With their new album "The Great War", Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON have reached fantastic chart results all over the world, including the #1 top position in Germany & Switzerland, as well as their home country Sweden.
”All these fantastic numbers show a few things! First that we still can write songs that you guys want to hear! But more important that you are the best fans in the world and that metal is stronger than any other genre. We really look forward to tour with this album and perform many new songs all over the world", comments Pär Sundström.
All chart entries so far:
- #1 Germany
- #1 Sweden (#1 rock/metal, #1 physical, #1 vinyl)
- #1 Switzerland
- #3 Austria Top 75
- #3 Belgium
- #3 Finland Top 100 (#1 physical)
- #3 Canada Top album (#2 hard music)
- #3 Poland
- #4 Norway
- #5 USA Billboard Top album sales (#1 hard music, #1 rock)
- #6 Scotland Top 100
- #7 Australia Aria Top 100 (#1 Metal, #1 Rock)
- #7 Czech Republic
- #7 Ireland Indie
- #11 UK (#1 rock, #3 indie)
- #12 Spain
- #13 Netherlands
- #40 France Top 200 (#4 physical)
- #48 Slovakia
- #50 Italy Top 100 (#19 physical)
Recently, the band proudly announced their European tour dates for "The Great Tour", with fellow Swedes AMARANTHE and Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA supporting.
Watch the YouTube announcement about the tour and support acts here: https://youtu.be/0YgFe67zHXk
SABATON - »The Great Tour« - Europe 2020
w/ APOCALYPTICA & AMARANTHE
- 17.01. CH Zürich - Hallenstadion
- 18.01. D Stuttgart - Schleyer-Halle
- 19.01. D Munich - Olympiahalle
- 21.01. A Vienna - Gasometer
- 22.01. H Budapest - Arena
- 24.01. PL Warsaw - Arena COS Torwar
- 25.01. D Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle
- 26.01. CZ Prague- O2 Arena
- 28.01. I Milan - Alcatraz
- 31.01. D Frankfurt - Festhalle
- 01.02. D Oberhausen - König-Pilsener-ARENA
- 02.02. B Antwerp - Lotto Arena
- 04.02. E Barcelona - Palau Sant Jordi
- 05.02. E Madrid - Vistalegre
- 07.02. F Paris - Zénith
- 08.02. UK London - Wembley Arena
- 09.02. NL Amsterdam - AFAS Live
- 11.02. D Hamburg - Sporthalle
- 12.02. DK Copenhagen - Forum Black Box
- 14.02. S Gothenburg - Scandinavium
- 15.02. S Stockholm - Hovet
- 16.02. N Oslo - Spektrum
Tickets are available on https://www.sabaton.net/tour/
The release of SABATON’s ninth full-length record perfectly coincides with the band’s 20th anniversary and the concept album is based on events during the First World War. The band started the recordings exactly 100 years after the end of the First World War (11/11/1918) and took 3 months of intensive work to complete the album together with their long term producer and partner Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge studios. Furthermore, the album has been mastered by Maor Appelbaum and the artwork was once again created by Peter Sallaí. "This is not the first time we have sung about stories from this period in time, but now we felt the timing was right to make a full concept album about this war", explain the band.
"The Great War" tracklist:
01. The Future Of Warfare
02. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom
03. 82nd All The Way
04. The Attack Of The Dead Men
05. Devil Dogs
06. The Red Baron
07. Great War
08. A Ghost In The Trenches
09. Fields Of Verdun
10. The End Of The War To End All Wars
11. In Flanders Fields
Order the album here: http://www.sabaton.net/thegreatwar
More SABATON live dates:
- 01.08. D Wacken - Wacken Open Air *SOLD OUT*
- 09.08. UK Derby - Bloodstock Open Air
- 17.08. S Falun - Sabaton Open Air
- 23.08. D Sulingen - Reload Festival
- 23.11. FIN Helsinki - Hartwall Arena (w/ APOCALYPTICA, AMARANTHE)
- 01.12. S Stockholm - Sabaton Cruise *SOLD OUT*
»The Great Tour« - North America 2019
w/ HAMMERFALL
- 04.10. USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
- 05.10. USA St. Petersburg, FL - Janus Landing
- 06.10. USA Atlanta, GA - Center Stage *SOLD OUT*
- 08.10. USA Dallas, TX - House of Blues
- 10.10. USA Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
- 11.10. USA Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
- 12.10. USA San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
- 14.10. USA Portland, OR - The Roseland Ballroom
- 15.10. USA Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
- 16.10. CDN Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
- 18.10. CDN Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
- 19.10. CDN Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre
- 21.10. USA Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
- 23.10. USA Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
- 25.10. USA Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre
- 26.10. USA Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre *SOLD OUT*
- 27.10. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
- 29.10. CDN Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall *SOLD OUT*
- 30.10. CDN Montréal, QC - Mtelus
- 01.11. USA Worcester, MA - Palladium
- 02.11. USA New York, NY - PlayStation Theater
- 03.11. USA Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
»The Great Tour« - Russia & Belarus 2020
- 06.03. RUS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Stolitsa
- 07.03. RUS Vladivostok - Craft
- 08.03. RUS Khabarovsk - Velicano Club
- 10.03. RUS Irkutsk - Wild Horse
- 11.03. RUS Novosibirsk - Dkzh
- 13.03. RUS Moscow - Stadium Live
- 14.03. RUS St. Petersburg - A2 Green Concert
- 16.03. RUS Omsk - Angar
- 17.03. RUS Tyumen - Baikonur
- 19.03. RUS Yekaterinburg - Tele-Club
- 21.03. RUS Ufa - Ogni Ufy
- 22.03. RUS Samara - Zvezda
- 24.03. RUS Volgograd - DKT
- 26.03. RUS Nizhny Novgorod - Milo Concert Hall
- 28.03. RUS Voronezh - Palazzo
- 29.03. RUS Rostov-on-Don - Arena Don
- 31.03. RUS Krasnodar - Arena Hall
- 02.04. BY Minsk - Prime Hall
More on "The Great War":
- 'Great War' (video): https://youtu.be/HkbG39-T4H0
- '82nd All The Way' (lyric video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LS0Z8fgiII
- 'The Red Baron' (lyric video): https://youtu.be/3PXzgXBRM_k
- 'Fields Of Verdun' (video): https://youtu.be/xP8G-LwWNn0
Album Trailer #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZL8aG9PXtM
Album Trailer #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uc3HErCT2s
Album Trailer #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olmYuitAmAk
Album Trailer #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfHVllJyCbs
Album Trailer #5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2td-rnyqBwY
Get the song 'The Great War' digitally here: http://nblast.de/SabatonGreatWar
Listen in NB New Releases playlist: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases / http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases