Yes, Sabaton is all about history. The Swedish version of "A Lifetime of War" is about (Swedish) soldiers' experience in the 30 year war 1618 - 1648.

@adp6632

21 күн бұрын

There is one part that hits harder in the English version. The frase Religion and greed cause millions to bleed. It hits deep.

@mattiaskarlsson1386

21 күн бұрын

@@adp6632 I might be biased but the swedish version hits 10 times harder for me

@adp6632

21 күн бұрын

@@mattiaskarlsson1386 it does for me to. But that frase in the English version. So much death because of money or something that might be nothing more then a fairy tale. It really makes one think

@daronoch5779

21 күн бұрын

@@adp6632 True, but the phrases "Fader och son som aldrig kommer hem" makes you really get perspective of how awful war is aswell as the line "gick ut i strid för sverige, blev döpt i blod" That line makes my bones shiver.

@adp6632

21 күн бұрын

@@daronoch5779 same here. And thx for saying phrase. It was driving me crazy how to spell it 😂

They write songs about historic events. They also have a separate channel “Sabaton History” where they talk about the events/persons that inspired the songs.

Sabaton sings about war related history. En livstid i krig (a lifetime of war) is about a Swedish soldier in the 30 years war. The lyrics for the English version takes a broader picture of the conflict. This song is from the Carolus Rex album which was released in both Swedish and English. That album is about the rise and fall of the Swedish empire.

Dwayne: If you’re watching this your a fan of Sabaton. Me: I’m watching because I’m a fan of you 😂

I am a Australian and a massive Sabaton fan, this is one of my favourite songs they sing. Massive Tommy Johansson fan. I’ve never seen your channel before ❤️‍🔥🤘🎸🇸🇪

@erikaskeroth9720

19 күн бұрын

Tommy, Sabaton, History and Music bringing people together from all over the world 😀🤘

its a stadion Scandinavium it was about 10500 people, and I was there, Sabaton is amazing live band :-)

I don't even like metal, but still fell into the Sabaton rabbit hole because I'm interested in history. Sabaton is really a special rabbit hole because of the storytelling and movie-like music videos. Check, for example, their cover of mötorhead's "1916" (about the Battle of the Somme) or the animated story version of "no bullets fly" to name a few songs that touch your countrymen.

@morningstarfin8835

19 күн бұрын

Yes, the animated story version of No Bullets Fly, definitely! And of course Bismarck.

You have to react to "Christmas truce" by Sabaton! its one of there best songs ever!

Tommy Johansson, the lead guitarist, also plays the drums, piano and other instruments. Tommy also has a very good voice. His cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is epic. Check it out! 🎸

@TheZimzum77

20 күн бұрын

I agree but I would say his cover of "Who wants to live forever" is even better

@elyxia

20 күн бұрын

@@evabaxter5396 and he has many Swedish songs he can look in to as well by Tommy J !! 👍🏻

@h06anbjo

20 күн бұрын

Tommy left a little while ago... Thobbe is back!

@evabaxter5396

19 күн бұрын

@@h06anbjo I know, but I'm in denial. 🎸

@h06anbjo

19 күн бұрын

@@evabaxter5396 Sorry for reminding you!

I am a huge fan (69 years old). I have seen them live!

Sabaton is a great band! I saw you reacted to Nightwish (also a great band) the same day. Fun fact, the drummer in Sabaton is married to the singer in Nightwish. I liked your reaction, please do more of this kind of stuff 👍

Ooooh lots of songs to react to. Last stand, 1916( motorhead cover) Price of a mile, No bullets fly and of course Christmas truce

About time you divei nto the wonderful world of one of my favourite bands! Seen them live nine times and counting! They write about military history specifically. And with Sabaton you never have to worry about getting copyright strikes on a reaction video, they have fully embraced the reaction community!

Sabaton sings about war history. Different battles over the world. They even have a history channel at KZread.

