Formed in 1999, most of their songs are about Military History. They tell the story without taking sides. Lead singer Joakim Broden and bassist Par Sundstrom are the primary songwriters, and only original members left. Chris Rorland and Tommy Johansson on guitar, and Hannes van Dahl on drums round out the current lineup. A stand alone single in 2019, the video for this was made in conjunction with Wargaming, the company that makes the World of Warships game. 10 albums to date, 9 of which are history themed. If you want more from them, try the music video for Christmas Truce, or animated story videos for Night Witches, No Bullets Fly, Lady of the Dark, The First Soldier, and The Red Baron.
Sinking the Bismarck was a big fight for the Royal Navy. The other big German Battleship of this class was the Tirpitz. Again, a massive amount of effort (ships, planes, etc.) to sink 1 massive Battle Wagon.
It's great to see people getting into sabaton; they take no sides; they simply make awesome songs about different conflicts and campaigns; and they pay respect to a lot of individuals who the world has forgotten. I have seen them live twice, amazing both times. If they are ever touring near you, it's definitely a must to see them live. You won't be disappointed. Also, being ex army myself, I can relate to so many songs they sing about too.
Welcome to the Sabaton club! The way they take historical events and place them in a media that not only tells you the story but also feel in some way the emotion these people must of felt is amazing and as a Vet and historian they line these up perfectly. If interested in listening to any other songs by them would highly recommend - No bullets fly, Great war, Christmas truce and Motorhead cover of 1916
Just wanted to join the crowd and welcome you to the rabbit hole that is Sabaton. I do hope you will continue on this path, they have so much good songs. I know you already got some suggestions, but I would anyway want to give you a few suggestions, some 'must see' Start with 'En livstid i krig' live from the Great Tour in Gothenburg, its in Swedish but use the subs. Amazing performance!!! You should also try out 'No bullets fly' the animated story video. Really emotional. Finally why not try 'Christmas truce'. The official music video is a masterpiece! Good reaction!!!
An unbelievable one Music Video, by the Movie you better understand what it's all about.... Awesome 🚢💥 The actor who played the captain on the ship, was the Son of that actual young sailor that survived the sinking of the Bismarck. Have I Heard on their History Channel. Sabaton is known fur such details. I always say SABATON are my history books 📚 and there are teachers at school who show these videos to the pupils. ❤️ from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Easily one of the biggest metal bands in Europe, Sabaton's war inspired themes and (always) true stories told in music form is just perfect. Back in 2019 when they played at Wacken Open Air in Germany they had two full stages and hearing 50 000+ people sing along to every single song was amazing.
@gundalfthelost1624 - Biggest one? Very close. Pretty good, also it is worth checking their history channel (separated from the main bannd channel in a way). But let's not forget about band such as Shakra too (with their songs such as "Why", "Something you don't understand", "Hello" or others). Plenty of other good European bands out there, including "Florence in the machine" or something like a "Nordic Union", or a classic "Accept" (with Wolf Hoffmann and his approach to working with Ava-Rebekah or the Prague symphonic orchestra - which also could have been seen at the Wacken) :) And there is always Rammstein with their pyrotechnic approach during live concerts. Edit: added Rammstein bit.
That live show is nowhere near their biggest one. In woodstock, poland 2012 they were at a festival with 500,000+ people and another 200,000+ came just to listen to sabaton. Estimated 750,000-850,000 people were there and a few of the shots taken there (i think from a drone) shows that the crowd is insanely huge even without thinking of the numbers you can see there are lots of people
1:23 The name of the boat is a tongue in cheek callback to one of the songs that made them a world-wide known metal band, Primo Victoria, which is a song about the D-Day landings.
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Welcome to the history channel called Sabaton. As others mentioned they are from my home country Sweden, and they write almost every song related to an historical event or person in war history. Fun fact is that the drummer of Sabaton, Hannes Van Dahl is married to the lead vocalist Floor Jansen of Nightwish. So, if you never have experienced them, I suggest You take a look at one of their masterpieces "Ghost Love Score" - the live version from Wacken Open Air 2013. Nightwish is a Finnish band with a Dutch singer and an English multi-instrumentalist.
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Hi again - If You jump into the rabbit hole of Nightwish, I just might give You a hint. The Nightwish Army is huge and devoted and You might just get a lot of new subscribers. Nightwish is also classed in the genre of Symphonic Metal.
Bismarck sank the Hood which was a top British Battleship thought to be unsinkable but we’ve heard that before! It hit the right spot and the Hoods magazine blew up destroying it. The British then pursued the Bismarck and sank it. Lots of lives lost on both sides. War never a good thing
The band footage was filmed on a small vessel on the open sea. No green screen fakery for Sabaton. If you delve deeper into Sabaton, you will find their music videos are almost mini movies and their concerts are insane productions. Cheers!
@@fredriknilsson6042 I believe that is the only one and was done that way due to logistical issues of trying to film in the Alps. Oddly, the comments from the band are that they wish they had been in the Alps since they filmed in a studio where the temperature approached 40 degrees Celsius.
Did you note the watch that the captain of the boat Sabaton was on, was it the watch the German sailor was carrying when he was pulled out of the water. Good react girl, well done , hi from Down Under.
Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole! No lie here: During the pandemic my daughter couldn't go to school, so my wife and I got her squared away with online learning. I drew up her history/social studies plan that included Sabaton. Since then she's gone to several Sabaton concerts with us. 🤘😎
Oh, Sistaar! This is a rabbit hole to climb down to! All about war history and very well made! Let me give you som suggestion, Soldier of heaven and Last stand. And no, they are not a Christian band, history is Christian, though! 😊
there is much more of this. Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) . Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, just like you saw here, perhaps not always, but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short animated background history with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron first soldier epic videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Defence of Moscow, self explained. Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out. Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. these are just some, there are plenty more.
