Swedish metal heroes SABATON have revealed their special guests for the UK and European leg of their upcoming ‘Tour To End All Tours’. Japanese dance metal sensation BABYMETAL will appear as very special guests, marking their first international shows in over three years. Finnish Eurovision winners LORDI will open all shows.
We are extremely happy to welcome BABYMETAL to our already much anticipated tour in Europe 2023” says bass player Pär Sundström.“The energy and power of this band will for sure make each night something special.”
“If there ever was a band that would break all the rules, it’s BABYMETAL with the power and precision to deliver a full on heavy metal show!” echoes frontman Joakim Brodén.“It’s not our first rodeo together, expect nothing but excellence from BABYMETAL!”
Joakim participated as a guest on “Oh! MAJINAI (feat. Joakim Brodén)” on BABYMETAL’s third album METAL GALAXY released on October 11th, 2018. He also made a guest appearance at BABYMETAL’s headline show in October 2018 “BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2018 in JAPAN EXTRA SHOW ‘DARK NIGHT CARNIVAL’”.
SABATON – THE TOUR TO END ALL TOURS Special Guest: BABYMETAL Support: LORDI
14.04. UK Leeds – First Direct Arena 15.04 UK London – OVO Arena Wembley 16.04. UK Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena 18.04. UK Glasgow – OVO Hydro 21.04. FR Paris – Zenith 22.04. DE Frankfurt – Festhalle 24.04. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena 25.04. LU Esch / Alzette – Rockhal 28.04. SE Stockholm – Avicii Arena 29.04. NO Oslo – Spektrum 30.04. DK Copenhagen – Royal Arena 02.05. DE Hannover – ZAG Arena 03.05. NL Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome 05.05. DE Berlin – Mercedes Benz Arena 06.05. DE Leipzig – Quarterback Immobilien Arena 07.05. AT Vienna – Stadthalle 09.05. PL Lodz – Atlas Arena 10.05. CZ Ostrava – Arena Ostrava 12.05. DE Cologne – Lanxess Arena 13.05. BE Antwerp – Sportpaleis 15.05. DE Munich – Olympiahalle 18.05. EE Tallinn – Saku Arena 19.05. FI Helsinki – Ice Hall 20.05. FI Kuopio – Kuopio Hall
Tickets for European shows are available here. Tickets for the UK shows are available here.
Today, metal heroes SABATON make an exciting announcement: With their fascination for the stories of World War I and two dedicated studio albums filled to the brim with stories from this conflict, the band from Falun have decided to dive even deeper into this topic with their newest release: The EP trilogy entitled Echoes Of The Great War. This new EP trilogy features new songs specifically about World War I, coupled with topically related catalogue music. You read that right! SABATON has been busy in the studio recording some new music for their fans.
With this WWI collection, the band aims to present this music in a different way, enabling the listener to familiarise themselves with these incredible war stories, while simultaneously quenching the thirst for metal music.
Commenting on the new project, Pär Sundström states: “This trilogy complements our two studio albums The Great War and The War To End All Wars. We were definitely not ready to close our World War I chapter. We wanted to continue the journey and let it echo a little longer in the hearts and minds of our fans.”
The first in the series, Weapons Of The Modern Age, is OUT NOW. In times of conflict, science is very much linked to the war system. The First World War witnessed some of the biggest leaps in scientific evolution, weaponizing land, sea and skies in ways never witnessed before. This EP sheds light on the powerful and devastating tactics used to fight the war, and kicking off this release is SABATON’s new track, ‘Father’.
Sharing his insight on the track, Joakim Broden declares: “Our new song ‘Father’ is a dark track about a very controversial person. Fritz Haber, the man who weaponized lethal gas, is responsible for about 4 billion people being alive today thanks to the Haber-Bosch process that he won a Nobel Prize for. It takes some serious thought to wrap your head around his story. Things aren’t always easy to understand or simply black and white, but rather all shades of grey. ‘Father’ really forces you to think a bit more than the average song you hear on the radio.”
