Mom REACTS to Sabaton - Bismarck … did not expect this !!!!

[@MommaTaunT]

At request , Sabaton! Tell me all there is to know . And please suggest some Christmas songs for December at my instagram: @momma.taunt

[@kingseb2252]

Sabaton does a few songs that takes place in Christmas like Christmas truce and no bullets why but either way i highy recommend more sabaton

[@kingseb2252]

No bullets fly* i mean

[@MommaTaunT]

Well … if enough people sub to this one , I will have to 😉

[@kingseb2252]

Sabaton is my favourite band im gonna see them live on the 2nd of December

[@MommaTaunT]

@@kingseb2252 lucky you!!

[@lillianetheelf8285]

Well since you are doing Sabaton, their song Christmas Truce is a great song that tells its tale hauntingly well.

[@DetStoraMisstaget]

The best christmas song ever

[@lewispekrul4037]

Exactly what I was thinking of!

[@Northman-from-the-North]

Yeah, christmas truce ❤

[@charlessapp1835]

Took the words right out of my keyboard : )

[@whirledpeaz5758]

I concur

[@billtbodger]

I love this song, it tells the story of the Bismark pretty well, for your Christmas list you have to include Sabaton's Christmas Truce, it get quite emotional but tells the story of a unique few days in 1914 when The British and Germans came together to celebrate Christmas, many could not return to the fighting afterwards, you have to listen to the whole video as there is a special ending

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you !

[@fnglert]

I was very impressed with the accuracy of the video. It showed certain famous moments very well, like the hit on the bridge, the swordfish torpedo run, etc.

[@bjoardar]

@@MommaTaunT I mean, you asked for a metal christmas song, so ... "Christmas Truce" it is :D

[@Arcalargo]

@@bjoardar I mean, technically Screaming Eagles works as well.

[@whirledpeaz5758]

Christmas Truce, I concur.

[@thepurplesmurf]

This metal genre is called Power Metal, but Sabaton has their very own and unique style that is a bit divergent from other power metal bands. Also all their songs are based on real historic events or persons with main focus on war. Not because they are fanatics or something like this, but their lyrics are always respectful and it's their way of contribution and to honor those who fought and died in wars throughout history. To conclude with their closing words in Christmas Truce, "Lest We Forget".

[@2104dogface]

The old boat Capt. is the son of the last Sailor of the Bismarck who passed away before filming. Sabaton also has there very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube. For Xmass songs Sabaton's "Christmas Truce" is a must. this is the best way to learn about history. i would add "Swedish Pagans" (vikings) "The Last Stand" (1527 sack of Rome & Swiss guards) to the list to check out.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@willghezzi]

The "Bismarck" , and his sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest battleships ever built in Europe (250 meters long, 36 meters wide, and displacing more than 50.000 tones) and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during Ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but he was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1400 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 3 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed his rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that he was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed it. However, despite having all his guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at it) his armor was still mostly intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and he disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's excellent armor, and that Bismarck had been scuttled by his crew (although it should be noted that many historians believe that it would have eventually sunk due to the damage received). Of the 2200 men that served on it, only 114 survived. The old man seen in the video is the son of the last survivor, who died in 2018, 1 year before this song was released

[@misschauffarde5112]

You forgot to ad the absolute madlad that was the destroyer of the name pryion a polish maned destroyer that defied all order a'd charged directly at the Bismarck engaging her at close distance (so close that from Witness they where able to throw trash and dire pistol at the Bismarck crew) blasting "im a pole 3 salvo for the honnor of poland" all this Time engaging it until it ran out of ammo for a interesting fact the brits deduced that the crew fatigue that caused the inacuracy of the Bismarck was caused by the constant harasment of the pryion

[@willghezzi]

@@misschauffarde5112 no I didn't forget, I simply felt that the comment was already long enough. And by the way, the Piorun disengaged not because it ran out of ammo, but because of Bismarck's counterfire from it's 15 inch guns. The whole encounter didn't last long actually, but was absolutely badass and legendary

[@misschauffarde5112]

@@willghezzi 3 SALVO IN THE HONNOR OF POLAND !!!

[@MrYuken]

@@misschauffarde5112 It was Piorun (Bolt in english).

[@misschauffarde5112]

@@MrYuken my dislexic and autistique ass thank you for your correction

[@redguern]

Christmas Truce has been mentioned many times. Please make sure you watch the official video and see it through until the very end of the credits.

