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@@lloydangelripper8653 The anthem of any breakthrough. After all, that's what the Stormtroopers were. Line breakers racing across No man's land just behind their artillery to shock and awe the enemy forces.
What a great line honestly, it inspires you to become one of them or at least like them. A feeling of nostalgia and longing for something you never had or ever will.
@@leonsteinbauer2770 "And so I ordered my batman to fetch me an electric guitar, which we were fortunate enough to have foraged from the French village in which we had been billeted in some weeks previously- dreadfully, that place is now utterly erased by fierce shelling- which he did and I made ready to join the Swedes who had taken up position between the trenches in spite of their professed neutrality."
If you think about it, WW1 was the most medievalpunk scenario we've ever got in real life. I mean there were rifles, machineguns, grenades, mortars, artillery, tanks, airships, fucking airplanes - but at the same time also cavalry with actual horses, steel helmets, swords, spears (rifle + bayonet), maces and metal body armor, etc. Btw, the German and British steel helmets were indeed inspired by medieval designs. The German model was based on the sallet, while the British one was based on the kettle hat.
another great example of this is pike and shot tactics when guns were in their infancy in Europe. was really a weird mix of pike men shielding guys with guns in a box.
@wilhufftarkin8543 Not a huge amount I imagine. Definitely seen quite a few photos of European Cavalry (other than Brit, French and German) back then with lances. I'm now gonna have to look into this more!
Well.. Maybe in the cancelled European Tour without no reason... every nation got its freedom days long before.. or in the missing song in the streaming edition. even you paid for 11 songs you got only 10 songs.. or the wrong printed booklets... well music is good, but this really was sucking
Hmm everytime someone says something like this, I wonder if they listened to all of the songs, maybe you did, but if you did, try out Speeder (Metalizer) or Nuclear Attack (Attero Dominatus), and maybe rethink your opinion... (Edit: P.S. regarding nuclear attack, yes, there are spots in the song where it kicks in, but besides that it's just so repetitive...)
Sabaton’s music style is incredible because of two things: 1: They have an incredible mind for crafting songs that swell you with energy. Their songs are pump-ups 2. Their subject gives you something to put that energy toward. They sing about REAL events that actually occurred and actual people that existed. The music gives you energy, and the lyrics gives you something to put that energy toward, and it comes out in patriotism and pride in something with which you were probably never involved, but nevertheless you’re blown away with pride
@@firebyte69So true. It's beautiful being able to understand what they say and have it actually make sense. Plus bringing beautiful and tragic history to life is a heroic act all on its own.
I've had a really awful day today, one of the worst in recent memory. Seeing that your amazing new album came out helped things get just a little bit better. Thank you.
I love how relentless this song is, and I love the decision to have it in a low enough key that it makes Joakim sound more guttural and intense. This might be my favorite song off this album, and I thought nothing was going to top Soldier of Heaven.
@@friend4470 This whole album really feels like a throwback to Metalizer and the beginning of this song really sounds like Twilight Of the Thunder God from Caroulus Rex. Hellfighter also reminds me of some song but im not sure what.
The last thing I was expecting today was a new Sabaton song to drop...This just made my day...Much love from Switzerland...Hope ro see you guys live again in the near future...
i will never forget how i found sabaton. i went to a small local festival where they headlined. they blew everyone away. that was like 8 years ago. since then i have been to at least 5 concerts of them. everytime its amazing.
@@FollowCarrier1997 Well you can always return to chill music if you listen to the Red Baron's intro... Until it's time to yell higher! Or well you know the melancholic songs
3:08 *"As fast a lighting there's no time to mourn: A glimpse of the future... and Blitzkrieg is born."* The musical run-up with lyrical foreshadowing never ceases to give me chills.
I remember watching "The Lost Battalion" in high school, as part of history class. I forget when exactly in the movie this happened, but I do remember that, when one of the German generals quietly, coldly ordered "Send in the stormtroopers," my jaw dropped. At the time, I was--and still am--a huge Star Wars fan. I vaguely knew the Star Wars stormtroopers were based on real German soldiers, but having said that, I remember thinking "Oh my God, what *is* a real stormtrooper, who were these guys?" And then when they showed up wielding flamethrowers and machine guns, I was awestruck. Star Wars wishes their stormtroopers were half as badass as the real ones!
Shock troops trained and equipped specifically to shatter enemy defenses. Tactics and equipment varies wildly by government and galaxy, but the mission remains the same.
@@archer260 Ironic, but not surprising if you consider the situations. The G.A.R. was built to take on a peer level military, while the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps was primarily a means of suppressing uprisings on "friendly" worlds. This shift in priorities is also visible in the fleet composition, shifting from a diverse and balanced battle fleet to a standardized series of mobile firebases expected to operate individually. More irony, the massive bulk of the Imperial I and II classes, necessary to house all the support forces that used to have their own transports, combined with the heavily focussed armament officers liked for increased lethality made them particularly vulnerable to being outmanuvered by small high speed targets like the Incom Corporation T-65 X-Wing, whose design team joined the Rebel Alliance. XD (much to the frustration of Incom, which was held liable by the Empire)
@@ronaldthompson4989 check out warhammer 40k stormtroopers as they definitely deserve the name or tempestus scions as they are called now they are known for dropping behind enemy lines or jumping from orbit to avoid anti air guns.
I find it quite interesting how both Germany and the entente were _this close_ to creating the perfect storm that is blitzkrieg in WWI. The entente had the tanks, the germans had the tactics, the only missing piece was combined arms
@@christophvonpezold4699 didn't the Germans get their inspiration from a French 'sergeant' . When I'm not wrong he had great impact , at least his diary, or what was found of it, on the German stormtrooper doctrine and was greatly ignored by he allies.
I just buried a brother this past Thursday and today I see you have a new song and then realize that yall dropped a new album. And This helps me so much. Yall don't fail to help me through hard times. Keep it up. I am sure that he would have loved this.
@@sansanichalexandroff8913 blast this with speakers loud enough. Surely after a few decibels soundwaves would start to break the barrier and cross the post-mortal realm, no?
I like how Stormtroopers and Future of Warfare mirror each other - tanks and stormtroopers were in a way solutions to question on how to break the deadlock on the Western Front.
I love this band because they give a voice to those previously thought forgotten. It is really beautiful to me and all soldiers who fought these awful battles deserve this.
The 'Sturmtruppen' were tasked to rapidly infiltrate enemy lines, led from the front and highly flexible due to "Auftragstaktik" ("goal orientated tactics" = instead of blank orders the german army bscly goes for "i want this goal to be achieved... how you do it is your business") and equiped with the best of the best when it comes to weaponry (they would use highly new and inoventive gear such as the MP18 (one of, if not the, first submachine gun) and light machine guns) and protective gear (such as the new and acctually usefull "Stahlhelm"), they would quickly charge over no mans land, envelop the enemys flanks and often be so quick that they could mow down reinforcements before they suspected to be in contact... They were often made up from elite, battle hardened veterans from the eastern front, freed up by the russian revolution and subsequent peace treaty with russia, and told to think of themselves as the "princes of the trenches" and boy did they live up to that.... (Correction 1: the mp18 is a smg and not a mg ofc... sorry for that)
You taught me that stuff better than my history teacher can explain how imperialism and others related stuff change the course to the discovery of asia
The Allied powers lost 5.7 million soldiers in 1918 and the central powers lost 4 million, a lot of it was thanks to those new stormtrooper doctrines and tactics
My 3 years old daughter always requests this song when we get in the car, always asking me to put the "robot song on" and mumbling the lyrics. Happy to see even younglings can appreciate Sabaton music!
(the song starts)"Ja! Lass uns gehen! Granaten raus Jungs!" (the song slows down at the part where everyone is going aaaahhhhhh aaaaahhhhh) "...well then...I...I didn't realize i knew German..." (The song kicks back in) "oh ja hier gehen wir wieder!!!!"
Iron Maiden. That has to be said, and now that it is, I'm glad to see the torch carried on. I hadn't heard of Sabaton until today, and this is the only song I've heard, but now going to check out more, this was great!
I appreciate that these songs honor history and the people that made it, even if they were on the losing side of a war, or even used as tools for evil. The unbiased way these songs respect their subject regardless of who it is truly is a great thing.