SABATON is releasing a limited edition digipak in limited numbers, so if you want to get your hands on a physical copy of the EP for your collection, be quick! Get the digipak (LIMITED) > http://nblast.de/Sabaton-WOTMA
Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the other two EPs in this new trilogy:
Heroes Of The Great War The songs on the second EP in the collection, Heroes Of The Great War, are a nod to some of the Great War’s fearless heroes who left a legacy worthy of a thousand songs. Men and women pushed themselves to their physical and psychological limits, accomplishing almost superhuman things. In this EP, SABATON pay tribute to heroes whose unique stories resonated with the band, and whose narratives are truly inspiring.
Stories From The Western Front The third EP in the series, Stories From The Western Front, features songs about some of the most gripping tales from one of World War I’s main theatres of war. These stories, some of which are unimaginable in this day and age, depict the chaos, danger and instability soldiers faced on the daily, who were fighting in the name of their countries.
For the sake of atmospheric continuity, and staying true to the sound of both The Great War and The War To End All Wars albums, SABATON have continued to work with Black Lounge Studios – more notably, Jonas Kjellgren, the band’s long time producer and recording engineer.
The three new EP releases will be available on all major digital music services. SABATON will also release an exclusive, limited edition Digipak with every EP.
A few weeks ago, SABATON announced their very first full length movie The War To End All Wars that the band has been working on for two years together with Yarnhub animation studios. The War To End All Wars is a cohesive, thought-provoking and emotionally charged piece with a heavy focus on storytelling. It features members of the band, both in real life and animated, and a lot of research and effort has been put into it to ensure it depicts history in the most accurate way possible – this is something that the band is very passionate about.
SABATON had a dream of creating something that’s entertaining but with great educational value, and that dream has become a reality after two years of hard work.
Swedish metal chronicler SABATON is on a mission to send chills up listeners’ spines. Today, the band that hails from Falun unleashes its masterpiece: “The Symphony To End All Wars” — a virtuosic, symphonic take on the “The War To End All Wars”, which was released on March 4, 2022, by Nuclear Blast Records.
The band states: “These stories about courageous heroes and extraordinary incidents during the Great War are not only worthy of a whole album and an accompanying history edition, but an additional symphonic soundtrack edition that summons new emotions and adds a new dimension to our compositions. This is an entirely different take on The War To End All Wars.”
“The Symphony To End All Wars” is available in 2 vinyl formats: Black Single LP in Gatefold and Winter Wind Single LP in Gatefold [Limited to 1,500 units] and can be streamed on all digital music platforms.
The tracklist reads as follows: 1. Sarajevo (Symphonic Version) 2. Stormtroopers (Symphonic Version) 3. Dreadnought (Symphonic Version) 4. The Unkillable Soldier (Symphonic Version) 5. Soldier Of Heaven (Symphonic Version) 6. Hellfighters (Symphonic Version) 7. Race To The Sea (Symponic Version) 8. Lady Of The Dark (Symphonic Version) 9. The Valley Of Death (Symphonic Version) 10. Christmas Truce (Symphonic Version) 11. Versailles (Symphonic Version)
“The Symphony To End All Wars” is another fantastic output of SABATON, showcasing the band’s number one masterpiece “The War To End All Wars” in a never-heard-before version that will leave you stunned by its brilliance.
“The War To End All Wars” marks the tenth album of the band and the second concept album of SABATON about World War I. It tells of the stories, miracles and atrocities of one of the darkest episodes of modern history, effortlessly marrying these true tales to loud, bruising, bone-tingling heavy metal.
SABATON climbed the international charts with “The War To End All Wars”, securing #1 positions in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Finland. Having achieved the top position for the second time in Germany, Sweden and Finland, the album peaked at #1 in Poland, Hungary and Austria for the first time in the band’s career. This and additional outstanding results in other territories have made “The War To End All War”SABATON’s most successful album so far.