If you want to take a deep dive into Sabatons Music with a lot more chills: -Christmas Truce (Until after the endcredits) -Wings Husars -To Hell and Back -No Bullets Fly -Lady of the Dark And if you want to broaden your history knowledge there is a youtube channel called: Sabaton History Where they tell the stories behind their songs.
When it comes to Sabaton there are five videos rhat stands out for me: * Christmas Truce * En Livstid i Krig (A Lifetime at War) live from Gothenberg. Make sure you have captions on since they sing in Swedish and the lyrics is quite powerful. * No Bullets Fly - make sure it is the "animated story" version and watch to the very end, it is well worth it. * Night witches - also the animated STORY. * 1916 - this is a Möterhead cover that is just awesome. I want to listem to the subtitle parts of both Christams Truce and 1916. The vocals in the Christmas Truce subtitle part is done by Floor Jansen (the wife of the drummer in Sabaton and lead vocalist in Nightwish) is just stunning. The cello in the subtitle part of 1916 is performed by Tina Guo. She is just awesome and have worked with Sabaton several times. Another long post 😢
Great reaction. Thanks for putting the spotlight on some Swedish metal as we are indeed one of the worlds biggest producers/exporters of music. So much more music to discover from this tiny country in the north though so I hope you will return here in your "journey" 🙂 Bands like Eclipse, Seventh Wonder, Strevellna, Opeth, Scar Symmetry, Evergrey, Therion, Amon Amarth, Dynazty, Cult Of Luna, Soen, Deathstars, some of my favorites, all deserves a reaction I think :-) And Kamelot even though they're not a Swedish formed band at least the singer is from here. My overall favorite band though are from Australia. They're called Teramaze. Any chance you could do a reaction to one of their songs? I'm new to your channel so I haven't had the time to figure out what your preferred genre is yet and every Teramaze song is different from the other so I'm not sure which one I should recommend. Their best song in my opinion is The Thieves Are Out. It's the ultimate melodic progressive metal song. If you prefer a bit more groove you should probably go with Jackie Seth. A more modern, almost flirting a bit with nu metal, a song called In Solitude might be the one for you. But perhaps the most popular of their songs is the easy listened Battle, inspired by the lockdowns and protests in Australia in 2021. 🙏🙏🙏
Greetings from Sweden, loved the reaction. Sabaton made this one as a single release and as a gift to the fans. A fascinating story they wanted to write about for a long time, but could not fit into any album. Rock on 🤘
I think "Christmas Truce" is the best video and one of the best songs of them yet, but they also have other great songs about wartime events that are often heroic, yet also very human and show that sometimes there are people being kind and making ethical decisions in times where those usually are not on the mind of most taking part in those events. Some videos also have added information and sequences that compound on those words sung. "No bullets fly" is a good example of that, but "Lady of the Dark" showing how women can and did influence wars as fighters is a strong contender. "Red Baron" has a good vibe, too. And let us not forget "Night Witches" and "En livstid i krig". I would recommend listening to the songs from the "Carolus Rex" album in Swedish, as they sound way better in their native language. You just have to love the Scandinavian Metal scene, as they are really tight. Combining several groups and branching out into others. As others have pointed out, Hannes wife is Floor Jansen, formerly from the Dutch group Epica (and others), now front singer of the Finnish group Nightwish. Thommy Johannson is playing guitar (but can play a lot of other instruments) and is also a great singer himself (see his solo channel) and is playing with his own bands Majestica and Golden Resurrection. Sabaton also helped Kawaii Metal band Babymetal and took them as a co-band in 2023 (together with Finnish band Lordi). There is another band to check out: Babymetal. They were helped along in the beginning by DragonForce (also check them out...), who are good friends (and sometimes funny frenemies) with Sabaton. I like that everybody is somehow connected to everybody else and is getting along. When you look at other genres (*couch* Hiphop, Pop *cough*) people are at each others throat, badmouthing each other, at some times shooting each other... this is strange. While metal is often seen as brutal and grim and gory, the people themselves are friendly and nice. Goes for the bands and for the fans. And it does not matter if you go Glam Metal or Death Metal or whatever. If you need help and some friends, go where they play metal^^ Have a good time browsing the catalogue of bands and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the wonderful reaction. If you are interested in the theme of ships and naval battles, then I advise you to listen to the song Dreadnought, everything in this song is beautiful, from Joakim’s powerful voice with the corresponding lyrics, to the magnificent and emotional guitar solo from Tommy.💪🔥🙂
If you like metalcore i'd 1000% recommend "Imminence" which is a Swedish band, and they are amazing! They recently dropped a few new song for their upcoming album, but their older stuff is great aswell.. Personally i'd start with their song called "Paralyzed" but any song from them won't disappoint🤘
Sorry for a completly off topic comment, but you look extremly similar to Jennifer Haben, the singer from Beyond the Black. Great reaction. Love Sabaton and your Ghost cover is great too -> subscribed!
Double your subs by watching Sabaton's "En livstid i krig" ( live in Gothenburg with subtitles), "No bullets fly" (animated) and "Night Witches" (animated). Edit: Forgot about "Christmas Truce". Edit2: Oh, also forgot about "Uprising" live in Poland.
If you decide to check out another song of theirs, their song ''Soldier of Heaven'' has a VERY 80s vibe and is an incredible song that covers a very crazy event during WW1.
The Bismark was the third largest battleship class ever made. Only the Iowas and Yamatos were bigger. It was armed with 8 fifteen-inch guns in four turrets. The diameter of the shell was about the same as a snare drum, it was five and a half feet long and weighed going on 1800 lbs. It's guns had a 40,000 yard range, that's over 22 miles, though effective range was much less. At realistic combat ranges it could punch through 16.5 inches of armor, to give you an idea, Yamato, the largest battleship ever made, had a maximum armor thickness of 16.1 inches. It had a maximum speed of 34 and half miles per hour, there were faster battleships, but not that many. The video mentioned Bismark sank the Hood, a British Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship, about the same size/armament as Bismark, they neglected to mention that it did it in five minutes of battle. While not the invincible monster that fans make it out to be, it was a nasty piece of work.
