Simple solution... there is a live version of Sabaton and Amaranthe performing 82nd all the way together. Everyone wins! :-)

Just a quick bonus fact. Amaranthe did this cover as they prepared to go on tour with Sabaton. That's why you can see Joakims jacket, and some Sabaton gear around in the vid.

At that time, 82nd was infanry division and during ww2 was transformed into airbone paratroopers (AA in logo of 82nd stands for all american).

Powerwolf vs Amaranthe - Army of the night

‘York I heard you captured the whole German Army!’ ‘No Sir, only 132’

Possible duel idea: YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon - Diggy diggy hole (original) vs WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (metal cover)

Sabaton - Rammstein : Feuer Frei Sabaton - Twister Sister : Burn in Hell Sabaton - Metallica : From Whom the bell tolls Sabaton - Amon Amarth : Twilight of the thunder god Sabaton - Manowar : Kingdom Come

you can tell Amaranthe had fun making this video

Sabatons version is especially iconic because of Joakims iconic voice. While the cover is good, it sounds like most other metal bands, it lacks what makes the original awesome. Joakim doesn't need to shout or growl and he doesn't need computer effects to sound amazing. On a concert I'd rather listen to Sabaton because of the unique power and style of Sabaton. I don't dislike the cover but it's just not enough :D

I have a proposal sabaton vs manowar "kingdom come" Cheets and greedings from Bavaria

I love both versions, but I have to give my vote Sabaton. Amaranthe did an amazing job, but what I feel they don't do very well in their cover is telling the story that 82nd All the Way is about. It just felt like a cover.

I Highly recommend Powerwolf (German power metal band) vs Epica (Dutch symphonic metal band) on the song -- Sacred and Wild (original by powerwolf) Both version are so epic but in their own way you will love it! Powerwolf had on their album The Sacrament of Sin a second disc named Communio Lupatum, which features Powerwolf songs covered by other artists selected by the band members, Sacred and Wild by Epica was one such song.

I absolutely love both versions but the Sabaton version is the winner.

Just semantics, but the 82nd wasn't the "82nd airborne" during WWI, since paratrooper combat hadn't been invented until the second world war.

Minniva actually worked with Sabaton to get a cover of the Red Baron out the same day Sabaton released the song.

I'm back to listen again. Interesting note, Ameranthe was the opening band on Sabaton's 2020 tour, and the record label asked Ameranthe to do the cover.. I personally like the growling voice and I think Ameranthe gives it more punch. Though I've been a huge Sabaton fan for years, I have to give this Ameranthe. Also, when there is only one video, maybe level the field and only listen to both songs without the one video. I love the battle idea! Original

i realy enjoy what your doing, thanks Metal Academix!

Possible duels/battles: Helloween vs Rhapsody - Guardians Helloween vs Dark Moor - Halloween Helloween vs Luca Turilli - I'm Alive Helloween vs Luca Turilli Rhapsody (Twilight Force vocalist) - March of Time Judas Priest vs Gamma Ray - Victim of Changes Warlord vs Hammerfall - Child of the Damned Hammerfall vs Stormwitch - Ravenlord

If I may, mainly because I like the idea of discussion, I would propose: Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel vs Disturbed.

Sabaton covered " From whom the bell tolls" from Metallica

I love this song so much. Sabaton did such a great job with it! I am from Tennessee & we absolutely love Alvin York. Also, the actual video to this is better! They said Alvin captured the entire German army & he said “only 132” 🤣 that’s still a lot for him!

Manowar vs Sabaton on "Kingdom come" would be fun to see

Pink Floyd vs Nightwish - High Hopes

Sabaton and Apocalyptica - Fields of verdun😊

You can't dock Amaranthe for the growling. It's one of their defining features. Their niche is having those three vocals, (female clean, male clean, and male harsh) work together in all their songs.

Lissen to them doing this song together in live in Oslo (norway) and then make up your mind. Both of them are doing a realy great job but sabaton Will alway be sabaton my heart vill go with them.👍🤘🤘

Not exactly metal, but Led Zeppelin vs Heart, "Battle of Evermore". Oh, and just for the fun of it, Beach Boys vs Blind Guardian, "Surfing USA".

The Bangles vs Oratory - Eternal Flame Uriah Heep vs Gamma Ray - Return to Fantasy Pet Shop Boys vs Gamma Ray - It's A Sin Judas Priest vs Stratovarius - Bloodstone

Loved that you watched the history channel

You can try « Twilight of the Thunder God » : Amon Amarth vs Rage of Light

Love the Einherjar hoodie at 9:58 ;) :D

Both songs/covers are awesome. No question about it. But for me (well I'm a huge Sabaton fan, but I also love Armaranthe), I find that Sabaton has that energy that Armaranthe doesn't have

If you can't decide You can always have the sing together like on the tour in Norway. :) I saw them i Gothenburg myself and both band are excellent even though Sabaton have made my life alot better with great music and history lessons combined..