Sabaton is a deep rabbithole filled with awesome music. I see comments before me have explained what they are about, so I won't dig into that. I was there that evening, 10th row to the left, and every time I see this video, I get goosebumps. It was an epic night. You asked for more to watch from Sabaton, but also other artists, so I will give some suggestions. Sabaton The great war(music video), Ghost Division (live Woodstock) Tommy Johansson (the guy that played the solo) and his rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, She's gone(Steeleheart cover) Erik Grönwall I will always love you, Dream on Chris Kläfford; Imagine, Cold at the Altar, Tennesee Whiskey Helen Sjöholm Du måste finnas(video with eng subtitles) Tommy Körberg Anthem

Love Sabaton. Christmas truth is one of my favorite.

there metal stories is huge..Everything they do they give it all for just one song.

Sabation celebrating 25 years

If you liked the guitar solo, it was played by Tommy Johansson (now a former band member), he sings good too and every friday he release a cover on his youtube channel, definately worth subscribing to. www.youtube.com/@ReinXeed Also, if you are doing more Sabaton reactions I can recommend the animated verson of their videos since they contain a prolog and epilog of the event, for example "No bullets fly". It is awesome. Sabaton are true history buffs, they also run "Sabaton history channel" on youtube. They do not take side in conflicts or trying to glorify, they just show what happened.

@FemaleSniper86

21 күн бұрын

technically, only half of the solo was Tommy.... but meh, we get it... I will forever be loyal to the Chris army ;) Chris also play the drums, did you know that? :P

@daw7563

21 күн бұрын

I did not know, thanks for the info. 🙂

@merryrose6788

15 күн бұрын

@@FemaleSniper86 Exactly! I love this video. My only regret is that Chris' solo isn't shown here. I knew he played the drums. And he's listed as writing some great Sabaton songs, such as Soldier of Heaven. The 80s synth intro was his idea too. He also is a graphic designer.

They have a unique way of honoring the soldiers who fought and died without honoring the conflicts they fought in or the regimes they fought for. It’s a balance they do very well.

About Sabaton. Sabaton is a Swedish power metal band from Falun, which was formed in 1999. The band's songs are inspired by various historical wars. Even the band name is military inspired, as Sabaton is also the name of the part of the armor that covers the foot. Sabaton has toured with, among others, Iron Maiden, Scorpions and Hammerfall. The song Livstid i krig is about the 30 years' war that Sweden took part in. The Thirty Years' War was a major European conflict from 1618-1648 that mainly took place on German soil. The war consisted of a series of connected conflicts. You missed a lot when you watched the video. First, all the band members are wearing camouflage pants, then the whole stage is built like a bunker. The drummer sits atop a tank turret and plays.

@merryrose6788

15 күн бұрын

Yes. And one important addition due to fans sometimes leaping onto stage. The short pyro pillars are now connected with barbed wire:)

Yes, they sing about history and they are a really cool band with some intresting songs so you should definetly react to some more Sabaton

More Sabaton please, Im convinced this album especially the Swedish version is one of the greatest albums of all time spanning any genre, the lyrics are so deep, the music so epic, and the fact that its all based on real life events and not fantasy makes it hit so much harder. You should definitely listen to this entire album from start to finish, it tells a story in many parts, from the rise and fall of the swedish empire pretty much. You should also check out them playing 40:1 on woodstock infront of a crowd of approximately 1million people!

Great reaction to my favourite band!!🤘🇸🇪 As a Swede I feel very proud in moments like this🤗 When I went to my first ( been at 3 concerts and counting) Sabaton concert I went by myself. It wasn't hard finding friends there😄 And it was in Oslo, Norway, 2020. The same tour, with the same stage set, 2 days after this one. Sabaton actually had a sold out concert at the Wembley Arena in London that year! 😉 They make songs about military history. 2 latest albums are about the Great War. Check out their official music videos for "Christmas Truce", "Seven pillars of wisdom" and "1916" (Motörhead cover). Some British history there😊. If you dare, also check out the official lyric video for "Blood of Bannockburn". Sabaton also have a history channel on KZread, Sabaton History, where they tell the story behind all of the songs. The host, Indy Nidell, is actually starring as Lawrence of Arabia in the music video for "Seven pillars of wisdom".

to add to the context of the crowd taking over the concert. Sabaton was performing in Gothenburg, Sweden, the home turf of Sabaton. if you look you can see Joakim (the lead singer) just fall quiet not knowing what to do and Thomas (one of the guitarists) having his mind blown

One of the guitar players has his own KZread channel his name is Tommy Johansson check it out he makes Metal music from bands like ABBAS songs

@anitaostlund9683

21 күн бұрын

Yes please do that. He is fantastic, great singer and play a lot of instruments. He is a really a one man band and he really love what he does. It is a aura of happiness around him ❤ You heard his solo here.