You should read about the Christmas truce from World War l and look at Sabaton's video of it (The Christmas truce). It's amazing! Fun fact, Sabaton's drummer is married to Nightwish singer Floor Jansen. You can even hear her voice at the end of Christmas truce.
What I really like about Sabaton are that there is always a true story behind their songs. Stories from all around the world, some really old and forgotten, some newer
Welcome to the rabbit-hole that is Sabaton's music. It's going to be a wild journey. If I may give you a few recommendations, all of which can be found on their youtube channel: (also, keep watching tothe end. Sometimes there are easter-eggs hidden in these videos.) No Bullets Fly - Animated Story Video (Warning! Tissues strongly recommended!) Night Witches - Animated Story Video (Tissues also recommended, but not as direly as with the previous entry) Lady of the Dark - Animated Story Video Christmas Truce - Official Music Video The Unkillable Soldier - Official Music Video Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Official Music Video Ghost Division - Live - The Great Tour - Oberhausen The Last Stand - Live - The Great Tour - Budapest The Attack of the Dead Men - Live - The Great Tour - London En Livstid I Krig - Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg (subtitles recommended) The Red Baron - Live - The Great Tour - Belin 82nd All The Way - Live - The Great Tour - Munich and many, MANY more... Trivia: Sabaton's drummer is married to the lead singer of Nightwish, Floor Jansen - and their music is yet another rabbit-hole unto itself. Let's just say among fans she is often nicknamed the "Valkyrie Queen". If you want an impression of that, have a look at "Ghost Love Score" (Wacken 2013) specifically. And to those who know the song, no, I see no reason for pulling punches with this recommendation. And you also know why ;-)
Can never go wrong with Sabaton. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom and The Valley Of Death are my favorite Sabaton songs right now, cause i've heard the other big hits of them so many times through out the years i've burned out haha. But man is Seven Pillar Of Wisdom good, it's just something about that melody. It's about Lawrence of Arabia who united the Arabic tribes against the Turks (ottomans) in World War One, by basically learning their culture and arabic and becoming one of them.
If you liked this one, which I find to be one of the more bland of their songs, you might want to check out the following ones: Christmas Truce, 1916 (Motörhead cover), No Bullets Fly, Defence of Moscow, 82nd all the way, Devil Dogs, Swedish Pagans (Wacken concert of 2019) and En livstid i krig (Swedish version from Gothenburg concert, subtitles are available)
There's a true war history behind all Sabaton's songs that you can go and read about. That gives you a better understanding of all. Aabaton even has a historic channel where they explain the background to the songs. There are history people here on CZcams that have reacted to Sabaton's songs, and they are stunned how correct all songs and videos are!
Andy, if you liked Bismarck, then I highly recommend the following: 1) Primo Victoria (Video made in partnership with World of Tanks) 2) Night Witches, Animated Story Video 3) No Bullets Fly, Animated Story Video 4) Christmas Truce (With a special vocal surprise during the credits) 5) Defense of Moscow (If you want to feel patriotism to another country not even your own) Sabaton does not do a bad song or video. Period. Edit: Andy, since you asked, my recommendation for your next country is India, with Indian folk metal band Bloodywood. Described as "Linkin Park mixed with electronica, topped by curry," Bloodywood is a metal band that fuses traditional Indian instruments like the dhol drum with modern instrumentation. Vocally, they have a rapper, Raoul Kerr, and a growler, Jayant. Bloodywood also sings in both Hindi and English, and all of their music is about an important social issue. Bloodywood is also the _only_ rock or metal band that is 100% independent, having no label, and depending entirely on Patreons and the like for funding. Here is my Top 5 recommendations: 1) Jee Veerey. Hindi for "Brave One," Jee Veerey is about fighting depression and mental illness. 2) Endurant. About fighting bullying. 3) Dana Dan. About SA, and fighting to change it. (Note: If you react to this one, turn on the Closed Captions for the lyrics.) 4) Aaj. Hindi for "Today," this one is about not letting your past prevent you from living your best life, and encouraging people to live better lives. 5) Gaddar. This one is about how politics don't work for the common people, in which case, the common people need to change things themselves.
Bismarck, one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships in history that ironically heralded the end of the battleship’s supremacy over the water in favour of aircraft carriers. It also kind of was the beginning of the end for the Axis power over the Atlantic. Picking favourites from Sabaton is hard, they just don’t miss.
Hahaha, NO CGI was used on the set on the boat they played on. IT WAS THE REAL DEAL. In the live rain and waves as you saw it! The warship grafics though was a gaming company that made specifically for this video.
Hello pretty woman! Sabaton is really a great band! Great reaction! I love your smile and how you enjoy the song!!! Please do a reaction to the Canadian power metal band UNLEASH THE ARCHERS with the song AWAKENING!!! I don't know what genre you're into exactly, but the song should blow EVERYONE away! Have fun ;-) Abo done
There are two countries I would recommend but first, a very good reaction. Finland is.my first choice. Their biggest band and the biggest metal band right now is Nightwish. As someone also added a post earlier. Their song Ghost Love Score from Wacken (pronounced as Vacken) 2013 is the definite first listen choice. Is it their best? Hard to say since every song they make is awesome and thier "best". If you listen to Nightwish, Gabriel will show up and let you know what song to listen to and he has a very good suggestion to in which order. Nightwish is a symphonc metal band so I guess you would like it you seem to have some orchestration in the music. Also I think that Wacken 2013 is their best peformance since all song from that concert is amazing. Their other recorded concerts are extremely good as well but for me Wacken 2013 has become my favorite. For other Finnish bands I am not that sure of but I am sure someone can help. The second country I would suggest is Netherlands. The goto band there is Epica in a similar style to Nightwish. The lead singer in Epica Simone Simons and the current lead singer in Nightwish Floor Jansen (2013-) is very good friends (Floor is also from the Netherlands). The sing together in Sancta Terra and I think that is a very good song. Another band from the Netherlands is Within Temptation. Not as famous as Epica but a band that I like very much. Lead singer is Sharon den Adel has a very beautiful voice and their music lovely. I would suggest thier song Faster. It seems to be one of the most popular, and it is good. I apologize for all misspellings and grammar errors, and for the quite too long post. Have a nice Halloween with Ghost ❤️😱😉
There is actually a little something about the video. The captain of the ship at the start of the video is actually the young sailor who was seen being rescued at the end along with the compass (video wise). In real life I think the character is based off an actual sailor who was on the Bismarck. Go to Sabaton History Channel for more information.
