I agree 100% with what you say about Sabaton sounding like Sabaton. I love listening to Sabaton, I love the history they present through their music. I was a tanker in the U.S.Army stationed in Germany from 84-88 and was ready to jump right back in my tank after watching this.
Yes - they GO BIG on EVERYTHING...including appreciating their fans. Hope you get the chance to meet-n-greet with the band in Nashville. Would love to get TankTheTech's reaction to Meeting The Band.
One of my favorite things about this video is what a badass Tina Guo is. She rocks out so hard and looks so damn good in the Sabaton "uniform" that its like she has been in the band from the beginning.
Good Evening Tank!!!Lampros from Hellas here!!!!You have a very big RESPECT from me and my Comrades of Golden Dawn for your passion and energy on reactions!We feel you,cause we have the same passion on Metal songs!Keep going the good job.Love you!!!Nationalistic Greetings from Hellas and Golden Dawn...
Awesome song, awesome review. And of course, no Sabaton video can go without drammer fact) And in the music video Joakim get the soul of the tank, wich explains a lot)
If you haven't already, you should give Sabaton's Metal Trilogy songs a listen. Not necessarily the song, Metal Trilogy, but the three songs that compose it. Metal Machine, Metal Crue, and Metal Ripper. See if you can catch all the references.
judging from some of theepic background singing, I'd not be surprised if this contains Floor as well. I know a lot of Sabaton pops up listening to the Floor Discography.
Tank my man, have you ever checked out the guitar player for Sabaton Tommy ReinXeed? His band ReinXeed had some really good stuff and his vocals are a freakin powerhouse. Love your stuff dude!
We Are Legion, a great new band (no record label yet) have a brand new song out just today: "We Are One"! Check it out everyone! Some awesome metal this way => @ Also great, their first official video "Metal Warriors Rise": th-cam.com/video/lomtHNaEn0s/w-d-xo.html
I hope you do get to see them as planned, you will NOT be disappointed, the only band I've seen that even comes close to beating out Sabaton for best live show that I've seen, is Rammstein, noone else stands a chance! I've seen them 9 times and counting
Another new album of a great band? Just yesterday I heard Feuerschwanz are going to release a new album end of this year... these times are rather difficult, but there are highlights for sure... And talking shit about bands for "sounding the same" well as you said. Most bands have a style of music they make, and stay more or less in it. Sure, most good bands evolve but even if you listen to later stuff, it is easy to recognize the band from before. It is rather rare that bands change so radical that you can't do that - also you'd propably lose quite a bit of your fanbase if you did that, they started listening to your music because they liked it. If you change to much, you might get new fans, but lose others so... thats a tradeoff. Sure, songs like "Another one bites the dust" and "Bohemian Rapsody" feel different since one starts very slow, but if you are unable to recognize Queen in both? Well, then I guess you don't have a great ear for music. To this video... is it a good thing or a bad thing if you actually know most of the shown tanks by name... the only one I am not sure about is the very first shown...but starting with the M4 sherman? yeah... And I agree, that tank will propably sold as a premium for real money, and it will propably as well be better than the normal version that is available ingame. Thats just what wargaming does. If they just sell it as a skin? Then it would perform the same, but still cost money.
I love Sabaton!!! To the haters yeah they sound the same, It's why we listen to certain bands because we like their sound and/or style we don't want them to change. It's like when Kiss went from makeup to no makeup i didn't like them as much. Change is not always a good thing,and I hope Sabaton never does.
On electric cello, she plays the Custom Tina Guo Model Yamaha SVC-200; she is endorsed by Yamaha. You know you have made it when they make you your own instrument.
I've said this before consistency is the key to success when it comes to Sabaton they have the same look, same uniform, same sound and theme having or finding your niche isn't really a bad thing
Sabaton sounds like Sabaton, and will always sound like Sabaton. They are consistent with their sound and theme, and like you said, you know exactly what you're getting with them, and it's always epic and amazing. Can't wait to see them again next year!
I like how they actually used Tommy’s high pitched singing as backing vocals like he uses as a lead singer in Majestica, a pretty epic power metal band who even did an album about A Christmas Carrol. Totally not a poorly hidden hint to check that band out.
Also, Tommy singing "Money Money Money" in Swedish Hitz Goes Metal is incredible. Just when you think he can't go any higher, he just blows through the roof. th-cam.com/video/Ixa1kXjMhAU/w-d-xo.html
I'm going to quote you: "We're back baby!", and I couldn't be more happy. Your reactions are the best ones I've ever seen! Sabaton are close to my heart, so they are the ones I mostly watch, so I'm happy to see another Sabaton reaction from you. You rock! (I just paused your reaction to write this...). I'm happy to see your joy even before the song has barely started. I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Keep it up. You're awesome, and I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for your reactions when Sabaton releases new songs and videos! Thank you, you make this so much more fun and interesting to watch. Especially being a female Swede living abroad, and seeing other non Swedes enjoy Sabaton! Keep up your great work! All my best
"Sabaton always sounds like Sabaton...". Now aint that a surprise, I would never have guessed. 🤔 I don't know about others but I myself would be very surprised if they suddenly started to sound like Dimash or something. No let me re-phrase that - I would be extremly disappointed if they started to sound like [insert a name of your own choice here]. Cheers / B.
"All Sabaton songs sound the same" You know, I'm old enough to remember when a band having an instantly recognizable and unique-to-them sound was a good thing...