According to the press, there were 10,766 people at this concert in the Scandinavium ice hockey arena just before Covid hit. The article is from 2020-02-14

@Templarofsteel88

20 күн бұрын

It was just before we started with the restrictions here in Sweden due to Covid. Had tickets for 5 shows and 1 festival that year and this was the only one that happend.

If you like Sabaton you will love the Swedish band “The Hives” you NEED to check out when they sing “Hate To Say I Told You So” live!! The guitar riff sounds amazing and it’s just an amazing song especially performed live!! I would recommend this live version of the song: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH-ps6moYsy-qJM.htmlfeature=shared ENJOY!!!!🔥

Love Sabaton and their videos are epic, just look Bismark.. br. from Finland to our metal sisters and brothers in Sweden..

Sabaton are great live, even playing small venues they give it their all.

I live in Gothenburg, I've seen Sabaton live like 6 times and I'm still a fan, but I missed this particular show. I don't know how, I just didn't know they were playing.

I was there! What an epic live it was. They're playing indoors, Skandinavium, where they hold many concerts, musicals such as Disney On Ice, and most famously, it's the stadium for Gothenburg's hockey team, Frölunda. Sabaton is an amazing band to see live, they have such a fun and lively energy on stage and the crowd goes absolutely wild

Sabaton are certainly worth checking out live. In October of 2022 I saw them on back to back nights in Nashville and Atlanta. It was very much worth all of the driving. The opening band for those shows was Epica (another symphonic metal band with a female soprano lead, but with harsh male vocals as well) who are also worth checking into.

So happy you reacted to this! Definitely one of my favourite Sabaton song. I highly recommend checking out Christmas Truce as well.

@hson_hson9621

20 күн бұрын

I agree and add Bismarck to the list as well

Metal has a tendency to be tragic, sad, deep and personal lyric wise, but at the same time it’s like a relief of emotion to just be able to scream all of it together and know ur not alone. The metal community is extremely supportive and accepting of everyone even remotely interested in it, if u meet a true metal head and tell them like “hey I wanna go to a metal concert or a festival” they will most definitely just bring u along, make sure ur having a good time, show u around and tell u anything u wanna know. Good festivals with a LOT of huge bands are, Sweden Rock, Download Festival, Hellfest, Bloodstock open air and more.

Never seen Sabaton ....u have a big hole to discover. Look at polish woodstock and Sabaton....biggest festival in the world

Great reaction and you have a lot of epic content to go through regarding Sabaton. They even have a history channel for most if not all songs where they go through the history of the event the songs are about.

Sabaton is the greates Power Metal band ever. I have seen them live two times in my life. Would love to see them live again. I am so exited for the upcoming "Sabaton - The Tour To End All Tours” concert film that will have premiere in Sweden on the 11th of October.

The song is about the 30 year war when Sweden had to defend the german protestant against the catholic oppression

Yes! You have missing out! Welcome to the Sabaton family! I have enjoyed your Swedish days, and now I hope I can fallow you on this journey. 🇸🇪🤘🏻

Dwayne, there is some Viking things going on here, Norway, Swedes, Danes, Finish are brothers in arms.

@stighenningjohansen

21 күн бұрын

And that will never change.

I've been lurking around your channel for a while, so I was super excited to see you doing a reaction to this band. It's one of my absolute favorite bands, history nerd (and Swede) that I am. Great reaction! And yes, you hit the mark on all your guesses, Sabaton writes about military history and like a few people have mentioned already, this is about the 30 Year War, literally a lifetime of war for many young soldiers. There are so many great songs I can't even begin to recommend any, the list would be endless. But I hope you will do more reactions to the band and their amazing songs. If you're into history, also check out their history channel here on youtube, it provides some great backstory to the songs. The presenter, Indy, is a lot of fun and have starred in two of their music videos (Seven Pillars, and The Unkillable Soldier), both awesome songs and stories.

Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit-hole, this is a Sabaton reaction channel now...

