Apocalyptica - Fields of Verdun (Sabaton cover)

Apocalyptica cover our song "Fields of Verdun", from our new album "The Great War".
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[@justinogle4144]

The biggest power move is covering your own song before even releasing it

[@ebinecksdee9872]

Asserting dominance

[@QuasiRecreationalFacilities]

Dummy Thicc Facts

[@zoosam1090]

Agreed

[@mikechelsa3256]

this is my friend from school and he got over 1.2k likes LIT!!!

[@tbg3889]

The biggest power (metal) move lol

[@trevonboedigheimer8179]

Fields Of Verdun By Sabaton: For Headbanging Fields Of Verdun By Apocalyptica: For Headbanging *WITH CLASS*

[@rivahoukes1554]

*swirls wine* ah is see your a man of culture as well

[@MrKeserian]

As a violinist, who says strings can't be metal?

[@youngavaitor]

As cello player myself id love to get the sheet so i can headbang while playing fields of verdun

[@gregoireboily3355]

Keep it classy!!!!

[@grantgranby]

Correction, it's for kneebanging

[@I_am_Kamelot]

Public: “there is nothing Sabaton can do to increase the Hype for the new album.” Sabaton: “Hold our beers!”

[@sdp728]

*beers

[@i5ooikschannel551]

*our beers

[@kjn5991]

no, "Hold our tanks!"

[@tcntad87]

Sorry to destroy the 666 likes

[@e21big]

*One more beer

[@kickerwhitelion7626]

i love that metal bands are often friends and do amazing things together like this

[@razzledazzleist]

And then Saabton gets Apocalyptica to go on tour with them.

[@unowenwashere2782]

So it's called Metallic Bonds😉

[@MrEgofreak]

@@unowenwashere2782 You win the internet! Bravo! 👏

[@pineycolada3075]

It’s called passion for music that makes this happen

[@djrkzr]

@@unowenwashere2782 rather metalic magnetism ;-)

[@surayutskulchai714]

2 song in only few week *happy sabaton fan noise*

[@jijoe2151]

It's probably: WUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Like pewds doo... )

[@eatenbyghouls1849]

There's one coming on the 3rd too if I remember correctly This one was only announced like 2 days ago for a release today

[@matejsukdolak3634]

And still not on spotify... :(

[@Ainastrasza]

You'll get to hear the non-cover version on the 3rd too.

[@estebangrafeuille9111]

Are those noises us trying to hit our knees?

[@TheComedyButchers]

You really gotta ask yourself who is disliking a Sabaton video 58 seconds after it comes out

[@scottyboi04hendricks]

To be fair they released a cover before the song itself. That’s pretty stupid

[@tristanwentink5735]

@@scottyboi04hendricks Likely to get people hyped for the actual song.

[@scottyboi04hendricks]

NietTristan - does it get you hyped? Not me. Just makes me disappointed I haven’t heard the original

[@PerpetualSushi]

Fools

[@WraithReaper09]

It's up to 11 now.

[@B1smarkk]

Apocalyptica: Should we make another teaser for a song or cover of it? Sabaton: YES

[@ahhhhh4533]

Hahahahahahahaha i laughed so hard hahahahhahahaha

[@napalmblast6550]

@Never Trust Bob Sabaton open air

[@Sabatonforever]

after hearing the original about 70 times, this one sounds very good in my oppinion

[@Sabaton]

We think it too! It's a completely different approach :)

[@sol2544]

Just remember that to this day, 102 years later, they are still cleaning up the millions of unfired and un-exploded artillery shells that were left as a result of this battle, just to give a sense of how huge it was.

[@eugenio5774]

the "zone rouge" has reduced considerably over the years, BUT! the areas that still persist are *heavily* polluted by mercury, lead and arsenic. every year the goverment removes some 30 tons of ordnance, 2% of which is loaded with Yprite. you know, that fun party stuff that melts your skin. there are still areas where the vegetation *won't take*. they are also still removing human remains from the battlefield.

[@davnadz]

true story. they just found a uxo a block from where i grew up in germany

[@paperball2113]

Germans: We shall pass French: Hold moi baguette

[@annafirnen4815]

hold *ma baguette

[@plaguehead7348]

YOU.. SHALL NOT PASS!

