Not content with dropping the standalone single “Bismarck” (which won’t be on forthcoming album The Great War) on us recently, Sabaton have come up with another novel idea. They’ve given Finnish instrumentalists Apocalyptica a sneaky listen to a new song called “Fields of Verdun” and got them to cover it. How’s that for a way of giving us a sneaky listen to a song from the album without revealing it?
Pär Sundström comments:
I watched Apocalyptica’s show in Madrid last year and I was blown away by the magic atmosphere they created. This made me excited to see what these fantastic musicians could do with a Sabaton song! And what would be more fun than to let them record their version of a song not yet released?
Sabaton’s ninth full-length record The Great War will see the light of day right in time for the band’s 20th anniversary, and is a concept album based on events during the First World War.
The Great War will be available in different formats:
- CD-Digi (History Edition) incl. narrated parts in addition to the album tracks
- CD (Album Edition)
- 2CD Earbook (Album + History Edition)
- 180g LP in various colours (History Edition)
- 180g LP in various colours (Album Edition)
- 3CD/3LP Box (The Great Box Edition) includes: Earbook incl. “The Soundtrack To The Great War” CD, regular, History & Soundtrack LPs [180g, green], one out of 11 Great War propaganda posters [chosen at random], postcards, emblem, poem on sheet) – limited to 1000
The following formats are also available with a signed insert (while stocks last) from www.recordstore.co.uk:
- CD-Digi (History Edition) incl. narrated parts in addition to the album tracks
- CD (Album Edition)
- 2CD Earbook (Album + History Edition)
- 180g LP (History Edition)
- 180g LP (Album Edition)