[@lovrosedej7655]

The transition from hard rock to the softer side of metal is ofcourse blurred but as you listen to more of it you learn to tell the difference by heart. This is a clear metal sound in the power metal subgenre (although the 2 main characteristics of power metal used to be high pitched vocals and fast guitar riffs, now its more about how big and energetic the sound is)

[@alancarter41]

Sabaton covers themes of the sacrifice, heroism, and honor show by individuals and groups during the horror and chaos of war. They do not glorify war or choose sides, just accurately show what happened. One of the founders, bassist Pär Sundström said in an interview: "I don't think Sabaton can only be categorized as power metal, as the two main attributes of power metal are high pitched vocals and fantasy lyrics and Sabaton have neither of those. We simply play our version of heavy metal-what heavy metal is to us. Their rabbit hole is deep and emotional. And always watch Sabaton videos to the end, there is often interesting information or twists. Enjoy your metal journey, we will enjoy the ride with you.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@christomashofski9160]

Yes, to echo what many others are saying, you will really be glad you did if you choose Sabaton's "Christmas Truce" for your Christmas list. Please, for that one, do the "Official Vid," not the live show. The official vid is like a big-budget mini-movie and is very, very impactful for the first impression. You may want to keep a box of tissues handy for tears. That's the one with the "easter egg" at the end. You have to let the credits roll while enjoying the vocal aria. Read the credits to find the Easter egg.

[@gianfrancobellinirojas40]

Christmas unnnnn I think in Sabaton Christmas Truce & No Bullets Fly (because this event was 4 days before Christmas), I recommend both oficial videos, in case of 'no bullets fly' see the animated video.

[@sundelldennis]

formar post: "The "EASTER EGG " is the Captain of the Ship that brought the band out to the Wreck SITE of "Bismark" is the sailor with the pocket watch that was rescued by the British from the "Bismarck" when it was sunk by the Royal Navy in WW2" AND is the "REAL" son of the of sailor that first got the watch.

[@danielberger1378]

I would actually suggest "No Bullets Fly" (pick the animated story).... Watch the whole video, it's a heartwarming story that Sabaton tells in that song, and the real thing took place just before Christmas 1943.

[@2104dogface]

2nd that a very good 1 to do next

[@Asa...S]

December 20th 1943, so it would be perfect to react to on that date, even if it's not a typical Christmas song. Remember to watch all to the end.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

Remember to bring tissues for that one.

[@henrikerlandsson5561]

SABATON - To Hell And Back. That is a song about post-traumatic stress disorder. NANOWAR OF STEEL - Valhalleluja, is a song in some kind of nordig "jul" feeling. (In Sweden we say that we selibrates Jul around the time of christmas... But that names comes frome what was befor bleke krist come to the cold north... )

[@andrewwebb3248]

You say that you aren't good with history if you keep listening to Sabaton you're going to get a great lesson. They are the best history teachers that we've never had. A side from their main channel they have a dedicated history channel for each of the songs that have a historical connection, they made one album that wasn't really history and a traditional metal album.

[@MommaTaunT]

That is so great!! It will make history so much more fun for people

[@martine3293]

One of my absolute favourite live performances by Sabaton is 'En Livstid I Krig' (The Great Tour, Gothenburg). There's also an English version, but the original Swedish one is much better in my opinion. You can use the closed captions, to see the English translation. Another nice Christmas recommendation would be 'Ave Maria' by Floor and Marko (Nightwish). It's beautiful. You live near Germany? So do I (Enschede).

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

Second that. "En livstid i krig" is a really powerful song.

[@andersdahlqvist2662]

I concur. The live performande is *extremely* powerful.

[@andyohil7465]

Sabaton tells true storys about war. Yes, the name Bismarck comes from the former German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. It was the strongest warship in Germany. There is no better way to tell the story of the ship Bismarck than Sabaton. I would recommend Sabaton's Christmas Truce as the next song.

[@dmj4966]

Christmas Truce definitely, and En Vistid I Krig live in Gothenburg in Swedish w English subtitles highly recommended...the Easter egg that was referred to is probably the link to their website with history lessons behind the songs

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@dmj4966]

@@MommaTaunT Claro. I discovered these bands a few years ago and like turning people on to them as others did for me

[@connydely1460]

En livstid i krig live isn't in Germany,but in Gothenburg,Sweden😉🤘

[@dmj4966]

@@connydely1460 my bad, sorry!

[@connydely1460]

@@dmj4966 no worries👌

[@petervenkman69]

There are actually a number of metal Christmas songs, but as we are on Sabaton at the moment, the obvious choice would be "Christmas Truce" by Sabaton.

[@jarichardson66]

The "EASTER EGG " is the Captain of the Ship that brought the band out to the Wreck SITE of "Bismark" is the sailor with the pocket watch that was rescued by the British from the "Bismarck" when it was sunk by the Royal Navy in WW2

[@MommaTaunT]

I saw that but did not know that was the Easter egg 😉

[@miafranlund6982]

Well...Christmas truce by Sabaton The whole album Christmas Carol by Majestica (fact; leadsinger in Majestica is one of the guitarists in Sabaton)

[@dew2334]

You have to include Sabatons song Christmas Truce on your 24 day playlist it’s a must.