Tbh when Sabaton announced their new Album, my first thought was "Wait, isn't a Song on the current album named the same?" And than i realised i'm stupid and its "The end of the war to end wars"
Fun fact: speaking of lord of the rings feeling that you mentioned in the beginning, sabaton made a lord of the rings themed song called "shadows" from their first album called "metalizer" an album created before they started with the war historical theme 😁
For those who didn't get it - Joakim is singing a love song about the history of tanks, his one true love - Flers-Courcelette appears in "The Future of Warfare" - Prokhorovkha appears in "Panzerkampf" - Overlord is from "Primo Victoria" And an obligatory plug-in for "To Hell and Back" from Antwerp
honestly, the war to end all wars sounds like a part 2, the great war album has a build up to something and ends with in Flanders fields, i think these albums will play back to back and flow perfectly. adding to this, I have started listening to the history versions of the albums, the added spoken word bits at the start of each song give them so much more weight, and if you haven't already listen to the history version of great war, doesn't need to be a react, just something to experience.
@@patrickschardt7724 honestly I'm getting a similar vibe to stone sours hose of gold and bones albums. I mean great war, and war to end all wars being the titles, both songs were on the first album, I'm getting a feeling we may see a reprise version of war to end all wars on the second album, and maybe even an updated/rerecording of cliffs of Gallipoli.
The tank's a premium tank in the game, yes. It's also got a custom crew made up of the band members (they also replaced the standard fist logo for the Brothers in Arms perk with somebody throwing up the horns, which I thought was a nice touch). Joakim also recorded lines as the tank commander so that you hear him when you're using the tank in battle. Not a lot, since the tank commander doesn't talk too often no matter what tank you're in, but it's still a fun little perk to using it. Using the tank also replaces the default music that plays on a map during the countdown before the battle starts, so you get to hear (brief) remixes of Steel Commanders while you're waiting for the battle to start. They did this before with the Primo Victoria tank as well, and since then The Offspring have also gotten their own tank (though I don't think they released a single for the occasion). Still, Sabaton and Wargaming suit one another. I think I remember Joakim mentioning that they actually really enjoy working with them, because not only do Sabaton and Wargaming work well together, but it gives them an opportunity to release songs that they don't think fit in with any particular album concept. For example, a song about the Bismarck was one of their biggest fan requests for quite a while, but they didn't feel like it fit with anything they were working on at the time. So when Wargaming asked if they wanted to do another single for them and if they had any ideas for it--or if they'd prefer to just use one of their existing songs--it was a great opportunity for everyone involved. Wargaming got a song just for the occasion, Sabaton was able to finally produce a song they wanted without worrying about whether it fit in with the sound of anything else they were working on, and we finally got to hear a song about the Bismarck.
Everyone puts in a real shift on this song, but special shout out to Hannes, the drumming on this track is top notch. I'm going to be at their Wembley show in March and cannot wait to hear this one live- it's going to be immense.
actually as a World of Tanks player we have been going through The Spirit of War challenge. To get the Strv K and Sabaton as the crew, and yes it has a price if you can't complete the challenge you get a discount applied depending on how far you got. But it does come with a metric shit ton of goodies. To all real Tankers who served YOU are the real Steel Commanders. o7
I legit considered buying the bundle just because, but the sad fact is I don't play the game too often any more. The game just really looks dated these days, especially compared to how beautiful Warships looks. It kind of feels like Warships borrowed all of the talented artists from Tanks and then never returned them. Tanks looks so dated it ends up hurting my eyes after maybe an hour of play; it definitely looks like a game released in 2010. These days I go to Warthunder to get my tanker fix, as at least that one doesn't give me major eye strain.
That tank is in WoT. In ongoing "marathon"(10 days of tasks for discount on the bundles - without any tasks 80$ for tank+crew, and then 25$ worth of premium in-game currency for the visual skin). Definitely would have gotten it if the tank was not this bad for the state of the game(higher tier than old premiums, obsoleting them as means of gaining in-game currencies... essentially opens up a whole new level of predatory marketing for WarGaming - they have several vehicles backed up that then can start selling for 55+$...
I've watched this reaction again (because I really like it) and I've just noticed that, as the knight gets "dressed up" through the clips, he actually gets a necklace with the Sabaton-S at around 2:49 ... I just thought that's a cool touch from the band that you might not have seen yet :D
It's absolutely true that bands tend to have their own sound, and mostly that is a good thing. IT *is* afterall how you recognize them, plus chances are if you like a lot of songs from a band you are going to like new songs you haven't heard before. I feel like this is especially true with a lot of more "thematic" bands (for lack of a better word). With Sabaton it's the history of war, Blind Guardian is Tolkien-esque, and frankly this list could go on a long time. There is however a different way as well (and somehow I can only think of japanese bands of the top off my head), but there are bands like Gacharic Spin, where i'd say every song sounds really quite unique, or Babymetal, where pretty much every song is radically different, mashing yet another genre into the mix. And lastly there are bands that evolved over time a whole lot, whether voluntarily or because Band Members have to be replaced, or they get bigger and can do stuff they couldn't before, simply by adding new instruments/sounds/bandmembers. My personal favorite Yousei Teikoku aka Das Feenreich fits that bill, way back they had a lot of electronica/EDM even, and were a two-piece act, with their latest albums being a more traditional metal setup and every album getting harder than the last (Seriously "The Age Of Villains" is epic). That wall of text really just serves to illustrate one point, there is no one *right* way to do music (thankfully). All those bands are f*cking awesome, i love them all, and they do things differently because, guess what, people are different. ;) TL;DR: No matter why or how, good bands are good
My favorite thing about this song is that they tie in a lot of lyrical and melodic references to The Future of Warfare, which was wholly about how Tanks came to be in World War 1 and how it reshaped war. The references are sprinkled all throughout, like "over trench and wire," mentioning several of the battlefields from that song, and there are a few melodic references like how the song builds to its chorus. Absolutely love the throughlines this song has.