SABATON has announced the re-scheduled tour dates for “The Tour To End All Tours“. Find the whole schedule here:
The Tour To End All Tours 2023 presented by Cobra Agency 14.04. UK Leeds – First Direct Arena 15.04 UK London – The OVO Arena Wembley 16.04. UK Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena 18.04. UK Glasgow – The OVO Hydro 21.04. FR Paris – Zenith 24.04. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena 25.04. LU Esch / Alzette – Rockhal 28.04. SE Stockholm – Avicii Arena 29.04. NO Oslo – Spektrum 30.04. DK Copenhagen – Royal Arena 02.05. DE Hannover – ZAG Arena 03.05. NL Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome 05.05. DE Berlin – Mercedes Benz Arena 06.05. DE Leipzig – Quarterback Immobilien Arena 07.05. AT Vienna – Stadthalle 12.05. DE Cologne – Lanxess Arena 13.05. BE Antwerp – Sportpaleis 15.05. DE Munich – Olympiahalle 18.05. EE Tallinn – Saku Arena 19.05. FI Helsinki – Ice Hall 20.05. FI Kuopio – Kuopio Hall
There’s no rest for the wicked: After celebrating the huge international success of their latest masterpiece “The War To End All Wars”, Sweden’s war chroniclers prepare for the next step in their remarkable career: On May 6th, SABATON will release “The Symphony To End All Wars”, presenting a new interpretation of their #1 album, as a beautiful and monumental epic soundtrack version.
“The Symphony To End All Wars” will be available in 2 vinyl formats: Black Single LP in Gatefold and Winter Wind Single LP in Gatefold [Ltd. to 1500 units]. The album will also be available on all digital music platforms.
The tracklist reads as follows: 1. Sarajevo (Symphonic Version) 2. Storm Troopers (Symphonic Version) 3. Dreadnought (Symphonic Version) 4. The Unkillable Soldier (Symphonic Version) 5. Soldier Of Heaven (Symphonic Version) 6. Hellfighters (Symphonic Version) 7. Race To The Sea (Symponic Version) 8. Lady Of The Dark (Symphonic Version) 9. The Valley Of Death (Symphonic Version) 10. Christmas Truce (Symphonic Version) 11. Versailles (Symphonic Version)
To make the wait more bearable, SABATON also made “The War To End All Wars (History Edition)” available for streaming from today on. Physically released on March 4th, this special version of “The War To End All Wars” includes spoken comments with additional information about the historic background of the new SABATON songs.
“The War To End All Wars” marks the tenth album of the band and the second concept album of SABATON about World War I and features stories, miracles and atrocities of one of the darkest episodes of modern history – marrying these true tales to loud, bruising, bone tingling heavy metal.
With this album, the band climbed the international charts securing #1 positions in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Finland. Achieving the top position for the second time in Germany, Sweden, and Finland, the album also hit #1 in Poland, Hungary and Austria for the first time in their career. This and additional outstanding results in other territories made “The War To End All War” the most successful album of the Swedish band so far.
The band announced the re-scheduled tour dates for “The Tour To End All Tours”. Find the whole schedule here:
The Tour To End All Tours 2023 presented by Cobra Agency 14.04. UK Leeds – First Direct Arena 15.04 UK London – The SSE Arena Wembley 16.04. UK Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena 18.04. UK Glasgow – The SSE Hydro 21.04. FR Paris – Zenith 24.04. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena 25.04. LU Esch / Alzette – Rockhal 28.04. SE Stockholm – Avicii Arena 29.04. NO Oslo – Spektrum 30.04. DK Copenhagen – Royal Arena 02.05. DE Hannover – ZAG Arena 03.05. NL Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome 05.05. DE Berlin – Mercedes Benz Arena 06.05. DE Leipzig – Quarterback Immobilien Arena 07.05. AT Vienna – Stadthalle 12.05. DE Cologne – Lanxess Arena 13.05. BE Antwerp – Sportpaleis 15.05. DE Munich – Olympiahalle 18.05. EE Tallinn – Saku Arena 19.05. FI Helsinki – Ice Hall 20.05. FI Kuopio – Kuopio Hall
SABATON is a five-piece heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden. Since the band’s formation in 1999, SABATON has achieved quadruple Platinum sales and performed colossal concerts in over fifty countries. SABATON, signed to the world’s biggest heavy metal label, Nuclear Blast Records, playedat major European festivals, and throughout North America, and Eastern Europe. As you might guess… There’s no end in sight for this unstoppable war machine anytime soon!