[@MommaTaunT]

Since over 100 people told me so, I guess I have to 😉

[@jorgenandersson424]

Christmas Truce by Sabaton is a must!! Keep in mind to watch the WHOLE OFFICIAL VIDEO INCL CREDITS!!

[@Murvelhund]

Tommy, one of the gitarist in Sabaton has his own band and they have done a whole christmas album, A Christmas Carol. My favorite is joy of christmas or Ghost of chrismas past. Sabaton is Power Metal even though their not, the music is Power metal but not the lyrics.

[@taika.melissa2798]

Christmas Truce by Sabaton would be perfect! Also, Sabaton's lead guitarist Tommy Johansson has made an excellent cover of O Holy Night (O Helga Natt; he sings it in Swedish).

[@torbjornsjooander5625]

You must react to Tommy Johansson The guy who played the guitarsolo He have his own youtubechannel with a lot of amacing cowers He is also the guy behind the music of a lot of Floors cowers He is an multiinstrumentalist and play all the instrument himself His voice is amacing and the range is cracy He is also the singersongwriter in his own band Majestica Maybe you should react to The joy of christmas with Majestica if you want a christmasong Tommy drop a new cower on his channel ewery friday so the rabbitwhole is wery deep Maybe you should react to his cower of The phantom of the opera or a Queen cower

[@fenrisulfur842]

welcome to Sabaton i guess? This Band tells stories about historical events or persons, no matter which country or nation. But only the facts, no matter which side. So if you ask for a Christmas Song, have you ever heard of the "Christmas Truce" of 1914? When british Tommies and german Fritz were playing football in the No Mans Land of the western Front ....

[@patverum9051]

The trawler skipper holding the watch is the son of the rescued German sailor..

[@TotallyNotAFox]

The boat they play on is called "Primo Victoria" - another song by Sabaton. The sinking of the ship lead to a change in battleship design, as the weakpoint was the lacking point defense against planes.

[@charlessapp1835]

In addition to Christmas Truce from Sabaton, check out "No Bullets Fly" from Sabaton. Even though it is not technically Christmas related, the event the song is based on takes place on December 20th, 1943, and one man gives the gift of life to his enemies. You MUST watch the collaboration video with Sabaton and Yarn Hub, because Yarn Hub tells the story and provides the animation, and Sabaton sings the song. If you are at all emotional, you might need a tissue for this song.

[@0Zolrender0]

"Attack of the Dead men" "The Winged Hussars" and "The Red Baron" are also fantastic songs by Sabaton. The Easter egg is that the kid on the Bismark is the Old Man at the start that takes the Band out to find the Bismark. He has the coords of its wreck engraved on the watch.

[@Flokarl1]

Oh!!! You must listen too Christmas Truce!!!

[@blackdog6969]

Valhallaluja by Nanowar of Steel is my favourite Christmas song. Bismarck is one of my favourite Sabaton songs, one both my kids loved basically since birth too. A special place in my heart I believe the difference between rock and metal is the intensity of feeling the song generates. Of course it all depends on the person. Sabaton is considered "power metal", a genre basically for giving fans an uplifting feeling. Sabaton do cover wars from every perspective as they're not political but love history.

[@ronnyseffinga7950]

i second that Nanowar of Steel with Valhallalujah is a superb Xmas song..... they are a Monthy Python style Metal band.... !!

[@brittjannesath2539]

For christmas, Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson got hid own band Majestica. Their metal xmas album A christmas carol based upon Charles Dickens book by the same name are amazing

[@nancy.dave.williams]

Go through their album Carolous Rex. Storytelling at its finest. En Livstid I Krig will make you cry. Live version with subtitles

[@TetravaultActual]

