Another song from Sabaton I'd recommend you to listen to is "No Bullets Fly", but make sure to watch the animated story video. Not just the animated music video, but the story video

Welcome to the awesome world of historical metal! Sabaton is a band from Falun, Sweden. Their members are: Vocals - Joakim Brodén Guitar - Chris Rörland Guitar - Tommy Johansson (who is also the vocalist in a power metal band called Majestica, also worth checking out) Bass - Pär Sundström Drums - Hannes van Dahl (who, as many people will be eager to tell you, is married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish) Most of Sabaton's songs are about real-life historical events, particularly those dealing with war, heroism, etc. The song you just heard, "Bismarck," is about a gigantic German battleship of the same name from WW2. Bismarck gained vast infamy when he (yes, Bismarck is one of very few ships to be referred to using masculine pronouns) destroyed the battle cruiser Hood (the radio clip from the beginning). Once the news got out, as many forces as possible were deployed to put an end to Bismarck once and for all. He was crippled when a torpedo struck his rudder, and the firefight grew relentless. Eventually Bismarck sank, although to this day it is unclear exactly what caused the sinking, whether it was from artillery damage or from the crew scuttling him. Sabaton has loads more music to check out and for many I suggest the live versions; the energy at their live shows is FUCKING INSANE. So here are a few suggestions for future reactions: "Uprising" (the Warsaw Uprising of 1944) Official music video AND live version from Woodstock Poland "Fields of Verdun" (the battle of Verdun) Official Music Video "Night Witches" (Russian female war pilots) Animated story video "En Livstid i Krig" (the Thirty Years' War) Live version from The Great Tour in Gothenburg NOTE: This song is in Swedish, so captions are highly recommended And many many more! If you want to hear more of their recent music, check out "The Royal Guard" (there's also a Swedish version of this one; "Livgardet"), "Defense of Moscow," "Steel Commanders," and their most recent release, "Christmas Truce." And finally, the band has a separate KZfaq page called Sabaton History where they, along with their good friend Indy Nidell, give lectures about the backstories behind each song, and how the songs themselves came to be. Hope to see you reacting to more Sabaton!

My favourite part about this whole song is the line "They are bound by Iron and Blood" which to me, a history nerd, is such an amazing reference and most people miss it completely. The ship is named after Otto von Bismarck a German general and politician who was the main force behind the unification of the German nation. In one of his most famous speaches he said something among the lines of "The German nation shall be united by iron and blood". His way of politics is also called Iron and Blood (Blut und Eisen in German). The principles of this are achieving inner stability by measures taken to resolve foreign issues or simply said, unite the German nation by finding a common enemy of all German kingdoms

Christmas Truce is both beautiful and sad, and the video is absolutely gorgeous. You should definitely check it out

Christmas truce!!! Best metal Christmas song!!!

So Bismarck was the first I heard of them to. And now I am a BIG fan. Nearly every track is an anthem.

I absolutely love to see people experience Sabaton for the first time. You have a decade of excellent and epic music to discover.

As an australian you shouldm´t miss "Cliffs of Gallipoli" by Sabaton. ;)

Oh there are so many good Sabaton songs. I recommend "livstid i krig (live in Gothenburg)", "Ghost Division", "Night Witches", "Christmas Truce".

Ah, the rabbithole i've been waiting for. Rapid fire Sabaton facts because god knows you're going to get a lot of these: -historical songs with 100% accuracy from all sides with no bias -yes the drummer Hannes is married to Floor Jansen -you'd have to be the unluckiest man on earth to have one of their videos blocked for copyright, they are meant for sharing -yes they do indeed slap live -yes he is punching his knee over and over and over again -no, you should never end a video from them even a few seconds early, they often include little facts at the end -you should ABSOLUTELY check out their channel Sabaton History where they explain the backstories of the topics of their songs -

Big tip: Sabaton - En Livstid I Krig live from Gothenburg. It's powerful!

BTW- Sabaton has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube were they talk about the history of the song topic and then alittle about how/way they did the song. for this song - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJt0ZtqE1sqtd2g.html

Welcome down the rabbit hole of discovering Sabaton! Great to see your reaction! Their videos have really good quality, it's truly amazing. Make sure to watch their videos to the very end, otherwise you might miss something, which I have seen other reactors do, which would be a shame if you'd do. They sing about true historical war events. They also have another channel, Sabaton history, where you can learn the story and history behind the songs. Highly recommend it, you will learn a lot! A few recommendations to keep you going: Great War, Night witches (animated story video), Swedish pagans, Carolus Rex, Christmas truce, 82nd all the way, Uprising, Steel commanders, No bullets fly (animated story video), yeah the list is long....! Welcome to the Sabaton family!

welcome to your first sabaton history lesson you have plenty to come

Sabatonic Metal - History told to Metal. 10 of 11 albums are History based. [Metalizer was prior to their finding their History niche. 2 decades of work. This vid was released 1 year after the last survivor of the Bismarck died. The office memorabilia and the compass were his. The fishing boat skipper is his son.