Following the release of their tenth studio album “The War To End All Wars”, SABATON come up with a huge announcement today: Spring 2023 will see the band touring across Europe on the eagerly awaited re-scheduled tour: “The Tour To End All Tours”.
Starting in Leeds on April 14th, the tour will bring SABATON to 21 cities in 14 countries. SABATON will present their biggest and most spectacular show till date in Europe’s largest arenas. Fans can be assured that the band will write history with the ground-breaking live shows on “The Tour To End All Tours”. Support acts will be announced at a later point.
The Tour To End All Tours 2023 presented by Cobra Agency 14.04. UK Leeds – First Direct Arena 15.04 UK London – OVO Arena Wembley 16.04. UK Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena 18.04. UK Glasgow – The OVO Hydro 21.04. FR Paris – Zenith 24.04. DE Hamburg – Barclays Arena 25.04. LU Esch / Alzette – Rockhal 28.04. SE Stockholm – Avicii Arena 29.04. NO Oslo – Spektrum 30.04. DK Copenhagen – Royal Arena 02.05. DE Hannover – ZAG Arena 03.05. NL Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome 05.05. DE Berlin – Mercedes Benz Arena 06.05. DE Leipzig – Quarterback Immobilien Arena 07.05. AT Vienna – Stadthalle 12.05. DE Cologne – Lanxess Arena 13.05. BE Antwerp – Sportpaleis 15.05. DE Munich – Olympiahalle 18.05. EE Tallinn – Saku Arena 19.05. FI Helsinki – Ice Hall 20.05. FI Kuopio – Kuopio Hall
The band just released their last album, “The War To End All Wars” on March 4th. The second concept album of SABATON about The First World War features stories, miracles and atrocities of one of the darkest episodes of modern history – marrying these true tales to loud, bruising, bone tingling heavy metal.
Today, the eagerly awaited new studio album from Swedish war chroniclers SABATON finally sees the day of the light: “The War To End All Wars” is out NOW. Highly praised by international media, the tenth masterpiece of the Swedish metal force is determined to shake the world in its foundations, introducing a new era in the band’s remarkable career.
The band states: “With our last album, The Great War, we found that we had only scratched the surface in terms of the powerful stories of courage and bravery and also the horrors that took place during the first World War. Fans would contact us and tell us these amazing stories from World War One that none of us had ever heard of before. Incredible, human tales like the British and German soldiers who put down their weapons on Christmas Eve in 1914 to share a moment of peace and reconciliation, right there on the battlefield; or the brave soldiers who fought in the White War, some 12,000 feet up in the Alps, who froze to death and whose bodies remain under the snow to this day. These are magnificent stories about everyday people who were willing to give their lives for something that was bigger than themselves. Marrying these true tales to loud, bruising, bone tingling heavy metal? Adding a second chapter to one the most frightening and liberating times in history? Why wouldn’t we make this album?”
To celebrate the release, SABATON releases a video for their fourth single “Race To The Sea”. ‘Race To The Sea’ is a song about the decision from Albert of Belgium during WW1 to flood the last part of Belgium and with the help of water prevent all of Belgium to fall into German hands.
“Race To The Sea” is the fourth single of the tenth masterpiece of SABATON, “The War To End All Wars”, that is released today, March 4th, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Once again, SABATON will dive deep into the atrocities, miracles and happenings around WWI and take the listener to an emotional and exciting ride of 11 tracks. “Race To The Sea” was preceded by the highly praised “Christmas Truce”, the massive hit “Soldier Of Heaven” and overly popular “The Unkillable Soldier”.
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