Im a huge Sabaton and Amaranthe fan.... I think these two bands give off such a different vibe of the song.. I absolutely love both of the versions.. If I was forced to choose, I would choose Amaranthe..

Sabaton wins! Baritone screaming is rare and beautiful!

Uhhhhh NO doubt Sabaton won that. My son took me last Oct. THE BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!! None of their songs are bad. I want to give you a list but I'd be on here all night lol, but for sure Carolus Rex and the video of Bismarck.

Recommend Sabaton’s animated story for “No Bullets Fly!”

Love the 2 different styles

The recorded lyrics for "82nd All the Way" mistakenly attribute Sergeant Alvin York to the 338th Regiment rather than his actual assignment to the 328th Infantry Regiment. The band corrected the mistake when they played the song live at Wacken Open Air 2019.

I must say that both Sabaton and Amaranthe are good bands, love both bands sounds.

More: Scorpions vs Iron Maiden - The Zoo ABBA/Helloween/Avantasia - Lay All Your Love On Me

Small correction. The 82nd Infantry was not an Airborne division during WWI.

Both are awesome versions but they also did a live version with both bands together u should check it out

Amaranthe is Amaranthe and Sabaton is Sabaton! Love both!

Dude. Your hair and beard are fucking epic. Masterful cultivation haha

You should see the live video when Sabaton does it together with Amaranthe. It's so good. Best of Sweden.🇸🇪 👌

Please, would love to see you do a three way battle of Iron Maiden, Machine Head and Cradle of Filth and "Hallowed be thy name".

As a Swede I say cheers my friends out there🍺🤘

I think having one video and then the album cover is totally fine. Or even 2 album covers to make things fair. I'm always a sucker for more obscure bands and those don't always have a video. I've been lucky to see both bands together on tour this january. They were supposed to go on a big european tour which I suppose has been mostly canceled due to the pandemic. I actually like both bands more or less the same, but my vote goes to Amaranthe this time. I think they did a great job! If you want to do a 3 song reaction of Amaranthe at some point, I'd suggest the following songs: Hunger, Stardust, The Nexus.

I love both versions, but for me Amaranthe takes the win just because their version is heavier, more of a headbanger, while the original is a bit "softer"

Sabaton version is better but i also love Amaranthe cover

As a veteran of the 101'st Airborne Division, let me say that if they would have been blasting that, it would have made it more of a fun experience. Jumping from a C 130.

They were touring together. There's a live version with them doing this together.

Go Sabaton! 82nd All The Way! Death from Above! Stationed in Ft. Bragg, N.C. Home to Green Berets and Delta Force! Thanks for covering this song. C-5/10 Infantry 1995, U.S. Army.

You guys should react to Sabaton The Seven Pillers of Wisdom.

Check out Minniva and Anahata, they do amazing covers!!!

i love both versions...also i have both in my playlist ^^

Sabaton all the way, but i have to say that Amaranthe's version is pretty awesome! 🤘🤘

Both version are hella epic !!

You should do: Primo Victoria ( Van Canto + Joakim Broden vs Sabaton) Hells Bells ( Van Canto vs AC/DC)

Another I thought of is Amon Amarth (original) vs Sabaton (cover) "Twilight of the Thunder God".

I am a Huge Sabaton fan (favourite band) but the Amaranthe version is sooo good i think the contrast between the singers is good for the song.

Two great versions, both bands have real banger versions of the song. But I feel like Sabaton is actually telling the story while Amaranthe is more focused of making the lyrics sound great.

It's actually 328th, not 338th. Sabaton corrected this mistake during one of their live shows.

Sabaton - Radio Tapok - The Attack of the Dead Men Sabaton - Radio Tapok - Panzerkampf Sabaton - Radio Tapok - Attero Dominatus Sabaton - Radio Tapok - Primo Victoria Sabaton - Radio Tapok - To Hell And Back

@Metal Academix during WW1 the 82nd was an infantry division it had not yet been made into the 82nd airborne division it would not be until the U.S.A entered world war 2 would they be redesignated and trained into an airborne division along with at that time the creation of the 101st airborne division the 82nd has the AA patch and the 101 has the screaming eagle patch.

