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SABATON’s Pär Sundström Comments on Why All Bandmates Have Van Halen Tattoos

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 23, 2022
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Jimmy Kay from The Metal Voice spoke to Pär Sundström bassist of the Swedish band Sabaton about the current North American headlining tour, their new album, their upcoming movie and why all the bandmates have Van Halen Tattoos.

In the chat Pär is asked if it was true that all the band members had Tattoos, he replied, “yes everybody in the band has a Van Halen tattoo, it was a bet and we just did that. “Then he was asked if he was a fan of Van Halen, he replied, “I think everybody in the band likes Van Halen and if I would choose a tattoo out of my own personal popularity Van Halen would not be the first thing I would do.

https://youtu.be/ZuG18pPpYpQ

In 2023, Sabaton will release “The War To End All Wars” movie, a full-length musical motion picture featuring songs from the band’s tenth studio album, “The War To End All Wars”. This movie vividly tells the stories of World War I by way of animation and live action. It will give the viewer a better understanding of what the band’s songs on the album are about, it is a musical and historical adventure.

Sabaton has just kicked off “The Tour To End All Tours – North America 2022”, a 25-date U.S. trek that will include a special headline show at Montreal’s Place Bell, the band’s first-ever arena headline concert in Canada. The tour, produced by FPC Live, launched on Thursday, September 15 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and will wrap up at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 23. Supporting Sabaton on all dates is special guest EPICA, the renowned Dutch symphonic metal band.

Sabaton’s latest album, “The War To End All Wars”, was released in March via Nuclear Blast. 

Pär Sundström: “Sabaton’s Success comes from Touring, Hard Work & Good Songs”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 1, 2019
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to Sabaton’s bassist Pär Sundström and guitarist Tommy Johansson in Montreal, Canada. The two spoke about the bands new album The Great War and the hard work behind the success of Sabaton.

Watch the interview below.

When asked about the difference between their new album The Great War and their last albums
“I do think that Sabaton has evolved over the past 15 years however  the core of Sabaton is still there. We make small progressions from album to album but we sound like Sabaton.  Anybody who expects Sabaton to have a big change in musical styles  maybe they are looking at the wrong band. Fans of Sabaton know what to expect when there is a new album.”

When asked what they learned about World War One that they didn’t know about before doing the album
“I learned about the details of the war that are frightening that I was not so aware of, for example the details surrounding  The Battle of Verdun.  I knew it  was one of the longest conflicts in the war but I did not know the magnitude of it, so digging deeper into that conflict was an eye opener.”

When asked about their thoughts on the song about the controversial Red Baron
“The thing about World War One there’s not really any good or evil, it is more of a gray zone. Nobody really knows what is right or wrong there it’s just a war where everybody is suffering heavily.  The Red Baron he was one of those characters that we felt for a long time that we wanted to cover. He’s one of the most famous  because he wanted to be one of the most famous, he would be what you would call a rock star of World War One, taking the credit on his skills and that make him stick out a bit and that’s why we did a song about him.”

When asked what is the secret to Sabaton’s continous success
“I don’t think there is a secret, first of all bands need a good quality songs. Does Sabaton play good songs? A lot of fans say we do and then it’s hard work and there are no shortcuts. Sabaton is not a band that will be played on the radio so we have to do it the hard way, tour, tour, tour. We just don’t give up.”

SABATON: “We Still Have A Long Way To Go But We’re Doing Well”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 7, 2012
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Source: Bravewords.com

SABATON bassist Pär Sundström is featured in a new interview with Mark Holmes at Metal Discovery. An excerpt is available below:

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MD: I interviewed Joakim on the DRAGONFORCE tour back in 2009 and I think you’d just left your old label, Black Lodge, and it was announced during that tour you’d signed to Nuclear Blast. During those last three years your popularity seems to have soared so do you think the label had a big part in that or do you think Sabaton would have naturally become bigger anyway?

Pär: “Well, actually, Nuclear Blast has done a lot for us, especially in territories where we couldn’t do so much else ourselves. When we were with Black Lodge, we could do Sweden very well and we could do a little bit in Germany because we had good connections and good people working with us. But the rest were basically nothing. Of course, changing to Nuclear Blast with their international working promotional machine changed a lot, definitely, directly. For the UK, we have done step by step over time and we’re still growing. We still have a long way to go but we’re doing well.”

MD: Definitely. The latest album went gold in Sweden recently so is there a sense you’ve yet to peak with your popularity and you’re still growing the whole time?

Pär: “Oh yeah, yeah. We see that it’s growing all the time and the tour’s a very good example of that because everywhere, wherever we go, it’s better results than on the last tour. We see so many bands, and we’re told by promoters in everywhere we come that this band goes down, this band goes down and times are so hard now, times are shit but, for us, it’s growing.”

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Sabaton recently posted a series of clips from one of the cameras filming for their upcoming Blu-ray / DVD:

“Big sorry for the terrible sound and a huge thanks to the fantastic crowd! This was an amazing night that we never will forget!”

The show was filmed on November 16th in Gothenburg, Sweden at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band hopes to release the DVD in 2013. Stay tuned for updates.