Oh, have I missed Sabaton! Personally I think the loud sound effects are meant to promote WoT and get people interested. Same goes with Bismarck and Primo Victoria which were also meant to promote WG’s games.
If I remember correctly in the video for "Livgardet" Joakim doesn't have glasses on and that was kinda weird 😆. I want my Sabaton with camo outfits, aviators and badass delivery of history lessons 🤘😁
React to "The Ballad of Bull" by sabaton for your next sabaton reaction. It is really different from what they normally do and it might catch you by surprise.
My assumption is that this is a stand alone and not on the album. Two years ago they teased the Great war album in beginning of april and released Bismarck late same month. This seems like the same thing. Throw out a tease then build some hype with a wargaming video stand alone. Theres also many references to older songs, even "The Future of Warfare" from the Great war album in this.
Yeah, I saw a recent interview with Joakim where he said basically all of the videos and singles released this year are standalone songs on won't be on the album.
I like this song so much more than most Sabaton songs ive heard, because of the slight up tempo! Are you familiar with Dynazty? Another band from sweden, dropping real bangers! th-cam.com/video/z2yyRmnLH3A/w-d-xo.html
You are spot on 👏👏👏 It's probably the same people who whine that all Starwar's films take place in space, that the ice cream is too cold, the coffee too hot and that Swedish is difficult to understand, who whine that Sabaton sounds like Sabaton.
In this music video Sabaton places the new Swedish tier 9 premium tank from Wargamings in the game World of Tanks in front of the Strv K and its 3D skin which he accepts at the end of the video. There is also the complete Sabaton band as a crew with their voices. I have already earned it and I have to say that it is a really successful project again
Now that he has already done the reaction to it I'm gonna call it. The into is going to get him, he won't be too keen on the verses but the chorus will be stuck in his head for days.
Isn't that the case with quite literally ANY Sabaton song? Just a few examples: Then the Winged Hussars arrived - coming down the mountainside Then the Winged Hussars arrived - coming down they turned the tide There on that day, Sergeant York entered the fray - saving the day - 82nd all the way For the grace, for the might of our lord - in the name of his glory For the faith, for the way of the sword - gave their lives so boldly He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas To lead the warmachine - to rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas - The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun Bushido dignified, it's the last stand of the samurai - surrounded and outnumbered. ...I rest my case.
@@ranekeisenkralle8265 if you want to go there that is the same for every song in existence. This song just reminded me a lot of I think it was Great War and Tank had said he liked the chorus more than the verses. That was where my prediction was going for this song and not just pointing out the obvious that the chorus is here to hook you.
@@thomashoffman8916 I respectfully disagree - to an extent. Sure, that may be what choruses by and large are aiming for, but not all of them do succeed. Sabaton, however, nails that aspect time and again.
@@ranekeisenkralle8265 my point was I was referencing a previous video of his about Sabaton. You are right though, they have some of the most memorable chorus lines of any band in recent memory and it sticks with you.
About the same sound. Usually each band has something that catch, or something thati's most popular. Sabaton has two songs for me: Panzer Battalion and Wolfpack. I'm not a WoT fan, it was just the first song I heard from these Manowar followers. And Wolfpack is a tribute to the many hours I spent in Silent Hunter 3. I'm not exactly a big fan of Sabaton, but I have to pay tribute to their epic character.
the tank the members of Sabaton was in is a "blueprint" tank, the swedish army developed a new battle tank in the early 1950s, the blueprints for it does exist irl but none were fully built, 2 hulls her built but converted into other prototypes. the tank was to be nicknamed "Kranvagn" and was developed under the name "EMIL". the tanks hull was shaped very similarly to a soviet IS-3 tank but the turret was a french oscillating turret design like the turret on most of the AMX tanks.
Since my other comment got jacked a little I just wanted to say I am glad you liked it Tank and more than just what I had predicted. Also love the dig at Wargaming at the end (they are already in microtransaction trouble for microtransaction issues so that made my day). Putting it out there again, you should check out "Pumping Iron Power" by Grailknights with Jaokim for the pure over the top performance and super 80s nostalgia.
Whenever i listen to a Sabaton song i want it to sound like a damn Sabaton song, it's fucking epic as hell and i basically love all their songs. They should never stop sounding like Sabaton :D
Preach! My 3 year old can immediately pick out an AC/DC song. Not because he's heard it before. Because it all sounds the same. And he loves it. And that's ok.
