Says Sabaton: “North America, prepare for a Swedish invasion! We will reach your shores in early October with our new album The Great War, a bigger production than before & the templars of steel in Hammerfall as special guests! Get ready for a damn good dose of Swedish heavy metal!” Lauderdale, FL on October 4 and will end in Silver Spring, MD on November 3. The headline excursion will feature support from special guest Hammerfall, and will begin in Ft. Sabaton will make their triumphant return to North American this fall for The Great Tour. “The Soundtrack To The Great War” CD, regular, History & Soundtrack LPs, one out of 11 Great War propaganda posters, postcards, emblem, poem on sheet) – limited to 1000 3CD/3LP Box (The Great Box Edition) includes: Earbook incl. 180g LP in various colours (Album Edition)

180g LP in various colors (History Edition) narrated parts in addition to the album tracks The Great War will be available in different formats: This ninth full-length record, The Great War, which will see the light of day right in time for the band's 20th anniversary, will be a concept album based on events during the First World War. Sabaton recently launched the pre-order for their new studio album, out this summer. In this video, Joakim and Indy walk you through the contents of this edition, which is exclusively available to anyone who supports us on Patreon as a Sabaton Hussar tier or higher.' Says the band: 'In honour of our highly valued Patreon Supporters, we have created a special version of the upcoming Sabaton album, The Great War, and called it the 'History Channel Edition'. Sabaton have announced a 'History Channel Edition' of their upcoming album, The Great War. The meaning of this song was a tribute to all fans who have contributed over the years by sending us ideas for future songs, please continue with that!' Berlin is almost fully surrounded, but instead of following orders from his superiors who have clearly lost touch with reality, he decides to use his men to get as many civilians as. We decided to write 'Bismarck' outside the album since the story does not connect to WW1 and also that it was recorded at a different time. The Sabaton song Hearts of Iron tells the story of a German commander who is ordered to relieve Berlin in face of an overwhelming attack from the east and the west. 'It is the first single from the upcoming album even if we just released 'Bismarck', but that song is not from the upcoming album. Verdun is so much WW1 that we decided to hold the first album presentation in this city, inviting journalists from around the world to not just hear the album, but also understand the story behind it. 'The story of the battle of Verdun is also very representative for the album since it has all elements that identifies with ‘The Great War’. Watch the official video below, and get the song digitally here.īassist Pär Sundström comments: 'We choose 'Fields Of Verdun' to be the first single since we felt it represent the album perfect, a classic Sabaton metal song which we cannot wait to include in the future setlists. The band recently released the first single, “Fields Of Verdun”. Sabaton are set to release their new album, The Great War, on July 19 via Nuclear Blast.

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