Both versions are great. It really is hard to choose because I have been an Amaranthe fan for longer. Going to give to the original, but if you have never listened to Amaranthe, they got some great music. As for the growls, that is just part of their genre of Metalcore.

Lyrically-Amaranthe Overall-Sabaton BOTH ARE AWESOME!

This is my first time hearing Sabaton play this Im a huge fan of Amaranthe and knew it was a sabaton song but just never checked it out

Both are very good but I liked Sabaton more. The reason is the song is about more than just the music. With Sabaton it is so compelling that I wanted to learn more about what they were singing about. Amaranthe had variety but more isn’t always better. I would never have looked into the story further if their version is what I heard first. It is more chaotic and I wouldn’t really want to listen to that version again. Sabaton I listen to on the daily. They are clear, heavy, and compelling.

You should do a Battle of the Bands video with Sabaton's song "Attack of the Dead Men" against Radio Tapok's cover, which is entirely sang in Russian.

the growls are very relevant!! its always been their thing....3 vocalists with one being a growler!! i find it very aggressive for a war song!!

ALvin York was actually assigned to the 82nd Infantry Division wich later was transformed to the 82nd Airborne Division. There was no Airborne in The Great War

...the variousity of the three Amaranthe voices are killer, my absolute favourite 💪

Like you said- Both excellent! Very hard to choose... if I just listen to the music, probably go for Amaranth, but the video with the image's of the band Sabaton combine with the that typical sound- I vote Sabaton! 🤟 You should do a battle between Sabaton- "Defense of Moscow " and Кипелов band (Kipelov, from Aria) - song about Stalingrad- "Непокоренньй" (unconquerable) - two amazing tunes and also similar amazing videos and themes 🤟

Here’s an idea: Sabaton vs The Bombshell Belles The Last Stand It’s metal vs swing!

Please react to Sabaton vs Metallica " For Whom The Bell Tolls"

I always prefer the live versions when it comes to Sabaton. One of the best live bands out there.

I really like that Sabaton’s songs are historically accurate. They really do their research when they right a song about someone or historic event. I love both versions.

SABATON all the way but I do love the female voice

Sabaton VS Minniva: TO HELL AND BACK

I said it when I saw Ameranthe play at Wembley for sabaton, they would sound so much better if the didn't have the third guy doing the scratchy screamo voice. The other two have really nice voices and their best songs are the ones with the least screamo

Losing My Religion-REM vs Lacuna Coil ! ! ! ! Or Enjoy the Silence-Depeche Mode vs Lacuna Coil ! ! !

First time watching your videos and I like what I see.. if we keep going on Sabaton you can watch primo Victoria. And stiko-per larsson and his cover of it! He is a swedish sing a song writer and made an amazing cover of primo Victoria

I don't know if you've done this one yet, but Dio vs Killswitch Engage for Holy Diver would be another good battle

Definitely have to do Sabaton v Manowar - Kingdom Come

Saw Sabaton in Oslo , Norway, in february. Amaranthe performed this live on Stage together with Sabaton. The scene presence and power both these bands have is truly unique. The video doesn't do the soundscape justice, but have a look. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZh3eryn3N3FaYU.html - These bands have toured together and know each other well, if there are anyone that can cover Sabaton it's Amaranthe.

I think it is far easier to make a good sounding cover of a song thats made to get in your head than really write the song yourself so i am 100% with sabaton

The Beatles vs Realm - Eleanor Rigby

You should try Twisted Sister "We're not gonna take it" versus Dee Snider's reinterpretation of the same song. Not really "Battle of the Bands" (because of... uh... Dee Snider) but definitely worth a video.

The Cure - A Forrest Behemoth - A Forrest

They have a version where both bands perform this altogether

Love both bands, but for me Amaranthe is the winner. Their version is faster, that did it for me.

York's group had 6 men killed and three injured. He left the rest to guard the remaining prisoners. York charged the hill and was immediately challenged by six German soldier - all of which he killed. When he was up to the machine gun on the hill, the leader of the Germans surrendered and his men - all 132 men. They were marched back as prisoners to the American camp.

also , we got another version of 82nd all the way from tommy johansson which is mix with disney music

Powerwolf vs Savatage - Edge of Thorns. Highly recommended.

Both bands are amazing... both versions of the song are amazing... :)

watch and react both of the bands perform live together. Trust me, you will not regret.

Dio v Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver Pink Floyd v Nightwish - High Hopes Iron Maiden v After Forever - The Evil That Men Do

You kind of skimmed over the most interesting part of the story of Alvin York. He nearly single-handedly captured a 132 men in a day. Because of that event I have come to believe that Alvin York is the craziest, luckiest, and most blessed man to walk the earth.