"Sabaton always sounds the same." Yeah duh, that's what a signature sound is! Also, quick little note, Tina's last name Guo is pronounced like "Goo-Oh", as a single quick syllable. Don't miss out the U in there :)
Nice work man, enjoyed Ur episode even today like always, but for some reason I lobe the sound effects, haha like all the explosive stuff happening around, I guess it gives me a more realistic feeling,, Anyways, ROCK ON MAN 🤟🤟🤟
This one should be fun. Let’s go I’ve heard this song already. It’s kickass. Tina is awesome For other bands, I also recommend Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dr. Butcher/Jon Oliva’s Pain, Chris Caffery, Machines of Grace/Circle II Circle, and Archon Angel. Start with Hall of the Mountain King It’s not that they sound exactly the same. They are consistent in their signature sound even why they do something different. Epica also comes to mind too. Actually quite a few bands I listen to come to mind. It usually doesn’t matter the song but I can tell exactly what band it is
Sabaton 🇸🇪😀 Tommy Johansson singing The phantom of the opera? Oh yeah, he did and omg what a voice. Check out german symphonic metal band Dream Ocean feat. Tommy Johansson with The phantom of the opera. If you are curious about the band?Dream Ocean releases their second album The missing stone the 24 of september. Their song The great silence are one to check out for you. Vocalist Basak Ylva, from Turkey, beautiful voice. So lets gooo for some high notes with The phantom of the opera 👍👍
This isn't for a reaction as there is no music video, just for your private listening: check out Sabaton's All Guns Blazing cover to hear Thobbe Englund do an impressive Rob Halford style vocal performance. He also released his own Judas Priest cover album
The tanks use for each part also don't match the lyrics which seems like a missed opportunity (For example "The Shermans rolling onto sword," has a Churchill in a village....)
Yes obviously Sabaton is Sabaton. Powerwolf is powerwolf. Amon Amarth is Amon amarth. I can go on, these band have their own styles and they dominate it. Good music is good music. Doesnt even matter what gerne. If you like a song, you like it ^^
WHAT the drummer of sabaton is married to the singer of nightwish!?? Seriously... t(h)anks dude if i didnt love your "random" infos yet, from now on i will definitly (i've edited this twotimes now) but seriously i love floor and i love sabaton... how could i have not known that yet (i actually feel sorry i have not subbed until now)
The spirit is looking for the perfect tank commander, and he leave the tanks commanders who commited strategic mistakes. The mark 1 was blocked in the mud because of the commanders, the shermans didn't look correctly the battlefield and was ambushed by stug3, same for the Panther crew who didn't look on left before go trough the crossroad. The SU152 shoot without seeing his target trough the smoke and couldn't reverse. The reason why the spirit didn't leave sabaton crew is they didn't do any mistake, the AMX13 blocked them after being killed
I agree 100% with what you say about Sabaton sounding like Sabaton. I love listening to Sabaton, I love the history they present through their music. I was a tanker in the U.S.Army stationed in Germany from 84-88 and was ready to jump right back in my tank after watching this.
Hahaha. Thank you for your service! And yeah, I’ve never been in the military and sometimes their music fires me up enough to want to enlist.
Hop to M60 Patton and rode one last Tank Roam with ye old Bois and playing steel commanders....Gotta keep those days fresh up
Man, I miss your Sabaton Saturday! It was the highlight of the week.
Totally agree with you 👍🏻
Yes - they GO BIG on EVERYTHING...including appreciating their fans. Hope you get the chance to meet-n-greet with the band in Nashville. Would love to get TankTheTech's reaction to Meeting The Band.
I love how Tina walks out in the end like a boss.
Jokes on Sabaton, we will watch this on repeat even with sound effects
One of my favorite things about this video is what a badass Tina Guo is. She rocks out so hard and looks so damn good in the Sabaton "uniform" that its like she has been in the band from the beginning.
I think the first Sabaton song I ever heard was Fields of Verdun. Popped up in my recommendations a few years ago. Been hooked ever since.
You are awesome and i cant wait to se sabaton live next year
I am so happy Tommy got to sing a little on this song
Good Evening Tank!!!Lampros from Hellas here!!!!You have a very big RESPECT from me and my Comrades of Golden Dawn for your passion and energy on reactions!We feel you,cause we have the same passion on Metal songs!Keep going the good job.Love you!!!Nationalistic Greetings from Hellas and Golden Dawn...
Congratulations to 90.000 fans 🤘🏻
Thank you!
great video tank, keep up the awesome work, it's weird how some bands don't change there style at all and it works and for others it doesn't work.
The more Nordic music u listen to the more u look like a real viking. welcome my friend!
Awesome song, awesome review. And of course, no Sabaton video can go without drammer fact)
And in the music video Joakim get the soul of the tank, wich explains a lot)
If you haven't already, you should give Sabaton's Metal Trilogy songs a listen. Not necessarily the song, Metal Trilogy, but the three songs that compose it.
Metal Machine, Metal Crue, and Metal Ripper. See if you can catch all the references.
Hannes better get his name on the first position in the credits,because he absolutely murdered those drums!! Goddamnn
Looking forward for this reaction
I know theres not going to be anymore sabaton Saturday but I really think he missed out on The last stand cuz that's one hell of a banger it's so good
For me the sound effects of the video add extra flavour to the song.
Same with Bismarck and the sound of the turrets firing.
another great song from them (as usual). cant wait for their tour next year , ill be there in budapest (again)
They are the crew in world of tanks with this tank and primo victoria another tank
Ok, you REALLY need to watch the just released video of Radio Tapok covering this song.
Another ONE Blast video from TTT! Check out Radio Tapok cover on this one. Another "Easter Egg" from Sabaton+Tapok
judging from some of theepic background singing, I'd not be surprised if this contains Floor as well. I know a lot of Sabaton pops up listening to the Floor Discography.
I remember seeing Joakim on a livestream with no sunglasses and having a hard time recognizing him.
love your shirt.
