Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON are set to release their new album ‘The Great War’on July 19th, 2019. Today the band reveals the second album trailer, in which Joakim Broden and Pär Sundström talk about different aspects of the album.
”To not include the story of Manfred von Richthofen, AKA ”The Red Baron” on a concept album of The Great War felt really strange. And since we are aiming higher than before in every way, we are proud to present this single from our upcoming album today",commented Pär Sundstöm.
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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 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
Pre-order the album here: http://www.sabaton.net/thegreatwar
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.
Alongside 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 themselves and multimedia historians Indy Neidell andTimeghost - capturing the power of social media to tell stories about the wars, battles and heroes behind SABATON’s songs.
“This is the biggest album we have taken on so far.There is more depth and story around the songs that we have ever had before", Pär Sundström announces. "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. 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.”
Many more live shows will be announced shortly, but don’t missthe chance to see SABATONperform their new battle hymns during their summer festival run at one of these dates (including the band's very own annual SABATON OPEN AIR in their hometown Falun):
SABATON live 2019 - get your tickets here: https://www.sabaton.net/tour/
- 26.06. PL Krakow - Mystic Festival
- 28.06. E Madrid - Download Festival
- 25.07. FIN Kuopio - Kuopiorock
- 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
»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
- 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
- 27.10. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
- 29.10. CDN Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
- 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
- 01.12. S Stockholm - Sabaton Cruise *SOLD OUT*
2020:
»The Great Tour« - Russia 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
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