SABATON - Bismarck (Official Music Video) Americans First Time Reaction

[@nightelvesreasy]

it is not a song for a movie, Sabaton write their songs around wars and war heros, Uprising, White Death, Fields of Verdun, Ghost Division, To Hell and Back, the list goes on and on, and almost all of their videos are very cinematic like it was part of a movie

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

awesome i look forward to it. added them to the list

[@Sannoz]

@@TheWolfHunterZ Screaming Eagles is one of their best video production and great song. But also they even sound better live so check those out to! And they got 9 albums since 1999 and all about war history and heroes \m/

[@barbaravance6774]

@@TheWolfHunterZ FYI: Sabaton has their own history channel on YT! They do all of their own research for their songs.

[@kheidal]

Not made for a movie, but made along with the developers and publishers of the game War of Warships. They did the same for World of Tanks with their video for Primo Victoria.

[@shade419]

Primo Victoria is also a fun video.

[@denniscasteel]

The video was a collab between the band and the World of Warships game.

[@tsuki586]

It was a collab between the band and WWll.

[@skydragon6952]

And Primo Victoria was a collab with World of Tanks

[@franz5512]

That explains the amazing cinematic they got. Glad it turned out that way

[@evanlamartiniere1838]

"And that leads us to todays sponsor World of Warships, if you have never heard"... etc

[@themisfitbrigade]

@@skydragon6952 the Tank in game yes, but the song was made back in the early 2000s

[@seanmurphy637]

It is not from a movie. This is what Sabaton does. Most of their songs are based on actual historical military events. They also have a dedicated history channel.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

Amazing!

[@matrix2697]

@@TheWolfHunterZ wargaming created the cinematics and sabaton created the song

[@evorock]

They also work with the Timeghost channel which does historical content including WWII week by week, which is brillaint

[@11DNA11]

"Most" ALL of them.

[@jordansblabbering6303]

@@11DNA11 no, there are older songs about fantasy and stuff, also newer songs not about history like camouflage or future of warfare

[@icekiller181]

Its a video about the battle of the Atlantic, the bismark was the biggest German ship ( 823ft long) aside the japanese YAMATO class (832ft) and the US Navy IOWA battleship Class (886ft) . In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, lasting 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from North America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage from three hits to force an end to the raiding mission. The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Two days later, heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable. In her final battle the following morning, the already-crippled Bismarck was engaged by two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, and sustained incapacitating damage and heavy loss of life. The ship was scuttled to prevent her being boarded by the British, and to allow the ship to be abandoned so as to limit further casualties. Most experts agree that the battle damage would have caused her to sink eventually. The wreck was located in June 1989 by Robert Ballard, and has since been further surveyed by several other expeditions. A detailed underwater survey of the wreck in 2002 showed that the sustained close-range shelling was largely ineffective in the effort to sink the ship, the many torpedoes launched at Bismarck were also almost completely ineffective, and the massive plating of the armour deck was also found to be virtually intact.

[@dondjones3]

Great telling of the story. Sabaton also has a series of videos called sabaton History where they actually go into the stories and the tellings of each of their songs that they write about. Definitely would recommend checking that out and watching those as well.

[@Ranger215able]

Bismarck may not have had a long life like Iowa, and she may not have been the best Battleship, but nevertheless, she earned her title of the Terror of the Seas.

[@sebastian3217]

You forget to mention that the HMS hood was the pride of the British fleet :)

[@chivalryknight9056]

@@Ranger215able actually Bismarck was referred as a "he" since the captain of the ship thought that the"she" pronoun was too weak for a mighty ship

[@TheBlackob]

I watched many reaction videos to this song. Many reactors ask the comment section for information. You are the first to go into so much detail about what happend. I can only give you one like, but I can also say, that you are appreciated.

[@shakalus001]

10:45 "This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic". Quick info: The drummer is married with Floor Jensen from Nightwish. She actually lives with him in Sweden. Peace!

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

very cool

[@tvaettis0653]

Flaviu Nita they said in the intro that was the reason they decided to react to sabaton

[@Muschelschubs3r]

Small factoid: KMS Bismarck is referred to as "he" in this song instead of the customary "she" usually used when referred to a ship. But Captain Ernst Lindemann (no relation to Rammstein's vocalist) thought the "she" pronoun was too weak for such a mighty ship and consequently had everybody on board refer to Bismarck as "he".