I wouldn't call those song unbiaised (shyroyama and rorke's drift are clearly told from a european point of view), but they do celebrate courage and honor from every side.
@@gabrielrognon6238 I don't get how Shiroyama is told from European perspective, given that there were no Europeans fighting on either side, and IIRC Prussians supplied both sides with equipment. Tho Shiroyama's definitely biased toward the samurai.
@@bogimperatortadeuszrydzyk1033 by "point of view" I didn't meant to say that the songs were told by a european, but the way european see the conflict. We associate samourai with chevalery code an so shyroyama is seen as a last stand for the rond table knight, negating the fact that samourai were pretty much nobles fighting peasant to keep their numerous privilege over the society. We fully agree on the fact that the song is biaised toward samourais.
@@gabrielrognon6238 Oh, in this sense. I definitely agree that the samurai rebellion had nothing to do with chivalry and everything to do with retaining their privileges.
@@gabrielrognon6238 I think you mean that europeans associate samurai with Bushido AND chivalry. Both of which, I agree, have no real significance in the actual historical conflict. It was truly the last attempt for samurai to keep their privileges and way of life safe from the Japanese Empire. In this way, you are correct.
"A glimpse of the future" The German Strumtrupen of World War One were the beginning of modern special forces. From Airforce Commandos to Navy SEALS, they are all just later more specialized version of the Stormtroopers.
@@Y.M... They were mounted troops, and their successors are tank formations and airmobile units (read: helicopters). Highly trained and extremely mobile infantry was brand new, hence why it was such a rude shock when they made their debut at Verdun. The _Strosstruppen_ put every new infantry tactic that had been developed in the past two decades together and came up with infiltration tactics, the basis for all modern infantry doctrines today.
I typically only listen to 80s and 90s country music. But after seeing Race To The Sea as an add on UA-cam, my curiosity was peaked. I am loving this entire album so far. I am a fan of Sabaton now. Now after listening to the entire album, Lady of the Dark is easily my favorite. Followed by Race to the Sea and Dreadnought.
Same, I'm a big Johnny Cash fan, I listen to a lot of Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson and John Denver, never listened to metal in my life. Then for some reason I found The Winged Hussars in my recommendations and now 70% of what I listen to is Sabaton!
Like, When I type Stomtrooper on UA-cam top 5 video of my search is literal German WW1 stormtrooper and 4 other video is fiction stormtrooper, But from warhammer 40k including one of them is Death Korps of Krieg then after 9 top is Star Wars
@@kousand9917 That song is pretty gud, but it's not really as fast paced as Ghost Division or Stormtroopers. It's an average paced song imo, not slow by any means.
@@thepizzafoogle5481 Lion from the North is faster than ghost division but not as fast as Stormtroopers for me. But when I googled the tempo ghost division has about 175 bpm and Lion from the north about 150 bpm.
Stormtroopers to historians: An elite group of soldiers made by the Germans to help win WWI. Stormtroopers to most other people: Star Wars soldiers with no aim and no brains. Stormtroopers to heavy metal fans: THEY'RE FUELED BY THE FEAR IN THEIR ENEMIES EYES!
The blitzkrieg was created After the first World War the stormtrooper are the ancestor of it of course but breaking through enemy Line with the blitzkrieg tactick was only thought before WW2 to deafeat the feared Maginot Line that would have put a stop to any and all offensive tried on it
@@lowenburg1989 yeah, in the original movies they never lost except to the main characters and the final battle. The only reason the Ewoks won was by overwhelming numbers and stealth.
@@lowenburg1989 Their armor is very weak and isn't meant for a full out war. They are easily defeated by strong artillery or armored vehicles, which is what the Germans had in ww1. My comment is meant to compare the WW1 Stormtroopers and the Star Wars Stormtroopers. Star Wars Stormtroopers are strong, but are weak in comparison to the WW1 German Stormtroopers.
If you didn’t know, (Infantry) “Attacks” was a boom written by Rommel, who practically manifested Blitzkrieg, so I thought the line “Infantry Attacks” was a nice homage to it, whether intentional or not!
@@invincibleunderthesun8545 Its not a new thing at all. Movement and mobility was a thing that many militaries tried to achieve since forever. The mongols, Napoleon, etc. The Germans didnt suddenly invent it in '39, they did what they always tried to do ( as seen in '70-71), and which didnt work in WW1, but now they had new technologies to implement it again.
Sabaton music is like… distilled motivation. I’ve never ran harder than when I have this amazing music blaring through my headphones. Awesome album. Can’t wait to play it to death.
I doubt I'll ever forget, just how hard my jaw hit the floor when I first heard this song back in November '21, when I was part of the few invited to hear the album at the Royal Museum of Arms in Belgium. I was not prepared for a Sabaton song THIS heavy... It's still a freaking banger!
4 years ago, Sabaton became the first band that I listened to on a regular basis. After all this time, I discovered a lot of music, I began to like metal and rock, but even now, when I see a new song by Sabaton, I listen and understand that they will never disappoint me. Perhaps the role is that I adored history before Sabaton, but I can say one thing, thanks for your songs Sabaton
I'm going to have to say that sabaton is probably the best band I ever heard. Their style is different what there songs are about are a good topic and can definitely listen to. I might even have to say that sabaton is now my new favorite band.
My personal top 5 on this album are: #5 Hellfighters #4 Lady of the Dark #3 Christmas Truce #2 The Unkillable Soldier #1 Stormtroopers "The Blitzkrieg is born - Strike at zero hour with overwhelming firepower" - goosebumps!
Mine would be: 1 Stormtroopers 2 Sarajevo/ Versaille 3 Lady of the Dark 4 Race to the Sea 5 Dreadnought Stormtroopers; is like some older more energetic Sabaton songs and i like that. Sarajevo and Versaille; make a atmosphere for the Album and are enjoyable, even if they are "The same" idc. Lady of the Dark: Epic Story, quiet catchy Lyrics Joakims voice gives chills. Race to the Sea; Makes we want to flood a River ;D Dreadnought; BFG, naught said
@@boneflayer3954 nah I wouldn't say that the fear when the stormtroopers attacked in ww1 is written about especially when the idea was new the entente didn't know what hit them in ww2 the idea was well known and both sides had similar troops
@@boneflayer3954 I admit, I thought the Nazi's replaced the stormtroopers with panzers almost entirely, so I wasn't aware they were in large use in the second world war, and I can actually see why they would be scarier, but I was meaning respect in the sense that they shouldn't be underestimated. Also I was trying to make it funny as I have a feeling there will be some people who will be like "stormtroopers are from star wars" so I kinda meant that these Stormtroopers are should be feared rather than the star wars characters. 😅
@@deadmanlnc2215 the germans mostly used sturmpioneers in ww2, not sturmtruppen. similar idea, just fewer more elite units that could do a broader range of tasks, although many stormtrooper tactics were also adopted by the regular infantrymen. they also had sturmzugs (storm platoons), but these weren't quite as extensive tactically as sturmtruppen were in ww1 (and their men were not called sturmtruppen)
the speed and energy of this song really emphasizes how the stormtroopers operated, with overwhelming speed, power, and energy. its stuck in my head now, thanks sabaton i love you guys
@@kousand9917 that's why I said "when looking at views". Versailles and Sarajevo are okay but the storytelling inbetween just makes it rather annoying to listen to several times if you ask me. That's what the history versions of the songs are for. You can't blast those anywhere or on concerts because it's just awkward silence.
I've always known stormtroopers in Star Wars were named with inspiration from their ww1 counterparts but when I had seen the art in the music video of the Stromtrooper with a gasmask, for the first time I had realised that the Star Wars stormtrooper helmet was created with inspiration with the eye holes in the helmet reminiscent to a ww1 gasmask. Sabaton is always teaching something, even if it is something that wasn't intended. :P
And to do it with subject matter that is hard as hell to make sound cool, being that almost all of their songs are just history lessons. Sabaton have proven themselves to be geniuses many times over.
@@Garrumx bruh, out of all the subjects from school and all, History was always my fav. Even before I enjoyed the games or history stuff playing on TV. I honestly think more people love history now then they did 20 or 30 years ago.
Man I wish I had a history teacher that cool. Maybe I would actually remember a single part of Washington State History, though I doubt even Sabaton could make Washington State History cool.
