They’re not singing for Sabaton they are singing for their homeland. This song is everything in history

I am so grateful as a Swede that Sabaton is swedish, so that we got the 11/10 masterpiece of the Carolus Rex album

I'm a Swedish person and I find your Swedish sound for the title almost correct. Please go on with Sabaton you have my heart for what you are doing.🥰🤗🇸🇪

Sabaton also did an English version of this song, but it was done from a different perspective. A Lifetime of War is more about the general European perspective about by the thirty years war whereas En Livstid I Krig tells the story from the perspective of a Swedish soldier during the thirty years war.

This song is about an important part of Swedish history ( the 30 year war) and the crowd was mostly Swedish, which makes it easy to understand their engagement. Additionally Joakim told the audience that they will make it a competition between Stockholm and Gothenburg and the better singing crowd will be in the video. So everybody was giving a little extra to win and i guess it was a close call in the end.

You did your swedish with grace. Well done! Cheers from a finn in Sweden.

This video came out in the worst of the lockdowns. The subject matter is heavy but also seeing a crowd like this when it seemed like there would never be live shows again was something else.

It's about a Swedish soldier during the 30yrs war. Their English version of the song is about the same war but on a more general level.

This song is about the Thirty Years' War that dominated central Europe in the 17th century (1618-1648). To this day it is one of the longest and bloodiest wars in history, with the death toll falling between 4 million and 8 million. Many of the fatalities were not even from active warfare, but famine and disease also plagued the area, upping the casualties that much more. Casualties reached such a high number that many Swedish men were forced to fight when they had barely reached manhood, and sometimes even before then. Which really makes the title of the song ("A Lifetime of War" in English) hit a little harder. Men basically spent their entire lives at war, no chance for a peaceful life. The was about the battle between Catholics and Protestants, and at some point during the war almost every major player/Country in Europe was a part of it. This Swedish version of the song tells the story from a Swedish soldier's point of view. You should also check out the English version; it is not a direct translation from the Swedish, but it rather tells the story of the war from the perspective of the outside people, those not involved directly in the war but were affected by it. The lyrics hits hard, but it also shows that even when times change, new technology comes, one thing remains constant and that is the horrors of the war, both those who fall in it and those who survive and have to live with nightmare every day (ptsd).

Your pronunciation is really good, you nailed the "i", most English speaking people pronunce it like the English I, when it's closer to ee. I used to teach Swedish as a second language and almost everyone of my students had a hard time pronuncing and hearing the difference between E, I and Y.

Also they have a Sabaton History channel on KZfaq. Which has Indie Nidal and many of the actual History of many of thier songs

Sabaton is literally the second best live-bands I've ever seen, and I've seen them 9 times and counting, They even kicked ass the first two times I saw them when the stage was barely big enough to fit the whole band! The only other band I've seen that beats their live show is Rammstein! I wasn't at this particular performance, it's a bit far from where I live, but I've seen them perform this song in swedish like this at least 7 times, and the atmosphere in the crowd specially when they let the crowd take over and do all the singing is indescribeable! I'ts one of the most amazing experiences you'll ever have!

If the whole audience sings your song, then you've made it as a band.

Sabaton !!! One of my all time favourits !!! Gott mit uns !!!

The Carolus Rex album in my opinion is Sabaton's magnum opus.

Was truly epic to be at that concert, a memory for life. This tune in Swedish really packs a punch. The song emphasizes the destructive nature of war and how it has brought Europe down in flames. Despite the immense suffering and loss caused by war, there are always a few who survive and strive to find a way to live another day. Awesome lyrics, awesome reaction and awesome Swedish pronunciation Stacey 👌Greetings from Sweden, rock on 🤘

Their song "Lion From the North" is also about this time period.

I was at this concert, less than a week before covid hit Europe, so it turned out to be the last concert for quite some time (hell, part of you wondered if you would ever get to experience a concert of this size again). The reason why people sang the entire song was that the band challenged the crowd to a sing-along contest between Gothenburg and Stockholm (the next tour stop, the next day). I think we won... 😁 Your swedish pronunciation was pretty much perfect btw.

Another song that can hit hard to think about the soldiers in and after war is "Wrong side of heaven - Five finger death punch"

My favourite Sabaton song. Great reaction!

FYI the drummer is not sitting behind the tank but on the tank and also he is married to Floor Jansen greetings from The Netherlands

Thank you so much, Stacey! This brought back memories of the Cologne concert last year and i wanted to shout "Noch ein Bier" (another beer) at the screen 😅. I don't know if this is just a thing among the German Sabaton fans or not, but it was so much fun to chant that in the pauses between the songs and have one of the stage crew come out and bring Joakim a beer. Eventually he would leave the stage and have one of the other guys drink the beer or they'd skip the pause 😂. Awesome band 🍻🤘🏻!

