When I worked as a history teacher in high school, I used to play Sabaton often and we had large historic battle presentations using Warhammer fantasy miniatures during classes. Really helped making my class popular
@@isaiahwelch8066 Honestly, as a high school student myself, anything like that will get kids into history. Make it fun, make it interactive and high energy. The glorious rise and bitter fall of empires, the coming of new eras, the brutality of battles etc, you have to actually set in the reality of the fact that they are learning history. They are learning the world and the reality people just like them have faced in the past.
@@isaiahwelch8066 Yes, sure. The games are not the point, since we did not play Warhammer. I just used miniatures to visually depict historic battles. When I taught WW2 I used tank models I collected and painted from various manufacturers in combination with Warhammer Empire handguners and Dwarf thunderers since those are the only miniatures I have with guns... Tabletop games and miniatures are irrelevant, anything can be used
@@sayaphantom6385 Thank you very much. It means a lot. I have always loved history, but hated history classes, so I decided to do something different as a teacher. I created a completely new class called "Military history" where we learn about tactics, equipment, most important historic battles etc. When the topic was the Battle of Agincourt I dressed one student into my plate armor as a show piece to demonstrate how difficult it actually was to kill an armored opponent and the student had a chance to try holding various longswords, arming swords, maces etc. and draw 80 pound longbow so they would appreciate what those people went trough
"Crowned by God, not but the church, as my power is divine." Carolus Rex basically bypassed the church and said that his power was given to him by God, making the church's power significantly smaller.
Mind this is less about the power of the Church per se than the fact that in Swedish Protestantism the King of Sweden was Gods representative on Earth basically the same as the Pope in Catholicism. Hence why he, King Karl, viewed himself as above all oaths to the church.
@@Kaadilac Charles XII "Carolus Rex" died when he was around 35 or 36 years old, there is this conspiracy theory that his own men shot him on purpose in the battlefield
@@bondeboy2715 no he didnt? Charles XII was born in 1682, and Charles XI died in 1697 before his birthday, so for a few months after his death, he was 14. I think you may have misunderstood my comment?
I was thinking decades of war yes it's slower but I feel like it would be a good listen to show how versatile the band is in terms of both vocals and in sound
Carolus Rex, you may not know, is Latin for "King Charles." I know this because North and South Carolina are both named for a British king named Charles. Ergo, "Carolus" is Latin for Charles, the way "Carolina" is.
it gets kinda messy too, cus his name is actually karl in swedish. translated to charles which i believe is the french version of the name and the more common use. and also, as you pointed out, carolus is the latin version.
I highly suggest listening to Sparta. As you might think, its about the 300 Spartans against the Persian Army. Theres honestly so many good songs, its hard to choose any single one to suggest, so Im gonna do em all. Last Stand, Panzerleid, Primo Victoria, To Hell and Back [that one I cant recommend enough], Rorke's Drift, and theres just so many that I cant remember them all.
Many, many years ago, when Persia came ashore Heeding Leonidas' call, the Spartans went to war Joined by their brothers, a few against the fateful horde Hellenic hearts are set aflame, The hot gate calls their name A final stand, stop the Persians, spear in hand Form a wall, live to fall, and live Forever Sparta! Hellas! Then, and again, sing of three hundred men! Slaughter! Persians! Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender! Morning has broken, today they're fighting in the shade When arrows blocked the sun, they fell, Tonight they dine in Hell By traitor's hand, secret passage to their Land Know his name, know his shame will last forever Sparta! Hellas! Then, and again, sing of three hundred men! Slaughter! Persians! Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender! Sparta! Hellas! Then, and again, sing of three hundred men! Slaughter! Persians! Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender! lyricstranslate.com/en/sabaton-sparta-lyrics.html
I'm not even Swedish but I prefer the Swedish version for almost all the songs on Carolus Rex. I do know Swedish though since I've been learning it since March of 2017. The only songs I prefer in English are Caroleans Prayer because during the prayer they switch to Swedish and Poltava.
Hannes wasn't even with Sabaton when this song was recorded... This album was recorded with the old line-up, before the band fell apart. After that the drummer was replaced with Robban Bäck for the Swedish Empire tour. The tour for thir album. Then Robban went on paternity leave and was temporarily replaced by Snowy Shaw. And when Robban wasn't going to come back, that's when they hired Hannes...
Charles XII was a Swedish king who inherited the empire while he was still a teen. He quickly got involved in a war with Denmark, Poland and Russia, all of whom though he'd be an easy target. He went about to kick the rear end of all three of them repeatedly for a while. But he made the same mistake as Napoleon and Hitler; he went deep into Russia. That massive mistake ended up costing him his elite army, a leg injury and being stuck in Constantinople for a while. When he came back to Sweden, all his enemies returned for round 2 (including Poland and Denmark who had dropped out of the war)... This time, the king was not able to push them back and died when besieging a Norwegian fort/city... The Swedish empire would go on to loose most of its lands outside of Sweden per say as well as its status of regional power. Russia would go on to establish St-Petersburg on one of the territories gained from Sweden. The battle of his defeat against the Russians on the fields of Poltava is also a Sabaton song from the same album. The song is titled "Poltava"
Carolus XII of Sweden was 15 when he ascended the throne and spent his entire reign (nearly 30 years) at war with powers in Europe (Russia, Protestant Princes)
"NIGHT WITCHES" next! It's about the Russian female Night Bomber Regiment. The history behind the song is quite interesting, but basically the Germans called them that, because they used to turn off their engines when close to the target and glide silently while bombing the F out of the nazies.
I'll throw out a Sabaton suggestion that I haven't seen yet: Carolean's Prayer. If you like the chorus sound in this (and it looks like you did), you'll love hearing them do the Lord's Prayer in Swedish, which sounds badass
19 people clearly don’t like historical songs haha talking about the dislikes of course! Although I love this song, band and the reaction! (I’m Swedish btw so that makes sense haha) 😂👏🏼
Ja vi gillar inte enbart musiken utan innehållet är något som man blir stolt över som svensk.. Förfäderna lyfts fram i musik och det är helt rätt att hylla vår historia..