Having listened, now, to the whole album, I think I can say that this song is my favorite on it. Followed closely by “Lady of the Dark” and “Unkillable Soldier.” Bravo, Sabaton, you’ve done it again.
Lady of the Dark is catchy but the lyrics are like "Look she don't have a penis." It strikes me as odd how how much they like to point it out, it would be like if White Death was "Look he don't have a vagina." Maybe it is just me
@@madogthefirst I don’t really see it that way. I get your point, but I think you miss this historical value of the point Sabaton are trying to make. In warfare, especially in trench warfare here, a woman on the battlefield is relatively unheard of. They are drawing attention to the unlikelihood that she would be allowed (much less capable) of standing and fighting for her country through numerous engagements as an infantryman is a big deal, especially in the early 20th century. I don’t think praising her for being one of the very, very few women in combat in WWI (she was also very highly decorated) lessens or cheapens in any way the accomplishments of someone like Simo Hayha in the same way that I don’t think Hellfighters acknowledgement of the ethnicity of a battalion from Harlem cheapens the experience that the lost battalion of the Argonne has. Sabaton is highlighting differences and similarities in a way that allows us to appreciate those that did unheard of or remarkable things in warfare.
My Great-Grandfather was an officer of the stormtroopers, responsible for their sports training. He also trained troops in Hungary and received several medals, including the Iron cross
I always like to see the imperial German Heer an army with honor. The British noted that when captured, they would be the first to help treat the wounded.
@@radicalgremlin6440 Unfortunately being a German stormtrooper was one of the most dangerous jobs in the German army in ww1 infact it was so dangerous that you had to be single to join if you were Married you were not allowed to join becouse the chance that you would not come back was very high
Once i told someone star wars didnt make stormtroopers first they didnt believe me so i told them about this song they came back and immediatly apologised
Ah yes the original stormtroopers who could actually hit their target unlike the Galactic empire Stormtroopers. I posted this a year ago as a joke. Didn't expect anyone to actually to debate.
They do pretty damn well against anyone without plot armor. Remember the crew of the Tantive V getting massacred at the start of episode 4 and the Rebels on Hoth getting overwhelmed?
Interesting that they mention the pioneers joining the fray. Pioneer Company 699 was an incredibly influential tool in both world wars. They were a company of military engineers, essentially. They were both demolitionists but also build bridges and ferries necessary for troop movement and supply.
@@thomasbuysse3159 they said not sounding like NOT metal, so basically they meant that it sounds like metal while still explaining how the storm troopers strategy works
@@antonioducc4501 But I think it still sounds like metal. Metal is a very broad genre. Power Wolf sounds a little like Sabaton. If you're interested in older power metal you could also take a took at Manowar.
I love the sturmtruupen. They are a legend even today. Their fearlessness and willingness to charge headlong against their enemy is amazing. They remind me much of the United States Marines in their dedication and skill. They fought with a determination that before was never seen as adamantly. may they rest forever for their honored service to their Fatherland. And their Sacred Germany!
They did not do WWI style charges. The strumtruupen were using the first set of modern infantry tactics of small fire teams moving forward one half firing the other moving under cover of that fire with short key artillery use around five minutes not the all day of before. But yes very brave but also very smart you can't charge though enemy prepared trench lines but you can move up in small groups and push though the weak points.
@@antiquusblaufu268 Makes me depressed how much they've taken away your honor and you've all fallen for it. I guess it's expected though they've been brainwashing you to hate yourselves for almost 80 years. Thank god my grandfather moved after the war to America.
@@antiquusblaufu268 autocracy doesnt automatically mean being evil. Turkey after ww1 would be a good example, and while no saints, the kaiserreich and austria hungary were acting fairly normal for the time.
@@guywithbread7873 Looks like we might need to start up those rolling barrages again soon. Our military may be woefully equipped, underfunded and without motivated leadership but who needs any of that when your a Canadian with a trench club.
Well of course he sent these Stormtroopers! They are the only true Stormtroopers! And they are the only ones that can solve the fact that "Now there's a standstill in the war"
Superb combination of the fast rhythm of the music with the fast pace of the progression the "Sturmtruppen" really had; a superb achievement yet again! Congratulations to your latest releases, they all have a place in my heart, as does SABATON as a whole!
‘If he could ever rise from the Goldren Throne, He could shatter the morale of Krieg with but three words.’ “I forgive you.” Baldermort on the Death Korps of Krieg.
@@rustkarl Shatter? Nah, the sudden surge in morale would create a psychic shockwave strong enough to suture and cauterise the cicatrix maledictum in seconds.
I've been waiting for a song like this for quite some time: a fast, catchy, and very melodic song is just what I need to start my day with. I think this will end up as one of my top favorites of this album, and I haven't even heard the rest of the new songs yet!
They're fueled by the fear In their enemies' eyes! It's a Shock Troop infiltration! A fast and violent escalation! Damn! I love it!! So much motivation! And this rhythm... Listening to this lines, like being in first line of attack!
Going to see Sabaton live in London in a few days from tonight, would be my second time. Absolutely incredible band, nothing but talent and passion from those guys.
Остановить войну в Украине! Трусливая русская армия намеренно обстреливает жилые дома и цели из артиллерии и ракет. Это не «спецоперация» по уничтожению нацистов в Украине, это попытка уничтожить соседнюю демократическую страну, потому что демократия - самая большая угроза для такого эгоистичного диктатора, как Путин.
@@colonel2347 then why does Ukraine still stand. Russia shall fall and they will be shown the same mercy they showed the women and children, who they slaughtered in their own homes. Слава Украине🇺🇦
Germany (specifically von Ludendorff I believe) came up with it at the end of the war. It seems like strategic genius, but it was also born out of sheer frustration and desperation. But yes, just like tank warfare, the last months of WW1 already showed glimpses of what would eventually the revolutionary warfare of WW2
@@CrashCanuck537 We need a vimy ridge song. But that being said Sturmtruppen were baddass. Fighting that hard while being starved and undersupplied is no joke, I'm a little disappointed they didn't bring up someone like Ernst Junger tho.
The Stormtroopers were specialist soldiers of the German Army who used precise infiltration tactics to target their enemies during WWI. During their assaults they would apply a deadly mix of shock, surprise and ultra violence.
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This song is THE anthem of that final push your team makes in a bf1 style FPS to win the day.
This is the anthem of that last push though any Friday
@@lloydangelripper8653 The anthem of any breakthrough. After all, that's what the Stormtroopers were. Line breakers racing across No man's land just behind their artillery to shock and awe the enemy forces.
LETS GOO
This is by far my favorite song from the new album
"Strike at Zero Hour
with overwhelming firepower!"
Love that line!
Absolutely my favourite line in the song
Absolutely.
Gives that feel of the sudden storm.
Same
Fueled by the fear in their enemies' eyes!
me too comrade
"they're fueled by the fear in their enemies' eyes" I get chills every time this bit comes
its working
So badass!
What a great line honestly, it inspires you to become one of them or at least like them.
A feeling of nostalgia and longing for something you never had or ever will.
Its a perfect line for explanation of Doomguy
They were fueled by pervitin. This track does kick ass though. Like all their stuff.
Holy hell that chorus.
Fast, intense and kicks ass. Very fitting style for this topic.
i guess you could say its a blitzkrieg
@@fearxhusky114 you could say it's a storm
@@GgmanGoudeos a Storm of Steel, even
@@Arbiter099
"Ernst Jünger intensifies"
@@leonsteinbauer2770 "And so I ordered my batman to fetch me an electric guitar, which we were fortunate enough to have foraged from the French village in which we had been billeted in some weeks previously- dreadfully, that place is now utterly erased by fierce shelling- which he did and I made ready to join the Swedes who had taken up position between the trenches in spite of their professed neutrality."
If you think about it, WW1 was the most medievalpunk scenario we've ever got in real life. I mean there were rifles, machineguns, grenades, mortars, artillery, tanks, airships, fucking airplanes - but at the same time also cavalry with actual horses, steel helmets, swords, spears (rifle + bayonet), maces and metal body armor, etc.
Btw, the German and British steel helmets were indeed inspired by medieval designs. The German model was based on the sallet, while the British one was based on the kettle hat.
another great example of this is pike and shot tactics when guns were in their infancy in Europe. was really a weird mix of pike men shielding guys with guns in a box.