Greetings from Sweden .😁

Sabaton sing about real history events. This song is about the 30 year war betwen Sweden Russia and some part of Germany from a Swedish solders veiw. And its in a inndoor stadium call Scandinavium

@SteamboatW

21 күн бұрын

Well, not Russia. Sweden against Poland and about the rest of continental Europe... But unusually enough not Denmark and Russia.

year my two favourites songs in 2 hours.thank you for reacting.

You are absolutely correct. You've just opened up a box of goodies my friend. There is much to discover here. Welcome.

I saw sabaton live. That very concert. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen and the coolest thing I will ever do. It was so amazing I can’t even explain it

Someone wrote the Ullevi stadium earlier, but that is wrong. They played in the Scandinavium stadium which take about 14000 ppl when they host sports and about 17000 ppl in concert mode.

This swedish girl just LOVE Sabaton. This band has their own history channel here on KZread as well so go and check that out. They did a great cover some time back on the Motörhead song 1916

This performance is from a arena called Scandinavium in Gothenburg around 10 766 people attending.

The drummer of Sabaton is Floor Jansen's husband (Nightwish singer),,😎

Someone might have mentioned this already but the name Sabaton is also the name of the piece of armor surrounding the foot of a knights armor.

They sing about the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) .. Where Sweden became a great power

If you’re looking for a Swedish banger to react to performed by our Swedish Queen Zara Larsson you should check out “Ain’t My Fault” it’s a banger for sure!! Link to the video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3dhqMGPipW6YcY.htmlfeature=shared

nice of you to look up Sabaton :) you are in for a ride :D they have tons of great songs and their music videos are something incredible :) if you want to know more about the songs and what they are about, Sabaton has their own history channel here on youtube :) be sure to check out Tommy Johansson here on youtube as well, he was lead guitar player in Sabaton but is now focusing on his own stuff :) for example his own band Majestica

This song always makes me emotional. It's a masterpiece :)

Now you have listening to Sabaton. Now you must listening to Our Tommy Johansson who was a guitarist in that band. He does very, very good covers. He makes them metal like ABBAs "The winner takes it all". Its a must! 😊

Making this video has invited the entire Saboton fan base to your channel, not gone lie, you probably will quite a few song Request 😅 One of my favourite songs is: The Valley of death.

Fun Fact: The drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, is actually the husband of Nightwish lead singer, Floor Jansen, whom you reacted to in the previous video. :)

I can honestly recommend a Sabaton concert, they are quite good, iirc their highest audience number was in the 500 000 range

U should watch Woodstock 40:1

Sabaton are serious war historians. Check out their website where they give you an in-depth history lesson of the real history of events they sing about. It's so impressive!

Please react to more Sabaton!!!! They are amazing! There are soooo many types of Metal music. Sabaton plays a very melodic type of Power metal.....or History Metal as the band themselves preffer to call it

I was in that crowd, it was a lot of fun and really cool!

You should absolutely react to Tommy Johansson (the one doing the guitar solo) He has his own You Tube channel and is an awesome musician with one of the best voices in the world.

Sabaton fan here, if you like this song you should check out some more from them! You are right about that they are singing about war and history. First time watching your channel. Great reaction! Love from Sweden

If you want to hear some even heavier and not as famous Swedish metal you should listen to Raubtier. They have a different Swedish accent (more northern) 🙂

The band and song is already explained so I’m just gonna add… The war they sing about is the same war that made the Swedes build the Vasa ship you just reacted to. Fun and happy coincident! 😊 Ps I’m not a metal fan but Living in Sweden (and Finland too ofc) metal is huge and I work with at least 3 metal heads so I’ve heard a few songs for sure. From what little I know I can say I think Sabaton is an amazing band.

They also have songs about Finland wars/War heroes🇫🇮 (Talvisota, Soldier of 3 armies, White Death)

I Whold recommend all Sabaton animated versions to watch they tell more of the story of the song.

I'm huge Sabaton fan, I love them ❤

Sabaton is touring the US this summer, so if you like a chance to hear them live, no time like the present.

awesome, this is what I've been waiting for 🤘🤘🤘

If u want to see even bigger crowd watch Sabaton live from Woodstock 😂

2 other really good songs of Sabaton is "1916" and "No Bullets Fly". I think you would like 1916 cause is about Brittish WW1 history.

