SABATON - Bismarck | RichoPOV Reacts

[@frankjuggaloheathen1035]

Welcome to the awesome world of historical metal! Sabaton is a band from Falun, Sweden. Their members are: Vocals - Joakim Brodén Guitar - Chris Rörland Guitar - Tommy Johansson (who is also the vocalist in a power metal band called Majestica, also worth checking out) Bass - Pär Sundström Drums - Hannes van Dahl (who, as many people will be eager to tell you, is married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish) Most of Sabaton's songs are about real-life historical events, particularly those dealing with war, heroism, etc. The song you just heard, "Bismarck," is about a gigantic German battleship of the same name from WW2. Bismarck gained vast infamy when he (yes, Bismarck is one of very few ships to be referred to using masculine pronouns) destroyed the battle cruiser Hood (the radio clip from the beginning). Once the news got out, as many forces as possible were deployed to put an end to Bismarck once and for all. He was crippled when a torpedo struck his rudder, and the firefight grew relentless. Eventually Bismarck sank, although to this day it is unclear exactly what caused the sinking, whether it was from artillery damage or from the crew scuttling him. Sabaton has loads more music to check out and for many I suggest the live versions; the energy at their live shows is FUCKING INSANE. So here are a few suggestions for future reactions: "Uprising" (the Warsaw Uprising of 1944) Official music video AND live version from Woodstock Poland "Fields of Verdun" (the battle of Verdun) Official Music Video "Night Witches" (Russian female war pilots) Animated story video "En Livstid i Krig" (the Thirty Years' War) Live version from The Great Tour in Gothenburg NOTE: This song is in Swedish, so captions are highly recommended And many many more! If you want to hear more of their recent music, check out "The Royal Guard" (there's also a Swedish version of this one; "Livgardet"), "Defense of Moscow," "Steel Commanders," and their most recent release, "Christmas Truce." And finally, the band has a separate KZbin page called Sabaton History where they, along with their good friend Indy Nidell, give lectures about the backstories behind each song, and how the songs themselves came to be. Hope to see you reacting to more Sabaton!

[@Templarofsteel88]

I was there in Gothenburg and I can heavily recommend giving it a go.

[@ludovica1914]

🖤👏🏻⛓️

[@SmellsVishy]

Another song from Sabaton I'd recommend you to listen to is "No Bullets Fly", but make sure to watch the animated story video. Not just the animated music video, but the story video

[@SmellsVishy]

My favourite part about this whole song is the line "They are bound by Iron and Blood" which to me, a history nerd, is such an amazing reference and most people miss it completely. The ship is named after Otto von Bismarck a German general and politician who was the main force behind the unification of the German nation. In one of his most famous speaches he said something among the lines of "The German nation shall be united by iron and blood". His way of politics is also called Iron and Blood (Blut und Eisen in German). The principles of this are achieving inner stability by measures taken to resolve foreign issues or simply said, unite the German nation by finding a common enemy of all German kingdoms

[@MagnetonJjungle]

»by measures taken to resolve foreign issues« is a really nice way to say »warmongering«.

[@darkfrozenwinterstar3639]

@@MagnetonJjungle Touché, but a thing of that time in almost all european countries, to be fair.

[@wasitum]

Christmas Truce is both beautiful and sad, and the video is absolutely gorgeous. You should definitely check it out

[@Kovalinio13]

Yup, especially that Christmas is coming :)

[@Kovalinio13]

@@Sc4v3r Metal Xmas and hanndbanging new year :)

[@valdis.sevcenko]

you should watch it next broooo

[@miafranlund6982]

I absolutely love to see people experience Sabaton for the first time. You have a decade of excellent and epic music to discover.

[@Freiherr_von_Elnere]

Hollydaytime, SABATON "Chrismas truce" do it , Now, hehehehe . Greetings from Germany 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪 also " No Bullets fly"

[@zacjohnson19]

So Bismarck was the first I heard of them to. And now I am a BIG fan. Nearly every track is an anthem.