You hit the nail on the head that the battleship Bismarck, was named for Otto Von Bismarck. Bismarck also had a brother ship named Tirpitz, though his story is up in the fjords of Norway for the most part, as he was constantly bombed by the Royal Air Force. Bismarck was built for firepower and speed, and his main task was to raid the merchant lanes and stop war supplies from the US/Canada going to Britain. As you can imagine, this was a major threat for Britain, so once Bismarck was active, the Brits kept tabs on his movements. At the start of the video with the radio chatter, you hear the line "...blew up the mighty Battlecruiser Hood." Hood was the flagship for the Royal Navy at the time. The first major engagement Bismarck, and the escorting heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, underwent was against HMS Hood and HMS King George V. The engagement only lasted four minutes, as Bismarck struck a lucky hit into Hood's ammunition storage, and detonated the ship. The force of the blast was so powerful, that not only was Hood broken in half, but the front half continued to sail on pure momentum alone before sinking. HMS King George V retreated with some damage of his own sustained from the engagement. After this devastating loss, the British high command ordered pretty much whoever/whatever was available to sink the Bismarck. This included: Two aircraft carriers, a seven destroyers, two battleships, two heavy cruisers and one light cruiser. Torpedo bombers from HMS Ark Royal, as we saw in the music video, managed to cripple the Bismarck with a single torpedo. The torpedo jammed the rudders into the central propeller, and he could only sail in circles, leaving Bismarck easy prey for the approaching big guns of HMS Rodney and HMS King George V. So needless to say, it was a mission to not only stop Bismarck, but kind of get some revenge for what happened to Hood. The scene during the guitar solo was Bismarck's second, and final, engagement against the Royal Navy. There's a semi-unknown story about a Polish crewed destroyer called the Piorun that charged the Bismarck the night before the final engagement and fought it with everything they had, including flashing "I am a Pole, three salvos for the Kingdom of Poland" over and over with their signal light. The KZbinr LazerPig does a great video about this little story. His comedy is a bit dry, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. Sorry for the length of the comment, I really like telling stories lol

[@eduardklima5698]

In song there is line: Bound by iron and blood - that is from Otto von Bismarck´s speech when he proclaimed that united germany it is to be bound by iron and blood.

[@yordemiir5562]

That was sooo sweet. As a Sabaton Fan this really warmed my heart. Can't wait for mor Sabaton reactions. For your Christmas reaction you have to listen to 'Chrstmas Truce', a beautiful Song about Friendship in the first world war. Lovely greetings from Germany

[@B1RDSEYE]

Well, as others have been suggesting Sabaton has an excellent Christmas song called “Christmas Truce.” As far as other Christmas songs go, I really like BarlowGirl’s “carol of the bells/sing we now of Christmas.” They have lovely voices that blend well, and produce beautiful harmonies. And a sort of off-the-wall Christmas song that I’ve always loved is “all I want for Christmas(is a real good tan)” by Kenny Chesney. There you go. Some solid suggestions if I do say so myself. Merry early Christmas to you!

[@najroe]

If you want more from Sabaton, they have many great songs about persons and events, The animated STORY videos of either "night witches" or "no bullets fly" are great, you will have a brief introduction to the history behind the song and some interesting animation of the action. then you have heartbreaking lyrics like "To hell and back" and "En livstid i krig". To hell and back is about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers suffer. En livstid i krig is about the thoughts and feelings of a Swedish soldier in the 30 years war, but feelings and thoughts in the lyrics would be valid for most soldiers in any time period anywhere. epic videos would be steel commander you just saw Bismark Christmas truce then we have live performances. En livstid i krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) uprising or 40:1 from poland My wife just recommended either night witches or lady of the dark about female heroes in the frontline.

[@cozmic2225]

Its not christmas but there song final solution its a very sad song about the horrific events of ww2 and the camps i have not much more to say but respect for this band

[@xXlNesTlXx]

The name of the boat of this video, is the name of the first song of their first album (also called Primo Victoria) and that song tells about the infamous D day…is a very powerful song, and in the last part of the song, when says “6th of June 1944, Allies are turning the war, Normandy state of anarchy, OVERLORD, Aiming for heaven though serving in hell, Victory is ours their forces will fall” you really want stand up and salute to all fallen heroes of that day…anyways no matter what song of Sabaton you choose, because all songs have a very stunning war history behind

[@DaP84]

Next Sabaton - Christmas Truce! 2 in one, perfect follow up and Christmas themed

[@Zeraphim]

The Easter Egg is that the captain of the boat Sabaton plays on seemingly is the young sailor that the Bismarck Captain gives his watch to.

[@whirledpeaz5758]

I think of Sabaton as Valor Metal. The Easter egg is the Pocket watch, given to the Bismarck survivor, in possession of the fishing boat captain, who is the real life son of the survivor.

[@marnixmlejnek4586]

it is an power metal band from sweden, very nice music, every war they sing about they have learnd the history of before making the song

[@goldosprey]

If your gonna do Christmas songs, Sabaton has a song about the Christmas Truce,

[@jacqueshumann1321]

You are correct, the Battleship was Named after Otto von Bismark. The Ship Bismark was the most powerful Battleship in German History and I believe also in the World. It was named after him as a Sign of respect and a show of force. It was supposed to Lead "Die Kriegsmarine" the German name for War Fleet.

[@mrlizardtx]

There are lots metal Christmas songs. Of course Sabaton - Christmas Truce has been mentioned, Twisted Sister did a Christmas album of metal versions of traditional songs, as did Rob Halford of Judas Priest, but his includes originals as well. I would like to recommend the title track, Winter Song. I would also like to recommend Silent Night by Schafer/Barlow Project.