"ww1 was a medievalpunk scenario"
There were cavalry lances in WW1 so there were actual spears, not just mounted bayonets!
@@sionsoschwalts2762 You are right! But how often where they actually used in practice?
@wilhufftarkin8543 Not a huge amount I imagine. Definitely seen quite a few photos of European Cavalry (other than Brit, French and German) back then with lances.
I'm now gonna have to look into this more!
I'm convinced Sabaton can't disappoint 🙌🙌
Well.. Maybe in the cancelled European Tour without no reason... every nation got its freedom days long before.. or in the missing song in the streaming edition. even you paid for 11 songs you got only 10 songs.. or the wrong printed booklets... well music is good, but this really was sucking
Hmm everytime someone says something like this, I wonder if they listened to all of the songs, maybe you did, but if you did, try out Speeder (Metalizer) or Nuclear Attack (Attero Dominatus), and maybe rethink your opinion... (Edit: P.S. regarding nuclear attack, yes, there are spots in the song where it kicks in, but besides that it's just so repetitive...)
@@insertcringe2220 those are pretty good
I am convinced they will! Having said that, they will now disappoint me... One way or the other.
@@insertcringe2220 Nuclear attack is a great song!
Just what I needed to end my day. A Sabaton jumping into my Inbox!
And not just one... like 10 :P
It's early yet you can listen to 50 more songs
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@@derrickdinwiddie8759 shoot, UA-cam must’ve gotten overwhelmed by the glory of Sabaton, because it only notified me of three then gave up
@@straythrawn7861 same... I got 4 I think and it just stopped 🤣
I had forgotten this would be coming out, and it was the best surprise I’ve gotten in a long while
Good work!
Yeah I scrolled through my subscriptions and realized ‘oh shet the new Sabaton album’s out now’
i just woke up
Same here, mate.
@@wetwillyis_1881 same here also ig
Still 03MAR here... So I'm enjoying via UA-cam lol
Sabaton’s music style is incredible because of two things:
1: They have an incredible mind for crafting songs that swell you with energy. Their songs are pump-ups
2. Their subject gives you something to put that energy toward. They sing about REAL events that actually occurred and actual people that existed.
The music gives you energy, and the lyrics gives you something to put that energy toward, and it comes out in patriotism and pride in something with which you were probably never involved, but nevertheless you’re blown away with pride
Thanks for this comment, we appreciate it 🤟
That, my friend, is where POWERmetal gets it's name
Exactly. And joakim actually sings instead of screaming at the Mike like some heavy metal singers do.
That's what *power* metal is all about.
@@firebyte69So true. It's beautiful being able to understand what they say and have it actually make sense. Plus bringing beautiful and tragic history to life is a heroic act all on its own.
This is probably one of their best albums yet. I don't know how they keep putting out complete masterpieces....
I think the main reason is wars never end
Same thoughts, this is a strong album!
What ?
I’m dissapointed with this album , to me only this song , christmas truce and unlikeable soldier are good , rest are weird
@@RockyGameplayVideos i felt this every time they released new albums, they're only weird because they're new
I've had a really awful day today, one of the worst in recent memory. Seeing that your amazing new album came out helped things get just a little bit better. Thank you.
Thank you for your words, we're happy to help
@@Sabaton thank you a lot. Same problem here, a lot of tension right now and you help a lot !
@@warbrain1053 Same!! such a bless to my day :)
Can relate. Good timing
I got to a point where i no longer have bad days,every day is a bad day .....it's the small things like this that makes them a little more bareable
I have no idea how, but Sabaton somehow manages to have atleast 1 memorable line minimum per song.
Thanks for appreciating that 😉
And then the winged hussars arrive XD
A Glimpse of the Future, and the Blitzkrieg is born
Because they are badasses.
@@Sabaton why are you glorifying nazi soldiers?
“They’re fueled by the fear in their enemies’ eyes!”
It’s such a powerful line that it gives me chills. Amazing work!
I love how relentless this song is, and I love the decision to have it in a low enough key that it makes Joakim sound more guttural and intense. This might be my favorite song off this album, and I thought nothing was going to top Soldier of Heaven.
This one was a lot like their older songs in Metalizer and Primo Victoria
'relentless' is a good word to describe this song. certainly the most catchy chorus from the album!
@@friend4470 This whole album really feels like a throwback to Metalizer and the beginning of this song really sounds like Twilight Of the Thunder God from Caroulus Rex. Hellfighter also reminds me of some song but im not sure what.
@@C4Cole05 I guess hellfighters is kind of like Shotgun?
@@friend4470 Yeah thats probably what it reminds me of, its got the same lyrics-heavy beats-lyrics format
Sabaton never disappoints.
Never.
True
I mean, soldier of heaven was disappointing
@@lordmilchreis1885 to each his own
Sabaton's old songs (before the history stuff) was kind of boring to listen to. I am referring to their early start in the early 2000s.
Agreed
The last thing I was expecting today was a new Sabaton song to drop...This just made my day...Much love from Switzerland...Hope ro see you guys live again in the near future...
A whole album dropped lad
@@mr_whippy99_84 I know...But I totaly forgot it was happening today...I'm a bit caught up in work...
@@mr_whippy99_84 this was pretty unexpected
@@fearxhusky114 undetected if you will
@@PoisonPython wings of glory?
i will never forget how i found sabaton. i went to a small local festival where they headlined. they blew everyone away. that was like 8 years ago. since then i have been to at least 5 concerts of them. everytime its amazing.
Thanks for sharing this Billy
Where was this?
shit
I found them because someone complained that they got kicked out of a Wendy’s because they blasted “The Lost Battalion” in the bathroom
@@tacticallemon7518 that guy was a gigachad
The only time that Sabaton disappoints is when you realize the song is over.
But then you realize you have the song looped.
That just means it's time for the next song!
Midway ;(
@@thekhoifish0146 82nd all the way
@@thekhoifish0146 the second half of midway hits pretty hard tho.
No matter if you like rock or not, once u listen to Sabaton u are enchanged with
well it's metal😂
@@ErC0411 Rock and Metal are kinda cousins so it's an understandable mistake, both are awesome anyway ^^
Is really true, first I always listen to chill music, but sabaton change my taste and now I really love this guys work!
@@FollowCarrier1997 Well you can always return to chill music if you listen to the Red Baron's intro...
Until it's time to yell higher!
Or well you know the melancholic songs
@@guifire9747 Metal beats rock, as scissor beats paper
3:08 *"As fast a lighting there's no time to mourn: A glimpse of the future... and Blitzkrieg is born."*
The musical run-up with lyrical foreshadowing never ceases to give me chills.
Strike at zero hour
With overwhelming firepower...
0:57 to 1:12 never fails to give me goosebumps
@@manuelmendocorral958they're fueled by the fear
In their enemies' eyes
@@deadstar9507 A shock infiltration
A fast and violent escalation.
Out Of the trenches
The Stormtroopers rise.
@@manuelmendocorral958Repeat what u said.
I remember watching "The Lost Battalion" in high school, as part of history class. I forget when exactly in the movie this happened, but I do remember that, when one of the German generals quietly, coldly ordered "Send in the stormtroopers," my jaw dropped.
At the time, I was--and still am--a huge Star Wars fan. I vaguely knew the Star Wars stormtroopers were based on real German soldiers, but having said that, I remember thinking "Oh my God, what *is* a real stormtrooper, who were these guys?"
And then when they showed up wielding flamethrowers and machine guns, I was awestruck. Star Wars wishes their stormtroopers were half as badass as the real ones!
Shock troops trained and equipped specifically to shatter enemy defenses. Tactics and equipment varies wildly by government and galaxy, but the mission remains the same.
The clones are ironically a better counterpart than Imperials to German Stormtroopers.
@@archer260 Ironic, but not surprising if you consider the situations. The G.A.R. was built to take on a peer level military, while the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps was primarily a means of suppressing uprisings on "friendly" worlds.
This shift in priorities is also visible in the fleet composition, shifting from a diverse and balanced battle fleet to a standardized series of mobile firebases expected to operate individually.
