A really nice song! And the history behind this person is awesome. But you need to watch 3 chapters in sabaton history about this. They put one chapter for every army he join. I love Joakim voice, no matter the song he made changes in the rythm but always its a hit.

The story of Lauri Allan Törni is incredible. He fought, and he fought well. The first two armies he joined for the defence of Finland and to break the hold Russia had on Finland. The 3rd ? Well he needed to get the pappers for staying in the US. He got highly decorated from all 3 armies and the men serving under him was proud to do so. Edit.... His grave can be found at Arlington.

Good news - the history on this song is amazing. Bad news - it's across 3 sabaton history episodes 😄, so you better have an hour or so free for that tomorrow 😉.

Joakim has, pretty often, talked about how the "Sabaton choir" sound is somewhat reminescent of "Lutheran church hymns". I like the end result, but I have no clue when he starts to talk about arranging the music and the vocals. What I do know, is that the classic "Sabaton sound" was something Joakim came up with. The "Sabaton choir", since the 2005 album "Primo Victoria" (first album released, though not the first music they ever recorded), is done basically the same "all in the family" way to this day. The female choir is 5 "local ladies" from Falun: Joakim's old swimming coach (when he was like 12), Pär's old sciense teacher ("high school"), their old drummers (Daniel Mullback) mom and aunt and one of their choir friends. The male choir is either: 1) a local band (/friends) called "Eternal of Sweden", according to Joakim some of those guys have "huge voices". 2) or they just use Joakim and the rest of the guys. Joakim has talked about how he sings differently and "backs down" when he is doing the choir parts in the albums as opposed to when he does the lead vocals. Obviously the bandmembers have changed over time and some are better singers than the others and were therefore used more. Except "Christmas Truce", that one has a Italian gospel choir and was recorded separately. + I don't know the deal on the orchestral companion albums "The Soundtrack To The Great War" (2019) and "The Symphony To End All Wars" (2022). Floor Jansen sings on some songs on both albums, but there are other singers too. btw. It's possible Floor may have joined the female choir on some other album stuff after she and Hannes got married, but I haven't seen actual evidence for that (aside from the Orchestral albums).

Lauri Törni was an exceptional soldier, he had achieved the rank of captain in three different armies. finnish army - captain German -Hauptsturmführer = captain. us army captain (posthumously major) medals of merit finnish army medal of freedom second class. medal of freedom first class. Freedom Cross, fourth class. freedom cross third class. Freedom Cross second class. Mannerheimcross (the highest merit medal that can be awarded in the Finnish army. only 191 people have received them. Lauri Törn's medal number is 144) Germany Iron Cross (the highest award in the German army) United States: Distinguished Flying Cross; Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal; Purple Heart Medal (twice); National Defense Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Combat Infantryman's Badge; Air Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Master Parachutist Badge. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🤘

I just want to say I really like ur reactions to sabaton:)^^

Great song and great man. The history Channel has 3 eps each for the army he joins

And he found his final rest, after 3 decades in the jungle. He´s now resting in Arlington as an US SF Officer, KIA in Vietnam...what a story

There are some history teachers that use Sabaton in class, but not enough.

Sabaton has compared their songs to movie trailers. They can't tell the whole story in 3-5 minutes, but they make you want to go find the whole story.

ok so when i talked about the beard i was like 1 min into the song, now when u have gone further i really respect how u look at the songs. U really care about the history of the song. im sure there will be more comments from me when i get more drun...when i hear more. contintue buddy

its a must to see sabaton live they really bring the power that has to be felt in person

3:18 Nah man you said it very well. You even got his last name right Ö is hard for most.

The next song should be White death. It is about another Finish soldier that became legend. (Litttle spoiler you know that someone is real bada$$ when enemy sends artillery barrage on position he might be at). Mannerheim cros - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross ; Iron Cross - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross ; rest of medals mentioned are US awards.

Now all you need is the armour plated vest

Great video - and your pronunciation was perfect! All the best from Sweden 🙌🏻

Thörni is the finnish word for thorn, and Lauri sounds very much like Larry... So Larry Thorn is an anglicized version of Lauri Thörni. :)

Larry thorne is the only former ss man buried at arlington national cemetery

Really nice cadence, vocals and story.

Thats a cool reaction :)

as i said in the other episode, Watch the Woodstock Festival, and the small, early ones for especially this song. Oh btw, i love your reactions, but i only check YT every 10-14 days...so excuse the spam ;)

Shout Lauri Törnis Name!

il jump on the train buddy...u look awesome with that beard, this is no joke. i dont know how it feels when u loosing the hair so i dont know, getting a beard instead makes sense to me.

You actually pronounced his name pretty well. You got the Ö down in the first pronunciation which most don't.

PERKELE🇫🇮 He was the pain of the commies😂

Pls react to Talvisota and White death