Always enjoying watching your Sabaton reactions. Take a look at "The Final Solution" from Sabaton. A very deep and sad song. Quite different from all their other songs.
it really is a beast of a song! love it! you should try to listen to the sweedish version, even if you dont understand sweedish, his voice is so much better when he is singing in his native language (and yes it is incredible in english but even better in sweedish) you can hear more emotion, and the song sounds more insense, atleast in my opinion. Anyway great reaction! \m/ have a good one :)
Great reaction man this song is awesome and this album Carolus Rex is one of the best metal albums in this decade, please react to more Sabaton, i have a request it´s a song of this album is called "Carolean´s Prayer" it´s about the Swedish soldiers that serve the kings Charles XI and Charles XII, they was the elite army of that times, they have numerous victorys even againts larger armies, i hope you made a reaction about that song.
The Carolean's Prayer and Gott mit uns are two other reaction-worthy songs from that album, really good stuff - and the bonus song Twilight of the Thundergod - an Amon Amarth cover
Another great bass/baritone singer in Metal is Francesco Cavallieri, the lead singer of Wind Rose. I recommend "The Returning Race", "Drunken Dwarves", and "Diggy Diggy Hole" by them. 😎🍺
I like Type O but they definitely aren't for everyone. Black No. 1 is good or I'd like to see him react to anything on October Rust. -EDIT- Fucked up the album title. Reminder for me to listen to some more Type O and get my shit together.
There’s a song by Amon Amarth called the berserker on stamford bridge. It’s about a lone norseman who single handedly held off the English army back in 1066. Idk if you like folk metal but it’s a badass song
Hi! Have you seen the teaser for the new song from Sabaton? About Svea Livgarde ( Svea Life Regiment) who was the "boddyguard fore Gustav Vasa, the first rouler of Sweden. The regiment celebrates 500 years as a unit. Check it out!!
For anyone that will see this: This song shows why he's considered one of Sweden's greatest kings, aswell as one of the kings with the worst case of hubris. King Charles XII of Sweden (Karl XII) was put on the throne at an age of 15. People thought he wouldn't last long, that he was just a boy. Early on he bypassed the church and said he was crowned by God, making him hold the most power in the land, the church had no more saying in most things. he had a unique and utterly terrifying way of waging war. The Caroleans (soldiers in his army) would march as one, until they "could see the whites in their enemies eyes". They would stand as one, aim, and fire of a volley. This would decimate the enemy ranks, and completely destroy their morale. Imagine this: a huge army marching as oen towards you. You shoot at them, kill one. They do not break ranks or even acknowledge that they lost someone. They march at you, because in their head they know that if God wants them dead, they will die, otherwise their enemy will die. Then they all stop, aim and just unleash a horrible wall of death at you, killing most of your brothers in arms and wounding many others. During the Great Northern war Denmark, Saxony-Poland and Russia delcared war against the Swedes. Within a week Denmark surrendered when Charles XII marched across the frozen Sea and surprised them at their capital. Saxony-Poland would last another month or so(can't remember exactly). And then only the greatest foe in Europe stood left. Russia, like they ahd before, used the scorched earth tactic as they fell back into their land, burning everything to nto give the Swedish army any food. At Poltava the Swedes suffered a great loss with many dead and the rest of the army on full retreat. Once back in Sweden Charles XII ordered the remaining army to march on Norway. But outside of the fortress of Fredriksten he was shot in the head and died. No one knows to this day if it was an enemy or friend that shot him. And the army marched back to Sweden, to bury their king. He is by far the most known swedish king, and my personal favourite to learn about. It's up to each and one of you to pass judgement on his actions, Heroism or Folly? Was he a great King, or a king filled with hubris and madness?
Not on this album. That was their previous drummer on Carolus Rex. Their current drummer, Hannes Van Dahl is married to Floor. He joined the band in 2014 this song is from 2012.
1:13 when you realize that what you're about to witness is so much more awesome than what you thought it was going to be 1:18 when you realize that you were not at all prepared
He became king at 15 and before that he was partying like Mötley Crüe, so people were really worried. But as a king he became an exeptional war strategist and leader. But he fought three neighbouring countries at the same time, Denmark-Norway, Sach-Poland and Russia. They were allied against Sweden because they thought it was an easy target with such a young and inexperienced king. Karl took Denmark-Norway and Sach-Poland and held off the russians for a long time. But he emptied Swedens resources to finance the war and eventuelly lost a battle against the russians in Poltava 1709. That is considered the end of Sweden as a Great Nation. Karl was eventually shot to death in Norway. But the king who made Sweden an empire was Gustav II Adolf, also known as Gustavus Adolphus - The Lion From the North. He is considered as the creator of modern warfare. Sabaton has a song about him aswell.
Hahaha Omg, Your reaction takes all prices, Love your honestfull (don't know if thats even a word or if I just made it up) energy! Keep on going strong and keep on rockin!!! Take care of yourself in these crazy times, all the lov3 and best wishes from Stockholm, Sweden!!! 🇸🇪👍🤗💯 PS: Btw, Love your Joakim-moves, you know what I mean! Seen you do them in the few Sabaton reactions I've watched so far, will go through your videos and see if you have more Sabaton! I hope so, because watching you makes me happy! Sidenote, I've had a really crappy week, but watched your reactions now for the past half hour and been smiling and feel happy for the first time this week, and its half an hour past midnight here in Sweden now, so you know that really my whole week has been bitter! Just sickness and hospitals etc. Just want to jump through my phone, hang out with you over a beer ( or 7), listen to Sabaton and other music I can show you from Sweden I'll think you'll enjoy, laugh, cry, talk, sing, sleep and so on....Never felt so happy watching reactions like I do watching yours, so I say Thank you very much and Take Care! New subscriber here! DS
King Karl XII was 14 when he took the throne yes. And he and the Swedish army won battle after battle throughout Europe. Even though he was just a kid he showed amazing leader skills and had a brilliant mind for tactics as well and he was an able politician. He pretty much butchered his way through the Great Northern War and non could stop him. On the 11th of December, 1718 he was shot in the head and died, age 36. Who killed him is still not known.