Epic band, epic song, epic reaction!! Thank you!!

It is never too late to become a metalhead.

Im from Sweden and I was there for the recording of this. It was as epic as it sounds. The arena is Scandinavium in gothenburg and I believe it was around 10-12000 ppl there. Would love for you to react to some of their older stuff from Primo Victoria or Attero Dominatus.

En Livstid I Krig = A Lifetime In War. There is a English version of this song too called A Lifetime Of War.

That guy on guitar you wanna check out. He is Tommy Johansson. He has his own youtube channel.

SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video) Next ?1

My wife suprised me with tickets to this concerts, its was epic and even more epic is that it was in our hometown.

Yes the showe is indoors filmed in Scandinavium Gothenburg a ishockey arena.

I played some of their songs in Swedish for my 84 yo dad. This is good he said. I’ve seen them live three or four times, fantastic!

I love Sabaton, my favourite song is “The Last Stand”.🇸🇪🇸🇪

shold watch Sabaton Uprising in polen live. it was Sabatons Bigest croud ever around half a milion in crowd. the song uprising is about WW2 when german invaded poland so the song hit hard on that stage.

I’m a huge Sabaton fan 🤟🏻 They write about historical wars. You must watch 1916 🔥

Sabaton's song are all from some war and historic events

Oh so FINALLY they get you to listen to our beautiful Sabaton music :) I am so happy! I hope you will listen to more of their music and go for a historic ride along with us ^^

If you're curious about swedish metal, you should absolutely check out more Sabaton! They have a 20 year catalogue of amazing songs to chose from. I first heard them in the early 2000's and I've been a huge fan ever since. And yes... this song is absolutely EPIC live. I've been in the audience singing my heart out to this song twice. They also make amazing music videos and a few recommendations are: 1916 - An amazing cover of an old Motörhead song Christmas truce - about the christmas truce of 1914 where the german and allied forces laid down their weapons to celebrate christmas together Bismarck - About the infamous german warship of the second world war No bullets fly (Animated story version) - An animated music video of a german fighter pilot who choose to show mercy during World War II I hope you decide to check out more Sabaton because they are absolutely fantastic. Rather than take sides, they sing about history and tell stories based on different perspectives during times of war. It's basically a history lesson in the form of music.

we love them !!

this is just the best ever!!

If you do more reactions to Sabaton, you would be getting lots more subscibers :) It's a large fan base.

Just like with Nightwish, I'd also love to see you react to more of Sabaton's songs. They have SO many bangers!

Fun thing this is one of the more chill songs.

The lyrics can be anyone who's been affected by war❤

No Bullets Fly, Night Witches and the Red Baron PLEASE in the animated story versions. Also, for the sheer fun of it, Swedish Pagans live at Wacken 2019 with Tina Guo.

great reaction, more Sabaton please. 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 120 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) . Sabaton videos are often have dedications and/or messages at the end, perhaps not always but... watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short Animated history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly, enemy showing mercy to injured aircrew in a nearly wrecked aircraft barely still flying, even escorting them to safety. Night witches, Young (17-28) female bomber pilots in ww2 fighting the Nazi despite the discrimination they faced and being given obsolete equipment, aircraft ... Lady of the dark, female fighting alongside men during ww1 and being highly respected and even more decorated. Red baron, the famous fighter pilot of ww1 first soldier, unlikely French hero in ww1. Epic ORIGINAL videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship 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 you just saw En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. Two covers that are good Defence of Moscow, self explained 1916 about the devastating battle of the somme in ww1, casualties topped 1 milion if you count both sides, all for 6 miles of ground, these are just some, there are plenty more.

Nice reaction, I was at this show (sitting somwhere in the middle of the platform to the left, from this view of the stage) They had sold out the arena so we were 10 766 metalheads in the arena that night. (Going by facts online and in the news paper after the show) As other have said here, Sabaton sings about war history, the events that happend and the fate of people during that time. The Carolus Rex album that this song is from is about a part of Swedish history called the era of great power (stormaktstiden in Swedish) from when Sweden was a much bigger nation with ambitions of expanding. The album was released with both an Swedish and English version,the difference being that the Swedish one tells the story from our/a Swedish soldiers view while the English is more from an outsiders view of the war. Needless to say, it was one hell of a show that night.