[@GothicLeviathan]

Thats metal as hell. Holy shit.

[@Macomio80]

@@bambadoo7378 Back then in the good old times it was METAL! :-D

[@Nekotaku_TV]

@@bambadoo7378 "thats sexsism", oh stop, men are in general stronger physically...

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

@@bambadoo7378 it's just true though isn't it, "queen of the seas" doesn't have the same ring to it

[@Citizen_Snips1]

@@bambadoo7378 Except Bismarck was named after a man (Otto von Bismarck) like most German warships such as Tirptiz (Bismarcks sister (or brother) ship) named after Alfred von Tirpitz , so it is called a Masculine he instead of she. If that is Sexism to you, well your just beyond help.

[@MrRedcloud]

Holy hell, did you guys not learn about the Bismarck in school? You know the pride of the German Navy. One of the largest battleships ever built. You should look it up, it is rather interesting.

[@JokoCi]

That s kinda cute. American schools dont even teach about their own history, and you expect in depth ww2 history :D

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

no we did not learn about it. but thats cool.

[@jackbrown2480]

American public schools dont teach accurate history anymore at all sadly.

[@tiberius23]

@@TheWolfHunterZ cool thing is sabaton has a channel (search sabaton history) with history videos connected with a lot of their songs with members talking about the basis for them

[@mattphillips2530]

I learned about Space Cruiser Yammato before and after school 😉

[@brandnewrock8375]

Video is NOT a movie.. made for Sabaton and this song 👍

[@christianhansen6061]

Made för wargaming Worlds of warshios as primo Victoria is Mad för Worlds of tanks event get Sabaton logo in game 😀

[@istrysii]

World of warship made it with them

[@esaedvik]

@@istrysii Wargaming is the company behind that game.

[@istrysii]

@@esaedvik i know ... and i know alot more about Sabaton and wargaming teaming UP ! Sabaton even have a Tank in WoT ....

[@christianhansen6061]

@@istrysii what i said =)

[@seancrawford5535]

If you think the Nightwish army comes out, Sabaton has a hell of an army that follows them also !

[@bararobberbaron859]

And to think there's a marriage between Sabaton and Nightwish, they could raise a massive army for a collab :P

[@jlyo1991]

Can confirm. Am soldier in both.

[@Tirryna]

@@bararobberbaron859 well....Nightwish's lead singer (Floor Jansen) is married to Sabaton's drummer (Hans) and they have a daughter...sooo

[@sabinedubois1935]

The Drummer from Sabaton ist merried with Floor Jansen from nightwish

[@sabinedubois1935]

@@bararobberbaron859 you right the Drummer Hannes Van Dahl is married with Floor Jansen from nightwish

[@deathsicon]

No movie in this, Sabaton writes songs about military history and even have a youtube channel that focuses on the historical aspects with some talk of the songs as well, this song was about a WW2 German battleship and its short service span before being hunted and sank, the video was done in collaboration with a mobile video game company and in part served as a promo for them Side note: if the Bismarck was able to take the kind of beating that Joakim's (the singer) knee can, it would still be terrorizing the oceans

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

That is incredible!

[@TzunSu]

@@TheWolfHunterZ A bit of history: The Bismarck was when she was constructed the most modern and lethal battleship ever produced. She was a very big problem for the allies in the early stages of WW2. In her first skirmish she sunk the biggest battleship, and the largest overall ship ever built, the HMS Hood, in a very short engagement (Most likely due to a long range shell penetrating through the wooden upper deck of the Hood and detonating her ammunition), which made her even scarier. She was however heavily outnumbered and eventually fell first to a very lucky torpedo hit by a british Fairey Swordfish, and one additional torpedo hit that wasn't as crucial, crippled her rudder and eventually she was caught up to and destroyed by a very large british force. Her end really spelled the end of any chance of breaking the UK naval dominance of WW2. And yes, she was a nazi ship, through and through :P

[@justforthelol2771]

the mobile part is not correct wargaming is not primary mobile based

[@thebassgamertv]

@@justforthelol2771 I was about to say the same thing

[@deathsicon]

@@TzunSu the only major issue there is that the Bismarck broke tradition and was referred to as a male ship instead of female, that's referenced in the song by the line "king of the ocean he was made to rule waves across the seven seas" And I think I heard it fell victim to the same structural design flaw that the hms hood did, but I don't remember what that design flaw was

