We already released several episodes based on songs from The Great War, and it is nice to premiere a song through this. Will there be videos discussing the songs from The Great War on there? Sabaton also has an educational history channel on YouTube.
I find it always good for fans to get an insight into what the songs are actually about. You have album stories up on your YouTube channel about The Great War. The interest grows over the years, though, especially now that we launched the Sabaton History channel. I like it, and if I watch a movie that is based upon real events or real people I know I will like it more than if it is a complete fictional story. History is a small interest compared to heavy metal in our lives, and also not all guys are even into it. “HISTORY IS A SMALL INTEREST COMPARED TO HEAVY METAL IN OUR LIVES”ĭefinitely not. However, I think today Sabaton is the one who took the concept furthest. War, history, and battles have been used in heavy metal by many artists and it is a proven concept. Initially, it was an idea to write about something that was from the real world instead of fiction or fantasy. What got you so hooked on knowledge of wars? Your love of military history is very evident. But the music comes first, and if we don’t have a song that fits to a certain topic, we cannot do them. Several! One of them being what is referred to as the Christmas Truce. Was there a World War I story that didn’t make it onto the record that you wish did? World War I has so many stories, and we thought as we were coming up to the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Day, which sort of ended World War I, that it was good timing to do a concept album about this now. In the past we did several songs about World War I, but we never did a full album until now. Why did you decide to do World War I for this record? The Great War tells the stories of World War I-a war that hadn’t been covered in previous Sabaton albums. We have been waiting so long to present the full album for the fans, while we presented it for hundreds of journalists who all agreed that it is probably our best album ever. Right now, I am just excited to have it out there. How are you feeling now that The Great War has been released? Sundström on everything to do with the battle metal band’s ninth record. We had the opportunity to go deep with Sabaton bassist Pär History, this World War I record shows the metal scene just how incredible real Inspired by the events of one of the most monumental wars in Sabaton have released their newest album, The Get your battle gear on, we are going to war! Military-esque legends
INTERVIEW WITH PÄR SUNDSTRÖM BY ANABEL DFLUX
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