Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON not only write about history, today they write history of their own. The band has reached #1 on the official UK Rock, #11 in UK National and #1 German charts with their new album “The Great War”, which was released a week ago.
“From denial to the top.
The story of SABATON in Germany started with a distributor who refused to release our first album “Primo Victoria” because they considered SABATON to be too controversial for the German music industry.
Today YOU proved them all wrong.
Thank you German fans for being so damn loyal all these years”, comments the band!
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 2019:
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
23.11. FIN Helsinki – Hartwall Arena (w/ APOCALYPTICA, AMARANTHE)
01.12. S Stockholm – Sabaton Cruise *SOLD OUT*
2020:
»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
Get the band’s previous albums as well as lots of merch and special editions: http://www.nuclearblast.de/shop/sabaton