Sabaton again, pls do more sabaton, they have so many great songs
Tank, go check a new RADIO TAPOK cover for this exact song. "They" did it again;)
Tank my man, have you ever checked out the guitar player for Sabaton Tommy ReinXeed? His band ReinXeed had some really good stuff and his vocals are a freakin powerhouse. Love your stuff dude!
We Are Legion, a great new band (no record label yet) have a brand new song out just today: "We Are One"! Check it out everyone!
Some awesome metal this way => @
Also great, their first official video "Metal Warriors Rise": th-cam.com/video/lomtHNaEn0s/w-d-xo.html
Hi Tank, I would highly recommend you "Eisbrecher - Was ist hier los". Rammstein style Metal, fits great in the current time. Greetings from Germany
Absolutely love that band, and that's one of, if not my favorite song by them.
@@TankTheTech Great to hear. I just saw the live hangout with Eskimo Callboy, I thougt I`d have to wait to see your reaction but this is just great.
4:40 I felt the same way about their Primo Victoria music video. A lot of tank sound effects and explosions over power the actual music.
hey Tank,
will you check out "Wait for Me" from The Raven Age?
Real steel commander - Joakims right knee.
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The only reason why I am hearing sabarton... The Drummer is floor Jansens husband 😅 so it has to be fantastic!
I hope you do get to see them as planned, you will NOT be disappointed, the only band I've seen that even comes close to beating out Sabaton for best live show that I've seen, is Rammstein, noone else stands a chance! I've seen them 9 times and counting
Another new album of a great band?
Just yesterday I heard Feuerschwanz are going to release a new album end of this year... these times are rather difficult, but there are highlights for sure...
And talking shit about bands for "sounding the same" well as you said. Most bands have a style of music they make, and stay more or less in it. Sure, most good bands evolve but even if you listen to later stuff, it is easy to recognize the band from before. It is rather rare that bands change so radical that you can't do that - also you'd propably lose quite a bit of your fanbase if you did that, they started listening to your music because they liked it. If you change to much, you might get new fans, but lose others so... thats a tradeoff.
Sure, songs like "Another one bites the dust" and "Bohemian Rapsody" feel different since one starts very slow, but if you are unable to recognize Queen in both? Well, then I guess you don't have a great ear for music.
To this video... is it a good thing or a bad thing if you actually know most of the shown tanks by name... the only one I am not sure about is the very first shown...but starting with the M4 sherman? yeah... And I agree, that tank will propably sold as a premium for real money, and it will propably as well be better than the normal version that is available ingame. Thats just what wargaming does. If they just sell it as a skin? Then it would perform the same, but still cost money.
I love Sabaton!!! To the haters yeah they sound the same, It's why we listen to certain bands because we like their sound and/or style we don't want them to change. It's like when Kiss went from makeup to no makeup i didn't like them as much. Change is not always a good thing,and I hope Sabaton never does.
On electric cello, she plays the Custom Tina Guo Model Yamaha SVC-200; she is endorsed by Yamaha. You know you have made it when they make you your own instrument.
Just waiting for the day they make her or any cellist an offical member.
"I bet that tank is going to be in the game." "I bet it's going to be a fucking micro-transaction."
You'd be right, and you'd be right.
First tier 9 premium, and to no one's surprise, it's mediocre af
@@aristosachaion_ Well of course, it's not Russian.
I've said this before consistency is the key to success when it comes to Sabaton they have the same look, same uniform, same sound and theme having or finding your niche isn't really a bad thing
I would say that compare to a lot of other band, sabaton really got a rather good reach.
That's also how you build a loyal following.
RADIO TAPOK also did a cover of this song and today, he uploaded a video at the same location, where Sabaton recorded a original music video.
Sabaton sounds like Sabaton, and will always sound like Sabaton. They are consistent with their sound and theme, and like you said, you know exactly what you're getting with them, and it's always epic and amazing. Can't wait to see them again next year!
I like how they actually used Tommy’s high pitched singing as backing vocals like he uses as a lead singer in Majestica, a pretty epic power metal band who even did an album about A Christmas Carrol.
Totally not a poorly hidden hint to check that band out.
Also, Tommy singing "Money Money Money" in Swedish Hitz Goes Metal is incredible. Just when you think he can't go any higher, he just blows through the roof.
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A reaction to the music video of Above the Sky would be epic gear-wise
@@ShadyLurker84 YES! Totally agree!🤘😁
Yeah, that was great to hear. I love Sabaton but Tommy is such a good vocalist I honestly think he's wasted just playing guitar for them.
Ghost of Marley with Majestica are just so damn gooood. And Above the sky are gonna give Tank a lot of guitars to talk about…. 😀
I'm going to quote you: "We're back baby!", and I couldn't be more happy. Your reactions are the best ones I've ever seen! Sabaton are close to my heart, so they are the ones I mostly watch, so I'm happy to see another Sabaton reaction from you. You rock! (I just paused your reaction to write this...). I'm happy to see your joy even before the song has barely started. I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Keep it up. You're awesome, and I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for your reactions when Sabaton releases new songs and videos! Thank you, you make this so much more fun and interesting to watch. Especially being a female Swede living abroad, and seeing other non Swedes enjoy Sabaton! Keep up your great work! All my best
Thank you for such kind words! Much appreciated!
"Sabaton always sounds like Sabaton...". Now aint that a surprise, I would never have guessed. 🤔
I don't know about others but I myself would be very surprised if they suddenly started to sound like Dimash or something. No let me re-phrase that - I would be extremly disappointed if they started to sound like [insert a name of your own choice here].