An interesting fact is real historians has really little issue with the video, and in every detail they have more and more historically accurate details.
hi from germany was wondering if it made you think of all the suffers that came with all but one thing I can tell you humans dont learn from history so soon or later and to the earths time in a very very short time we probly will not make it,because we humans are so intelligent ahhhhhhh yes
You don't know anything about the Bismarck? Well, I have some good news for you: Sabaton has a history channel on CZcams (Sabaton History). They are partnered with a historian named Indy Neidell (The Great War, WW2, Time Ghosts) who goes into the historical events that inspired their songs. There is an episode about the Bismarck. He was a hell of a ship (that's right, the Bismarck was referred to as a "he"). I also recommend you check out some of their other songs, because while they kind of like Queen, in that they have a lot of different styles. "Bismarck" (like you said) has an 80's vibe, "The Ballad of Bull" has a classical vibe, "The Final Solution" is very somber, "The First Soldier" has a "70's/80's Sports movie" vibe (think Rocky's theme). They also have some pretty good covers too, like "1916" by Motorhead.
Well, it was Hitler and the captain who were really keen on calling the Bismack "he" instead of the traditional "she" (everyone else pretty much just fell in line for reasons of self-preservation)... I don't give a damn about Hitler's opinion, though the captain's does hold some weight... Still, I'm fine with either "he" or "she" 🙃
Any source on "he" being used there? I keep reading about that in English comment sections, but as a German i have never heard of that ship being called a "he". There are some second hand reports that the captain allegedly wanted it to be called a "he", but that may well have been nothing but a joke. It was something like, "this ship is so powerful it should be called a he, wink wink" A source of additional confusion for people unfamiliar with German grammar also may also be that the genitive form of the female pronoun is actually the same as the nominative form of the male pronoun: Die Bismarck (female pronoun, nominative, used in pretty much all German references to the ship, including military historian literature) Der Bismarck (male pronoun) Der Verlust der Bismarck ("loss of the Bismarck" uses the pronoun "der" but refers to a female subject. A male subject would use the pronoun "des" in genitive case there, such as "Der Verlust des Schlüssels")
@@jenswurm There have been multiple sources, one being the Imperial War Museum. But it seems that a lot of historians also claim this and point to the captain of the Bismarck as the reason for it.
@@lokiodinson2326 So it all boils down to the captain. Even if we take it for granted that the captain actually meant it when he said that as opposed to merely joking, he wouldn't have the authority to change the name of the ship, much less the grammar of the German language. It's like the captain of the USS Nimitz asserting that his ship shall be called the USS Mickey Mouse. That'd have no bearing on its real name whatsoever, other than being a fun bit of trivia.
The guy that played the guitar solo, Tommy Johansson, has his own YT-channel. He releases a new cover every friday. Check it out, you wont be disapointed. www.youtube.com/@ReinXeed/videos
End of the video: "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic." Also, the CGI ships were done by World of Warships.
I highly recommend Christmas truce with Sabaton.
Formed in 1999, most of their songs are about Military History. They tell the story without taking sides. Lead singer Joakim Broden and bassist Par Sundstrom are the primary songwriters, and only original members left. Chris Rorland and Tommy Johansson on guitar, and Hannes van Dahl on drums round out the current lineup. A stand alone single in 2019, the video for this was made in conjunction with Wargaming, the company that makes the World of Warships game.
10 albums to date, 9 of which are history themed.
If you want more from them, try the music video for Christmas Truce, or animated story videos for Night Witches, No Bullets Fly, Lady of the Dark, The First Soldier, and The Red Baron.
Sinking the Bismarck was a big fight for the Royal Navy. The other big German Battleship of this class was the Tirpitz. Again, a massive amount of effort (ships, planes, etc.) to sink 1 massive Battle Wagon.
Floor Jansen from Nightwish is married to their drummer. ❤
It's great to see people getting into sabaton; they take no sides; they simply make awesome songs about different conflicts and campaigns; and they pay respect to a lot of individuals who the world has forgotten. I have seen them live twice, amazing both times. If they are ever touring near you, it's definitely a must to see them live. You won't be disappointed. Also, being ex army myself, I can relate to so many songs they sing about too.
Welcome to the Sabaton club! The way they take historical events and place them in a media that not only tells you the story but also feel in some way the emotion these people must of felt is amazing and as a Vet and historian they line these up perfectly. If interested in listening to any other songs by them would highly recommend - No bullets fly, Great war, Christmas truce and Motorhead cover of 1916
Thank you! 😊🤘
Make sure that No bullets fly is the animated story video.
It's an emotional roller coaster and a master piece with surprise after surprise.
Little fun fact the elderly man who was operating the fishing trawler was actually a sailor who served on the Bismark
Just wanted to join the crowd and welcome you to the rabbit hole that is Sabaton.
I do hope you will continue on this path, they have so much good songs.
I know you already got some suggestions, but I would anyway want to give you a few suggestions, some 'must see'
Start with 'En livstid i krig' live from the Great Tour in Gothenburg, its in Swedish but use the subs. Amazing performance!!!
You should also try out 'No bullets fly' the animated story video. Really emotional. Finally why not try 'Christmas truce'. The official music video is a masterpiece!
Good reaction!!!
Please do more! This band will teach you alot. The Red Baron, Lady of the dark, race the sea and Christmas truce great songs you should check out.
