Sabaton: #1 in official German album charts

Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON not only write about history, today they write history of their own. The band has reached #1 on the official German charts with their new album "The Great War", which was released a week ago.

"From denial to the top.

The story of SABATON in Germany started with a distributor who refused to release our first album "Primo Victoria" because they considered SABATON to be too controversial for the German music industry.

Today YOU proved them all wrong.

Thank you German fans for being so damn loyal all these years", comments the band!

Recently, the band proudly announced their European tour dates for "The Great Tour", with fellow Swedes AMARANTHE and Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA supporting.

Watch the YouTube announcement about the tour and support acts here: https://youtu.be/0YgFe67zHXk

SABATON - »The Great Tour« - Europe 2020

w/ APOCALYPTICA & AMARANTHE

• 17.01. CH Zürich - Hallenstadion
• 18.01. D Stuttgart - Schleyer-Halle
• 19.01. D Munich - Olympiahalle
• 21.01. A Vienna - Gasometer
• 22.01. H Budapest - Arena
• 24.01. PL Warsaw - Arena COS Torwar
• 25.01. D Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle
• 26.01. CZ Prague- O2 Arena
• 28.01. I Milan - Alcatraz
• 31.01. D Frankfurt - Festhalle
• 01.02. D Oberhausen - König-Pilsener-ARENA
• 02.02. B Antwerp - Lotto Arena
• 04.02. E Barcelona - Palau Sant Jordi
• 05.02. E Madrid - Vistalegre
• 07.02. F Paris - Zénith
• 08.02. UK London - Wembley Arena
• 09.02. NL Amsterdam - AFAS Live
• 11.02. D Hamburg - Sporthalle
• 12.02. DK Copenhagen - Forum Black Box
• 14.02. S Gothenburg - Scandinavium
• 15.02. S Stockholm - Hovet
• 16.02. N Oslo - Spektrum

Tickets are available on https://www.sabaton.net/tour/

The release of SABATON’s ninth full-length record perfectly coincides with the band’s 20th anniversary and the concept album is based on events during the First World War. The band started the recordings exactly 100 years after the end of the First World War (11/11/1918) and took 3 months of intensive work to complete the album together with their long term producer and partner Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge studios. Furthermore, the album has been mastered by Maor Appelbaum and the artwork was once again created by Peter Sallaí. "This is not the first time we have sung about stories from this period in time, but now we felt the timing was right to make a full concept album about this war", explain the band.

"The Great War" tracklist:

01. The Future Of Warfare

02. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom

03. 82nd All The Way

04. The Attack Of The Dead Men

05. Devil Dogs

06. The Red Baron

07. Great War

08. A Ghost In The Trenches

09. Fields Of Verdun

10. The End Of The War To End All Wars

11. In Flanders Fields

Order the album here: http://www.sabaton.net/thegreatwar

More SABATON live dates 2019:

• 01.08. D Wacken - Wacken Open Air *SOLD OUT*
• 09.08. UK Derby - Bloodstock Open Air
• 17.08. S Falun - Sabaton Open Air
• 23.08. D Sulingen - Reload Festival

»The Great Tour« - North America 2019

w/ HAMMERFALL

• 04.10. USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
• 05.10. USA St. Petersburg, FL - Janus Landing
• 06.10. USA Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
• 08.10. USA Dallas, TX - House of Blues
• 10.10. USA Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
• 11.10. USA Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
• 12.10. USA San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
• 14.10. USA Portland, OR - The Roseland Ballroom
• 15.10. USA Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
• 16.10. CDN Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
• 18.10. CDN Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
• 19.10. CDN Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre
• 21.10. USA Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
• 23.10. USA Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
• 25.10. USA Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theatre
• 26.10. USA Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
• 27.10. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
• 29.10. CDN Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall
• 30.10. CDN Montréal, QC - Mtelus
• 01.11. USA Worcester, MA - Palladium
• 02.11. USA New York, NY - PlayStation Theater
• 03.11. USA Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
• 23.11. FIN Helsinki - Hartwall Arena (w/ APOCALYPTICA, AMARANTHE)
• 01.12. S Stockholm - Sabaton Cruise *SOLD OUT*

2020:

»The Great Tour« - Russia & Belarus 2020

• 06.03. RUS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Stolitsa
• 07.03. RUS Vladivostok - Craft
• 08.03. RUS Khabarovsk - Velicano Club
• 10.03. RUS Irkutsk - Wild Horse
• 11.03. RUS Novosibirsk - Dkzh
• 13.03. RUS Moscow - Stadium Live
• 14.03. RUS St. Petersburg - A2 Green Concert
• 16.03. RUS Omsk - Angar
• 17.03. RUS Tyumen - Baikonur
• 19.03. RUS Yekaterinburg - Tele-Club
• 21.03. RUS Ufa - Ogni Ufy
• 22.03. RUS Samara - Zvezda
• 24.03. RUS Volgograd - DKT
• 26.03. RUS Nizhny Novgorod - Milo Concert Hall
• 28.03. RUS Voronezh - Palazzo
• 29.03. RUS Rostov-on-Don - Arena Don
• 31.03. RUS Krasnodar - Arena Hall
• 02.04. BY Minsk - Prime Hall