More irony, the massive bulk of the Imperial I and II classes, necessary to house all the support forces that used to have their own transports, combined with the heavily focussed armament officers liked for increased lethality made them particularly vulnerable to being outmanuvered by small high speed targets like the Incom Corporation T-65 X-Wing, whose design team joined the Rebel Alliance. XD (much to the frustration of Incom, which was held liable by the Empire)
@@ronaldthompson4989 check out warhammer 40k stormtroopers as they definitely deserve the name or tempestus scions as they are called now they are known for dropping behind enemy lines or jumping from orbit to avoid anti air guns.
@@brandonforrester9729 the Emperor protects
"A glimpse of the future and Blitzkrieg is born" sends shivers down my spine
I find it quite interesting how both Germany and the entente were _this close_ to creating the perfect storm that is blitzkrieg in WWI. The entente had the tanks, the germans had the tactics, the only missing piece was combined arms
@@christophvonpezold4699 didn't the Germans get their inspiration from a French 'sergeant' . When I'm not wrong he had great impact , at least his diary, or what was found of it, on the German stormtrooper doctrine and was greatly ignored by he allies.
@@TDKtheFIGHTER IIRC they were already using stormtroopers by then, but even then as you said the french/british didn't rlly use it
After this song Ghost division starts. Imagine this live.
@@Alex-ui8xp and then steel commanders after that maybe?
I just buried a brother this past Thursday and today I see you have a new song and then realize that yall dropped a new album. And This helps me so much. Yall don't fail to help me through hard times. Keep it up. I am sure that he would have loved this.
Odin and the Old Gods receive him well.
Shame your brother didn't hear it.
May he rest in peace.
@@sansanichalexandroff8913 blast this with speakers loud enough. Surely after a few decibels soundwaves would start to break the barrier and cross the post-mortal realm, no?
RIP to your brother, stay strong
"...strike at 0 Hour, with overwhelming fire power... " GOLD !!
Ternyata OHHH orang indo ada yang suka sabaton cokkk ga cuman gua
They're fueled by the fear in their enemy's eyes!
@@halo6142 :highfive: toss
@@halo6142 lah, gk cuman gua ternyata
@@umcmedic8272Its a shock troop infiltration!
I like how Stormtroopers and Future of Warfare mirror each other - tanks and stormtroopers were in a way solutions to question on how to break the deadlock on the Western Front.
Entente by use of machines, Central powers by use of elite men
@@Locoinmysleep both are now a staple of modern warfare as we know today.
World leaders: How do we break the deadlock?
Generals: YOU LEARN TO MOVE YOUR ASS AND VEHICLES MOTHER FUCKER!
I love this band because they give a voice to those previously thought forgotten. It is really beautiful to me and all soldiers who fought these awful battles deserve this.
The 'Sturmtruppen' were tasked to rapidly infiltrate enemy lines, led from the front and highly flexible due to "Auftragstaktik" ("goal orientated tactics" = instead of blank orders the german army bscly goes for "i want this goal to be achieved... how you do it is your business") and equiped with the best of the best when it comes to weaponry (they would use highly new and inoventive gear such as the MP18 (one of, if not the, first submachine gun) and light machine guns) and protective gear (such as the new and acctually usefull "Stahlhelm"), they would quickly charge over no mans land, envelop the enemys flanks and often be so quick that they could mow down reinforcements before they suspected to be in contact...
They were often made up from elite, battle hardened veterans from the eastern front, freed up by the russian revolution and subsequent peace treaty with russia, and told to think of themselves as the "princes of the trenches" and boy did they live up to that....
(Correction 1: the mp18 is a smg and not a mg ofc... sorry for that)
And quite a few of them didn't even carry guns. Just a dozen or so grenades and some sort of melee weapon.
@@5peciesunkn0wn The madlads
Man I'm pumped for the history lesson we get on this subject from joakim/pär and Indy.
You taught me that stuff better than my history teacher can explain how imperialism and others related stuff change the course to the discovery of asia
The Allied powers lost 5.7 million soldiers in 1918 and the central powers lost 4 million, a lot of it was thanks to those new stormtrooper doctrines and tactics
My 3 years old daughter always requests this song when we get in the car, always asking me to put the "robot song on" and mumbling the lyrics. Happy to see even younglings can appreciate Sabaton music!
This is really inspiring to read! Thanks for letting us know, things look promising for your young metalhead 😎
Wow a female metalhead
your daughter knows what music is the best
You have succeeded as a parent
Robot music? Ok
It's not a Sabaton song unless you become overwhelmingly patriotic for a country you don't even belong to.
@ucenik ucenik Vi Srbi
@@smileyface3956 HELL YEAH BALKAN PILLOW FIGHT
@@pedoslayer hell yeah for hemeland ready
@ucenik ucenik based serb
(the song starts)"Ja! Lass uns gehen! Granaten raus Jungs!" (the song slows down at the part where everyone is going aaaahhhhhh aaaaahhhhh) "...well then...I...I didn't realize i knew German..." (The song kicks back in) "oh ja hier gehen wir wieder!!!!"
The ONLY rock band where you can go to a concert and get an education in history at the same time.
We're more than glad to help 🤘🏼
Iron Maiden.
That has to be said, and now that it is, I'm glad to see the torch carried on. I hadn't heard of Sabaton until today, and this is the only song I've heard, but now going to check out more, this was great!
@@montishaya my main recommendation is last stand and to hell and back
@@montishaya The entire album is like a history lesson on WWI.
LMAO
I appreciate that these songs honor history and the people that made it, even if they were on the losing side of a war, or even used as tools for evil. The unbiased way these songs respect their subject regardless of who it is truly is a great thing.
I wouldn't call those song unbiaised (shyroyama and rorke's drift are clearly told from a european point of view), but they do celebrate courage and honor from every side.
@@gabrielrognon6238 I don't get how Shiroyama is told from European perspective, given that there were no Europeans fighting on either side, and IIRC Prussians supplied both sides with equipment. Tho Shiroyama's definitely biased toward the samurai.
@@bogimperatortadeuszrydzyk1033 by "point of view" I didn't meant to say that the songs were told by a european, but the way european see the conflict. We associate samourai with chevalery code an so shyroyama is seen as a last stand for the rond table knight, negating the fact that samourai were pretty much nobles fighting peasant to keep their numerous privilege over the society.
We fully agree on the fact that the song is biaised toward samourais.
@@gabrielrognon6238 Oh, in this sense. I definitely agree that the samurai rebellion had nothing to do with chivalry and everything to do with retaining their privileges.
@@gabrielrognon6238 I think you mean that europeans associate samurai with Bushido AND chivalry. Both of which, I agree, have no real significance in the actual historical conflict. It was truly the last attempt for samurai to keep their privileges and way of life safe from the Japanese Empire. In this way, you are correct.
“THEY’RE FUELED BY THE FEAR IN THEIR ENEMIES’ EYES”
This has got to be one of my favorites, other than The Last Stand, and Lady of The Dark
ITS A SHOCKTROOP INFILTRATION
*OUT OF THE TRENCHES THE STORMTROOPERS RISE !*
JAGERS LEAD THE WAY
"A glimpse of the future" The German Strumtrupen of World War One were the beginning of modern special forces. From Airforce Commandos to Navy SEALS, they are all just later more specialized version of the Stormtroopers.
Elite, swift-moving, independant thinking and flexible small-group units, from then till now. The very first of "the few good men."
then we got starwars stormtrooper..they're so special that they cant hit anything
Bro this concept predates Germany and all of Europe. It's as old as horsemen and cavalrym
@@Y.M... They were mounted troops, and their successors are tank formations and airmobile units (read: helicopters). Highly trained and extremely mobile infantry was brand new, hence why it was such a rude shock when they made their debut at Verdun. The _Strosstruppen_ put every new infantry tactic that had been developed in the past two decades together and came up with infiltration tactics, the basis for all modern infantry doctrines today.
@@PhoenixT70 I said "as old as", not "congruent to".
My favorite of the album. WELL DONE SABATON
I typically only listen to 80s and 90s country music. But after seeing Race To The Sea as an add on UA-cam, my curiosity was peaked. I am loving this entire album so far. I am a fan of Sabaton now.
Now after listening to the entire album, Lady of the Dark is easily my favorite. Followed by Race to the Sea and Dreadnought.
It's great having you on board 😎
get this man's comment likes
Welcome to the club!
@@M4A3E8_Sherman said and done
Same, I'm a big Johnny Cash fan, I listen to a lot of Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson and John Denver, never listened to metal in my life. Then for some reason I found The Winged Hussars in my recommendations and now 70% of what I listen to is Sabaton!