As a side note here, the name they gave the boat as 1:53 is taken from an older song by the band (from the older set up of the band)

No Bullets fly is an absolute must! Such an amazing story of humanity and insanely musically! You will love it! ;)

Bismarck was the first Song i ever heard from Sabaton, and is also my favorite one. Also two of my great-grandfahters served on the Bismarck and went down with her.

Sabaton is one of the best and deepest rabbitholes to dive into. These guys brought me to metal in 2008 with thier Song Primo Victoria. Another great track is defense of moscow and thier most recent one crismas truce. Greetings from Germany

Great War is a must on the list of Sabaton songs! 👊

Fields of Verdun, Night witches, Defense of Moscow, The red baron, and of course En livstid i krig live in Gothenburg are some others that he should react to.

ooh Richo back with another of my favorite bands, my favourites are winged hussars and last stand though :P

One inaccuracy I'd like to highlight in the video is that when the Swordfish were taking off from the deck of HMS Ark Royal far from it being a flat calm as in 3:39 the seas were mountainous, the ship's inclinometer showed that Ark Royal's bow was falling and rising by over 60ft between wave crests, meaning pilots had to accelerate at full power down a storm blasted heaving flight deck in a heavily laden aircraft as Ark Royal plunged into a watery canyon, timing their lift off point as she broached the following crest and before her deck dropped away once again into the chasm of the next trough, this was as well as flying their slow biplanes towards a spitting mountain of death whose full focus was set on their destruction. Canvas biplanes flown by incredibly brave young lads, who sought no personal recognition or glory for their contribution. When people make the "outdated WW1 Swordfish" comments, just remember that no other carrier borne torpedo bomber aircraft of the time could take off and operate in such vile weather conditions, but would have had to remain safely lashed down in the carrier's "hangar deck". None of this is meant to criticise the video as the production standards are excellent, and its spirit is bang on, but more to further highlight the courage of the young lads who undertook those flights.

Fun Fact about Bismarck: When he shot his first salvo the shockwave was so powerful the radar system got destroyed

Welcome to the world of Sabaton and power metal, epic is what we do around here! P.s. Other good Sabaton videos, Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, Coat of Arms, Hell and Back, Night Witches. Well visit Helloween, Manowar, Angra, Rhapsody of Fire and Unleash the Archers later.

Sabaton is pretty much the GOAT of power metal. The music is great, the vocals are great, their songs are pretty much all about history so you even learn stuff about history while listening to them, their music videos are one of the highest quality of music videos I have ever seen, etc. And man their live show are amazing. Best live performance I have ever seen.

This is why I love your channel/community man! Always finding new music to go down a rabbit hole with! Bangers for days!!

The music video was sponsored as an ad by Wargaming for their game World of Warships. That’s why it was so involved and good looking. Also all of the sounds of the ships guns and torpedos are from the game too (I know I’m a year late but I figured I should say so)

Our neighbor who died years ago was a survivor of the Bismarck he was pretty miserable the rest of his days. Poor soul.😢

The guy sailing the boat Sabaton is on, is the son of the guy you see getting the compass from the captain in the MV, the father died shortly before this video was released. The company Wargaming was part of the produktion team of this video and used it as a comercial for World of Warships. Sabaton has made 2 videos more with Wargaming Inc. "Primo Victoria" and "Steel Comander".

More Sabaton! Truly underrated!