[@garygrezeszak8806]

Christmas truce!!! Best metal Christmas song!!!

[@phanaticz]

Big tip: Sabaton - En Livstid I Krig live from Gothenburg. It's powerful!

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Captions on! It's in Swedish. Makes it a lot easier (and more emotional... )

[@phanaticz]

@@lionfromthenorth4580 True! I'm Swedish, so I understand the lyrics, but you are very correct that captions needs to be on! :D

[@MrOwlglass]

As an australian you shouldm´t miss "Cliffs of Gallipoli" by Sabaton. ;)

[@Astravall]

Oh there are so many good Sabaton songs. I recommend "livstid i krig (live in Gothenburg)", "Ghost Division", "Night Witches", "Christmas Truce".

[@Andreas02170]

Bismarck was the first Song i ever heard from Sabaton, and is also my favorite one. Also two of my great-grandfahters served on the Bismarck and went down with her.

[@lovrosedej7655]

Ah, the rabbithole i've been waiting for. Rapid fire Sabaton facts because god knows you're going to get a lot of these: -historical songs with 100% accuracy from all sides with no bias -yes the drummer Hannes is married to Floor Jansen -you'd have to be the unluckiest man on earth to have one of their videos blocked for copyright, they are meant for sharing -yes they do indeed slap live -yes he is punching his knee over and over and over again -no, you should never end a video from them even a few seconds early, they often include little facts at the end -you should ABSOLUTELY check out their channel Sabaton History where they explain the backstories of the topics of their songs -

[@TheCursedCat1927]

Yeah, so if you didn't eventually caught up to that, the Old Man we see giving them the Boat IS that boy, that escape onto the American Vessel. And I mean historically.

[@feuerklinge9004]

You need to react to Chrismas Truce. Now is the perfect time!

[@zsadist8111]

Welcome down the rabbit hole of discovering Sabaton! Great to see your reaction! Their videos have really good quality, it's truly amazing. Make sure to watch their videos to the very end, otherwise you might miss something, which I have seen other reactors do, which would be a shame if you'd do. They sing about true historical war events. They also have another channel, Sabaton history, where you can learn the story and history behind the songs. Highly recommend it, you will learn a lot! A few recommendations to keep you going: Great War, Night witches (animated story video), Swedish pagans, Carolus Rex, Christmas truce, 82nd all the way, Uprising, Steel commanders, No bullets fly (animated story video), yeah the list is long....! Welcome to the Sabaton family!

[@Templarofsteel88]

As a side note here, the name they gave the boat as 1:53 is taken from an older song by the band (from the older set up of the band)

[@2104dogface]

BTW- Sabaton has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube were they talk about the history of the song topic and then alittle about how/way they did the song. for this song - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGanZKqJpsl8fZY

[@EbizzerHH]

No Bullets fly is an absolute must! Such an amazing story of humanity and insanely musically! You will love it! ;)

[@Obomb83]

Their drummer's wife is pretty popular too, from what I hear lol. A little band called Nightwish. You gotta hear Ghost Love Score Live at Wacken 2013

[@godfatherofbloedniss]

Sabaton is one of the best and deepest rabbitholes to dive into. These guys brought me to metal in 2008 with thier Song Primo Victoria. Another great track is defense of moscow and thier most recent one crismas truce. Greetings from Germany

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

One inaccuracy I'd like to highlight in the video is that when the Swordfish were taking off from the deck of HMS Ark Royal far from it being a flat calm as in 3:39 the seas were mountainous, the ship's inclinometer showed that Ark Royal's bow was falling and rising by over 60ft between wave crests, meaning pilots had to accelerate at full power down a storm blasted heaving flight deck in a heavily laden aircraft as Ark Royal plunged into a watery canyon, timing their lift off point as she broached the following crest and before her deck dropped away once again into the chasm of the next trough, this was as well as flying their slow biplanes towards a spitting mountain of death whose full focus was set on their destruction. Canvas biplanes flown by incredibly brave young lads, who sought no personal recognition or glory for their contribution. When people make the "outdated WW1 Swordfish" comments, just remember that no other carrier borne torpedo bomber aircraft of the time could take off and operate in such vile weather conditions, but would have had to remain safely lashed down in the carrier's "hangar deck". None of this is meant to criticise the video as the production standards are excellent, and its spirit is bang on, but more to further highlight the courage of the young lads who undertook those flights.

