
SABATON's new disc is the group's first with guitarist Tommy Johansson ( GOLDEN RESURRECTION, REINXEED),who replaced Thobbe Englund in 2016.

'The Great War' has been created side by side with the SABATON History Channel to make 2019 the most exciting year in our 20-year history.” Fields of Verdun Lyrics von Sabaton mit Video: As the drum roll started on that day, heard a hundred miles away / A million shells were fired and the. "Expect many surprises as we have tried new things and we also went back in time to a concept we know a lot of you love. There is so much depth and story around the songs that we never had before," bassist Pär Sundström states. "This is the biggest album we have taken on so far. Side by side with the album, the Swedes have worked hard to make their 20th year anniversary a very exciting year, and also started the SABATON History Channel - a unique collaboration between the band and multimedia historians Indy Neidell and Timeghost, capturing the power of social media to tell stories about the wars, battles and heroes behind SABATON's songs.
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"This is not the first time we sing about stories from this period in time, but now we felt the timing was right to make a full concept album about this war," the band said. The disc was mastered by Maor Appelbaum and the artwork was once again created by Peter Sallaí.

Find popular songs in the key of C Convert to the Camelot notation with our Key Notation. SABATON started recording "The Great War" exactly 100 years after the end of the First World War (November 11, 1918) and took three months of intensive work to complete the album with longtime producer and collaborator Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge studios. Fields of Verdun is written in the key of C. The band's 20th-anniversary record will be a concept effort covering stories from the First World War.

"The Great War" will be released on July 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. This made me excited to see what these fantastic musicians could do with a SABATON song! And what would be more fun than to let them record their version of a song not yet released?" SABATON bassist Pär Sundström comments: "I watched APOCALYPTICA's show in Madrid last year and I was blown away by the magic atmosphere they created. The end result can be heard on July 19 th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records.Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON have shared "Fields of Verdun", the first song from their upcoming album "The Great War", as performed by their friends in Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA. 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.įun Fact: The band started recording The Great War exactly 100 years after the end of the First World War () and took them roughly about 3 months to complete. The men continued to grip his upper arms as they led him toward the support pillar in the center of the hollow chamber.
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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. (S3E11) The Fields of Verdun JustLike2Write Chapter 8: Battered & Bloodied The cold air hit Athos’ skin once again as Polo pushed him into the undercroft room. 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’. ‘ Fields Of Verdun’ is the first release and this one, according to bassist Pär Sundström is the best representation for what fans can expect on the album:

They released their standalone single ‘ Bismarck‘ a few weeks back and now Sabaton are back in the game with the first single from their forthcoming ninth studio album The Great War getting its debut, along with their new music video.
