SABATON Unleash New Single/Video, "Fields Of Verdun"
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 @ 12:37 AM
New Album The Great War Arrives July 19th
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Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON are set to release their new album The Great War on July 19th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band proudly presents their first single, “Fields Of Verdun”.
Watch the official video on KNAC.COM HERE.
Bassist Pär Sundström comments: "We choose “Fields of Verdun” to be the first single since we felt it represent the album perfect, a classic SABATON metal song which we cannot wait to include in the future setlists.
The story of the battle of Verdun is also very representative for the album since it has all elements that identifies with The Great War. Verdun is so much WW1 that we decided to hold the first album presentation in this city, inviting journalists from around the world to not just hear the album, but also understand the story behind it.
It is the first single from the upcoming album even if we just released "Bismarck", but that song is not from the upcoming album. We decided to write "Bismarck" outside the album since the story does not connect to WW1 and also that it was recorded at a different time. The meaning of this song was a tribute to all fans who have contributed over the years by sending us ideas for future songs, please continue with that!"
SABATON’s ninth full-length record, that will see the light of day right in time for the band's 20th anniversary, will be a concept album based on events during the First World War.
The Great War tracklist:
- "The Future Of Warfare"
- "Seven Pillars Of Wisdom"
- "82nd All The Way"
- "The Attack Of The Dead Men"
- "Devil Dogs"
- "The Red Baron"
- "Great War"
- "A Ghost In The Trenches"
- "Fields Of Verdun"
- "The End Of The War To End All Wars"
- "In Flanders Fields"
SABATON recently announced plans for their return to North America this fall with feature support from special guest HAMMERFALL. Tickets are on sale now at www.sabaton.net/tour.
SABATON TOUR DATES (w/HAMMERFALL):
- 10.4 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
- 10.5 - Tampa, FL - Jannus Landing
- 10.6 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
- 10.8 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
- 10.10 - Phoenix, AZ - Van Buren
- 10.11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
- 10.12 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency
- 10.14 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
- 10.15 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
- 10.16 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theater
- 10.18 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
- 10.19 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theater
- 10.21 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
- 10.23 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
- 10.25 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater
- 10.26 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
- 10.27 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora Ballroom
- 10.29 - Toronto, on - The Danforth Music Hall
- 10.30 - Montreal, QC - M Telus
- 11.1 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
- 11.2 - New York, NY - PlayStation Theater
- 11.3 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore

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