[@TheMajanor]

welcome to your first sabaton history lesson you have plenty to come

[@dorlonelliott9368]

Sabatonic Metal - History told to Metal. 10 of 11 albums are History based. [Metalizer was prior to their finding their History niche. 2 decades of work. This vid was released 1 year after the last survivor of the Bismarck died. The office memorabilia and the compass were his. The fishing boat skipper is his son.

[@jonadaya]

ooh Richo back with another of my favorite bands, my favourites are winged hussars and last stand though :P

[@hugobelloso2315]

Sabaton - Primo Victoria. Is a good one.

[@fiiv3s]

The music video was sponsored as an ad by Wargaming for their game World of Warships. That’s why it was so involved and good looking. Also all of the sounds of the ships guns and torpedos are from the game too (I know I’m a year late but I figured I should say so)

[@OldSoulHippieMan]

This is why I love your channel/community man! Always finding new music to go down a rabbit hole with! Bangers for days!!

[@maxar2551]

I Love Cornelius Rex and en livstid i krig live in göteborg and their latest chrismus thrus. fantastic video.

[@danielstucky3794]

There is actually film of this battle here on YT. The ship that had someone filming was actually a good distance away, but it's still super loud when the cannons go off. There's quite a few videos about the battle, and the Bismarck. Check them out some time.

[@Emilberntler]

Fields of Verdun, Night witches, Defense of Moscow, The red baron, and of course En livstid i krig live in Gothenburg are some others that he should react to.

[@Admonitor_]

Sabaton is pretty much the GOAT of power metal. The music is great, the vocals are great, their songs are pretty much all about history so you even learn stuff about history while listening to them, their music videos are one of the highest quality of music videos I have ever seen, etc. And man their live show are amazing. Best live performance I have ever seen.

[@greaper1976]

Sabaton is a Swedish band that writes and sings about Actual historic events, battles, moments of heroism and wars. They will be releasing their 10th studio album on March 4th 2022. Nice thing about them is that their video's never blocked so it's KZbin safe. (except for some Wacken video's that gets blocked by Wacken) If you really want to go down the Sabaton rabbit-hole, I would recommend these: (These are all from the Sabaton Channel, and they never block videos so it's safe to use) [live at Woodstock 2012]: Ghost Division, 40:1 and Uprising [Great Tour Live Videos]: En Livstied I Krig (make sure to turn subtitles on), Red Baron, Swedish Pagans, Primo Victoria, Fields of Verdun, Devil Dogs & Angels Calling [Lyric videos]: Attack of the dead men, In Flanders Fields, 82nd All the way, Sparta, Shiroyama and The lost betallion [Music Video's]: Christmas Truce, Steel Commanders, Defence of Moscow, Livgardet (make sure to turn subtitles on), Fields of Verdun, Rourke's Drift, Screaming Eagles, Uprising, Seven Pillars of wisdom & Cliffs of Gallipoli [Animated History Video's]: Night Witches and No Bullets Fly (not animated music video's, the animated history/story video's) [Covers]: Kingdom Come [Offical video] and I'm sure people told you but in case, Sabaton have another channel (Sabaton History Channel) where they do a deep dive into the history behind the songs with Indy Nidell.

[@helheimx]

The guy sailing the boat Sabaton is on, is the son of the guy you see getting the compass from the captain in the MV, the father died shortly before this video was released. The company Wargaming was part of the produktion team of this video and used it as a comercial for World of Warships. Sabaton has made 2 videos more with Wargaming Inc. "Primo Victoria" and "Steel Comander".