This is one of the best sabaton songs. Other bands become worse with time, but sabaton gets better
When you search "Stormtrooper" and you find a Sabaton song instead of a Star Wars video, then you have confirmed that this band is good :D
Welcome to the history community! You can now never leave :D
Like, When I type Stomtrooper on UA-cam top 5 video of my search is literal German WW1 stormtrooper and
4 other video is fiction stormtrooper, But from warhammer 40k including one of them is Death Korps of Krieg then after 9 top is Star Wars
The Algorithm pulls out a W in that case
@@MemeAnt lol i’m apart of the star wars and history community
@@rahadityap2375 as a 40k Fan I approve
Fun fact: the Ghost Division's commander was a Stormtrooper
Erwin Rommel was a stormtrooper?
@@amandeepgill5206 yup
@@amandeepgill5206 Someone like stormtrooper
He even wrote a book about his ww1 experiences. "Infanterie greift an!" or "infantry attacks!"
Rommel was a stormtrooper yes.
Matching the explosive energy of Ghost Division was impossible I thought. Then the Germans hit again with their Stormtroopers. Love it!
I mean just go listen to Lion from the north
@@kousand9917 That song is pretty gud, but it's not really as fast paced as Ghost Division or Stormtroopers. It's an average paced song imo, not slow by any means.
@@thepizzafoogle5481 Lion from the North is faster than ghost division but not as fast as Stormtroopers for me.
But when I googled the tempo ghost division has about 175 bpm and Lion from the north about 150 bpm.
@@bah2vi LftN is definitely slower
@@bah2vi im pretty sure rorkes drift is a faster song
Stormtroopers to historians: An elite group of soldiers made by the Germans to help win WWI.
Stormtroopers to most other people: Star Wars soldiers with no aim and no brains.
Stormtroopers to heavy metal fans: THEY'RE FUELED BY THE FEAR IN THEIR ENEMIES EYES!
They’re so true. The Galactic Empire misused the stormtroopers, but the German Empire used them to great effect.
@@brunothebat4122 That's just a common trope that uhh..... unfortunately is common nowadays.... but anyway
Stormtroopers in heavy metal fans kinda describe it
Then came the first order stormtroopers, who could hit the broad side of a barn
@@Barbariandisks Yeah, they were the only good ones. Maybe they used aimbot?
Sabaton - Stormtroopers
0% drugs
0% cars
100% overwhelming fire power
1000% blitzkrieg
The blitzkrieg was created After the first World War the stormtrooper are the ancestor of it of course but breaking through enemy Line with the blitzkrieg tactick was only thought before WW2 to deafeat the feared Maginot Line that would have put a stop to any and all offensive tried on it
Ha ha ha Sam you are clever gg dude
1%drugs
ww2
Oh trust me the armies used loads of drugs
10000% FLYING HIGHER
*Fueled by the fear in the enemy's eyes.* Now thats what we call aggression
Star Wars Stormtroopers: Who are you?
WWI Stormtroopers: We're you but better.
10V10
Losses star wars:10
WW1:0
We're you but on meth
@@sturmtruppe5005 not even at least, stormtrooper armor isn't designed for ballistic weaponry, you can just shoot em dead.
@@barkerbarks2537 Actually, stormtrooper armor is inmune to bullets.
@@alejandroelluxray5298 source? I didn't know that. Thought it wouldn't be.
Star Wars really nerfed these guys
The EU stormtroopers were this hardcore
The old trilogy only let them be needed with the key 4 characters
Disney needed them permanently
Actually Obi wan said they were brutal af and we all know Obi doesn’t care about Geneva Convention
@@lowenburg1989 yeah, in the original movies they never lost except to the main characters and the final battle. The only reason the Ewoks won was by overwhelming numbers and stealth.
@@lowenburg1989 Their armor is very weak and isn't meant for a full out war. They are easily defeated by strong artillery or armored vehicles, which is what the Germans had in ww1. My comment is meant to compare the WW1 Stormtroopers and the Star Wars Stormtroopers. Star Wars Stormtroopers are strong, but are weak in comparison to the WW1 German Stormtroopers.
Yeah I was thinking the same
If you didn’t know, (Infantry) “Attacks” was a boom written by Rommel, who practically manifested Blitzkrieg, so I thought the line “Infantry Attacks” was a nice homage to it, whether intentional or not!
It's a very interesting read. It's up there with art of war and Machiavellis books.
Weren't blitzkrieg tactics used by people such as the Arabs and Mongolians way before Rommel during the medieval era?
@@invincibleunderthesun8545 Its not a new thing at all. Movement and mobility was a thing that many militaries tried to achieve since forever. The mongols, Napoleon, etc. The Germans didnt suddenly invent it in '39, they did what they always tried to do ( as seen in '70-71), and which didnt work in WW1, but now they had new technologies to implement it again.
Except he only coined the term blitzkrieg. Quick, hard hitting units always existed. They were called "shock troops" all throughout history.
@@brandondavis7777 I dont think Rommel invented the term "Blitzkrieg". I would have to read Infantry Attacks again, but I think its a media thing
i can already tell this is going to be one of my favourites off of this album
Sabaton music is like… distilled motivation. I’ve never ran harder than when I have this amazing music blaring through my headphones. Awesome album. Can’t wait to play it to death.
WE'RE MAKING OUT OF THE TRENCHES WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥
B ythe emperor, you BEST make it out of the trench or else the commissary will shoot ya
If your ever down bad, we'll get you out with this song.
@@homieslayer1807FOR THE FATHERLAND
And we’re gonna also make it into the trenches with it
Trenchwarfer IS Back Go get this orcs
It's loud
It's fast
It's heavy
ITS PERFECT!
wrong
*IT'S THE STURMTRUPPEN!*
ITS TF2 SOLDIER
I doubt I'll ever forget, just how hard my jaw hit the floor when I first heard this song back in November '21, when I was part of the few invited to hear the album at the Royal Museum of Arms in Belgium. I was not prepared for a Sabaton song THIS heavy... It's still a freaking banger!
They are getting better and better! AMAZING
That's what happens with experience. They can only grow from here.
yeah they're getting better even though I miss songs similar to Stalingrad or Rise of Evil.
If anything, they just get worse with each album. And they did not even have a good start to begin with lol.
@@asmodai2025 demolition hammer pfp, respect
The way he says “Firepower“ 🤘
"A glimpse of the future, and Blitzkrieg is born"
Goosebumps....
I don't know how they do it, but every single Sabaton song is an absolute banger. My cardio playlist is like, 80% Sabaton as well.
Two Steps From Hell also has some great cardio music, really gets the adrenaline going
Bro mine is 100% sabaton
Ayo same! 😃
the mine is 100% sabaton too XD
i just like rock
same for me in this year, and i usually listen to Hip-Hop. This shit is pure fire
At the end of a crummy day, this is just what I needed; an epic sabaton song! Thanks guys!
100% agree my friend!
Same
same here buddy
not just a song but a whole album
Marco your video is very good, know that I like you very much to make videos.
Heavy metal and history....never have two of my passions mixed so wonderfully.
I cant get enough of this band, I am so happy I stumbled onto them.
Me to
Me too! I love history, especially military history, and heavy metal. So refreshing to listen to some amazing compositions with such lyrical genius.
4 years ago, Sabaton became the first band that I listened to on a regular basis. After all this time, I discovered a lot of music, I began to like metal and rock, but even now, when I see a new song by Sabaton, I listen and understand that they will never disappoint me. Perhaps the role is that I adored history before Sabaton, but I can say one thing, thanks for your songs Sabaton
I'm going to have to say that sabaton is probably the best band I ever heard. Their style is different what there songs are about are a good topic and can definitely listen to. I might even have to say that sabaton is now my new favorite band.
This is amazing, got a whole new album to blast while playing battle field 1
There still active servers in btf1??
@@mesadepalo actually there are more than in Bf2042😅
I mean, BF1 fucking rocks
@@jackbrunton9833 best battlefield change my mind
@@sirflapfla97 impossible challenge
My personal top 5 on this album are:
#5 Hellfighters
#4 Lady of the Dark
#3 Christmas Truce
#2 The Unkillable Soldier
#1 Stormtroopers
"The Blitzkrieg is born - Strike at zero hour with overwhelming firepower" - goosebumps!
we have a very similar taste my friend
I like Dreadnought as well. The chorus kicks butt.