One of the craziest things about the video is when they show the Swedish Caroleans (what the soldiers were called) advancing toward the enemy position in squares and when they are hit by artillery and something like two fifths of the formation are knocked down (presumably killed). What do the rest of them do? They just close ranks and continue marching until they are told to stop, drop to a knee, aim and fire at the enemy with their muskets. I'd wager that it takes an insane level of conviction and discipline not to break into a rout and flee the battlefield in sheer panic in that situation. This is true for modern soldiers seeing their fellow soldiers die in front of them too of course, but it's still a different thing to calmly and in complete concert advance in formation, seeing the enemy fire their muskets and cannons at you, killing your friends and still keep the same pace and discipline.
Have to give an of the following tracks a shot: - Cliffs Of Gallipoli - The Final Solution - Uprising - The Price Of A Mile - The Lost Battalion - To Hell And Back - Wolfpack - 82nd All The Way - The Red Baron - Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
Crowned king at 15. At 17 (AD 1700) he went to war as Sweden was attacked by Russia, Saxony - Poland and Denmark - Norway. Fifteen years later (1715) United Kingdom and Brandenburg - Preussia joined the enemies of Sweden. 30 November 1718, he fell at the Norwegian fortress Fredriksten. All those years he spent with his troops in the field. Imagine if George W. Bush had LED the assault on Afghanistan, spent 18 years there sharing the hardships of the US soldiers, and then died in combat. Something to ponder while philosophizing over our times "moral superiority".
Try Sabaton - 1648. This song is about end of The Thirty Years' War from siege prague. Or Sabaton - Aces In Exile (Battle of Britain). Or Sabaton - Far from the fame (But I think you don't know who is Karel Janoušek). Or Sabaton - Primo Victoria (Original music video), because it's funny to destroy WWII tanks with Centurion. PS: I am sending these songs to you because they are about the Czech Republic except primo victoria. So I guess it's obvious I'm from Czech. And sorry for my English :-D
You can watch the Sabaton History episode on this if you want but I can give a quick explanation. Carolus Rex means King Charles or Karl in Swedish. He became king in 1697 at the age of fifteen. Sweden was surrounded by a tripel-alliance with Denmark-Norway, Poland-Saxony and Russia. They sought to reconquer many previously conquered lands. Charles father, Charles XI had defeated the Danish previously. Russia wanted to open up to Baltic trade. They wanted the lands connecting Finland and Estonia (modern-day Saint Petersburg). Charles faced a Russian force three times as large as his at the Battle of Narva and decisively defeated them. He later pushed Denmark out of the war and defeated Poland-Saxony. The Swedish campaign in Russia would end in disaster at the Battle of Poltava with losses up in 7000-9000 and almost 3000 soldiers captured. Charles would flee to Turkey and later return to Sweden to invade Norway. It would all end in 1718 during the Siege of Fredrikshald, a Norwegian fortress. One night, Charles was inspecting the defences of the enemy fortress and stuck his head over the trench his forces had dug. Then a shot was heard and the King was dead. No one knows who actually shot the King as many of his own men were tired of fighting this long war but most likely was shot by Norwegian defender. The death of Charles XII would end Sweden's great era of war and empire (Stormaktstiden in Swedish).
if you find you got some time for it.. PLease react to Within Temptation, an other netherland band with amazing female front figure.. Start with "Stand my Ground" from "Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra Black Symphony Full Concert HD 720p" it should be a good warming up song so you can feel what you can expect. After that you can move on to "The Cross" (same video, there is a timestamp comment in the comment section). You should have the feeling by now so we can move up abit to "The heart of everything" (this song can even make a rock get goosebumps, Same video). After here on pick whatever it will blow out your brainholes whatever you pick. "Angels, Mother Earth and Ice Queen" will feel like a nuclear blast to your brainholes.
Since close quarters combat was deemed obsolete at the time we Swedes got a little innovative. We developed this tactic called "Gå på" which means "Go on" or "Walk on". This meant that under no circumstance should you turn around and retreat. This was backed and proven very effective due to the strong Christian faith in the Swedish ranks which made them believe that all deaths was already planned by God and thus you will die whatever happens. So the Caroleans marched on through the hail of enemy musket volleys and cannon balls until they were 30 meters from the enemy ranks. Then the first row got down on their knees. The second aimed above the first rows heads.*Drums go silent*..."*GE FYR!*" The enemy fired first at around 80 meters. Not effective. Then at 50 meters. Not enough. Swedes fire at 30 meters. Deadly. As soon as the first rows had fired they switched places with 3rd and 4th row. Same procedure. "*GE FYR!*" Now hundreds of enemy soldiers lie dead on the front lines and the ones still living are demoralized. Swedish command: "*ATTACK!*". The entire Swedish regiment charges at the enemy line. And due to hand to hand combat was obsolete, the enemy rarely had a rapier or sword to fight with. But the Swedes were armed with bayonets and swords. Cavalry was commonly armed with pistols in some cases but always had a sword. The Swedish cavalry tactics were also very effective. They wee so close to each other that their knees were touching. And then that group of cavalry charges through your lines in a spearhead formation. One horse weighs 500kg. Imagine that, but 500 of those at the same time at 50km/h. First two rows shatter and mot die on impact. Then the these elite Caroleans cut their way through the routing enemy soldiers. And no one was specifically trained in only one field of combat. An artilleryman was able to ride a horse and was armed with a sword and thus was he able to become a cavalryman. They were also trained with muskets and bayonets and thus was an infantry unit as well. Infantry cold ride horses and load and fire cannons and cavalrymen could fire muskets and load and fire cannons. This proved especially effective during the Battle of Fraustadt in 1704 where 9400 Swedes stood against 20 000 Russians. Cavalry charge the flanks. Boom! Musket volleys. The Russians had artillery but the Swedes didn't so when the Russians were routing and retreating the Swedish infantry turned the Russian cannons around and fired at the retreating Russians, Poles and Saxons. The cavalry caught up to the retreating Saxons and tool them as hostages. Same with the Russians and Poles. The Saxons and Poles were let go. The Russians were executed in masses by Swedish bayonets. The Swedes suffered 700 casualties (deaths) another 900 wounded. The Russians suffered 8000 deaths during the battle. Then 7000 more were killed after the battle. A total of 15 000 Russians died. Only 5000 survived and the majority weren't even Russians.