[@Mickeed79]

Great War is a must on the list of Sabaton songs! 👊

[@RevolverPanda]

How can one not know Sabaton? How is this possible? 😀

[@karvasius1]

RichoPOV: Listen to how epic this is sounding already (01:57) Me: Wait for it... (Side note: The young sailor who was given the compass by the captain was one of three survivors of the HMS Hood and also happens to be the older gentlemen at the beginning of the video that shows them the boat. The compass in used in the video is the actual one from the past. Sadly, he died shortly after filming this clip on 4, Oct 2008 at 85 years of age.) All joking aside, welcome to Sabaton brother. All of their videos are like this. Masterpieces. "No Bullets Fly", "Christmas Truce", "Night Witches", "ANY song by them". All good choices.

[@DokDo1995]

Go listen to No Bullets Fly (the animated video) or their new song Christmas Truce if you want some powerful stuff...

[@luisnunes3863]

Welcome to the world of Sabaton and power metal, epic is what we do around here! P.s. Other good Sabaton videos, Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, Coat of Arms, Hell and Back, Night Witches. Well visit Helloween, Manowar, Angra, Rhapsody of Fire and Unleash the Archers later.

[@requiemreapers1243]

Thank you for reacting to this video Richo, much love from Canada

[@optie5]

Fun Fact about Bismarck: When he shot his first salvo the shockwave was so powerful the radar system got destroyed

[@henrikalexandersson4663]

Great reaction! A few suggestions, En livstid i krig (live 2020 Gothenburg make sure you turn on captions ) No bullets fly, Last Stand, Winged Hussars, Christmas Truce and Carolus Rex.

[@basbeest2238]

What about Night Witches and 40:1? :)

[@jordanlee3972]

More Sabaton! Truly underrated!

[@Fathersmidmeals]

You know which channel I think is super underrated? Metal Piano Music. The guy spends weeks composing classic metal songs into classical/relaxing piano pieces and he hardly gets any views. I love his arrangement of Painkiller by Judas Priest. That dude deserves millions of followers 🤘🏻

[@Myomer104]

There's a reason the TVTropes page for Sabaton's Awesome Moments starts with "Yes."

[@tkbeds]

Their animated story videos 'No bullets fly ' and 'Nightwitches ' are epic. Christmas Truce is also a must watch

[@xScooterAZx]

This is partly live action as well as CGI. Also there are scenes from a movie,but I cant remember the name of it. The scene where the sailor goes to the Captain who is dying and takes his watch then runs out.

[@tanyateunissen185]

Sabaton are amazeballs! Good to hear a familiar accent on these things! Love it. You will learn more watching Sabaton! If you haven't yet, check out Christmas Truce......breath taking! Note the pocket watch all through this one, its at the start with the old captain, but you see it during the battle as well.

[@Johnsmith-gm4qq]

Thank you for doing one of my fav bands , that’s a good reason to follow 🙏❤️

[@Sagaweaver286]

Sabaton has so many great songs you now have so much to react to and discover with them! I look forward to seeing you delve deeper into their music.

[@jonathanforsemalm2418]

First off, this has become my new favorite reaction channel, second you need to listen to the live version of "en livstid i krig" from gothenburg. That Will give you chills :) Love from Sweden!

[@DaZwaehn]

Welcome to the Sabaton Rabbithole :D I think the german themed songs (eg. The Red Baron, Ghost Division) are the best of their songs, totally not biased xD Just makes you wanna fight epic battles! Greetings from Germany

[@noxy4966]

Since i didnt saw any comment on this topic, Joakim(vocals)'s right knee is made of the strongest metal on earth.