Cheers / B.
Sabaton sounding like Dimash lol that would be one hell of a genre jump
@@brettevans2138 😂😂😂
"All Sabaton songs sound the same" You know, I'm old enough to remember when a band having an instantly recognizable and unique-to-them sound was a good thing...
Tbh when Sabaton announced their new Album, my first thought was "Wait, isn't a Song on the current album named the same?"
And than i realised i'm stupid and its "The end of the war to end wars"
Fun fact: speaking of lord of the rings feeling that you mentioned in the beginning, sabaton made a lord of the rings themed song called "shadows" from their first album called "metalizer" an album created before they started with the war historical theme 😁
Really looking forward to this one...and is very appropriate for Tank!
For those who didn't get it
- Joakim is singing a love song about the history of tanks, his one true love
- Flers-Courcelette appears in "The Future of Warfare"
- Prokhorovkha appears in "Panzerkampf"
- Overlord is from "Primo Victoria"
And an obligatory plug-in for "To Hell and Back" from Antwerp
The future of warfare. That's the song. I couldnt remember the title. Thank you
@@p3chv0gel22 you're welcome my friend
Yup - Joakim admittedly likes to slip in Easter Eggs into his songs.
Future of Warfare was another song about tanks. In fact, about the first tank to see combat.
honestly, the war to end all wars sounds like a part 2, the great war album has a build up to something and ends with in Flanders fields, i think these albums will play back to back and flow perfectly.
adding to this, I have started listening to the history versions of the albums, the added spoken word bits at the start of each song give them so much more weight, and if you haven't already listen to the history version of great war, doesn't need to be a react, just something to experience.
That was my thought as well
Good breakdown as to wh
@@patrickschardt7724 honestly I'm getting a similar vibe to stone sours hose of gold and bones albums.
I mean great war, and war to end all wars being the titles, both songs were on the first album, I'm getting a feeling we may see a reprise version of war to end all wars on the second album, and maybe even an updated/rerecording of cliffs of Gallipoli.
The tank's a premium tank in the game, yes. It's also got a custom crew made up of the band members (they also replaced the standard fist logo for the Brothers in Arms perk with somebody throwing up the horns, which I thought was a nice touch). Joakim also recorded lines as the tank commander so that you hear him when you're using the tank in battle. Not a lot, since the tank commander doesn't talk too often no matter what tank you're in, but it's still a fun little perk to using it. Using the tank also replaces the default music that plays on a map during the countdown before the battle starts, so you get to hear (brief) remixes of Steel Commanders while you're waiting for the battle to start.
They did this before with the Primo Victoria tank as well, and since then The Offspring have also gotten their own tank (though I don't think they released a single for the occasion). Still, Sabaton and Wargaming suit one another. I think I remember Joakim mentioning that they actually really enjoy working with them, because not only do Sabaton and Wargaming work well together, but it gives them an opportunity to release songs that they don't think fit in with any particular album concept. For example, a song about the Bismarck was one of their biggest fan requests for quite a while, but they didn't feel like it fit with anything they were working on at the time. So when Wargaming asked if they wanted to do another single for them and if they had any ideas for it--or if they'd prefer to just use one of their existing songs--it was a great opportunity for everyone involved. Wargaming got a song just for the occasion, Sabaton was able to finally produce a song they wanted without worrying about whether it fit in with the sound of anything else they were working on, and we finally got to hear a song about the Bismarck.
Everyone puts in a real shift on this song, but special shout out to Hannes, the drumming on this track is top notch. I'm going to be at their Wembley show in March and cannot wait to hear this one live- it's going to be immense.
actually as a World of Tanks player we have been going through The Spirit of War challenge. To get the Strv K and Sabaton as the crew, and yes it has a price if you can't complete the challenge you get a discount applied depending on how far you got. But it does come with a metric shit ton of goodies. To all real Tankers who served YOU are the real Steel Commanders. o7
I legit considered buying the bundle just because, but the sad fact is I don't play the game too often any more. The game just really looks dated these days, especially compared to how beautiful Warships looks. It kind of feels like Warships borrowed all of the talented artists from Tanks and then never returned them. Tanks looks so dated it ends up hurting my eyes after maybe an hour of play; it definitely looks like a game released in 2010. These days I go to Warthunder to get my tanker fix, as at least that one doesn't give me major eye strain.
That tank is in WoT. In ongoing "marathon"(10 days of tasks for discount on the bundles - without any tasks 80$ for tank+crew, and then 25$ worth of premium in-game currency for the visual skin). Definitely would have gotten it if the tank was not this bad for the state of the game(higher tier than old premiums, obsoleting them as means of gaining in-game currencies... essentially opens up a whole new level of predatory marketing for WarGaming - they have several vehicles backed up that then can start selling for 55+$...
This is why I prefer WT
I've watched this reaction again (because I really like it) and I've just noticed that, as the knight gets "dressed up" through the clips, he actually gets a necklace with the Sabaton-S at around 2:49 ... I just thought that's a cool touch from the band that you might not have seen yet :D
It's absolutely true that bands tend to have their own sound, and mostly that is a good thing. IT *is* afterall how you recognize them, plus chances are if you like a lot of songs from a band you are going to like new songs you haven't heard before. I feel like this is especially true with a lot of more "thematic" bands (for lack of a better word). With Sabaton it's the history of war, Blind Guardian is Tolkien-esque, and frankly this list could go on a long time.