[@zaidanmujahid6567]

ILS NE PASSERONT PAS

[@aneesh2115]

No pasaran

[@victormamede2443]

Putain

[@MarkSultanaX2]

that akward momrnt when the cover comes before the single proper that being said still sounds awesome

[@Trekki200]

I guess theres some point to that, whatever point that might be... (Maybe that we now know the tune but have no idea about the lyrics?)

[@MarkSultanaX2]

@@Trekki200 there's no point really, i just find it a little srange. But giving people a small hint of what the song will sound like is a very clever way to hype more people up.

[@Gloin79]

Think it's just like a teaser, now you could imagine what the original would be

[@tomashammarberg4427]

Apocalyptica plays at Sabaton Open Air late summer and I think Apocalyptyca are special guests on Sabatons gig!

[@ades.3327]

@Never Trust Bob That would be AMAZING.

[@dawidwojacki5049]

When cover is released before the original song to make more hype. Marketing lvl Sabaton.

[@thorstenaberg6581]

True!

[@Didntwanttomakeauser]

They have a whole "history" channel that's a thinly disguised Sabaton marketing scheme.

[@kabob0077]

Didntwanttomakeauser Ah, but it's a very educational marketing scheme.

[@nathanaelhavlik4293]

@@kabob0077 And that is a marketing scheme I can back wholeheartedly.

[@Sea-zu4bj]

History itself is sabatons marketing scheme

[@tacticalgerman890]

I stopped hearing Sabaton to hear Sabaton.

[@oliverfajfr766]

What ?

[@ducky_vx1_gaming]

Hahaha me too, was listening to lifetime of war when I got the notification

[@AndrewVasirov]

I think Lifetime of War and Fields of Verdun have something in common. But we'll see the lyrics when it releases to decide whether what I thought is true or not.

[@lorenaelizabethch585]

I did the same 😅

[@ironstrider7659]

Sabatonception

[@netrolancer1061]

R.I.P to the soldiers who fought in one of the worst meat grinders during The Great War.

[@julietteleon1609]

Agree with you. This was an awful slaughtering.

[@panillion]

but those we're the best hero, they did understand what they we're getting into, yet they fight still its bravoury.

[@NotARegularLurker]

All want Bismark in Spotify Sabaton on 1 may: HAHA, GOTCHA

[@ahhhhh4533]

HahahhahahaHhahahhaHjahhahahahhahah

[@thebigsad9463]

A tribute to one of the bloodiest meat grinders in history... Thank you Sabaton

[@michaeldiebold8847]

You should visit the field. It is intense and hopelessly sad.

[@monx94]

Outstanding username

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

You mean THEE bloodiest meat grinder

[@ThatIcelandicDude]

WW2 Eastern front: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@DGARedRaven]

@@ThatIcelandicDude No, it is not. But even Stalingrad does not compare to the simple meat grinder that was Verdun. How sad is it, that hundreds of thousands bled in one battle, millions in one war... only for it all to happen again twenty years later?

[@10_piece_mcnugget_wt]

I play cello in my middle school orchestra. Hope I can be as good as these guys some day!

[@Sabaton]

We hope too!

[@Sawdust_]

its been a year - any progress?

[@suran396]

@@Sabaton How do our headbanging, kick ass, metal Sabaton-mosh-pit-concert 8th graders get hold of your written music? I was hoping it would be at your concert but I didn't see any.

[@-Random_Person]

Same!

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

THEN THE SABATON FANS ARRIVE, COMING DOWN THEY LEAVE A LIKE

[@village3672]

Yes my emperor

[@Sigmar_Heldenhammer]

*hussar noises*

[@jaceguerrie7353]

Hell yes

[@comradedyatlov199]

I am go - Rogal Dorn

[@kabob0077]

The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind Even Lorgar would leave a like.

[@Ben-ny5xz]

A cover of the song before the actual song?

[@vlad11112]

Yea wtf

[@FireMegaDragon]

Power move

[@joebochinski1693]

some real big dick energy

[@gigachadgaming1551]

Largest flex

[@erkjan]

they work together!

[@thebigsad9463]

A great way to spend my "holiday". Happy worker's day

[@tyalla2008]

u2

[@creepylegend7392]

Papa Stalin's approves of the "Worker's day"

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Creepy Legends So do i.