[@marinamucic908]

Also, Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson has his own band Majestica (he is the singer) and they have a Christmas Carol album (Charles Dickens' story). I recommend songs Ghost of Marley and Joy of Christmas for start

[@gamingweirdo5071]

After the jump at 4:02 I knew she was gonna like this!😂

[@MommaTaunT]

You did see right!! Can’t wait till dec 24 😉

[@gamingweirdo5071]

Highly recommend "Attack of the Dead Men" and/or "Christmas Truce" if you get the chance!

[@MommaTaunT]

@@gamingweirdo5071 Christmas truce is number 24 on my Christmas advent calendar

[@gamingweirdo5071]

Well, now I got something to look forward to!😁

[@MommaTaunT]

@@gamingweirdo5071 I hope I do too 😉

[@swabia1554]

Ayreon and Avantasia will then also be interesting, because they are done by one mastermind who bring multiple singers together from different bands perofrming together. This will open a whole new world of singers to explore. And Floor is going to reappear there occasionally , too.

[@frankpuncekar5051]

I concur, Christmas Truce please play thru the ending credits! Rock On Happy Holidays!👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Strrudel]

Just discovering you for the first time, and this has nothing to do with this video- but WOW youre speaking voice is just so smooth and soothing. i could listen to it all day!

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you , that is very sweet of you to say

[@seanironfist8887]

Not sure if someone already told you of the easter egg but the sailor with the silver who we watched at the end getting rescued was the same man that Sabaton was with on the boat, as the compass had the same coordinates.

[@MommaTaunT]

Many did , but I still appreciate yours too 😉

[@peterkensborn8035]

There are so many great songs to choose from. Christmas Truce have already been suggested, so why not try some live performance, 'En livstid i krig'from the Great Tour in Gothenburg. It is in Swedish but use the subs.

[@zonen6887]

What people are suggesting as an easter egg is that whoever stands the fishing boat that sabaton plays on has the same watch as the young man who was picked up at the end of the movie and is related to that person. As for Christmas songs, I can recommend NANOWAR OF STEEL - Valhalleluja which is a Christmas song inspired by the icea catalogue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWq6iK1vatecpqM Another band is YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS who make pirate themed songs who made several Christmas songs and I choose two of them to recommend and that is Ring The Bells : kzbin.info/www/bejne/omiUl2ewh92heNE As well as the song Sulfur Ahoy : kzbin.info/www/bejne/a36QkHeDqriMiZo Another is the parody band Psychostick with songs like N.O.E.L. : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qou6nY18m6ahf68 As well as the song Zombie Claus : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXvdpZ56lrqFgLs Then we have Christmas songs from Werd al, who is the king of parody songs like Christmas At Ground Zero: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmGWaqNsrdaoqrc As well as the song The Night Santa Went Crazy : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Znethmd9p72tqqc

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@dixie3086]

@@MommaTaunT It was not a watch. It was a compass. And the Captain of the Bismarck was seen writing the co-ordinates on the back of it before the ship went down.

[@nightmary]

The second singer in Nightwish was Anette Olsen. Generally her studio versions are best, although Slow Love Slow, a lovely jazz song, has a live version at the Montreux Jazz Festival that is really good. The official music video of Amaranth is a great choice as well. Enjoyed this reaction a lot. Sabaton is an amazing group. Christmas Truce is the song with the Easter egg you'll want to find - listen to the music at the end and watch the credits.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@BergenDev]

Tommy Johansson, the guitarist at 7.03 got a YT channel. His voice is awesome too.

[@oneworld8477]

Greetings to you Ma'am, For a really powerful and vocally challenging yet perfect on the notes I suggest you to listen to an Indian Artist singing a Christmas song 🎵. Singer - Sanam Puri Song - Mary do you know I am sure you will greatly appreciate the great melody and the vocal repertoire of the artist. Happy Listening 🎶

[@hboplus1]

Well it is very complicated to explain the differences between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and mostly of time is more feeling than other thing. Heavy Metal has a strong presence if the drums and a huge work in guitars, many times in galloping style and huge solos or duets with all guitarists, the sound are normaly louder and distorced too. Normaly the vocals are much more vigorous. Hard Rock normally has a much more perceptible influence of blues, very complex guitar solos and high and raspy vocals. The guitar riffs are much more generous and bass is not too high. It is import to say that metal has nowadays a huge number of subgenres like nu metal, death metal, power metal, glam metal, folk metal, black metal, speedy metal, industrial metal, symphonic metal, thrash metal and many others. Another curiosity thing is that mostly time, in great part of metal bands, the metal musicians are truly masters of their instruments in a much higher level that in another genres. About Xmas songs, I agree, Christimas Truce of Sabaton could be part in your december list. I also like Ramones (Punk Rock band) so much so I also recommend their song "Merry Christimas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrLenV8hdmhpcU). Another good option certainly is a classical from AC/DC, Mistress For Christimas (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH2vg2SOhq9seNk).