There is however a different way as well (and somehow I can only think of japanese bands of the top off my head), but there are bands like Gacharic Spin, where i'd say every song sounds really quite unique, or Babymetal, where pretty much every song is radically different, mashing yet another genre into the mix.
And lastly there are bands that evolved over time a whole lot, whether voluntarily or because Band Members have to be replaced, or they get bigger and can do stuff they couldn't before, simply by adding new instruments/sounds/bandmembers. My personal favorite Yousei Teikoku aka Das Feenreich fits that bill, way back they had a lot of electronica/EDM even, and were a two-piece act, with their latest albums being a more traditional metal setup and every album getting harder than the last (Seriously "The Age Of Villains" is epic).
That wall of text really just serves to illustrate one point, there is no one *right* way to do music (thankfully). All those bands are f*cking awesome, i love them all, and they do things differently because, guess what, people are different. ;)
TL;DR: No matter why or how, good bands are good
Well, Angra is very unique, with their world music influences, Rhapsody of Fire also, with their orchestral extravaganzas. Not to forget Wintersun.
My favorite thing about this song is that they tie in a lot of lyrical and melodic references to The Future of Warfare, which was wholly about how Tanks came to be in World War 1 and how it reshaped war. The references are sprinkled all throughout, like "over trench and wire," mentioning several of the battlefields from that song, and there are a few melodic references like how the song builds to its chorus. Absolutely love the throughlines this song has.
Oh, have I missed Sabaton! Personally I think the loud sound effects are meant to promote WoT and get people interested. Same goes with Bismarck and Primo Victoria which were also meant to promote WG’s games.
Did you notice that touring with Sabaton is The Hu? As in Wolf Totem? I can't comprehend how AWESOME it's gonna be. Cheers
If I remember correctly in the video for "Livgardet" Joakim doesn't have glasses on and that was kinda weird 😆. I want my Sabaton with camo outfits, aviators and badass delivery of history lessons 🤘😁
React to "The Ballad of Bull" by sabaton for your next sabaton reaction. It is really different from what they normally do and it might catch you by surprise.
Fun fact, the tanks and locations shown in this video are all playable vehicles and maps in the game World of Tanks
13:00 yup XD
this vid is basically an advertisement of that tank in the game
Exactly. It's the first tier 9 premium tank in the game
With this song, I've the vibe of the earlier days of them, the speed is back
My assumption is that this is a stand alone and not on the album. Two years ago they teased the Great war album in beginning of april and released Bismarck late same month. This seems like the same thing. Throw out a tease then build some hype with a wargaming video stand alone.
Theres also many references to older songs, even "The Future of Warfare" from the Great war album in this.
Yeah, I saw a recent interview with Joakim where he said basically all of the videos and singles released this year are standalone songs on won't be on the album.
I like this song so much more than most Sabaton songs ive heard, because of the slight up tempo!
Are you familiar with Dynazty? Another band from sweden, dropping real bangers!
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When you load into the game in that tank the music starts slowly kicking in the spirit effects happening on the tank, F'n awesome!
the song is playing in this tank in the loading in screen of any battle FREAKING awsome
The people being like " Oh Steel Commanders sounds just like any other Sabaton song" are the same that buy the new Fifa or Cod game every year...
You are spot on 👏👏👏 It's probably the same people who whine that all Starwar's films take place in space, that the ice cream is too cold, the coffee too hot and that Swedish is difficult to understand, who whine that Sabaton sounds like Sabaton.
Already we have cover by Radio Tapok to this song. I think this will be interesting for you
In this music video Sabaton places the new Swedish tier 9 premium tank from Wargamings in the game World of Tanks in front of the Strv K and its 3D skin which he accepts at the end of the video. There is also the complete Sabaton band as a crew with their voices. I have already earned it and I have to say that it is a really successful project again
Radio Tapok made cover!!!
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I'd be willing to bet that the pyro in live shows will closely reflect the sound effects in this video. But I don't expect I'd have many takers.
Interview question to Sabaton: "Do you own a tank?" - "Ah no... we own two!" ;-)
5:07 It's still not available on Spotify. It... irks me.
Now that he has already done the reaction to it I'm gonna call it. The into is going to get him, he won't be too keen on the verses but the chorus will be stuck in his head for days.
Isn't that the case with quite literally ANY Sabaton song?
Just a few examples:
Then the Winged Hussars arrived - coming down the mountainside
Then the Winged Hussars arrived - coming down they turned the tide
There on that day, Sergeant York entered the fray - saving the day - 82nd all the way
For the grace, for the might of our lord - in the name of his glory
For the faith, for the way of the sword - gave their lives so boldly
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the warmachine - to rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas - The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified, it's the last stand of the samurai - surrounded and outnumbered.
...I rest my case.
@@ranekeisenkralle8265 if you want to go there that is the same for every song in existence. This song just reminded me a lot of I think it was Great War and Tank had said he liked the chorus more than the verses. That was where my prediction was going for this song and not just pointing out the obvious that the chorus is here to hook you.
@@thomashoffman8916 I respectfully disagree - to an extent. Sure, that may be what choruses by and large are aiming for, but not all of them do succeed. Sabaton, however, nails that aspect time and again.
@@ranekeisenkralle8265 my point was I was referencing a previous video of his about Sabaton. You are right though, they have some of the most memorable chorus lines of any band in recent memory and it sticks with you.