[@francescosirotti8178]

@@creepylegend7392 Everybody should

[@micahegesa2297]

Happy workers Day to you too 😁

[@silvanbezemer7554]

Incredible how Sabaton hypes their fans every damn time!!!!

[@akrybion]

People: "So what can we do to promote our new album?" Sabaton: "Dunno, make an epic cover of one song and release it before the actual song?" People: "Give this man one million dollars!"

[@maxmironov8820]

Apocalyptica is soo cool, that they can make cover for song, that wasnt realesed

[@royxeph_arcanex]

(At discord talk with friends) (Notification appears) "BRB" (Deafens and clicks notification)

[@shortstuff780]

A true hero

[@ahhhhh4533]

No one fucking care oi

[@jointspecialoperationscomm4838]

@@ahhhhh4533 nah i care

[@napalmblast6550]

@@ahhhhh4533 I care

[@therandomdickhead5744]

My friend sent this to me on disc, couldn't believe they did a cover of their own song

[@csabaalmosdebreczeni3353]

Its rare that I click on a video so fast

[@szurovagodarabolo7617]

Azaz bástya

[@barnabascsiszar5636]

a komment szekció honvédjei \o/

[@ahhhhh4533]

No One Cares

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Ámen komrád

[@petyaivanova9629]

People: Endgame is the biggest crossover of the year. Sabaton: Hold my TANK!

[@e.noodles]

hold my battle of castle itter

[@redplanet9505]

Fields of Verdun And the battle's begun Nowhere to run Father and son Fall under the gun Now you know a part of the song 😊

[@benjamine8387]

Red Planet anyone managed to download it before nuclear blast took it down?

[@monx94]

@@benjamine8387 Yes

[@redplanet9505]

@@benjamine8387 i think it was just chorus, not the full song

[@bedflopperstudios2191]

You got a part wrong. “Father and son, Fall one by one, Under the gun.”

[@MalephicBass]

Incredible how hard Sabaton a is working to claim the metal throne

[@s.2196]

And they will have it

[@kabob0077]

Their Will be done, they SHALL HAVE IT!

[@6th_Army]

I mean, the others made the thrown. Sabaton earned the thrown.

[@h3llcat356]

Violin and rock it's impossible Sabaton: "hold my" (insert Swedish drink here)

[@gustavbergkvist]

Öl

[@BjornV1994]

1) It is cello, not violin. 2) Apocalyptica have made cello rock and cello metal since 1993 and are pretty well-known. And cellos, violins and other orchestral instruments have been quite commonly used in rock & metal for decades, especially in Symphonic Rock/Metal & Folk Rock/Metal.

[@Broadside_Brutus]

hold my coffe with cheese

[@HALberdier17]

Te (Tea) Kaffe (Coffee) Öl (Beer pronounced almost like Ale)

[@davideek8248]

Hold my snaps.

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

Really quite impressive. I hope to see a mashup of this and the actual Fields of Verdun song.

[@commanderalonso7419]

Hold my beer

[@cemtexx]

I just took over every TV with this song in house, family loves me now...... Also, we need more than 1 like button Sabaton!

[@josephstalin2173]

Those who disliked this video deserve nothing better than Gulag

[@lazarobrenic7030]

OMG UR ALIVE😢😢😢

[@simohayha760]

For once in my life I agree with you sorry for killing 505 men

[@PhoenixT70]

They are found guilty of treason and are sentenced to be shot.

[@arl-4452]

@@simohayha760 lmaooo the white dead

[@arpitjain1987]

Watch out.........I'm not supposed to tell this but Hitler will launch an invasion on motherland Russia.

[@Gurizon]

Fields of Verdun And the batlle has begun No way to run Father and son Fall on by one Under the gun Thy will be done

[@tyalla2008]

*Looks for new songs* "Nothing" *Watches Bismarck again* *Apocalyptica - Fields of Verdun (Sabaton cover)* lmao

[@airplanemaster1]

Tfw you write as a hobby, and entirely *half* of a character's personality is based solely on a Sabaton song. Feels good man.

[@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001]

The actual song is out. And honestly I think I prefer this version to the actual song.

[@christophedlauer1443]

Apocalypticas rendition would go perfectly with any number of scenes from WW1 movies. Bravo - awesome cover.