An unbelievable one Music Video, by the Movie you better understand
what it's all about....
Awesome 🚢💥
The actor who played the captain on the ship,
was the Son of that actual young sailor that survived the sinking of the Bismarck. Have I Heard on their History Channel.
Sabaton is known fur such details.
I always say SABATON are my history books 📚 and there are teachers at school who show these videos to the pupils.
❤️ from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Try " No bullets fly", animated version. Brings a tear. Hi from aus. 🤘 😉
Easily one of the biggest metal bands in Europe, Sabaton's war inspired themes and (always) true stories told in music form is just perfect. Back in 2019 when they played at Wacken Open Air in Germany they had two full stages and hearing 50 000+ people sing along to every single song was amazing.
I can imagine the feeling! There's something so electric about the audience singing along
It must have been insane at the Woodstock festival in Poland with a crowd of half a million people... 🤘
@@AndyCrimson Then you should check out SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg)
It has subtitles.
@gundalfthelost1624 - Biggest one? Very close. Pretty good, also it is worth checking their history channel (separated from the main bannd channel in a way).
But let's not forget about band such as Shakra too (with their songs such as "Why", "Something you don't understand", "Hello" or others).
Plenty of other good European bands out there, including "Florence in the machine" or something like a "Nordic Union", or a classic "Accept" (with Wolf Hoffmann and his approach to working with Ava-Rebekah or the Prague symphonic orchestra - which also could have been seen at the Wacken) :)
And there is always Rammstein with their pyrotechnic approach during live concerts.
Edit: added Rammstein bit.
That live show is nowhere near their biggest one. In woodstock, poland 2012 they were at a festival with 500,000+ people and another 200,000+ came just to listen to sabaton. Estimated 750,000-850,000 people were there and a few of the shots taken there (i think from a drone) shows that the crowd is insanely huge even without thinking of the numbers you can see there are lots of people
1:23 The name of the boat is a tongue in cheek callback to one of the songs that made them a world-wide known metal band, Primo Victoria, which is a song about the D-Day landings.
Welcome to the history channel called Sabaton. As others mentioned they are from my home country Sweden, and they write almost every song related to an historical event or person in war history. Fun fact is that the drummer of Sabaton, Hannes Van Dahl is married to the lead vocalist Floor Jansen of Nightwish. So, if you never have experienced them, I suggest You take a look at one of their masterpieces "Ghost Love Score" - the live version from Wacken Open Air 2013.
Nightwish is a Finnish band with a Dutch singer and an English multi-instrumentalist.
Hi again - If You jump into the rabbit hole of Nightwish, I just might give You a hint. The Nightwish Army is huge and devoted and You might just get a lot of new subscribers. Nightwish is also classed in the genre of Symphonic Metal.
Welcome to the Sabaton Army my new metal sibling, I hope your journey is a rewarding one. Safe travels. 🤘
Bismarck sank the Hood which was a top British Battleship thought to be unsinkable but we’ve heard that before! It hit the right spot and the Hoods magazine blew up destroying it. The British then pursued the Bismarck and sank it. Lots of lives lost on both sides. War never a good thing
HMS Hood was a Battlecruiser not a Battleship.
Oh sorry meant Bismarck was a battleship
The band footage was filmed on a small vessel on the open sea. No green screen fakery for Sabaton. If you delve deeper into Sabaton, you will find their music videos are almost mini movies and their concerts are insane productions. Cheers!
No way!!! That's rad! Can appreciate them going the extra mile
Soldiers of heaven is done with green screen so it depends on where they are and what about. But the videos are great either way
@@fredriknilsson6042 I believe that is the only one and was done that way due to logistical issues of trying to film in the Alps. Oddly, the comments from the band are that they wish they had been in the Alps since they filmed in a studio where the temperature approached 40 degrees Celsius.
There does exist of a 'making of' video for Bismarck. czcams.com/video/grtfiIIeS5o/video.html
Did you note the watch that the captain of the boat Sabaton was on, was it the watch the German sailor was carrying when he was pulled out of the water. Good react girl, well done , hi from Down Under.
Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole! No lie here: During the pandemic my daughter couldn't go to school, so my wife and I got her squared away with online learning. I drew up her history/social studies plan that included Sabaton. Since then she's gone to several Sabaton concerts with us. 🤘😎
Well done😊 dad!
this is the 1 song by Sabaton that got me hooked on them... thank you for paying tribute to the band by reacting to it
Sabaton isn’t the kind of band to have a lot of variety. But what they do make is easy listening
Nice reaction..Now you have a lot to do woth Sabaton...🇸🇪
Oh, Sistaar! This is a rabbit hole to climb down to!
All about war history and very well made!
Let me give you som suggestion, Soldier of heaven and Last stand. And no, they are not a Christian band, history is Christian, though! 😊
there is much more of this.
Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music.
Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) .
Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, just like you saw here, perhaps not always, but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it.
Animated STORY videos (short animated background history with music videos in them)
No bullets fly
Night witches
Lady of the dark
Red baron
first soldier
epic videos.
Bismark, about the sinking of the ship
Defence of Moscow, self explained.
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out.
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performances
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war.
these are just some, there are plenty more.
If you want to take a deep dive into Sabatons Music with a lot more chills:
-Christmas Truce (Until after the endcredits)
-Wings Husars
-To Hell and Back
-No Bullets Fly
-Lady of the Dark
And if you want to broaden your history knowledge there is a youtube channel called: Sabaton History
Where they tell the stories behind their songs.
When it comes to Sabaton there are five videos rhat stands out for me:
* Christmas Truce
* En Livstid i Krig (A Lifetime at War) live from Gothenberg. Make sure you have captions on since they sing in Swedish and the lyrics is quite powerful.
* No Bullets Fly - make sure it is the "animated story" version and watch to the very end, it is well worth it.
* Night witches - also the animated STORY.
* 1916 - this is a Möterhead cover that is just awesome.
