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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I recently posted on the Bismark, and two songs about it. Go figure that Sabaton would also go ahead and make it the subject of their weekly history vids.…
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…
For those of you who've hung around a while, my love of Sabaton is not news. There are metal bands with more intricate musicianship, but the overall blend of history and music sense is outstanding. They've also started a youtube history channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaG4CBbZih6nLzD08bTBGfw] with Indy Neidell, who has two other youtube channels dedicated to history in general and WW2. I'll post links to the first seven videos released up until now below, but another question has been…
I'd written about most of the songs on Sabaton's "The Last Stand", including Blood of Bannockburn [https://thelastredoubt.com/music-sabaton-last-stand-blood-of/], the subject of their latest history vid.…