[@6th_Army]

Not Vimy. Well, maybe the countless British, French & American attempts. But not the Canadian one, a more constant adrenaline pumping song would be more appropriate.

[@DeathknightDragon]

Covering a song before it's even out to generate even more hype for the album... THE ABSOLUTE MAD LADS!

[@sirflaps7619]

I stopt listening to fields of verdun to listen to fields of verdun

[@kevinweppner]

When you get an ad from Rammstein on a Sabaton video :) Day could not start any better

[@ironace4788]

I’ve never been so quick to go to a video! I can’t wait for the new album and to see Sabaton again in concert!

[@lucasbrant9856]

Not gonna lie, I enjoy this more than the actual song.

[@lauraraymakers3122]

Never clicked on a video so fast! It's the cross-over I don't know I needed, but damn this is everything ♥️🤘

[@Klaevin]

I love Sabaton because they manage to be a powermetal band that makes you cry because the themes are genuinely sad. I guess it's not just the lyrics, because even without those, I can imagine myself on the battlefield.

[@B1smarkk]

Is this still a cover if this song has not been released yet???

[@senkrigar5474]

I guess Sabaron are gonna do a cover of this Apocalyptica song

[@alastairlindsay5746]

Tasty Unicorn It’s Sabaton

[@s.2196]

damn, you just made a fact right there!!!

[@jakecoyne3919]

Yeah, sabaton probably showed them the song and asked if they'd do a cover to hype the song. I guess they agreed and well here we are

[@lexsamreeth8724]

I almost wish the entire cover was in the style of the first minute. It somehow seems more fitting for the most long-lasting meatgrinder in military history.

[@bavi647]

I always imagined that like the titanic's musicians who they played till the sinking... Apocalyptica will play till the end of the earth on the final judgement day 💀❤🎻

[@DreaxDK]

The hype for this new album is tearing my apart! Can't fucking wait

[@bessarez4644]

Me:*getting an A in history Teacher: why u so smart boi? Me: sabaton..... \(-_-)/

[@whatinthefuckisahandle]

And after the atlantic here we are in france ready to listen to another masterpiece

[@i5ooikschannel551]

*raises mug* To our brother and sisters that have fought and those that are still fighting. And forever hold a place for those who have fallen in our hearts, for they be enemy or friends.

[@Metalovision]

Like si esperas con ganas que salga el videoclip. Esto nos deja con ganas ^^

[@carlosquintela2950]

Sale el 3 de mayo, no ? Bueno, un saludo, en especial a torr porque sé que es un gran fan de Sabaton

[@etherealhawk]

This is amazing. You're spoiling us Sabaton.

[@matiasezequielgalvan1826]

I want to cry, i fell in love with this cover...

[@davidiobrando]

FIELDS OF VERDUN AND BATTLE HAS BEGUN!!! I cannot wait!!!

[@GhiaccioGames]

Please do more covers like these, this is perfect for studying/ working.

[@fair2580]

Состарились ребятки.Спасибо Вам,я вырос на ваше музыке,вы вызывали у меня мурашки по телу с 2006 года (мне 17 было).долгих лет группе))

[@C4Cole05]

Wooohooo more Sabaton!

[@nuntiusmortis6927]

That's such a beautiful song. The main riff is great on its own but the cello just makes it unreal. And when the song slows down. It's just amazing. There are no words.

[@grishakaleesh4207]

Cellos tug on my heartstrings enough... But 'on' the Fields of Verdun as well...? I am all but crying. Yes, this came out a few years ago but I still comment to feed the algodrithm. 🤘

[@adrianolivares2448]

As you guys said, really unexpected but AMAZING!

[@riserevelation8471]

Sabaton: releases cover of a song not even out yet Sabaton Fans: “A surprise but a welcomed one”

[@LonePonderer]

Actually an amazing idea releasing the cover before the actual song because im HYPED now to hear the real thing. absolutely awesome.

[@DGARedRaven]

That opening is gonna haunt me all day today. Really good job there, Apocalyptica! And, of course, Sabaton!

[@lewismoulder2486]

Omg can't wait for the original version of this guys come to England again!!!!

[@finishfreefire9696]

Una obra de arte😍😍

[@viktorgabriel2554]

looking forward to this so much now

[@Juhnimus]

Each time i hear this cover it gives me cold shivers.