I want to listem to the subtitle parts of both Christams Truce and 1916. The vocals in the Christmas Truce subtitle part is done by Floor Jansen (the wife of the drummer in Sabaton and lead vocalist in Nightwish) is just stunning. The cello in the subtitle part of 1916 is performed by Tina Guo. She is just awesome and have worked with Sabaton several times.
Another long post 😢
they are that good. literally right off the bat
Great reaction. Thanks for putting the spotlight on some Swedish metal as we are indeed one of the worlds biggest producers/exporters of music.
So much more music to discover from this tiny country in the north though so I hope you will return here in your "journey" 🙂
Bands like Eclipse, Seventh Wonder, Strevellna, Opeth, Scar Symmetry, Evergrey, Therion, Amon Amarth, Dynazty, Cult Of Luna, Soen, Deathstars, some of my favorites, all deserves a reaction I think :-) And Kamelot even though they're not a Swedish formed band at least the singer is from here.
My overall favorite band though are from Australia. They're called Teramaze. Any chance you could do a reaction to one of their songs?
I'm new to your channel so I haven't had the time to figure out what your preferred genre is yet and every Teramaze song is different from the other so I'm not sure which one I should recommend.
Their best song in my opinion is The Thieves Are Out. It's the ultimate melodic progressive metal song.
If you prefer a bit more groove you should probably go with Jackie Seth.
A more modern, almost flirting a bit with nu metal, a song called In Solitude might be the one for you.
But perhaps the most popular of their songs is the easy listened Battle, inspired by the lockdowns and protests in Australia in 2021.
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never seen someone as enthusiastic about sabaton as I am! epic
A yes, Sabaton, rocking on while learning about historical war events!
Greetings from Sweden, loved the reaction. Sabaton made this one as a single release and as a gift to the fans. A fascinating story they wanted to write about for a long time, but could not fit into any album. Rock on 🤘
one thing to point out here, the name they gave the boat at 1:23 is taken from an older song by the band, from the older setup of the band.
You drive me crazy when the guitar solo starts...Mamma mia quanto sei bella
I think "Christmas Truce" is the best video and one of the best songs of them yet, but they also have other great songs about wartime events that are often heroic, yet also very human and show that sometimes there are people being kind and making ethical decisions in times where those usually are not on the mind of most taking part in those events. Some videos also have added information and sequences that compound on those words sung. "No bullets fly" is a good example of that, but "Lady of the Dark" showing how women can and did influence wars as fighters is a strong contender. "Red Baron" has a good vibe, too. And let us not forget "Night Witches" and "En livstid i krig". I would recommend listening to the songs from the "Carolus Rex" album in Swedish, as they sound way better in their native language.
You just have to love the Scandinavian Metal scene, as they are really tight. Combining several groups and branching out into others. As others have pointed out, Hannes wife is Floor Jansen, formerly from the Dutch group Epica (and others), now front singer of the Finnish group Nightwish. Thommy Johannson is playing guitar (but can play a lot of other instruments) and is also a great singer himself (see his solo channel) and is playing with his own bands Majestica and Golden Resurrection. Sabaton also helped Kawaii Metal band Babymetal and took them as a co-band in 2023 (together with Finnish band Lordi). There is another band to check out: Babymetal. They were helped along in the beginning by DragonForce (also check them out...), who are good friends (and sometimes funny frenemies) with Sabaton. I like that everybody is somehow connected to everybody else and is getting along. When you look at other genres (*couch* Hiphop, Pop *cough*) people are at each others throat, badmouthing each other, at some times shooting each other... this is strange. While metal is often seen as brutal and grim and gory, the people themselves are friendly and nice. Goes for the bands and for the fans. And it does not matter if you go Glam Metal or Death Metal or whatever. If you need help and some friends, go where they play metal^^ Have a good time browsing the catalogue of bands and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the wonderful reaction. If you are interested in the theme of ships and naval battles, then I advise you to listen to the song Dreadnought, everything in this song is beautiful, from Joakim’s powerful voice with the corresponding lyrics, to the magnificent and emotional guitar solo from Tommy.💪🔥🙂
If you like metalcore i'd 1000% recommend "Imminence" which is a Swedish band, and they are amazing! They recently dropped a few new song for their upcoming album, but their older stuff is great aswell.. Personally i'd start with their song called "Paralyzed" but any song from them won't disappoint🤘
Sorry for a completly off topic comment, but you look extremly similar to Jennifer Haben, the singer from Beyond the Black.
Great reaction. Love Sabaton and your Ghost cover is great too -> subscribed!
Double your subs by watching Sabaton's "En livstid i krig" ( live in Gothenburg with subtitles), "No bullets fly" (animated) and "Night Witches" (animated).
Edit: Forgot about "Christmas Truce".
Edit2: Oh, also forgot about "Uprising" live in Poland.
If you decide to check out another song of theirs, their song ''Soldier of Heaven'' has a VERY 80s vibe and is an incredible song that covers a very crazy event during WW1.
The Bismark was the third largest battleship class ever made. Only the Iowas and Yamatos were bigger.
It was armed with 8 fifteen-inch guns in four turrets. The diameter of the shell was about the same as a snare drum, it was five and a half feet long and weighed going on 1800 lbs.
It's guns had a 40,000 yard range, that's over 22 miles, though effective range was much less.
At realistic combat ranges it could punch through 16.5 inches of armor, to give you an idea, Yamato, the largest battleship ever made, had a maximum armor thickness of 16.1 inches.
It had a maximum speed of 34 and half miles per hour, there were faster battleships, but not that many.
The video mentioned Bismark sank the Hood, a British Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship, about the same size/armament as Bismark, they neglected to mention that it did it in five minutes of battle.
While not the invincible monster that fans make it out to be, it was a nasty piece of work.
Sabaton har en historie kanal på youtube 🍻🇸🇪
You should read about the Christmas truce from World War l and look at Sabaton's video of it (The Christmas truce). It's amazing!