[@CriticalRoleHighlights]

The Bismarck was the main battleship of the German navy during WW2. The man you see renting them the boat at the start of the video is the real Bernhard Heuer. He was the last survivor of the sinking of Bismarck and died in 2018. This video not only tells the story of what happened to the ship but also about the events taking place onboard and how Bernard survived. If you watch the video you can see the captain of the Bismarck etching something into the lid of a compass. Those are the coordinates of where the Bismarck sank. He gives the compass to a young matrose with the order to not let it fall into enemy hands. That matrose was Bernard Heuer. He kept the coordinates secret his entire life and the compass he holds up at the start of the video when he gazes out the window of his boat is that very compass.

[@villainouschrisk]

Hannes the drummer is 3 inches taller than 6 feet tall floor, and he is 10 years younger. Sabaton is a crew of Beasts! if you like war, Sabaton has you covered.

[@raccoon4790]

I thought Hannes was like 6'6 not 6'3 ^^

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

cool

[@MadameChristie]

And he's married to Floor from Nightwish

[@normanroscher7545]

@@raccoon4790 Maybe he grew those 3 inches after he got to marry Floor. :-)

[@MDMetal]

This is one of the many reasons we Sabaton fans love them so much! They ALWAYS go all out in their videos and Live in concert. My wife and I have been to see them 4 times so far, and they NEVER fail to entertain us. If you buy tickets to see Sabaton, you WILL get your money's worth.

[@guitar_noodle]

If you ever get the chance to see Sabaton live, you should. They are just as epic live and lots of stage presence. The crowd went wild singing a long to all their anthems. Great band and this video isn’t from a movie.

[@DarkLinknl]

It's not a film it's just an amazing videoclip🤟. Sabaton is known for singing about war ww2 and others there latest album is about ww1. They have a yt channel called sabatonhistory were they talk about the history of the songs. You should check it out🤟. Greetz from the Netherlands stay safe

[@xztream2455]

Well....there goes all my spare time the next couple of weeks. Thnx for that! 🤘🏻

[@DarkLinknl]

@@xztream2455 no problem :D

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

thanks.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

@@xztream2455 lol

[@11MOD2]

Not just WWI and WWII, war related songs from across history, from Samurais in "Shiroyama" to Swedish King Charles XII during the 17th century in Carolus rex, Gustavus Adolphus in Lion of the North. Blood of Bannockburn about the Scottish revolution in 1324, Swedish Pagans about Vikings, Rorke's Drift about the Anglo-Zulu war in 1879...list goes on and on. True, many songs are covering the great Wars I and II, but they have so much more than that in their catalogue.

[@micheal5973]

Always amazing seeing people get hooked after a first listen. More history stuff: fields of verdun, night witches, smoking snakes, ghost division, 82nd all the way, Red Baron to name a few of my favourite. Non war song that few people recommend: metal Crüe. It’s their love song to metal itself and the entire lyrics are just names of bands that influenced the members of the band.

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

A wee backstory about the band and this video. The 'movie" was made entirely for the music video as a collaboration between the band Sabaton and the game studio Wargaming, two groups of people who love and respect War History. Years back Sabaton was commissioned to star in a Music Video/advertisement for Wargaming's then upcoming videogame World Of Tanks. In it, members of Sabaton rode around in an actual tank 'fighting other tanks" to the sound of their big hit Primo Victoria. (A callback to which was painted on the side of their boat) You can find that video as their official music video for Primo Victoria. Anywho.. Sabaton and Wargaming Studios have been on such good terms over the years, that when Sabaton wanted to create a Song Memorializing the Battleship Bismarck, the Studio, whose current work focuses now on their game World of Warships, agreed to help make this video with Sabaton, and created the wee movie quality video and effects for them. As said already, both groups have a passion for History and retelling forgotten tales of war. So for both this was a passion project, created for the world to enjoy, and to remember. The full text at the end reads as follows; 'War knows no Nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the battle of the Atlantic." Hope you enjoy the rest of Sabaton's offerings, they've been around for a while, and have many great songs to choose from. ^.-.^ Cheers!