Mine would be:
1 Stormtroopers
2 Sarajevo/ Versaille
3 Lady of the Dark
4 Race to the Sea
5 Dreadnought
Stormtroopers; is like some older more energetic Sabaton songs and i like that.
Sarajevo and Versaille; make a atmosphere for the Album and are enjoyable, even if they are "The same" idc.
Lady of the Dark: Epic Story, quiet catchy Lyrics Joakims voice gives chills.
Race to the Sea; Makes we want to flood a River ;D
Dreadnought; BFG, naught said
@@djdrake1163 race to the sea is by far my favourite but i might be biased because belgiummmmm
I'd go Hellfighters, Stormtroopers, Lady of the Dark, Christmas Truce and Soldier of Heaven
“A glimpse of the future and blitzkrieg is born” is one of the hardest hitting lines ever
These are the only Stormtroopers that should be feared and respected.
I think WWII Stormtroopers were much scarier. I wouldn’t say if they have to be respected though.
@@boneflayer3954 nah I wouldn't say that the fear when the stormtroopers attacked in ww1 is written about especially when the idea was new the entente didn't know what hit them in ww2 the idea was well known and both sides had similar troops
@@boneflayer3954 I admit, I thought the Nazi's replaced the stormtroopers with panzers almost entirely, so I wasn't aware they were in large use in the second world war, and I can actually see why they would be scarier, but I was meaning respect in the sense that they shouldn't be underestimated.
Also I was trying to make it funny as I have a feeling there will be some people who will be like "stormtroopers are from star wars" so I kinda meant that these Stormtroopers are should be feared rather than the star wars characters. 😅
@@deadmanlnc2215 the germans mostly used sturmpioneers in ww2, not sturmtruppen. similar idea, just fewer more elite units that could do a broader range of tasks, although many stormtrooper tactics were also adopted by the regular infantrymen. they also had sturmzugs (storm platoons), but these weren't quite as extensive tactically as sturmtruppen were in ww1 (and their men were not called sturmtruppen)
@@matthiuskoenig3378 appreciate the information 👍🙂 thank you.
the speed and energy of this song really emphasizes how the stormtroopers operated, with overwhelming speed, power, and energy. its stuck in my head now, thanks sabaton i love you guys
And the winner of the best song of the album goes to... STORMTROOPERS!
Dreadnaughts would like to know your location…
@@jeoregwashington2878 when looking at views, Stormtroopers wins by far
Lady of the dark would like to know your location...
@@Brandon0406 I mean its just preference like Versailles is my favorite
@@kousand9917 that's why I said "when looking at views". Versailles and Sarajevo are okay but the storytelling inbetween just makes it rather annoying to listen to several times if you ask me. That's what the history versions of the songs are for. You can't blast those anywhere or on concerts because it's just awkward silence.
The new golden era of Sabaton is so good
I never listened to one Sabaton song before, but believe me this one gave me chills
I am now a Sabaton fan
Welcome!
Welcome. You will learn allot about history
welcome bruder, the path of history by metal awaits you
Same
That’s how we’re all here one way or another
I've always known stormtroopers in Star Wars were named with inspiration from their ww1 counterparts but when I had seen the art in the music video of the Stromtrooper with a gasmask, for the first time I had realised that the Star Wars stormtrooper helmet was created with inspiration with the eye holes in the helmet reminiscent to a ww1 gasmask. Sabaton is always teaching something, even if it is something that wasn't intended. :P
Yep many parts of star wars were inspired by Germany alone
@@funfactor4528 i thought the Empire was the only German-esque part of Star Wars
@Kaiser Von Bahr yep, also the machinegun is literally an mg42
@@kermitthewarcriminal7896 it's not mg42 it's mg34 a Early version of mg42
@@MMM-ki7lc my bad, didnt really remember which one they used
Sabaton, the only band in history to be *historically* a continuous success with each release.
And to do it with subject matter that is hard as hell to make sound cool, being that almost all of their songs are just history lessons. Sabaton have proven themselves to be geniuses many times over.
@@Garrumx bruh, out of all the subjects from school and all, History was always my fav. Even before I enjoyed the games or history stuff playing on TV. I honestly think more people love history now then they did 20 or 30 years ago.
You know u a legend when u lose two world wars yet people remember u for the many ingenious and techniques and weapons that u used in the wars.
Sabaton is like the cool history teacher who walks into the classroom with a full Imperial German uniform and gas mask.
and actual gas. whoops.
Best part of this comment is the fact that Joaquim put on a gas mask during St. Louis concert, while playing Attack of the Dead Men!
*Happy gas mask noises*
@@TFZ. *aggressive dog barking*
Man I wish I had a history teacher that cool. Maybe I would actually remember a single part of Washington State History, though I doubt even Sabaton could make Washington State History cool.
Having listened, now, to the whole album, I think I can say that this song is my favorite on it.
Followed closely by “Lady of the Dark” and “Unkillable Soldier.”
Bravo, Sabaton, you’ve done it again.
Lady of the Dark is catchy but the lyrics are like "Look she don't have a penis." It strikes me as odd how how much they like to point it out, it would be like if White Death was "Look he don't have a vagina."
Maybe it is just me
@@madogthefirst I can see your point but back in the day, that was pretty damn significant. 😛
@@madogthefirst I don’t really see it that way. I get your point, but I think you miss this historical value of the point Sabaton are trying to make. In warfare, especially in trench warfare here, a woman on the battlefield is relatively unheard of.
They are drawing attention to the unlikelihood that she would be allowed (much less capable) of standing and fighting for her country through numerous engagements as an infantryman is a big deal, especially in the early 20th century.
I don’t think praising her for being one of the very, very few women in combat in WWI (she was also very highly decorated) lessens or cheapens in any way the accomplishments of someone like Simo Hayha in the same way that I don’t think Hellfighters acknowledgement of the ethnicity of a battalion from Harlem cheapens the experience that the lost battalion of the Argonne has.
Sabaton is highlighting differences and similarities in a way that allows us to appreciate those that did unheard of or remarkable things in warfare.
@@madogthefirst have you heard of the story of Mulan?
mine is same except lady of the darl replaced by dreadnoughts
My Great-Grandfather was an officer of the stormtroopers, responsible for their sports training. He also trained troops in Hungary and received several medals, including the Iron cross
I always like to see the imperial German Heer an army with honor. The British noted that when captured, they would be the first to help treat the wounded.
@@radicalgremlin6440 Unfortunately being a German stormtrooper was one of the most dangerous jobs in the German army in ww1 infact it was so dangerous that you had to be single to join if you were Married you were not allowed to join becouse the chance that you would not come back was very high
@@tiagomonteiro130 true. they would have a bit of luxury and a good meal... because it would often be their last meal
my great-great-grandfather was a shoe-maker during ww1, and my great-grandfather was a shoe-maker druing ww2. both them were german.
@@leoarnold9618 Ah yes, supplying the war machine with a good supply of shoes, can't march properly without good boots.
Once i told someone star wars didnt make stormtroopers first they didnt believe me so i told them about this song they came back and immediatly apologised
Ah yes the original stormtroopers who could actually hit their target unlike the Galactic empire Stormtroopers.
I posted this a year ago as a joke. Didn't expect anyone to actually to debate.
I’m convinced if you gave a stormtrooper(Star Wars kind) a knife, he would miss when he tries to stab you.
Rebel Propaganda
@@sundeeprandhawa6007 ah yes the tau
They do pretty damn well against anyone without plot armor. Remember the crew of the Tantive V getting massacred at the start of episode 4 and the Rebels on Hoth getting overwhelmed?
@@braith117 again with the plot armor bullshit
Thanks Sabaton for the support to my wonderful soldiers. Very appreciated. Long live the Empire.
501st forever!
Underrated comment
@@shaydowsith348 Fallschirmjaeger forever. And earlier
Pas plutôt pour mes crétin de soldat il me manque c'est clone
And cue Imperial march
If there's anything I've learned about listening to Sabaton for about a year now
It's definitely had learn more history
Fair enough!