[@powerraccoon493]

Finally someone who plays the whole song before reacting to it... for the christmas songs I recomend 'Christmas truce' from Sabaton

[@MommaTaunT]

It’s on my list for the 24 day challenge

[@frankpuncekar5051]

Sabaton has its own music genre, it’s “Lest We Forget” Sabaton is not political but tells the stories of mostly military histories of sacrifices heroics throughout history. Take it from this old Metal rock head they are simply amazing! Check out their animated story video of “ No Bullets Fly” do play the video all the way thru it’s simply and amazingly story. Sabaton also has a history channel telling the history of a lot of their songs! My suggestion is to do Ayreon, “ The Day The World Breaks Down!”official video. Rock On Stay Safe! 🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@flyer3849]

That's what I loke about them, they don't take sides

[@benpurcell4935]

The Easter egg here is the locket thaw ship captain is holding in the end.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thanks , I did get that but wasn’t sure if that was the “egg” 😉

[@isaiahwelch8066]

@MommaTaunT: You are correct about Bismarck being an important historical figure. Otto von Bismarck, I believe, established the Weimar Republic in 1870. _KMS Bismarck_ was a Nazi warship, a battleship, built by the funny little Austrian man who became the German Chancellor in 1932 (KZbin doesn't like people who mention his name; his initials are A. H.) The _Bismarck,_ the only ship I'm aware of ever called a 'he', was the flagship of the German Navy, when he was sunk in 1940. _HMS Rodney,_ of British Royal Navy, after _Bismarck_ sank _HMS Hood,_ was one of the 16 Allied ships sent to sink _Bismarck._ _Rodney_ ended up firing over 4500 tons of shells, and when it was apparent that _Bismarck_ was sinking, had to be ordered to stop firing. From evidence gathered since _Bismarck's_ sinking in 1940, we now know that the Germans scuttled him, rather than let him be captured. In the video, the man who the band had gone to see was the grandson of the last survivor of Bismarck's sinking, who passed away very close to the release of this video (I think it was a year prior to the video, but could be wrong about this). The compass you see in the video was what contained the Bismarck's final coordinates. As for Christmas songs, I highly recommend Christmas Truce, a tragically haunting song about the "Christmas Truce" of World War I, also known as "The Great War." Two other songs by Sabaton are a collaboration between the band and a KZbin channel called YarnHub: The first is "No Bullets Fly," about the events of 20 December 1943; and the other song is "Night Witches," about the Russian Air Force's all-women 588th Night Bombing Regiment. Sadly, many Second World War veterans are passing away more and more. The last survivor of _Bismarck's_ sinking passed away in 2018 or 2019. On a personal note, it's why I think that no matter what, we need to remember the stories of those who fought in past wars, if only to never forget, so history is never repeated.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you … and you are so right. We should never forget and it hurts so much to see some countries in war again … like they never learn 😔

[@isaiahwelch8066]

@@MommaTaunT : I just realized an error I made, in my comment: _HMS Rodney_ didn't fire 4500 _tons_ of shells, just 4500 shells. _Rodney_ literally fired shells continuously for over 3 hours after _Bismarck_ was engaged by the Royal Navy, and as I said, had to be ordered to cease firing after it was apparent that _Bismarck_ was sinking.

[@Drainege]

The Weimar Republic wasn't till 1918, I think you meant Bismarck helped establish the German Empire :)

[@isaiahwelch8066]

@@Drainege : I knew it was something to that effect, but couldn't remember what exactly it was.

[@tylerbuckley4661]

The opening is the actual radio brodcast when the Bismarck sank the hood

[@angc214]

Big Easter egg. The watch that the captain of the boat they were performing on was given to him by the captain of the Bismarck. As Bismarck is sinking it's captain gives his watch to a young sailor. The young sailor is later rescued. The captain of the boat is an old man but he has that watch. He was the young sailor aboard Bismarck.

[@culyc]

the lead guitarist is frontman for his own band "majestica" is suggest you give them a listen

[@rayallen3492]

The nice thing about this video is that it condenses the one week (or so) history of the battleship Bismarck rather accurately. From the HMS Hood to the Swordfish torpedo attack that smashed the Bismarck's rudder to the Royal Navy catching him. However, the pocket watch is a fiction as far as I can tell.

[@nightshade7240]

I'll make the same suggestion I always make, ballad of Bull might be their most unique song. It's certainly my favourite for the content and the style. Other great songs winged hussars, wolfpack, white death. Sabaton in terms of genre are really just heavy metal. That's what they refer to themselves as and it's a double entendre since a lot of their songs are about the heavy metal of the industrialised engines of warfare, so it seems fitting.