Your pronunciation was pretty good. It's really easy to understand what you said and yes it's swedish.

It is sad, but what is most sad is that most people wont even understand that a person is willing to give there life and die for other people. No matter where you are from, Sweden or elsewhere.

Your pronounciation of En livstid i krig was very good actually 👍 Much better than most so well done. As you must know by now the drummer Hannes van Dahl is Floor Jansens husband. What a power couple 💪 Looking forward to next Nightwish reaction and Sabaton of course.

Please note that the drummer is Floor Jansens husband.😉

I were in the audiens and it still gives me the chill every time! You are right it is Swedish. And it is always funny to se reaktionvideos of this song 🤘🤘 And you had a really good pronanciaton (spelling) 😅

Great reaction and great job at saying the name of the song 😊 I was at that show, and it was pure magic! 🤘

Hugh Congrats to You Stacey - the best pronunciation EVER from a foreign reactor to this Swedish title. They do sing in their (and my) native language - Swedish. The lyrics is powerful as it tells the story from the soldier's point of view. The translation is very on point. The guitarist that You smiled at when he looked into the camera and flipped his hair, is Tommy Johansson. He puts out metal covers of known songs on his own YT channel. He has a fantastic voice that You should check out - You will not be disappointed. The long haired drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, is of course Floor Jansen's husband.

All of Sabaton's band members have a burning interest in history and that's why they write such good songs when they know the history that they then turn into a song. That's why no other band can do it, as they don't have the real interest in history that Sabaton has. Livstid i Krig is about when Sweden was involved in the 30 years war and it is true what they sing that no one remembers the ordinary soldiers and no names are mentioned in the history books. But only important commanders and the king. The song also fits the soldiers in different countries who went to war and died, so no one but the family remembers them. If you want to see how Sabaton gets a large audience in Woodstock in Poland to sing along, then watch Sabaton - Swedish Pagans - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019, the audience should be 1 million. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL2eqLaLmtbbfnU.html or earlier basking also from Woodstock in Poland. sabaton - 40:1 Livekzfaq.info/get/bejne/or-bmbWrp9TdlIk.html or SABATON - Ghost Division (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6ybjNuf0p2Upps.html

That awesome guitar player is a even better singer. His name is Tommy Johansson and he is a KZfaqr too, so please check out his channel. He does cover songs of 70's and 80's rock and pop and christmas songs his way.

One of the best conserts I’ve been to.

You would enjoy Floor Jansen's interaction with the audience during her performance of "I Want My Tears Back" with Nightwish at Buenos Aires

Joakim fights the 30 years war daily since hes half czech and half swedish lol

I love when the lyrics go "Baptized and fall in battle" is when Stacey is enjoying it the most :D

Two of my favorite Sabaton songs that are worth reacting to are Defence of Moscow and Steel Commandeers

Hello Stacey, I just found your channel, because of Sabaton, of course 😅. Watched all your Sabaton reactions just now and I really like your take on their music, so refreshing and emotional. Sabaton is a great band and masters in evoking feelings in people. I've seen them live and every concert is an emotional, wonderful and funny experience. So far you've been listening to mostly emotionally packed ballads. If you're ready to follow the band there are really energetic songs in their discography ( as a matter of fact you got yourself into a huge rabbit hole 😂). It's good to watch them live, because they really bring it live . My picks would be: "40:1" Woodstock Poland 2012 "Great War" Great Tour, 2020 "Night Witches" Great Tour 2020 "The Last Stand" official music video "Uprising", double reaction - official music video and live from Woodstock Poland 2012. That's for starters😁 Sabaton is celebrating 25 Anniversary this year. Their discography consists of 10 albums (11 if you count "Symphony To End All War"), EP's and singles, so there's a lot to listen to. I really like everyone of your reactios to the greatest band ther is. You got yourself a new fan🤘🔥🤘🔥 Greetings from Warsaw 🎶🇵🇱

You should react to Sabaton Night Witches. The animated story. The full version. Its about a WW2 all female Russian bomber squadron. Its historically accurate and awesome

Omg, good pronunciation of the song name 😈😎🇧🇻

Hi Stacy, I think I may of finally figured out how to send a video link lol. I love your journey that you’re taking and I’m so excited to see your progress. Especially with Pink Floyd-David Gilmore and other outstanding guitarist. Have a blessed day, and thanks again.

