on many soldiers offer there lifes in the same way. (For any country) But fore the truth about the text (Lyric), you have to ask SABATON. Ulf.
5:13 "You see a tank on stage :O".
Jocke and the boys don't just have ONE tank. They have two.
Joakim Brodén is a trained church organist, and it shows - listen to The Red Baron which starts with Bach's Little Fugue in G minor. I myself am a countertenor in an English cathedral choir, and I can tell you Sabaton is one of my favourite adrenalin releases...
What you'll notice if you listen to enough Sabaton is they love G minor, and they almost never write a song in a major key.
Yes this song is much better as Swedish version. I'm Finnish and should know language easily, but my generation hated Swedish language studies, we wanted to speak English, German, or France/Spanish instead of Germany.
This version gets me every time. Of course understanding (most of the) swedish lyrics helps, but gods... I hate war. War is fucking hell.
5:10 That's because it IS a tank! Yes, a literal tank! It's part of their set, and they have to get import permissions for it wherever they go. Last I remember, it was actually a gift from the Swedish government.
Um.. I'm sorry to see that You didn't get the captions working... You would have had an even better experience.
Check out Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars. I and many other would really to hear your take on it.
Except for the religious part there were a situation on several occasions when a number of countries declared war on Sweden simultaneously beacause of common interests and the difficulty of fighting the Swedes alone. There was some important British naval support for Sweden beacause of common interests as well some supporting cossack cavalry.
This may sound a bit on but you have a striking resemblance to Brian from City Steading Brews lol. Just thought I'd mention that.
You missed activating the captions, that's how you get the lyrics. You really ought to watch the video again with the captions on, even if you don't make a react video of it, because that makes the song that more powerful and the experience much more profound than if you only read the lyrics afterwards.
Also the simplicity and particularly the camera position out at the crowd rather than on themselves says everything you need to know about Sabaton, they're all about the fans and the fans are their focus. A couple of friends of mine were there (still hate them for not telling me they were going) and they said it was an amazing concert.
You know you get English subtitles if you turn on captions?
It’s estimated that 20 to 30% of middle Europe’s population was killed during this war. It is always the poor that suffer the most.
Also, very good pronunciation of the song title
Carolus Rex is to pronounced as Latin, as it is latin. Have you heared of the 80ty year war ? wink wink, notch notch.
The soldier fights and dies. Then musicians and movie makers picture them.
The people then adopt the stories and they become mortar in the pillars of their nation's culture.
If your grandfather didn’t speak of his experiences, that usually means he saw some bad stuff.
Listen to Soldier of Heaven from the new album. The best Sabaton song ever🤩🤩🤩🤩
watch Bismarck, and beforehand it's not from a movie, the video is made by a gaming company.
I don't understand a word but the song catches me. Read the lyrics after that and now know why, even without a word understanding the first time
Manowar-Heart of steel (with orchestra or not)
Doug's G-Father might have opened up @ VFW/American Legion venues. Very common behaviour not to easily share "stories". Good thing WW 1 ended all this stuff. $ince then thing$ are a little different.
Makes me feel Unrelenting patriotism for a country that I've not spent a second in.
In fact, Carolus Rex can relate to three king Charles after each other in Sweden: X, XI and XII.
Need to try out Septicflesh or Dimmu Borgir.
there are the Sabaton History channels give a good historical background to the songs
One song kind of relating todays events is Talvisota ( winter war ). David vs Goliath