@@thomashoffman8916 It does. Very much so.
ik you tend not to do sabaton reactions anymore but i really wanna see you react to feilds of verdun it freakin rips
About the same sound. Usually each band has something that catch, or something thati's most popular. Sabaton has two songs for me: Panzer Battalion and Wolfpack. I'm not a WoT fan, it was just the first song I heard from these Manowar followers. And Wolfpack is a tribute to the many hours I spent in Silent Hunter 3. I'm not exactly a big fan of Sabaton, but I have to pay tribute to their epic character.
the tank the members of Sabaton was in is a "blueprint" tank, the swedish army developed a new battle tank in the early 1950s, the blueprints for it does exist irl but none were fully built, 2 hulls her built but converted into other prototypes. the tank was to be nicknamed "Kranvagn" and was developed under the name "EMIL". the tanks hull was shaped very similarly to a soviet IS-3 tank but the turret was a french oscillating turret design like the turret on most of the AMX tanks.
Since my other comment got jacked a little I just wanted to say I am glad you liked it Tank and more than just what I had predicted. Also love the dig at Wargaming at the end (they are already in microtransaction trouble for microtransaction issues so that made my day).
Putting it out there again, you should check out "Pumping Iron Power" by Grailknights with Jaokim for the pure over the top performance and super 80s nostalgia.
I honestly don't even know anything about their games and just assumed it would be a microtransaction. Hahaha
Fun thing is that when they are in the tank you can actually hear that they are speaking swedish
Whenever i listen to a Sabaton song i want it to sound like a damn Sabaton song, it's fucking epic as hell and i basically love all their songs. They should never stop sounding like Sabaton :D
Preach!
My 3 year old can immediately pick out an AC/DC song.
Not because he's heard it before.
Because it all sounds the same.
And he loves it.
And that's ok.
Hearing that gives a man hope for the future generations!!! THROW THE HORNS BROTHERS!!!A🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘😁🤘🤘🤘🤘
Oh and SISTERS METAL 4 EVER!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘😁🤘🤘🤘🤘
"Sabaton always sounds the same." Yeah duh, that's what a signature sound is!
Also, quick little note, Tina's last name Guo is pronounced like "Goo-Oh", as a single quick syllable. Don't miss out the U in there :)
🤘 Thank you!
"It would surprise me more if Joakim showed up with no sunglasses on"
So how did you enjoy Christmas Truce?
I was so enthralled in that video that it didn't even hit me that he wasn't wearing sunglasses until after the video. Hahaha
Another Finnish band. Angel by POETS OF THE FALL. Alexander Theatre Sessions live in Helsinki Finland. I LOVE THIS SONG. My favorite singer.
Exactly, AC/DC sounds like AC/DC, Black Sabbath sounds like Sabbath, Amon Amarth, well you get the point. And with Tina Guo it's always a win
Nice work man, enjoyed Ur episode even today like always, but for some reason I lobe the sound effects, haha like all the explosive stuff happening around, I guess it gives me a more realistic feeling,,
Anyways, ROCK ON MAN 🤟🤟🤟
This one should be fun. Let’s go
I’ve heard this song already. It’s kickass. Tina is awesome
For other bands,
I also recommend Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dr. Butcher/Jon Oliva’s Pain, Chris Caffery, Machines of Grace/Circle II Circle, and Archon Angel. Start with Hall of the Mountain King
It’s not that they sound exactly the same. They are consistent in their signature sound even why they do something different. Epica also comes to mind too. Actually quite a few bands I listen to come to mind. It usually doesn’t matter the song but I can tell exactly what band it is
sAbAtOn sOUnds THe SAme. yeah they sound fucking great what's your point?
Sabaton 🇸🇪😀 Tommy Johansson singing The phantom of the opera? Oh yeah, he did and omg what a voice. Check out german symphonic metal band Dream Ocean feat. Tommy Johansson with The phantom of the opera. If you are curious about the band?Dream Ocean releases their second album The missing stone the 24 of september. Their song The great silence are one to check out for you. Vocalist Basak Ylva, from Turkey, beautiful voice. So lets gooo for some high notes with The phantom of the opera 👍👍
This isn't for a reaction as there is no music video, just for your private listening: check out Sabaton's All Guns Blazing cover to hear Thobbe Englund do an impressive Rob Halford style vocal performance. He also released his own Judas Priest cover album
The tanks use for each part also don't match the lyrics which seems like a missed opportunity (For example "The Shermans rolling onto sword," has a Churchill in a village....)
Yes obviously Sabaton is Sabaton. Powerwolf is powerwolf. Amon Amarth is Amon amarth. I can go on, these band have their own styles and they dominate it. Good music is good music. Doesnt even matter what gerne. If you like a song, you like it ^^
WHAT the drummer of sabaton is married to the singer of nightwish!??
Seriously... t(h)anks dude
if i didnt love your "random" infos yet, from now on i will definitly
(i've edited this twotimes now) but seriously i love floor and i love sabaton... how could i have not known that yet (i actually feel sorry i have not subbed until now)
The spirit is looking for the perfect tank commander, and he leave the tanks commanders who commited strategic mistakes. The mark 1 was blocked in the mud because of the commanders, the shermans didn't look correctly the battlefield and was ambushed by stug3, same for the Panther crew who didn't look on left before go trough the crossroad. The SU152 shoot without seeing his target trough the smoke and couldn't reverse. The reason why the spirit didn't leave sabaton crew is they didn't do any mistake, the AMX13 blocked them after being killed