[@gpoppin1455]

next you should listen to christmas truce by them its such a powerful song

[@calyarmorag8831]

I didnt write often in KZbin comments but if i could suggest some Songs than "No Bullet Fly " and " Attack of the Dead Men"

[@thsmuller]

The wreck of Bismarck was discovered on 8 June 1989 by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer responsible for finding RMS Titanic. Bismarck was found to be resting on her keel at a dept of approximately 4,791 m (15,719 ft), about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest. 48°10′N 16°12′W

[@Nem01]

Our neighbor who died years ago was a survivor of the Bismarck he was pretty miserable the rest of his days. Poor soul.😢

[@ibs2pid]

If you like that one, check out The Last Stand by Sabaton. Also, since we are back on power metal, it's time to try out some Unleash the Archers!!!! Start with some Awakening or Cleanse the Bloodlines!!!

[@illusionq8y497]

i'd love another sabaton reaction maybe "to hell and back" dope song as well

[@thomasbergqvist6849]

my only pride as a swede , and joy thanks

[@Martyclav]

Man, check all of the sabaton Great guys

[@_fresh_7570]

oh boy, finna do a whole sabaton listen through

[@bubandavid9356]

Found you yesterday because of some Little Big recommendation. Today you made a video about my all time favourite song. Chances are small. BTW, I recommend SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video). Do not watch it before.

[@batlilun]

Okay, Sabaton - Defense of Moscow (its cover Radio Tapok "Битва за Москву") Damn epic song

[@gamecasthaawsome6398]

If you're getting into sabaton you should get listen to "En Livstid I Krig".

[@andreaskrantz3493]

oohh you jumped into a rabbithole now 😁😁 Keep it up!

[@TheSivGaming]

Hey Richo just found your channel, also I must say this video was also partnered with the game World of Warships

[@Ginger_Monster]

Reaction to Ghost - Hunter's Moon!)) They cool AF and Swedish too!

[@DonMeatus]

i liked this video before the music even started. thats how much i love this song!

[@derekk8523]

Saboton - to hell and back

[@Nem01]

Joakim: We're playing Bismarck tonight. Joakims right leg: Noooooooo...

[@Eichenfels04]

If you loved that, you should try Sabaton - Seven Pillars of Wisdom - one of my favourites by Sabaton. Thanks for the cool reactions every time

[@adoptedthunder]

Definitely need to react to 40:1 by sabaton. Hands down one of their best songs. It's about the battle of wizna where the polish soldiers were outnumbered 40 to 1.

[@jonathanthacker8198]

@RichoPOV Dude, look at the thing the captain writes in the battle scene. Then at the end, look at what the ferry captain has.

[@preussilicious]

I would recommend No bullets fly and steel commanders...really powerfull Sabaton songs

[@richardhall6034]

Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 something you might like to check out the band is called Nightwish it's a symphonic metal band from Finland 🇫🇮 with a Dutch singer floor jansen (the vakyrie) she's married to the drummer of sabaton. This band has a massive following in Europe and the Internet and is a very deep rabbit hole to explore Nightwish ghost love score wacken open air concert 2013 And prepare for the Nightwish army arriving at the door 🚪 who will guide you down the rabbit hole that is Nightwish lol 😆

[@louisdial1]

(Wintersun - time) is the one you need to listen brother💪

[@PetterVessel]

Do the Christmas Truce! I beg you!

[@ekaterinachayka9249]

There is a cover of this song in Russian. Radio Tapok -Bismark😉 It's powerful too.

[@johnwatson5930]

Great vid as usual , try defence of Moscow next awesome

[@pophap]

I recommend to read something about Bismarck or watch some documentary, it adds to the epicness of this piece :)

[@xboxgamertrev6763]

Dude sabaton is sick as hell

[@sanchis_nova]

Такими темпами и до Радио Тапка недалеко)))))

[@ThekeiGooferNoodle]

Bro I'm subbing because that damn mustache is way too good

[@MrOddball63]

A slight clarification: That wasn't a film clip. They worked with World of Warships who, in my humble opinion, did a phenomenal job... Also, when they showed the Catalina (airplane) they did so over the trawler they played on which you could see through the clouds... Brings a greater sense of presence...