[@riflemanwilq5343]

When cover is released before the original:

[@300routasydan2]

Please make a collaboration with apocalyptica for fields of verdun symphonic version, i pretty love what you've done with this song but i assume that the cellos sound make it so emotional, intense and tragic... It fit really the sadness of the scene from verdun.

[@royalbluegaming7763]

This is such a great cover

[@howardbaxter2514]

Y’all are killing me! I can’t wait for this album any longer.

[@izusbaran4]

It's beautiful!! 🔥🔥🇵🇱

[@yourlocalt72]

Theres so much metal we can rebuild verdun complex

[@marios.5043]

Cant wait for the new Album

[@samuelandrekronvold3734]

SABATON TWO SONGS IN ONE WEEK AND NEW ALBUM SOON! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY DAMN LIFE!

[@Sunnysideanyway]

Sounds epic.

[@Sabaton]

T(h)anks!

[@lylebonney3081]

Elegant metal

[@Sabaton]

T(h)ank you

[@DeliriumMetal]

This is great ! Can't wait for the album !

[@thomashager7788]

2 bangers already I'm hyped!

[@elite5828]

Well, sabaton IS known for their excellent covers... Wait...

[@mazanakaUA]

Can you do more collaborations with Apocalyptica, please?

[@itsumayo]

This encouraged me to learn Fields of Verdun on different instruments. Now I can play it on guitar, bass, and piano. Y’all seriously made a sick cover!

[@old-moose]

Out freaking standing!!!

[@patyr.kakashi]

actually, the original song could be as calm as this, this is perfect

[@howardbaxter2514]

I feel like they both are perfect in their own rights. The pace of the original is perfect in that it matches the chaos of the battlefield over he 303 days. The pace of this cover is perfect in that it kinda gives a visualization to the hopelessness the soldiers must have faced during the battle.

[@saichari563]

Fields of Verdun! And the battle has begun, No way to run, Father and son, Fall one by one, Under the gun, Thy will be done.

[@monx94]

Ty for chorus

[@mollycroce19]

Omg this is amazing!!! I can listen to this all they long!!!

[@nikibonev3699]

Simply beautiful

[@ryanbarker2385]

oh HELL YEAH LETS GEEEET IIIIT WOOOOOOOO

[@alastisalastis7515]

Великолепно

[@mistysurge491]

Nothing gets me more hyped than this

[@SerenaWunjo]

man look at the passion on their faces

[@thecatinatormk2024]

A cover? I think either this is a new thing or i havent been with you blokes for long enough

[@yriafehtivan]

It's a new thing, off their upcoming album.

[@BjornV1994]

It is a cover as the original was made by Sabaton, but in order to hype the single (Fields of Verdun), they gave Apocalyptica the honors to release their instrumental symphonic cover prior to the release of the original song. Or in short, this is a cover of a yet to be released song.

[@thecatinatormk2024]

@@yriafehtivan gotcha

[@thecatinatormk2024]

@@BjornV1994 ok. sorry if you were going through the comments, and saw this, i am a huge sabaton fan but im keeping the album under my radar so when it comes out. I'll be playing it every night

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

Wait, so we get to hear a cover before we get to hear the actual song? Not that I'm complaining. Apocalyptica did a good job, as always

[@Krieg-ch8ot]

Looking forward to the new album so much love Sabaton!

[@theodorebear6714]

*When I close my eyes I can see blood flowing on the ground and shots cutting down young men...* *Absolutely beautiful and horrible when you know what happened at Verdun.*

[@ralfraths3619]

Just saw the original. This here is FAR more powerful. :D

[@capulet6669]

Amazing cover! Please icorporate more symphonic elements Sabaton!

[@riflemanwilq5343]

We dont know if the song is symphonic, or those violins are Beacuse Apocalyptica uses thsoe

[@iellachich1894]

Panslavia without Russia is better imo, do you agree?

[@goldenarchangel4262]

@@iellachich1894 yes it would be called neoslavia neoslavism is an ideology seeking to create a federal state like us between all Slavic nations excluding Russia

[@goldenarchangel4262]

Slava brat

[@iellachich1894]

@@goldenarchangel4262 thank you, you've just find me something to research for the next hour or two :)

[@catadanna4679]

Top as usual!