Fun fact, Sabaton's drummer is married to Nightwish singer Floor Jansen.
You can even hear her voice at the end of Christmas truce.
When the Bismarck emerges from the fog…..THAT was badass.
What I really like about Sabaton are that there is always a true story behind their songs.
Stories from all around the world, some really old and forgotten, some newer
You should totally react to Sabaton - "Chistmas Truce" some time around Christmas.
Welcome to the rabbit-hole that is Sabaton's music. It's going to be a wild journey.
If I may give you a few recommendations, all of which can be found on their youtube channel:
(also, keep watching tothe end. Sometimes there are easter-eggs hidden in these videos.)
No Bullets Fly - Animated Story Video (Warning! Tissues strongly recommended!)
Night Witches - Animated Story Video (Tissues also recommended, but not as direly as with the previous entry)
Lady of the Dark - Animated Story Video
Christmas Truce - Official Music Video
The Unkillable Soldier - Official Music Video
Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Official Music Video
Ghost Division - Live - The Great Tour - Oberhausen
The Last Stand - Live - The Great Tour - Budapest
The Attack of the Dead Men - Live - The Great Tour - London
En Livstid I Krig - Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg (subtitles recommended)
The Red Baron - Live - The Great Tour - Belin
82nd All The Way - Live - The Great Tour - Munich
and many, MANY more...
Trivia: Sabaton's drummer is married to the lead singer of Nightwish, Floor Jansen - and their music is yet another rabbit-hole unto itself. Let's just say among fans she is often nicknamed the "Valkyrie Queen".
If you want an impression of that, have a look at "Ghost Love Score" (Wacken 2013) specifically.
And to those who know the song, no, I see no reason for pulling punches with this recommendation. And you also know why ;-)
If your wanting to listen to another song from Sabaton I would recommend price of a mile
Hey Crimson, Wolf here, just wanna give you a greeting and a hello!
I have to listen to great war by sabaton
React to Sabaton - Ghost Division live 2012 in Woodstock
a must Epica consign to oblivion live at the zenith paris and Nightwish ever dream live at wacken
Can never go wrong with Sabaton. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom and The Valley Of Death are my favorite Sabaton songs right now, cause i've heard the other big hits of them so many times through out the years i've burned out haha. But man is Seven Pillar Of Wisdom good, it's just something about that melody. It's about Lawrence of Arabia who united the Arabic tribes against the Turks (ottomans) in World War One, by basically learning their culture and arabic and becoming one of them.
If you liked this one, which I find to be one of the more bland of their songs, you might want to check out the following ones: Christmas Truce, 1916 (Motörhead cover), No Bullets Fly, Defence of Moscow, 82nd all the way, Devil Dogs, Swedish Pagans (Wacken concert of 2019) and En livstid i krig (Swedish version from Gothenburg concert, subtitles are available)
There's a true war history behind all Sabaton's songs that you can go and read about. That gives you a better understanding of all.
Aabaton even has a historic channel where they explain the background to the songs.
There are history people here on CZcams that have reacted to Sabaton's songs, and they are stunned how correct all songs and videos are!
Andy, if you liked Bismarck, then I highly recommend the following:
1) Primo Victoria (Video made in partnership with World of Tanks)
2) Night Witches, Animated Story Video
3) No Bullets Fly, Animated Story Video
4) Christmas Truce (With a special vocal surprise during the credits)
5) Defense of Moscow (If you want to feel patriotism to another country not even your own)
Sabaton does not do a bad song or video. Period.
Edit: Andy, since you asked, my recommendation for your next country is India, with Indian folk metal band Bloodywood. Described as "Linkin Park mixed with electronica, topped by curry," Bloodywood is a metal band that fuses traditional Indian instruments like the dhol drum with modern instrumentation. Vocally, they have a rapper, Raoul Kerr, and a growler, Jayant. Bloodywood also sings in both Hindi and English, and all of their music is about an important social issue. Bloodywood is also the _only_ rock or metal band that is 100% independent, having no label, and depending entirely on Patreons and the like for funding.
Here is my Top 5 recommendations:
1) Jee Veerey. Hindi for "Brave One," Jee Veerey is about fighting depression and mental illness.
2) Endurant. About fighting bullying.
3) Dana Dan. About SA, and fighting to change it. (Note: If you react to this one, turn on the Closed Captions for the lyrics.)
4) Aaj. Hindi for "Today," this one is about not letting your past prevent you from living your best life, and encouraging people to live better lives.
5) Gaddar. This one is about how politics don't work for the common people, in which case, the common people need to change things themselves.
The lead singer, Joakim, is absolutely legendary. Then again, Sabaton itself is legendary.
If you like this one and it gave you chills, you should try their version of “1916” by Motörhead, it’s going to touch you in a deep way emotionally🤘
Happy Halloween Beautiful Andy from Sicily
Bismarck, one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships in history that ironically heralded the end of the battleship’s supremacy over the water in favour of aircraft carriers.
It also kind of was the beginning of the end for the Axis power over the Atlantic.
Picking favourites from Sabaton is hard, they just don’t miss.
Hahaha, NO CGI was used on the set on the boat they played on.
IT WAS THE REAL DEAL. In the live rain and waves as you saw it!
The warship grafics though was a gaming company that made specifically for this video.
Welcome to Sabaton`s world!
Hello pretty woman! Sabaton is really a great band! Great reaction! I love your smile and how you enjoy the song!!! Please do a reaction to the Canadian power metal band UNLEASH THE ARCHERS with the song AWAKENING!!!
I don't know what genre you're into exactly, but the song should blow EVERYONE away! Have fun ;-)
Abo done
It took about 50 ships to hunt down the Bismarck and in the end the Germans blew up the Bismarck themselves.
That's a good reaction video. You rule...
There are two countries I would recommend but first, a very good reaction.