He invaded Denmark at the age of 17. He lead his troops to his real first battle at the age of 18 at the Battle of Narva where 10 000 Swedes fought against 40 000 entrenched Russians and won with less than 1000 casualties while the Russians suffered 18 000 casualties (some hundreds by the bridge over the frozen river collapsing and the panicked troops in the rear pushed on and the ones on the edges fell in and froze to death). He died at the Siege of Fredrikshald 1918 where he got shot in the head just seconds after being warned by a French officer that the top of the trench is no fit place for a king. The soldier next to the officer: "Don't warn him. He'll just expose himself even more if you do" and *BANG*... *thud*...The king is dead and no one knows who killed him, friend or foe. Edit: From the year 1699-1709 he didn't lose a single battle. In 1709 though the Russians won their first battle at Poltava where they outnumbered the Swedes 2:1 and with the Russian elite forces making up the whole army. Had the Swedes been provided proper rations and gotten rest after their march, and had half the army not been sick, ill, exhausted or starving, they would most likely have won.
I’m impressed of knowledge of Swedish history👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪 Most Americans think Sweden is a part of the North Pole with polar bears walking the streets🥴😂 Awesome reaction.Sabaton drummer stole Floor from many Floorgroupies round the world😉😂
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When I worked as a history teacher in high school, I used to play Sabaton often and we had large historic battle presentations using Warhammer fantasy miniatures during classes. Really helped making my class popular
Question: Would you do the same with using Memoir '44 , Tides of Iron, or Flames of War to teach World War II?
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Honestly, as a high school student myself, anything like that will get kids into history. Make it fun, make it interactive and high energy. The glorious rise and bitter fall of empires, the coming of new eras, the brutality of battles etc, you have to actually set in the reality of the fact that they are learning history. They are learning the world and the reality people just like them have faced in the past.
@@isaiahwelch8066 Yes, sure. The games are not the point, since we did not play Warhammer. I just used miniatures to visually depict historic battles. When I taught WW2 I used tank models I collected and painted from various manufacturers in combination with Warhammer Empire handguners and Dwarf thunderers since those are the only miniatures I have with guns... Tabletop games and miniatures are irrelevant, anything can be used
The world needs more history teachers like that. I would have had much better grades 😂
@@sayaphantom6385 Thank you very much. It means a lot. I have always loved history, but hated history classes, so I decided to do something different as a teacher. I created a completely new class called "Military history" where we learn about tactics, equipment, most important historic battles etc. When the topic was the Battle of Agincourt I dressed one student into my plate armor as a show piece to demonstrate how difficult it actually was to kill an armored opponent and the student had a chance to try holding various longswords, arming swords, maces etc. and draw 80 pound longbow so they would appreciate what those people went trough
"Crowned by God, not but the church, as my power is divine."
Carolus Rex basically bypassed the church and said that his power was given to him by God, making the church's power significantly smaller.
like it was in Sweden.. the Church did not have any power of anything.
Protestantism ftw!
Mind this is less about the power of the Church per se than the fact that in Swedish Protestantism the King of Sweden was Gods representative on Earth basically the same as the Pope in Catholicism. Hence why he, King Karl, viewed himself as above all oaths to the church.
@@jigsaw3295 It had power before the reformation
aka absolutism
If you want some depression as a follow up, try “Long Live the King” - the song about the funeral march of Carolus Rex.
Yeah it's in the lyrics first stanza. He was 15
@@silverfang63 He was 15 when he was crowned yes, not when he died.
Scott Cesarz If I remember the Sabaton History video right he died in his 30’s.
Possibly mixing up the two songs? It does happen
he should listen to a lifetime of war
Carolus Rex (Karl XII) was born 1682. He was crowned king 1697 and he died 1718.
It is indeed about king Charles XII of Sweden, he was 15 years old when he was crowned
Though Charles XI died when Charles XII was 14
@@Kaadilac Charles XII "Carolus Rex" died when he was around 35 or 36 years old, there is this conspiracy theory that his own men shot him on purpose in the battlefield
He died 1718....(30 november)
@@alanrobles6787 I know. I was talking about his predecessor
@@bondeboy2715 no he didnt? Charles XII was born in 1682, and Charles XI died in 1697 before his birthday, so for a few months after his death, he was 14. I think you may have misunderstood my comment?
Sabaton:
To Hell and Back
Primo Victoria
Night Witches
Resist and Bite
Attack of the Dead Men
Ruina Imperii
Back in Control
The Price of a Mile
I was thinking decades of war yes it's slower but I feel like it would be a good listen to show how versatile the band is in terms of both vocals and in sound
All are awesome, Night Witches is really fast paced tho!!!
Hell, just do all of Sabaton
Sabaton:they haven't bad songs...
That’s exactly what sabaton is. History class on steroids and metal
Carolus Rex, you may not know, is Latin for "King Charles." I know this because North and South Carolina are both named for a British king named Charles. Ergo, "Carolus" is Latin for Charles, the way "Carolina" is.
it gets kinda messy too, cus his name is actually karl in swedish. translated to charles which i believe is the french version of the name and the more common use. and also, as you pointed out, carolus is the latin version.
@@thekillingtomat Carlos also :)
Would be so much easier if we all just spoke Latin.
@@thekillingtomat his name was Karl- it doesn’t matter what the English version of it is his name was Karl, so why call him not Karl?
I highly suggest listening to Sparta. As you might think, its about the 300 Spartans against the Persian Army.
Theres honestly so many good songs, its hard to choose any single one to suggest, so Im gonna do em all.
Last Stand, Panzerleid, Primo Victoria, To Hell and Back [that one I cant recommend enough], Rorke's Drift, and theres just so many that I cant remember them all.
Many, many years ago, when Persia came ashore
Heeding Leonidas' call, the Spartans went to war
Joined by their brothers, a few against the fateful horde
Hellenic hearts are set aflame,
The hot gate calls their name
A final stand, stop the Persians, spear in hand
Form a wall, live to fall, and live Forever
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men!
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender!
Morning has broken, today they're fighting in the shade
When arrows blocked the sun, they fell,
Tonight they dine in Hell
By traitor's hand, secret passage to their Land
Know his name, know his shame will last forever
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men!
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender!
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men!
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory and death, Spartans will never surrender!
lyricstranslate.com/en/sabaton-sparta-lyrics.html
For The "Sparta" - I absolutely love the performance from Masters of Rock with live orchestra - th-cam.com/video/-9EHShfAEYA/w-d-xo.html
Panzerlied? You mean Panzerkampf?
Sabaton: WINGED HUSSARS, also 82nd All the Way, Sparta but WINGED HUSSARS!!
82nd all the way
"I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies." - Carolus Rex
That dude drumming is the one who took FLOOR from me hahahahah
I’m a simple man, I see Sabaton, I hit the Like button.
Listen to "final solution" by sabaton. Such a sad story, but an amazing song
And this Final Solution by Sabaton is so great!! \m/ Would love to see that one too! :) \m/
Mr. Rock N Roll: So viewers,what Sabaton song do i react to next?
Viewers: YES!!
Listen to the Swedish version, it has more of a deep feeling to it. Most songs on this album was in Swedish :-)
Swedish version is way better.
Yes! The Swedish versions of that album are amazing!
I'm not even Swedish but I prefer the Swedish version for almost all the songs on Carolus Rex. I do know Swedish though since I've been learning it since March of 2017.
The only songs I prefer in English are Caroleans Prayer because during the prayer they switch to Swedish and Poltava.
@@HALberdier17 why do you want to learn Swedish?
@@MerkGBG because its beatyful like almost every germanic language
Finally more Sabaton! Wooooo! Dont forget to listen to more of them! :D
7:55 "Hey, you guys want more?"
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of HORSE we DO!
*music plays*
The winged hussars arrived
Now the Swedish version please!
ATTERO DOMINATUS!!!!!!! Please (Woodstock 2012 edition)
Berlin is burning
Hannes wasn't even with Sabaton when this song was recorded...
This album was recorded with the old line-up, before the band fell apart. After that the drummer was replaced with Robban Bäck for the Swedish Empire tour. The tour for thir album.
Then Robban went on paternity leave and was temporarily replaced by Snowy Shaw. And when Robban wasn't going to come back, that's when they hired Hannes...
The english version is great, but the swedish one is just so much better
Charles XII was a Swedish king who inherited the empire while he was still a teen. He quickly got involved in a war with Denmark, Poland and Russia, all of whom though he'd be an easy target. He went about to kick the rear end of all three of them repeatedly for a while. But he made the same mistake as Napoleon and Hitler; he went deep into Russia. That massive mistake ended up costing him his elite army, a leg injury and being stuck in Constantinople for a while. When he came back to Sweden, all his enemies returned for round 2 (including Poland and Denmark who had dropped out of the war)... This time, the king was not able to push them back and died when besieging a Norwegian fort/city... The Swedish empire would go on to loose most of its lands outside of Sweden per say as well as its status of regional power. Russia would go on to establish St-Petersburg on one of the territories gained from Sweden.
The battle of his defeat against the Russians on the fields of Poltava is also a Sabaton song from the same album. The song is titled "Poltava"
yeah i think dont fucks with Russia is the lesson here
Semi_Serpentine no, the lesson is: LOGISTICS, something that makes russia impossible to invade as it’s logistical hell.
@@eriklindergren8755 true
Carolus XII of Sweden was 15 when he ascended the throne and spent his entire reign (nearly 30 years) at war with powers in Europe (Russia, Protestant Princes)
damn his greed. he won the war but wanted total annihilation and that cost him the empire and my nation went to russians for 200 years.
"NIGHT WITCHES" next! It's about the Russian female Night Bomber Regiment. The history behind the song is quite interesting, but basically the Germans called them that, because they used to turn off their engines when close to the target and glide silently while bombing the F out of the nazies.
You should react to "Sabaton History" videos, that channel has the explanation of most of these amazing songs!
You have to do Night Witches man! You're ready!
I'll throw out a Sabaton suggestion that I haven't seen yet: Carolean's Prayer. If you like the chorus sound in this (and it looks like you did), you'll love hearing them do the Lord's Prayer in Swedish, which sounds badass
You must react to Lion from the north from the same album.... It will blow your mind!
19 people clearly don’t like historical songs haha talking about the dislikes of course! Although I love this song, band and the reaction! (I’m Swedish btw so that makes sense haha) 😂👏🏼
XII Cheers from your Danish Neighbors
Ja vi gillar inte enbart musiken utan innehållet är något som man blir stolt över som svensk.. Förfäderna lyfts fram i musik och det är helt rätt att hylla vår historia..
k g exakt! 😄👍🏼
RedRam Ipsen SKÅL! 😁 🍻
@@LotsOfCome
Tjejer lyssnar inte på musik. Gå och lägg dig
Always enjoying watching your Sabaton reactions. Take a look at "The Final Solution" from Sabaton. A very deep and sad song. Quite different from all their other songs.
Finally the best Sabaton song. Now the best Blind Guardian sing, Mirror mirror.
Eh, Valhalla from Imaginations through the looking glass is the best from BG
Wrong. Mirror mirror is, followed by And the story ends, Bright eyes, Sacred, Into the storm.
it really is a beast of a song! love it! you should try to listen to the sweedish version, even if you dont understand sweedish, his voice is so much better when he is singing in his native language (and yes it is incredible in english but even better in sweedish) you can hear more emotion, and the song sounds more insense, atleast in my opinion.
Anyway great reaction! \m/ have a good one :)
Great reaction man this song is awesome and this album Carolus Rex is one of the best metal albums in this decade, please react to more Sabaton, i have a request it´s a song of this album is called "Carolean´s Prayer" it´s about the Swedish soldiers that serve the kings Charles XI and Charles XII, they was the elite army of that times, they have numerous victorys even againts larger armies, i hope you made a reaction about that song.
You got to do ”The Last Stand”. Its freakin’ amazing and the title track from their last album.
Much love to you from Sweden 🇸🇪 ❤️
Much love to you from the US
Lion from the North (English and Swedish) next pls :D
yes those are realy great!! :)
Saddest part is as a high school student I know more about this stuff than the teachers do.
The Carolean's Prayer and Gott mit uns are two other reaction-worthy songs from that album, really good stuff - and the bonus song Twilight of the Thundergod - an Amon Amarth cover
Another great bass/baritone singer in Metal is Francesco Cavallieri, the lead singer of Wind Rose. I recommend "The Returning Race", "Drunken Dwarves", and "Diggy Diggy Hole" by them. 😎🍺
I'm Voting Last Stand. I don't think that song gets enough love.
Try Type O Negative - Black No. 1
I like Type O but they definitely aren't for everyone. Black No. 1 is good or I'd like to see him react to anything on October Rust. -EDIT- Fucked up the album title. Reminder for me to listen to some more Type O and get my shit together.
Mate, if this wasn't your favorite song, i'd immediately unsub. This song is fucking AMAZING
Goosebumps appear when you feel the wind of history..😉
There’s a song by Amon Amarth called the berserker on stamford bridge. It’s about a lone norseman who single handedly held off the English army back in 1066. Idk if you like folk metal but it’s a badass song
"For fifteen years I have waited to sit upon my throne"
Hi! Have you seen the teaser for the new song from Sabaton? About Svea Livgarde ( Svea Life Regiment) who was the "boddyguard fore Gustav Vasa, the first rouler of Sweden. The regiment celebrates 500 years as a unit. Check it out!!
For anyone that will see this: This song shows why he's considered one of Sweden's greatest kings, aswell as one of the kings with the worst case of hubris.
King Charles XII of Sweden (Karl XII) was put on the throne at an age of 15. People thought he wouldn't last long, that he was just a boy. Early on he bypassed the church and said he was crowned by God, making him hold the most power in the land, the church had no more saying in most things. he had a unique and utterly terrifying way of waging war.
The Caroleans (soldiers in his army) would march as one, until they "could see the whites in their enemies eyes". They would stand as one, aim, and fire of a volley. This would decimate the enemy ranks, and completely destroy their morale. Imagine this: a huge army marching as oen towards you. You shoot at them, kill one. They do not break ranks or even acknowledge that they lost someone. They march at you, because in their head they know that if God wants them dead, they will die, otherwise their enemy will die. Then they all stop, aim and just unleash a horrible wall of death at you, killing most of your brothers in arms and wounding many others.
During the Great Northern war Denmark, Saxony-Poland and Russia delcared war against the Swedes. Within a week Denmark surrendered when Charles XII marched across the frozen Sea and surprised them at their capital.
Saxony-Poland would last another month or so(can't remember exactly).
And then only the greatest foe in Europe stood left. Russia, like they ahd before, used the scorched earth tactic as they fell back into their land, burning everything to nto give the Swedish army any food. At Poltava the Swedes suffered a great loss with many dead and the rest of the army on full retreat. Once back in Sweden Charles XII ordered the remaining army to march on Norway. But outside of the fortress of Fredriksten he was shot in the head and died. No one knows to this day if it was an enemy or friend that shot him. And the army marched back to Sweden, to bury their king.
He is by far the most known swedish king, and my personal favourite to learn about. It's up to each and one of you to pass judgement on his actions, Heroism or Folly? Was he a great King, or a king filled with hubris and madness?
Please do Sabaton's:
The Last Stand
Attack of the Dead men
Shiroyama
The song is orginaly in Swedish and it sounds better in Swedish if you ask me. (I'm Swedish)
Not on this album.
That was their previous drummer on Carolus Rex.
Their current drummer, Hannes Van Dahl is married to Floor. He joined the band in 2014 this song is from 2012.
I first listened to this song while playing EU4.
As awesome as this version is, the Swedish one is better. And I don't even speak Swedish.
psssst no need to be nasty.. this was their previous drummer. He didn't do nothing to your Floor....
Rip my once beutiful country. It will be interesting to see what will happen over here in the next 10-30 years.
1:13 when you realize that what you're about to witness is so much more awesome than what you thought it was going to be
1:18 when you realize that you were not at all prepared
Caroleans prayer,wingged hussars,last stand,great war
He became king at 15 and before that he was partying like Mötley Crüe, so people were really worried. But as a king he became an exeptional war strategist and leader. But he fought three neighbouring countries at the same time, Denmark-Norway, Sach-Poland and Russia. They were allied against Sweden because they thought it was an easy target with such a young and inexperienced king. Karl took Denmark-Norway and Sach-Poland and held off the russians for a long time. But he emptied Swedens resources to finance the war and eventuelly lost a battle against the russians in Poltava 1709. That is considered the end of Sweden as a Great Nation. Karl was eventually shot to death in Norway.