Tip. Tommy Johansson. (Guitarist in Sabaton) he releases new cover every friday. Amazing. Hug from Sweden 🇸🇪

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songs you never head before ... OH DO I HAVEA LIST FOR YOU!!! Here's my list of folk metal bands that spans all inhabited continents Diablo Huma- Equador Hiddenland- Equador Cemican- Mexico MiracleOfSound-Ireland (look up his songs Sirona, Grainn Mahoil and Tale of Cu Chullain) Alestorm- Scotland (it's pirate metal but some people count it?) Tyr- Faroe Islands Percival- Poalnd/ Pan slavic Arkona-Russia Rune-Serbia Mägo de Oz-Spain Po' Metra Crijeva- Croatia (the band name means half a meter of guts) Manntra-Croatia Brkovi- Croatia (more of a punk band but look up their song "Ovce" a MAGICAL blend of rap,metal a, punk and folk influences) Metaklapa- Croatia (This one is weird ... they do covers of metal songs in traditional Dalmatian singing style .. for example they did Aces high) Dubioza Kolektiv- Bosnia & Hertzegovina (DO NOTE! This band is called a band with no genre for a reason! they varry from Regge R&B To Folk-Metal-Punk ... compare their "Space song" and "No escape from Balkans") Arka'n Asrafokor- TOGO (also worth of note is Skinflint from Botswana but they don't ussualy have much folk elements) Al-Namrood- Saudi Arabia (They played metal when it was punishable by death... IT DON'T GET MORE HARDCORE THAN THAT!) Hassak- Kazakhstan (it's an ethno band but listen to their song Amanat and tell me it don't belong on a metal concert) The Hu- Mongolia Nine Treasures - China/Inner Mongolia DreamSpirit- China Wagakki band- Japan Nini music- Taiwan BLOODYWOOD- India Alien weaponry- New Zealand Shepherds Reign- New Zealand/Samoa

They sing about the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) .. Where Sweden became a great power 💙💛

Great reaction and analyzing. I like your style. Greetings from Finland.

A lifetime of war I look around and I see my home fade away My time at home now feels far too short Just a youth, barely a man when duty called me If i get to see my home again, that I do not know Amongst friends from my village, I went out to figtht And the world burned For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? Went to fight for Sweden, was baptized in blood Out there where death awaits, not heroism In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard Challenging our destiny one more time Far from home Baptized and die in battle And the world burned For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? And when my time runs out Who cares then? They fight on Does a soldier get a worhty end? To fall asleep Pass away And never wake up For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? lyricstranslate.com

I have heard Sabaton before but never watched a video before. It was great watching with you, thanks

They are bard but from our generation ahah ! All their song got something to say to all of us. One of the best band ever.

im Norwegian and if there ever gets a ww 3 i will put this on. It is one of the most powerfull songs i have heard ever. I strongly belive in this and would defend my land as any other fellow.

I live in north of Sweden in town Boden where one of them are from and i think have come back home again. He is no longer playing whith them and have his own now overhere. He also have a channel here on youtube you could se on. His name is :Tommy Johansson.. Greetings from Boden. /Patrik

Please look at the animated story of " No Bullets Fly " It's a unbelievable story of honor, respect and compassion, for fellow airmen. Get ready to cry.... it's amazing..!😢😢

Fantastic reaction, and post-reaction comments. I think you just might have leveled-up to Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side of Heaven, which talks about our veterans.

Pronunciation was pretty good ☺ Love from Stockholm!

This is the story of the 30 years war in Europe (1618-1648) from a young swedish boys perspective sent out to a war to a foreign country he'll never come back from. The 30 years war was global conflict in Europe and some mean it was the actual first world war.

Ive been to sweden to see sabaton.. ive seen swedish people literally cry during this song.. big burly swedish metal heads..

One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic.

Counterstrike has to be my favorite Sabaton song opening, either Counterstrike or Swedish Pagans.

Joakim conducting a choir of thousands...

Cause I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover And I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one

And the lyrics pretty spot on word for word so you're not missing any context, that's why it also doesn't rhyme in english, Sabaton usually does that.

0:35 That was nearly perfect pronunciation actually, specifically the words, very well done!👍

This is a deeply patriotic song for those of us who are willing to lay down our lives to protect our homeland, military background or not. Oh, and yes, they were singing in Swedish.

Im my hometown of gotheburg and venue scandinavium......a lifetime in war..... I saw them in Prague as i where there for a training but wanted to see them again but sold out of cource!! In Prague though thay had vip tickets with all food and drinks free,,,,,that was dope!!

Stacey, I believe you said that you like exploring new music and artists. There's a young man named Dimash who has an absolutely beautiful voice that I believe you would enjoy listening to. A good introduction to him would be the song SOS performed at the Slavic Bazaar in Russia. Hope you get a chance to react to it.