Finland is.my first choice. Their biggest band and the biggest metal band right now is Nightwish. As someone also added a post earlier. Their song Ghost Love Score from Wacken (pronounced as Vacken) 2013 is the definite first listen choice. Is it their best? Hard to say since every song they make is awesome and thier "best". If you listen to Nightwish, Gabriel will show up and let you know what song to listen to and he has a very good suggestion to in which order. Nightwish is a symphonc metal band so I guess you would like it you seem to have some orchestration in the music. Also I think that Wacken 2013 is their best peformance since all song from that concert is amazing. Their other recorded concerts are extremely good as well but for me Wacken 2013 has become my favorite.
For other Finnish bands I am not that sure of but I am sure someone can help.
The second country I would suggest is Netherlands. The goto band there is Epica in a similar style to Nightwish. The lead singer in Epica Simone Simons and the current lead singer in Nightwish Floor Jansen (2013-) is very good friends (Floor is also from the Netherlands). The sing together in Sancta Terra and I think that is a very good song.
Another band from the Netherlands is Within Temptation. Not as famous as Epica but a band that I like very much. Lead singer is Sharon den Adel has a very beautiful voice and their music lovely. I would suggest thier song Faster. It seems to be one of the most popular, and it is good.
I apologize for all misspellings and grammar errors, and for the quite too long post.
Have a nice Halloween with Ghost ❤️😱😉
... and I am from Linköping Sweden. Sooo Ghost ❤
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Animated videos SABATON,lady of the dark,rred baron,no bullets fly,etc lessons history 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Night witches
Sabaton is so good
Try Night witches if you haven't already. It's a staggering story
They do not really need to go look for the Bismark as Robert Ballard found it in 1989. Robert Ballard is the guy that found the Titanic.
sabaton lady of the dark animated story video is my fav but if ya do finland Battlelore Elvenking official video
And now Christmas Truce music video? ❤
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...in the Battle for the Atlantic.
I hate those end cards, too. Most videos have links in the information boxes. What's the deal, CZcams?
There is actually a little something about the video. The captain of the ship at the start of the video is actually the young sailor who was seen being rescued at the end along with the compass (video wise). In real life I think the character is based off an actual sailor who was on the Bismarck. Go to Sabaton History Channel for more information.
I believe he is the son of the last Bismark survivor, who past a year before the song/video was made.
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Good reaction war never chahge
Here have a sub
Try nomy can't help falling in lov cover elivs song
An interesting fact is real historians has really little issue with the video, and in every detail they have more and more historically accurate details.
hi from germany was wondering if it made you think of all the suffers that came with all but one thing I can tell you humans dont learn from history so soon or later and to the earths time in a very very short time we probly will not make it,because we humans are so intelligent ahhhhhhh yes
whiithout a paddle you are lost.the best ship sink and sink .with 2200 men
Viagra Boys .. Good Swedish band :)
you look bloody hellsome
You clearly don't know the history. You try.
American schools? ;)
Turn of the annotations honey. ;) Men telling how ;)
viele menschen verloren ihr leben....nicht lustig ...sorry
Боже, какая же красивая девушка, ещё и реакция на мою любимую песню, спасибо большое ютуб, что привёл меня сюда🙃
Ghost division is awesome.
You don't know anything about the Bismarck? Well, I have some good news for you: Sabaton has a history channel on CZcams (Sabaton History). They are partnered with a historian named Indy Neidell (The Great War, WW2, Time Ghosts) who goes into the historical events that inspired their songs. There is an episode about the Bismarck. He was a hell of a ship (that's right, the Bismarck was referred to as a "he"). I also recommend you check out some of their other songs, because while they kind of like Queen, in that they have a lot of different styles. "Bismarck" (like you said) has an 80's vibe, "The Ballad of Bull" has a classical vibe, "The Final Solution" is very somber, "The First Soldier" has a "70's/80's Sports movie" vibe (think Rocky's theme). They also have some pretty good covers too, like "1916" by Motorhead.
Oh wow!! That sounds cool!
Well, it was Hitler and the captain who were really keen on calling the Bismack "he" instead of the traditional "she" (everyone else pretty much just fell in line for reasons of self-preservation)... I don't give a damn about Hitler's opinion, though the captain's does hold some weight... Still, I'm fine with either "he" or "she" 🙃
Any source on "he" being used there? I keep reading about that in English comment sections, but as a German i have never heard of that ship being called a "he". There are some second hand reports that the captain allegedly wanted it to be called a "he", but that may well have been nothing but a joke. It was something like, "this ship is so powerful it should be called a he, wink wink"
A source of additional confusion for people unfamiliar with German grammar also may also be that the genitive form of the female pronoun is actually the same as the nominative form of the male pronoun:
Die Bismarck (female pronoun, nominative, used in pretty much all German references to the ship, including military historian literature)
Der Bismarck (male pronoun)
Der Verlust der Bismarck ("loss of the Bismarck" uses the pronoun "der" but refers to a female subject. A male subject would use the pronoun "des" in genitive case there, such as "Der Verlust des Schlüssels")
@@jenswurm There have been multiple sources, one being the Imperial War Museum. But it seems that a lot of historians also claim this and point to the captain of the Bismarck as the reason for it.
@@lokiodinson2326 So it all boils down to the captain.
Even if we take it for granted that the captain actually meant it when he said that as opposed to merely joking, he wouldn't have the authority to change the name of the ship, much less the grammar of the German language.
It's like the captain of the USS Nimitz asserting that his ship shall be called the USS Mickey Mouse. That'd have no bearing on its real name whatsoever, other than being a fun bit of trivia.
The guy that played the guitar solo, Tommy Johansson, has his own YT-channel. He releases a new cover every friday. Check it out, you wont be disapointed. www.youtube.com/@ReinXeed/videos
End of the video: "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic." Also, the CGI ships were done by World of Warships.
Thanks for sharing! Good to know!
Primo Victoria, the name they put on the fishing boat, was one of their hits...
Thank you for that!
@@AndyCrimson Primo Victoria is about the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy.