SABATON RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM

Sabaton, the Swedish metal masters, release their ninth studio album through Nuclear Blast on July 19.

Titled ‘The Great War’, this is a concept album based around the First World War. It was produced by Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge Studios. Recording started on November 11 last year, the 100th anniversary of the end of the war.

“This is the biggest album we have taken on so far, there is so much depth and story around the songs that we never had before”, bassist Pär Sundström says. “Expect many surprises as we have tried new things and we also went back in time to a concept we know a lot of you love. The Great War has been created side by side with the Sabaton History Channel to make 2019 the most exciting year in our 20 year history.”

The band have also launched their own History Channel, in collaboration between with multimedia historians Indy Neidelland and Timeghost, capturing the power of social media to tell stories about the wars, battles and heroes behind Sabaton’’s songs. Subscribe to the YouTube channel via this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaG4CBbZih6nLzD08bTBGfw

The band headline the Bloodstock Open Air Festival on August 9.