Loved ❤

If you like bands that brings soldiers and veterans you really should look into Five finger death punch. They work a hell a lot for veterans. Your Swedish pronunciation was quite good :) Thanks for the reaction from a Swedish three tour veteran.

When it comes to War and the number of dead I always think about the population of a Country or a City (like Lemmy did before writing "1916").

You absolutely failed at butchering the title because that's probably the best I've heard a North American do without having lived here 😊

My wife suprised me at this consert, in our home town Gothenburg, nice to see that people like it, it was a very good night for us 🇸🇪🇸🇪

You must listen to their song Primo Victoria. It is one of the best 😊

The swedish Version is great!

All Swedes - All rise for the metalheads anthem. Stacey, Sabaton isnt all about music, this one sure as hell isnt any different but the history is the behind of everything Sabaton does, the album Carolus Rex hits real close to home.

Floors husband Hannes on drums !

lol i know this is a sad song, we lost maybee 20% of our men during the long time we were at war wich is part of what this song isd about a lifetime of war, we had a time of almost 300 years of war, with a few years of peacy inbetween but the cost was horrible for us. and concidering how many times we lost people coz of plague or years of frost, tbh is a miracle we still excist as a people.

I'm from Sweden and your Swedish is almost on point. But you also talking about what happend when you come back to war. That i feel you should check out a band call 'Five finger death punch'. They have a song called wrong side of heaven that are singing about what happend after you go to war. where society hardly care about them after they returned from war. It's a very sad song but worth to check out. Have a nice day and greetings from Huskvarna Sweden.

Nightwish Army Northern Germany greets the Sabaton family.

It is anazing

Great reaction videos! For your next Sabaton song, please check out No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video), and by the way, bring some tissues :)

Soldier of heaven are one of the best too.

Recomend this music: Amon Amarth - Raise Your Horns

Olá, você quer descobrir novos talentos? O guitarrista da banda, o nosso Thor com aquele cabelo maravilhoso e um excelente cantor, ele tem um canal no KZfaq com o seu nome, e também ele tem uma banda chamada magesttic. De uma olhada no canal dele, você vai se surpreender com tantos covers de qualidade. 🎸🎤😎💯Sorry, I forgot to say the name, Tommy Johansson.

Best pronounciation I've heard of that title from a non-swede. :)

Ok second comment i know, but i saw some other reaction some time ago. Dont remember who it was but he said that Sabaton is a lot like Kizz 3 decades ago. He said something like they put on one hell of a show but is low on talant. I disagree, they do one hell of a show and got loads of tallent... Sabaton is amazing and they are growing fast cause of it...

This is in the city I am currently living in Göteborg

Historia teller of the sweden power

Massive history.

Great reaction as always. It says a lot for what I think about you as a reactor that I'm listening to all these metal reactions. And I don't like metal. You are so good at this that I'm disappointed that you're not reacting to a wider range of music. Then I thought you're not getting other requests so here's one. React to Ren and his song "Hi Ren". He's a unique and original artist. He has a fascinating backstory that I'll let you discover. He will blow your mind just like he has of other reactors.

You should react to metallica one of their older songs like something from the ride the lightning album.

Absolútna krása

Nice pronunciation. Just before this clip started Joakim (the singer) said no one carries around a lighter anymore but you all have phones, right? So turn on your lights for this oner. Then at the start, he said totally wonderful my friends, let's sing together en livstid i krig (a lifetime of war) I was at this show (sitting somewhere in the middle of the platform to the left from this view of the stage) and needless to say, it was one hell of a show that night. They had sold out the arena so we were 10 766 metalheads in the arena (going by facts in the newspaper and online after the show)

I would recommend you take a listen to the guitarist of Sabataon Tommy Johansson, his cover of "She's Gone" is suberb...

This song hits different if you understand Swedish and Norwegian.

So... the adventure into Sabaton begins 2:27 the cat stealing the show, wanting to join the stage ???

They have the same song in English but that is with a different meaning. But still the same haha. Peace and no war!

Hi Beauty ! Proud Swede ! Your Swedish is perfect ! 👍👍👍💕😎🇸🇪

Almost perfect swedish

Epic performance🇸🇪 in Göteborg..

Hi Stacey. You say you like to travel around the world. Then I invite you to come to Sweden and our beautiful capital with all the islands (the archipelago). Then I will be your personal guide. I can say that the translation is so perfect right there.

You probably realise this by now but I'll say it anyway; you misunderstand the context of the song, it's about a specific war Sweden was involved in, where literally generations of fathers and sons went to war and were killed on the battlefield. It's not written about soldiers in general. But of course it will apply to soldiers in general as well.

please listen to Sabaton - Attack Of The Dead Men and also you can just say "A lifetime in war beacuse that is the songs name "En livstid I krig"