Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON recently announced the release of their brand-new 8th studio album, “The Last Stand”, to be released on August 19th via Nuclear Blast.
Today, the band finally presents the first single from the upcoming record – ‘The Lost Battalion’. Watch/Stream the brand new video for the single here:

The story behind the lyrics:
“‘The Lost Battalion’ is the name given to nine companies of the United States’ 77th Division during the battle of the Argonne in 1918. Even though these 550-575 brave men were completely surrounded by the German Army and subjected to friendly artillery fire, they kept on fighting for a week until they were relieved. Of the over 500-plus soldiers who entered the Argonne Forest, only 194 walked out unscathed. The rest were killed, missing, captured, or wounded.”

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