[@tony367]

Sabaton- Christmas truce and the greatest tenor ever, Jussi Björling O holy night (O helga natt) in Swedish.

[@lolerisses]

The Easter Egg in this song is the beginning, there you hear the radio where it says the Bismark shoot the HMS Hood and it sunk.

[@tylerbuckley4661]

Pay attention to the guy driving the boat and his medallion it is a key to this storyline

[@Krokmaniak]

For christmas songs to make things more... interesting? Different? I recommend "Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki" played by "GOLEC uORKIESTRA". It's traditional polish carol and it's band that was very popular when I was a child

[@NeiasaurusCreations]

So sabaton is a "story telling" metal band. Telling stories of war, from different time periods and even different perspectives. They don't really push an agenda like politics or anything, they just tell the stories and let us make of it what we will. Making them one of the more talented and unique bands out there. I love basically every song they've put out. Its always nice seeing other people give it a try, even if they don't like it. As for this song, its about a world war 2 super battleship, one of the largest battleships EVER produced, and cutting edge technology for the time. With guns and armor that'd make it a monster. It was put on a course to go to the alantic and begin raiding the convoys. The subs were already starting, and the bismark could really do some damage. Unfortunately it was spotted by a spy who secretly informed the british. Who instantly began looking for it. This would lead to a show down between I believe 2 cruisers and the battleship hood on british side, and 1 cruiser and the Bismark for the germans. Bismark would score some devastating hits on both ships, outright sinking the royal navy's flagship, the hood. Which triggered the Royal navy to send anything they could. Eventually aircraft carriers would terrorize the hood, and after massive pounding by multiple royal navy battleships, air attacks with topedos, and the kitchen sink, the bismark went down. Taking the majority of its 2000 men with it. Ironically enough, for all the money, resources, and tech they used, it'd be the submarine that'd be germany's most effective weapon in the alantic. Also, Bismark was basically the person that unified and expanded the german empire. Even beating the french up to finish unification under prussia. Which set the table for world war 1. Sabaton inspires you to learn the history.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you , and yes .. I love the fact that this way even the new generation gets some important history 😉

[@NeiasaurusCreations]

@@MommaTaunT Agreed, sabaton is actually completely responsible for my love of history. I wish in school they had something like this, cause the method they teach history often bores most kids to not even remembering half the stuff they're taught.

[@justmenicole4842]

@Momma TaunT sabaton's guitarist is doing a 24 days of Christmas on this personal channel, Tommy Johanson, check him out !

[@MommaTaunT]

Really ? That is so cool!! I believe I have a song of him in the bowl too

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Welcome to the rabbit-hole that are the songs of Sabaton (much like Nightwish, but in a slithly different way). Enjoy your journey. As for recommendations, i saw you already did Christmas Truce and discovered the easter-egg in there (Floor). Bismarck has no easter-egg per say, but instead the dedication at the end. Videos that do, however, are the animated story videos for the Sabaton songs "No Bullets Fly", Night Witches", The Red Baron, and "Lady of the Dark" - although in case of the latter three those easter-eggs are 'just' little nuggets of historical knowledge. The easter-egg in No Bullets Fly does, however, more than make up for that. Tissues are STRONGLY recommended for it though.

[@chuckhand8622]

Annette Olzon is the second singer of Nightwish and I would recommend my favorite song by Annette is Amaranth!!!! For a Christmas song The Nightmare before Christmas by Voice play is a good one!!!

[@detroitpolak9904]

When the Bismarck emerges from the fog…THAT was bad ass…

[@tylerbuckley4661]

Plus it is about the battleship Bismarck in 1941 when the bismark set sail into the atlantic

[@parvinkridler9390]

The Easter egg is the Bismarck Captain's/boat Captain's pocket watch.

[@norkannen]

The whole story about Bismarck you can get on Sabaton History Channel.😎🇧🇻

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@metalzonereactions]

Great reaction! They are heavy metal, sometimes now called traditional heavy metal. Definitely check out their song and video for Christmas Truce

[@petervenkman69]

The explanation I had about the difference between rock and metal, is that rock is generally more from an African American origins, while Metal is more based on European classical music in structure.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thanks

[@olavkoning]

As a history boy, sabaton makes great songs about all kinds of historic events!

[@MommaTaunT]

This is a whole new world to me ….

[@conner_kell5565]

A great rock/metal song is by Trans Siberian Orchestra: Christmas Sarajevo 12/24. It is an instrumental song that puts a rock twist on many classic Christmas songs

[@Asa...S]

I agree with everyone recommending Sabaton's "Christmas Truce", and to a Christmas list I would also like to add "O HELGA NATT (O Holy Night in Swedish) TOMMY JOHANSSON". If you like to hear another amazing version of this song you could also check out the classic version, "Jussi Björling - O Helga Natt". To me, and a lot of other Swedes, it's not Christmas without it.