But the king who made Sweden an empire was Gustav II Adolf, also known as Gustavus Adolphus - The Lion From the North. He is considered as the creator of modern warfare. Sabaton has a song about him aswell.
Skål from sweden my brother!!
Shiroyama. It's probably the best song they have created. And that's saying something.
Attack of the Dead Men needs to be the next sabaton you listen to!
Another vote for Attack of the Dead Men. One of my favorites.
Do "The Last Stand" from Sabaton.
You will not be disappointed.
The worlds best elite soldiers at the time!
React to victorious march or under the northern star by amon amarth
Sabaton:
panzerkampf
the attack of the dead man
the art of war
We need some more people barking at the Blind Guardian tree
Angus Sharington Bards Song? Valhalla? Last candle?
@@natecaskey2558 the live version of Bards Song combined with Valhalla from Wacken 2016 :>
Angus Sharington perfect 🤘
Hahaha Omg, Your reaction takes all prices, Love your honestfull (don't know if thats even a word or if I just made it up) energy! Keep on going strong and keep on rockin!!! Take care of yourself in these crazy times, all the lov3 and best wishes from Stockholm, Sweden!!! 🇸🇪👍🤗💯
PS:
Btw, Love your Joakim-moves, you know what I mean! Seen you do them in the few Sabaton reactions I've watched so far, will go through your videos and see if you have more Sabaton! I hope so, because watching you makes me happy! Sidenote, I've had a really crappy week, but watched your reactions now for the past half hour and been smiling and feel happy for the first time this week, and its half an hour past midnight here in Sweden now, so you know that really my whole week has been bitter! Just sickness and hospitals etc. Just want to jump through my phone, hang out with you over a beer ( or 7), listen to Sabaton and other music I can show you from Sweden I'll think you'll enjoy, laugh, cry, talk, sing, sleep and so on....Never felt so happy watching reactions like I do watching yours, so I say Thank you very much and Take Care! New subscriber here! DS
Love Sabaton! More more more!!
Swedish version is way better
Check out Ru Ana Te Whenua by Alien Weaponry! New Zealand Maori metal and it's one massive adrenaline rush
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REACTION! Well, what about checking out "Shiroyama" or "Wolfpack"
Haha I loved that pronunciation: Car-raw-wrecks - American/English/Australian accent
Meanwhile in a Swedish/Nordic accent: Carrrr-lous-rex 😂
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Göteborgska: Karrollus rer
King Karl XII was 14 when he took the throne yes. And he and the Swedish army won battle after battle throughout Europe. Even though he was just a kid he showed amazing leader skills and had a brilliant mind for tactics as well and he was an able politician. He pretty much butchered his way through the Great Northern War and non could stop him. On the 11th of December, 1718 he was shot in the head and died, age 36. Who killed him is still not known.
Sabaton Price of a Mile live at Wacken 2019
One of the craziest things about the video is when they show the Swedish Caroleans (what the soldiers were called) advancing toward the enemy position in squares and when they are hit by artillery and something like two fifths of the formation are knocked down (presumably killed). What do the rest of them do? They just close ranks and continue marching until they are told to stop, drop to a knee, aim and fire at the enemy with their muskets. I'd wager that it takes an insane level of conviction and discipline not to break into a rout and flee the battlefield in sheer panic in that situation.
This is true for modern soldiers seeing their fellow soldiers die in front of them too of course, but it's still a different thing to calmly and in complete concert advance in formation, seeing the enemy fire their muskets and cannons at you, killing your friends and still keep the same pace and discipline.
You should listen to "The Final Solution" by Sabaton. T(h)anks for your powerful reactions!
yuo should react to this song from Sabaton:
night witches
The red baron
Primo victoria
lion from the north
Listen to warriors of the world
Lion from the north
Live Woodstock that is pure energy!
Please the red baron
Yes he became king at a very young age but he also died at a young age.
5:37
Your reaction to the guitar solo was priceless! 🎸
LION FROM THE NORTH
Please react to Sabaton - The Lion from the north
My all time fav.
It interesting how old the group sabaton is. My ex introduced it to me.... the thing is... I been married for 15 years.
Primo Victoria (Hellgate London video) and then the acapella version by Van Canto feat. Joaquin from Sabaton. Yes, acapella metal!
A some good songs from sabaton 'purple heat' 'red baron' and 'wolfpack'
Out of all the amazing guitar solos by Sabaton, I must say this is my absolute favorite.
Check out: 1648 and killing ground from the same album!
keep being epic!
the swedish verion is even better. love your reactions videos
Please react to The Warning - Dust To Dust (live at Lunario)
You should do a reaction to sabaton's 82nd all the way, then red baron.
I always love it when they bring in the choir.
Have to give an of the following tracks a shot:
- Cliffs Of Gallipoli
- The Final Solution
- Uprising
- The Price Of A Mile
- The Lost Battalion
- To Hell And Back
- Wolfpack
- 82nd All The Way
- The Red Baron
- Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
Crowned king at 15. At 17 (AD 1700) he went to war as Sweden was attacked by Russia, Saxony - Poland and Denmark - Norway. Fifteen years later (1715) United Kingdom and Brandenburg - Preussia joined the enemies of Sweden. 30 November 1718, he fell at the Norwegian fortress Fredriksten. All those years he spent with his troops in the field. Imagine if George W. Bush had LED the assault on Afghanistan, spent 18 years there sharing the hardships of the US soldiers, and then died in combat. Something to ponder while philosophizing over our times "moral superiority".
Try Sabaton - 1648. This song is about end of The Thirty Years' War from siege prague. Or Sabaton - Aces In Exile (Battle of Britain). Or Sabaton - Far from the fame (But I think you don't know who is Karel Janoušek). Or Sabaton - Primo Victoria (Original music video),
because it's funny to destroy WWII tanks with Centurion.