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Also the PBY-5 Catalina Mk 1 portrayed in the video has the correct squadron markings for the actual aircraft that spotted Bismarck, with a serial number of AH545 and a sqd code of WQ-Z, being as it was from RAF 209 Sqd flying out of RAF Castle Archdale (A flying boat station based on Lough Erne in Northern Ireland).

[@MrOddball63]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Cool... did not know that.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@MrOddball63 Aye, I'm a mine of useless information.

[@MrOddball63]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Aw, don't say that. I found it both interesting and illuminating.

[@ozziebikes]

is this time for richo to go down the sabaton war hole?

[@ollibannjoreaper9408]

please react to sabaton red baron. its also great

[@raketenfurz87]

No Bullets Fly, The Last Battle, Christmas Truce..........

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

I''m subbing to see you go down the Sabaton Rabbit hole :D, you won't regret it. If you liked the (guitar solo) you should check out "Fields of Verdun" and have the subtitles on ;) Besides of that, if i can make a few sugestions (besides Fields of Verdun): 40:1 (2012 live at woodstock), Christmas truce, Night Witches (animated story video)(the one that's almost 8 minutes long), No bullets fly (animated story video) (again, the long one), Screaming Eagles. Oh and do yourself a favor and don't stop the videos until theyt finish proper, sometimes there's a message or an extra at the end (just as the message at the end of this one). Gonna be one hell of a ride, and i'm gonna be here to watch it with ya :D

[@ryanred811]

i hope he gets to nightwish and epica soon

[@kristiansvensson172]

Awesome reaction to an awesome music video! ;)

[@knockonrock7013]

Hi bro..ive seen this at last 25 Times.. but you got to see Sabaton from my hometown..live..The Great Tour 2020..en livstid I krig...Gothenburg..oops forgott to say..im in it singing

[@theeodin9852]

Is nobody going to talk about the captain of the little ship is that young man who was in Bismarck

[@lessongustav5311]

soo, youre talking about great music video production and turned your head into metal stuff, so i highly recommend you to watch "Deutschland" from Rammstein, one of the best official music videos in my opinion. Maybe on the level of "chrismace truce" which was released a month ago by Sabaton, if you like to hear more epic shit :D

[@christopherhanton6611]

that boat cap he the son of last survivor of BISMARCK and all that stuff on wall his Father.

[@justin-iq2od]

Fun fact: as far as i know, the bismarck is the only ship that gets reffered to as "he" instead of "her", making it the only male ship in history

[@justsomeguyonyoutube3258]

Bismarck was not the only male ship. The passenger ship Imperator was christened "He" by Kaiser Wilhelm himself. The Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was widely known in the Kriegsmarine as "Der Scheer".

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

But the "he" pronoun was ordered only for the ship's crew by her captain. Fortunately Captain Lindemann's decree on the matter carries no weight at all with the English (and German) speaking world who customarily refer to ships with the female pronoun. So "she" it is for the vast majority.

[@martinarnoldagersnap1138]

Sabbaton will never dissappoint in both music and visuals. On a different note, I would recommend you to take a look at "Amelia" by the band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy. Its a powerful story too in visuals, but be warned. The whole song and video is 25 min. long. Oh, and on a ending note. I am one of the actors in it (not telling who I play), so my opinion is very biased. 😉👍

[@Freiherr_von_Elnere]

SABATON tells True Storys from the past ! Sabaton have a History Chanel on YT ! If you like verry Good Musicvideos, look at the Band ORDEN OGEN " Gunman" 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@TheJulian1509]

you honestly should check out eternally apart by phinehas . the intro is one of my all time favorites, that song got me hooked from the second the guitarre dropped in

[@RickyMogen]

I would love to see you react to another Swedish band called Dead By April, they released a new song a few days ago called Anything At All