[@DakotaKid95]

I'm going to tag on to this because Tommy has an album that is basically A Christmas Carol by Dickens, in song form. Majestica is at the top of my Christmas playlist.

[@palantir135]

Sabaton has their own history channel on KZbin. Hardrock evolved into heavy metal. The inventors of hardrock were Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. If you haven’t heard this already, look at Ayreon with the song The day that the world brakes down, official video. Floor is in it.

[@MommaTaunT]

I will have to look into that

[@palantir135]

@@MommaTaunT indeed but I warn you. Ayreon is a deep rabbit hole and you’ll never want to climb out of it again. Many well known musicians performed on the albums and in the two live concerts. See Wikipedia and Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s channel. Ayreon is one of his projects.

[@karolbartos8869]

It would be cool to see you reacting to Blind Guardian. They even done a cover of Marry Christmas Everyone a while ago, so that's one metal Christmas song for you haha.

[@andreashenriksson8161]

This is a must... chrismas truce by sabaton.

[@MommaTaunT]

December 24 , already in the box 😉

[@avanhinuar]

its similar, i think that the diference is the tempo and the distorcion in the electric instrument

[@JTMC93]

I now wanna see Unkillable Soldier, Lady of the Dark, and Christmas Truce. Heck, Primo Victoria could be used for Sabaton but also as an intro to Van Canto. And for another ship based song, look up Dreadnought. Edit: IIRC their most recent song is Father about Fritz Haber.

[@arnodobler1096]

"Historical" Metal: Deutschland by Rammstein 🤘

[@arnodobler1096]

watch the Music Video = Masterpiece

[@stevensauer8539]

I'll add my voice to the others here - since you liked this, you must watch The Christmas Truce from Sabaton for your Christmas metal songs. It's an amazing video about an amazing actual event. And it's got an outro from a Sabaton-linked vocalist you're already familiar with.

[@MommaTaunT]

Christmas Truce is the only one that I know is in the calendar for sure . I put it in on the 24th 😉

[@s.g-r1204]

For your christmas list: Christmas truce from Sabaton Krampus from Feuerschwanz

[@MrFarsan1]

SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)

[@JamesDeanShadow_Blitz]

If you are going watch another Sabaton song, go for the Yarnhub animated story video of the song No Bullets Fly. It's quite emotional so expect to cry though....

[@sivadfa]

Since you asked the difference between Metal and Hard Rock. The two genres blur at times, in fact, for a lot of the older Metal Bands they would sometimes be labeled as Hard Rock because that was the recognized genre at the time. AC/DC is a good example of what I mean on that. The thing is that Metal is in a way, a permutation of Rock, it has the same roots. Much like how Rock was at times similar to Rock & Roll, and Rock & Roll having origins in Blues and Jazz. The main thing that makes Metal, for me at least. Is that the lead guitar has a bigger harmonic emphasis on the song compared to the genres before. That's not to say the other instruments aren't important, in fact a lot of metal songs would be boring (in my opinion) if you took everything else out. There are some methods and tricks that are generally considered metal-only by some, but that's not the important point imo. The bigger point, at least when I'm appreciating music, is actually how Metal is as a genre generally quite happy to both experiment, and also look on really old techniques for inspiration.

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@Alrapter]

One thing I noticed easter egg wise was the pocket watch the captain was holding.

[@MommaTaunT]

Compass 😉

[@魔王-c1e]

You should totally do more of Sabaton! I would recommend "Christmas Truce" for December. I would also recommend one of their latest songs "Father". Down the line, it would be interesting to see you react to the Carolus Rex album songs which are all about Sweden's Era of Great Power. The songs on the album are both in Swedish and English, and the lyrics actually differ on most of the songs, the Swedish versions are more personal, whereas the English versions are more of the perspective of someone outside looking in. There are translated lyric videos by Piscator for the Swedish version, if you are interested in doing the Carolus Rex album. Sabaton is a Swedish band, and all of their songs are about real historical events, people and groups in war. They have a second channel "Sabaton History" where they go into the history of the songs they make. You do not need to be worried about copyright when it comes to Sabaton. They are pretty chill about it when it comes to their music and their history channel. Keep up the good work!

[@MommaTaunT]

Thank you

[@najroe]

Christmas truce by Sabaton is one Christmas metal song I can think of right now

[@MommaTaunT]

I think you mean by Sabaton 😉

[@najroe]

@@MommaTaunT sorry, just back home after a loooong night shift, was watching random reactions before bed

[@MommaTaunT]

@@najroe np 😉