Their drummer's wife is pretty popular too, from what I hear lol. A little band called Nightwish. You gotta hear Ghost Love Score Live at Wacken 2013

Thank you for reacting to this video Richo, much love from Canada

Sabaton is a Swedish band that writes and sings about Actual historic events, battles, moments of heroism and wars. They will be releasing their 10th studio album on March 4th 2022. Nice thing about them is that their video's never blocked so it's KZfaq safe. (except for some Wacken video's that gets blocked by Wacken) If you really want to go down the Sabaton rabbit-hole, I would recommend these: (These are all from the Sabaton Channel, and they never block videos so it's safe to use) [live at Woodstock 2012]: Ghost Division, 40:1 and Uprising [Great Tour Live Videos]: En Livstied I Krig (make sure to turn subtitles on), Red Baron, Swedish Pagans, Primo Victoria, Fields of Verdun, Devil Dogs & Angels Calling [Lyric videos]: Attack of the dead men, In Flanders Fields, 82nd All the way, Sparta, Shiroyama and The lost betallion [Music Video's]: Christmas Truce, Steel Commanders, Defence of Moscow, Livgardet (make sure to turn subtitles on), Fields of Verdun, Rourke's Drift, Screaming Eagles, Uprising, Seven Pillars of wisdom & Cliffs of Gallipoli [Animated History Video's]: Night Witches and No Bullets Fly (not animated music video's, the animated history/story video's) [Covers]: Kingdom Come [Offical video] and I'm sure people told you but in case, Sabaton have another channel (Sabaton History Channel) where they do a deep dive into the history behind the songs with Indy Nidell.

RichoPOV: Listen to how epic this is sounding already (01:57) Me: Wait for it... (Side note: The young sailor who was given the compass by the captain was one of three survivors of the HMS Hood and also happens to be the older gentlemen at the beginning of the video that shows them the boat. The compass in used in the video is the actual one from the past. Sadly, he died shortly after filming this clip on 4, Oct 2008 at 85 years of age.) All joking aside, welcome to Sabaton brother. All of their videos are like this. Masterpieces. "No Bullets Fly", "Christmas Truce", "Night Witches", "ANY song by them". All good choices.

Great reaction! A few suggestions, En livstid i krig (live 2020 Gothenburg make sure you turn on captions ) No bullets fly, Last Stand, Winged Hussars, Christmas Truce and Carolus Rex.

next you should listen to christmas truce by them its such a powerful song

There is actually film of this battle here on YT. The ship that had someone filming was actually a good distance away, but it's still super loud when the cannons go off. There's quite a few videos about the battle, and the Bismarck. Check them out some time.

The wreck of Bismarck was discovered on 8 June 1989 by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer responsible for finding RMS Titanic. Bismarck was found to be resting on her keel at a dept of approximately 4,791 m (15,719 ft), about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest. 48°10′N 16°12′W

Thank you for doing one of my fav bands , that’s a good reason to follow 🙏❤️

Their animated story videos 'No bullets fly ' and 'Nightwitches ' are epic. Christmas Truce is also a must watch

If you like that one, check out The Last Stand by Sabaton. Also, since we are back on power metal, it's time to try out some Unleash the Archers!!!! Start with some Awakening or Cleanse the Bloodlines!!!

Sabaton has so many great songs you now have so much to react to and discover with them! I look forward to seeing you delve deeper into their music.

Found you yesterday because of some Little Big recommendation. Today you made a video about my all time favourite song. Chances are small. BTW, I recommend SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video). Do not watch it before.

Hollydaytime, SABATON "Chrismas truce" do it , Now, hehehehe . Greetings from Germany 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪 also " No Bullets fly"

You know which channel I think is super underrated? Metal Piano Music. The guy spends weeks composing classic metal songs into classical/relaxing piano pieces and he hardly gets any views. I love his arrangement of Painkiller by Judas Priest. That dude deserves millions of followers 🤘🏻

There's a reason the TVTropes page for Sabaton's Awesome Moments starts with "Yes."

Sabaton are amazeballs! Good to hear a familiar accent on these things! Love it. You will learn more watching Sabaton! If you haven't yet, check out Christmas Truce......breath taking! Note the pocket watch all through this one, its at the start with the old captain, but you see it during the battle as well.

Welcome to the Sabaton Rabbithole :D I think the german themed songs (eg. The Red Baron, Ghost Division) are the best of their songs, totally not biased xD Just makes you wanna fight epic battles! Greetings from Germany

Sabaton - Primo Victoria. Is a good one.

First off, this has become my new favorite reaction channel, second you need to listen to the live version of "en livstid i krig" from gothenburg. That Will give you chills :) Love from Sweden!

Joakim: We're playing Bismarck tonight. Joakims right leg: Noooooooo...

Yeah, so if you didn't eventually caught up to that, the Old Man we see giving them the Boat IS that boy, that escape onto the American Vessel. And I mean historically.

please react to sabaton red baron. its also great

Since i didnt saw any comment on this topic, Joakim(vocals)'s right knee is made of the strongest metal on earth.