My neighbours didn't like the verse
So I gave them more with overwhelming firepower
Doing a shocktroop infiltration on them
@noobie_3 noobie_03 oh and also out of the trenches he rise
Interesting that they mention the pioneers joining the fray. Pioneer Company 699 was an incredibly influential tool in both world wars. They were a company of military engineers, essentially. They were both demolitionists but also build bridges and ferries necessary for troop movement and supply.
"69"9 bruh
@@the_coveted_one2163 Mature...
@@the_coveted_one2163" Clicks tongue " noice
Nice
Why was that specific company so influential? It sounds like their mission set is exactly what same as as any other Pionier unit.
This song explains stormtroopers strategy while not for a second not sounding like a metal song. Well done!
It's what sabaton does best!!!
But this is power metal.
And it sounds like power metal...
@@thomasbuysse3159 they said not sounding like NOT metal, so basically they meant that it sounds like metal while still explaining how the storm troopers strategy works
Sabaton have its own sound cattogrie, full metal jacket! 😂
@@antonioducc4501 But I think it still sounds like metal.
Metal is a very broad genre.
Power Wolf sounds a little like Sabaton.
If you're interested in older power metal you could also take a took at Manowar.
I love the sturmtruupen. They are a legend even today. Their fearlessness and willingness to charge headlong against their enemy is amazing. They remind me much of the United States Marines in their dedication and skill. They fought with a determination that before was never seen as adamantly. may they rest forever for their honored service to their Fatherland. And their Sacred Germany!
They did not do WWI style charges. The strumtruupen were using the first set of modern infantry tactics of small fire teams moving forward one half firing the other moving under cover of that fire with short key artillery use around five minutes not the all day of before.
But yes very brave but also very smart you can't charge though enemy prepared trench lines but you can move up in small groups and push though the weak points.
@@antiquusblaufu268 Makes me depressed how much they've taken away your honor and you've all fallen for it. I guess it's expected though they've been brainwashing you to hate yourselves for almost 80 years. Thank god my grandfather moved after the war to America.
@@ErichHiller44 not all of us.
@@kaiserin7814 thats good to hear!
@@antiquusblaufu268 autocracy doesnt automatically mean being evil. Turkey after ww1 would be a good example, and while no saints, the kaiserreich and austria hungary were acting fairly normal for the time.
Sabaton is a history teacher but is very epic like he would bring a tank to school
It would be a bit of a logistical issue but sounds great nonetheless
@@Sabaton let's be real here a little bit of a logistics issue won't stop y'all from barging into class with a Tiger
I’ve officially listened to every song on the new album, this is definitely my fav.
Same, Race to the Sea is really good too.
@@JustFF-xm1bb i also love it, but what is funky about it is, that it reminds md of hearts of iron from the Album heroes
@@Zerster2 maybe that’s why I love it. Hearts of iron is my second favorite song lmao
My top three:
-Stormtroopers
-Race to the Sea
-Tie between Lady of the Dark/Dreadnoughts
"I am the storm that is approaching!"
- every single german soldier in ww1
American shotguns
*Canadian shock troopers nodding in enjoyment*
@@guywithbread7873 Looks like we might need to start up those rolling barrages again soon. Our military may be woefully equipped, underfunded and without motivated leadership but who needs any of that when your a Canadian with a trench club.
American artillery 😎
All Canadians were considered storm troopers.
The Germans only had a limited number of. dedicated sturm (assault) trooper units.
I have a big playlist of Sabaton songs and I’m definitely adding this as the second song after Ghost Division!
This is sort of the prequel to ghost division
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 panzerkampf is the sequel
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 in two ways. As Rommel was a Stormtrooper himself
@@thedewdude6675 and panzer battalion is the sequel’s sequel
@@galacticbananastopmotions7292 steel commanders is the song that plays over the credits
I told my friend to give me a pic of stormtrooper he send me a pic of ww2 Stromtrooper then he send me this
Your friend is a chad 🗿
He sent the best kind
Well of course he sent these Stormtroopers! They are the only true Stormtroopers! And they are the only ones that can solve the fact that
"Now there's a standstill in the war"
Sturmtruppen > Stormtrooper
This is ww1
"A glimpse of the future, the Blitzkrieg is born!" Damn, that line gives me chills
You guys don't disappoint another amazing three sets of songs
Superb combination of the fast rhythm of the music with the fast pace of the progression the "Sturmtruppen" really had; a superb achievement yet again! Congratulations to your latest releases, they all have a place in my heart, as does SABATON as a whole!
"Sweet, Sardistic, Suprise, Service, *_STRIKE AT ZERO HOUR"_*
SI CAROLUS REX
I'm stealing this.
WITH OVERWHELMING FIREPOWER
THEY'RE FUELED BY THE FEAR IN THEIR ENEMIES' EYES!
@@unoreu IT'S A SHOCK TROOP INFILTRATION
In life, war.
In death, peace.
In life, shame.
In death, atonement.
Finally someone.
Yes krieger
_Ave Imperator._ The Emperor protects.
Ah,yes my bois the death korps
I don't play video games but this I understand.
My Dad and I love your songs ❤️
We appreciate your support guys!
@@Sabaton legend
"Out of the trenches, the Grenadiers rise"
- Joachimus Brodenis, Imperial chronicler, Vraks, ca.822.M41, during The Big Push
#*happy gas mask noises#
Cadia stands!
‘If he could ever rise from the Goldren Throne, He could shatter the morale of Krieg with but three words.’
“I forgive you.”
Baldermort on the Death Korps of Krieg.
@@rustkarl Or, ironically, reinforce that morale. Fanatics are volatile like that.
@@rustkarl Shatter? Nah, the sudden surge in morale would create a psychic shockwave strong enough to suture and cauterise the cicatrix maledictum in seconds.
Day 365 of listening to this for a year
Thanks to everyone that watched me finish this ❤
Nice one! Thanks for the daily support hx20games77! You're a legend 🤘
Legend
as for me, this is the best song of the whole album, I don’t deny the others are also excellent, well done Sabaton
I've been waiting for a song like this for quite some time: a fast, catchy, and very melodic song is just what I need to start my day with.
I think this will end up as one of my top favorites of this album, and I haven't even heard the rest of the new songs yet!
They're fueled by the fear
In their enemies' eyes!
It's a Shock Troop infiltration!
A fast and violent escalation!
Damn! I love it!! So much motivation! And this rhythm... Listening to this lines, like being in first line of attack!
Going to see Sabaton live in London in a few days from tonight, would be my second time. Absolutely incredible band, nothing but talent and passion from those guys.
Sabaton is not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. The only group I have learned most of their songs by heart. Love them!
Когда вы успеваете создавать такие великолепные песни!?!! Браво!!! Я в восторге😁🤗😍
Тематики хватит выпускать по 3 альбома в год - другое дело руки гитаристов сточатся до кости от репетиций :)
Остановить войну в Украине! Трусливая русская армия намеренно обстреливает жилые дома и цели из артиллерии и ракет. Это не «спецоперация» по уничтожению нацистов в Украине, это попытка уничтожить соседнюю демократическую страну, потому что демократия - самая большая угроза для такого эгоистичного диктатора, как Путин.
@@trcthorkun Вы ошиблись каналом
@@trcthorkun Если бы российская армия хотела, украинские города уже бы пылали под калибрами, градами и искандерами.
@@colonel2347 then why does Ukraine still stand.
Russia shall fall and they will be shown the same mercy they showed the women and children, who they slaughtered in their own homes.
Слава Украине🇺🇦
Never knew there were stormtroopers in WWI. Always thought they were a WWII invention. Thanks Sabaton!
Germany (specifically von Ludendorff I believe) came up with it at the end of the war. It seems like strategic genius, but it was also born out of sheer frustration and desperation. But yes, just like tank warfare, the last months of WW1 already showed glimpses of what would eventually the revolutionary warfare of WW2
Stormtroopers were also a nickname given to candian troops by the Germans and what I thought the song was gonna be about. Or so I believe lol
@@auguststormy3096 Yeah, was a little disappointed it wasn't about the Canadians
Sturmtruppen were created in 1915 from Assault Detachment Caslow later taken over by Willy Rohr and refined and used during the Battle of Verdun
@@CrashCanuck537 We need a vimy ridge song. But that being said Sturmtruppen were baddass. Fighting that hard while being starved and undersupplied is no joke, I'm a little disappointed they didn't bring up someone like Ernst Junger tho.