PS:
I am sending these songs to you because they are about the Czech Republic except primo victoria. So I guess it's obvious I'm from Czech. And sorry for my English :-D
You can watch the Sabaton History episode on this if you want but I can give a quick explanation. Carolus Rex means King Charles or Karl in Swedish. He became king in 1697 at the age of fifteen. Sweden was surrounded by a tripel-alliance with Denmark-Norway, Poland-Saxony and Russia. They sought to reconquer many previously conquered lands. Charles father, Charles XI had defeated the Danish previously. Russia wanted to open up to Baltic trade. They wanted the lands connecting Finland and Estonia (modern-day Saint Petersburg). Charles faced a Russian force three times as large as his at the Battle of Narva and decisively defeated them.
He later pushed Denmark out of the war and defeated Poland-Saxony. The Swedish campaign in Russia would end in disaster at the Battle of Poltava with losses up in 7000-9000 and almost 3000 soldiers captured. Charles would flee to Turkey and later return to Sweden to invade Norway. It would all end in 1718 during the Siege of Fredrikshald, a Norwegian fortress. One night, Charles was inspecting the defences of the enemy fortress and stuck his head over the trench his forces had dug. Then a shot was heard and the King was dead.
No one knows who actually shot the King as many of his own men were tired of fighting this long war but most likely was shot by Norwegian defender. The death of Charles XII would end Sweden's great era of war and empire (Stormaktstiden in Swedish).
if you find you got some time for it.. PLease react to Within Temptation, an other netherland band with amazing female front figure.. Start with "Stand my Ground" from "Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra Black Symphony Full Concert HD 720p" it should be a good warming up song so you can feel what you can expect. After that you can move on to "The Cross" (same video, there is a timestamp comment in the comment section). You should have the feeling by now so we can move up abit to "The heart of everything" (this song can even make a rock get goosebumps, Same video). After here on pick whatever it will blow out your brainholes whatever you pick. "Angels, Mother Earth and Ice Queen" will feel like a nuclear blast to your brainholes.
Since close quarters combat was deemed obsolete at the time we Swedes got a little innovative. We developed this tactic called "Gå på" which means "Go on" or "Walk on". This meant that under no circumstance should you turn around and retreat. This was backed and proven very effective due to the strong Christian faith in the Swedish ranks which made them believe that all deaths was already planned by God and thus you will die whatever happens. So the Caroleans marched on through the hail of enemy musket volleys and cannon balls until they were 30 meters from the enemy ranks. Then the first row got down on their knees. The second aimed above the first rows heads.*Drums go silent*..."*GE FYR!*" The enemy fired first at around 80 meters. Not effective. Then at 50 meters. Not enough. Swedes fire at 30 meters. Deadly. As soon as the first rows had fired they switched places with 3rd and 4th row. Same procedure. "*GE FYR!*" Now hundreds of enemy soldiers lie dead on the front lines and the ones still living are demoralized. Swedish command: "*ATTACK!*". The entire Swedish regiment charges at the enemy line. And due to hand to hand combat was obsolete, the enemy rarely had a rapier or sword to fight with. But the Swedes were armed with bayonets and swords. Cavalry was commonly armed with pistols in some cases but always had a sword. The Swedish cavalry tactics were also very effective. They wee so close to each other that their knees were touching. And then that group of cavalry charges through your lines in a spearhead formation. One horse weighs 500kg. Imagine that, but 500 of those at the same time at 50km/h. First two rows shatter and mot die on impact. Then the these elite Caroleans cut their way through the routing enemy soldiers. And no one was specifically trained in only one field of combat. An artilleryman was able to ride a horse and was armed with a sword and thus was he able to become a cavalryman. They were also trained with muskets and bayonets and thus was an infantry unit as well. Infantry cold ride horses and load and fire cannons and cavalrymen could fire muskets and load and fire cannons. This proved especially effective during the Battle of Fraustadt in 1704 where 9400 Swedes stood against 20 000 Russians. Cavalry charge the flanks. Boom! Musket volleys. The Russians had artillery but the Swedes didn't so when the Russians were routing and retreating the Swedish infantry turned the Russian cannons around and fired at the retreating Russians, Poles and Saxons. The cavalry caught up to the retreating Saxons and tool them as hostages. Same with the Russians and Poles. The Saxons and Poles were let go. The Russians were executed in masses by Swedish bayonets. The Swedes suffered 700 casualties (deaths) another 900 wounded. The Russians suffered 8000 deaths during the battle. Then 7000 more were killed after the battle. A total of 15 000 Russians died. Only 5000 survived and the majority weren't even Russians.
He invaded Denmark at the age of 17. He lead his troops to his real first battle at the age of 18 at the Battle of Narva where 10 000 Swedes fought against 40 000 entrenched Russians and won with less than 1000 casualties while the Russians suffered 18 000 casualties (some hundreds by the bridge over the frozen river collapsing and the panicked troops in the rear pushed on and the ones on the edges fell in and froze to death). He died at the Siege of Fredrikshald 1918 where he got shot in the head just seconds after being warned by a French officer that the top of the trench is no fit place for a king. The soldier next to the officer: "Don't warn him. He'll just expose himself even more if you do" and *BANG*... *thud*...The king is dead and no one knows who killed him, friend or foe.
Edit: From the year 1699-1709 he didn't lose a single battle. In 1709 though the Russians won their first battle at Poltava where they outnumbered the Swedes 2:1 and with the Russian elite forces making up the whole army. Had the Swedes been provided proper rations and gotten rest after their march, and had half the army not been sick, ill, exhausted or starving, they would most likely have won.
I’m impressed of knowledge of Swedish history👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪
Most Americans think Sweden is a part of the North Pole with polar bears walking the streets🥴😂
Awesome reaction.Sabaton drummer stole Floor from many Floorgroupies round the world😉😂
The original video is way better, and it suits the song better when it's not only English