The Great War, and Other Channels

The Great War, and Other Channels

For those who have been following along until now, I've mentioned Sabaton repeatedly. I've also now mentioned their history channel, in collaboration with Indy Neidell. Yeah, those guys at Sabaton have a knack of doing something useful and informative that also opens up more business opportunities and promotion. Of course a channel dedicated to covering specific events from their songs will also be used to hilight songs from upcoming albums (and an upcoming tour that starts in the states this…

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Rise of Evil

Rise of Evil

Sabaton regularly gets accused of being right-wing because of things like putting out an album about Karl of Sweden [https://infogalactic.com/info/Charles_XII_of_Sweden], or singing the Swedish Anthem in concert, or writing a song that explains, with sympathy to the german people, why an evil, charismatic, and ultimately incompetent man was able to seize power. I'll note one thing regarding the "Socialism" being real socialism. Especially as it's clear they're trying to stay neutral, and there…

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Through the Gates of Hell

Through the Gates of Hell

June 6th, 1945, the allies came ashore in Normandy, France, to open another front against Nazi Germany. The Didact [https://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-jaws-of-hell.html] and Peter Grant [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-greatest-amphibious-invasion-in.html] have good posts.…

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Nautical History

Nautical History

First, for those who missed my post, Sabaton decided that, since they couldn't figure out a place to slide it in between Heroes, The Last Stand, and the upcoming Great War, that they'd just go ahead and do a single about the Bismark. OK, for those somewhat familiar with the story of the hunt for the Bismark, there's actually an argument for putting it under "The Last Stand". Either way, like how they executed the video. While on the subject, another song about the same ship: I grew up with th…

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