How can one not know Sabaton? How is this possible? 😀

This is partly live action as well as CGI. Also there are scenes from a movie,but I cant remember the name of it. The scene where the sailor goes to the Captain who is dying and takes his watch then runs out.

oohh you jumped into a rabbithole now 😁😁 Keep it up!

oh boy, finna do a whole sabaton listen through

You need to react to Chrismas Truce. Now is the perfect time!

my only pride as a swede , and joy thanks

I would recommend No bullets fly and steel commanders...really powerfull Sabaton songs

Definitely need to react to 40:1 by sabaton. Hands down one of their best songs. It's about the battle of wizna where the polish soldiers were outnumbered 40 to 1.

Okay, Sabaton - Defense of Moscow (its cover Radio Tapok "Битва за Москву") Damn epic song

Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 something you might like to check out the band is called Nightwish it's a symphonic metal band from Finland 🇫🇮 with a Dutch singer floor jansen (the vakyrie) she's married to the drummer of sabaton. This band has a massive following in Europe and the Internet and is a very deep rabbit hole to explore Nightwish ghost love score wacken open air concert 2013 And prepare for the Nightwish army arriving at the door 🚪 who will guide you down the rabbit hole that is Nightwish lol 😆

Go listen to No Bullets Fly (the animated video) or their new song Christmas Truce if you want some powerful stuff...

If you're getting into sabaton you should get listen to "En Livstid I Krig".

If you loved that, you should try Sabaton - Seven Pillars of Wisdom - one of my favourites by Sabaton. Thanks for the cool reactions every time

i'd love another sabaton reaction maybe "to hell and back" dope song as well

Great vid as usual , try defence of Moscow next awesome

There is a cover of this song in Russian. Radio Tapok -Bismark😉 It's powerful too.

Man, check all of the sabaton Great guys

Hey Richo just found your channel, also I must say this video was also partnered with the game World of Warships

Bro I'm subbing because that damn mustache is way too good

i liked this video before the music even started. thats how much i love this song!

@RichoPOV Dude, look at the thing the captain writes in the battle scene. Then at the end, look at what the ferry captain has.

Saboton - to hell and back

Dude sabaton is sick as hell

I recommend to read something about Bismarck or watch some documentary, it adds to the epicness of this piece :)

A slight clarification: That wasn't a film clip. They worked with World of Warships who, in my humble opinion, did a phenomenal job... Also, when they showed the Catalina (airplane) they did so over the trawler they played on which you could see through the clouds... Brings a greater sense of presence...

I Love Cornelius Rex and en livstid i krig live in göteborg and their latest chrismus thrus. fantastic video.

No Bullets Fly, The Last Battle, Christmas Truce..........

Awesome reaction to an awesome music video! ;)

I didnt write often in KZfaq comments but if i could suggest some Songs than "No Bullet Fly " and " Attack of the Dead Men"

The British fired from all guns until they ran out of ammunition. The Bismarck could not be sunk by the British. However, in the end the Germans, out of pride, destroyed their ship themselves.

Reaction to Ghost - Hunter's Moon!)) They cool AF and Swedish too!

(Wintersun - time) is the one you need to listen brother💪

Great reaction.

i hope he gets to nightwish and epica soon

that boat cap he the son of last survivor of BISMARCK and all that stuff on wall his Father.

Bravo

Is nobody going to talk about the captain of the little ship is that young man who was in Bismarck

Do the Christmas Truce! I beg you!

SABATON tells True Storys from the past ! Sabaton have a History Chanel on YT ! If you like verry Good Musicvideos, look at the Band ORDEN OGEN " Gunman" 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪

soo, youre talking about great music video production and turned your head into metal stuff, so i highly recommend you to watch "Deutschland" from Rammstein, one of the best official music videos in my opinion. Maybe on the level of "chrismace truce" which was released a month ago by Sabaton, if you like to hear more epic shit :D

Sounded very much like Trans Siberian Orchestra. Awesome song. Keep these new bands coming. Love to hear different stuff.

Yeeeees

🇸🇪..and now 'Christmas truce'....

Sabbaton will never dissappoint in both music and visuals. On a different note, I would recommend you to take a look at "Amelia" by the band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy. Its a powerful story too in visuals, but be warned. The whole song and video is 25 min. long. Oh, and on a ending note. I am one of the actors in it (not telling who I play), so my opinion is very biased. 😉👍

I would love to see you react to another Swedish band called Dead By April, they released a new song a few days ago called Anything At All