[@anneolgavea9910]

There is one interesting detail in this video nobody has mentioned, when the swordfish planes do fly towards the bismark and release torpedos you can see that one hits the rear of the ship. That proved to be his Achilles heel, the rudder got stuck forcing the ship to sail in a wide circle, thus allowing the British navy to find it and hunt it down. The captain of the ship the band uses in this video is in fact the young man you see in the video, receiving the captains pocket watch with the position where the ship sank. He did die not long after the video was made and was the last surviving member of that crew. Bismark had a sister ship, the Tirpitz which also got hunted down by the allies and sunk. They say that the captain of the Bismark at the end ordered that the valves in the bottom of the ship should be opened so she would sink, thus making it impossible for the allies to capture the ship and use it against its own makers.

[@KayDawgx]

The wide circle is also what made it very easy for the torpedoes to eventually sink the Bismarck as it had no chance of ever avoiding them with the rudders stuck. Regarding the rudders, it was actually used as part of the german war propaganda but was later found out to be a fluke as it would have sunk from it damages eventually. The brits saved a lot of german sailors but were forced to leave the area due to sightings of uboats.

[@cinderellsworth]

It's not the man that had to abandon ship. It's his son. Go watch the original video on full screen and pause it on the walls of the captain's boat. There is Bismarck memorabilia and also a black and white photograph of a young man with a young boy and many other pictures. This is his son.

[@argantyr5154]

Sorry for this Wall of text :) In the beginning of the Video, you can hear the Radio in the beginning, when the are driving is talking about How the Bismarck have blown the "The might cruiser Hood" That lead to the British Navy got the message that Bismarck must be destroyed at all costs and lead to Battle of The Denmark Strait. The Kriegsmarine was Nazi Germanys Navy. The Video was made with help from the company behind "World of Tanks" that needed some material to their game "World of Warships". And yes Sabaton really played on a boat in the "middle of nowhere". "From Wiki" (just a short version). Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power. In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, lasting 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from North America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage from three hits to force an end to the raiding mission. The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Two days later, heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 obsolescent Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable. In her final battle the following morning, the already-crippled Bismarck was severely damaged during a sustained engagement with two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, was scuttled by her crew, and sank with heavy loss of life. Most experts agree that the battle damage would have caused her to sink eventually. The wreck was located in June 1989 by Robert Ballard, and has since been further surveyed by several other expeditions.. All Sabaton songs are about historical events, mainly Battles, Heroes/ Act of Heroism / Famous last stands etc. You should really check out their History Channel, The have a Historian talking about the story behind their songs, and the Historian that explains what happen is really amazing storyteller and they do have a video about Bismarch and how this Video was made) .

[@Scythes]

Bismarck and Tirpitz were the biggest ever in Europe. Only Japan and the US built had bigger battleships.

[@paulmartin8514]

I first saw this video on an Episode of Mr Terry Reacts. He is a History teacher and talks in depth about the History of the song and video. Cause the Bismark was a German Battleship that the Nazis had made to be the biggest Battleship in the world. It was a terrifying monster on the Ocean and was finally sunk after it's Rudder was hit and it became a duck in the water. So it is a Historical Battle. I would definitely recommend watching Sabaton History as well because for each of the videos they make, they have a video that tells the story that inspired the song. Primo Victoria is another song I truly love of theirs

[@coyotej4895]

So many little stories untold flashing before your eyes in this snippet of History. My grandpa was an Engineering Officer serving aboard the Bismarck. I remember reading his journal and herring the stories he told. I never got to meet him in person but to his credit he never held animosity toward the British and he was most haunted by the memory of the Hoods complete loss. This song was a fitting tribute and I and my family all enjoy it and are happy that Sabaton are keeping History alive. Thank you for sharing your reaction.

[@apostleintriumph1758]

Should have just clicked Night Witches at the end, and kept going.

[@0takuN64]

They collaborated with the game World of Warships for this video. All of their songs are about the history of war. They have songs about WW2, WW1, the Spartan war, battles for scottish independence against the British and so much more

[@1oriss]

A bit of information for you. Why would the Scottish be fighting against the British for independence , they are British. I think you will find they were fighting the English. Everyone Welsh, Scottish and English born on the Island of Britain is British.

[@Brainreaver79]

The song is about the end of the german battleship Bismarck in WWII. All of sabatons songs either are about Wars, Battles, Heroes or disasters. The video isnt about or for a movie, it was made in collaboration with wargaming a gaming company that published games like "World of Warships" that contributed the graphics for the video. they even have a history channel called SabatonHistory where they discuss/explain what each of their songs is about.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

thats cool!

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

Sabaton works very closely with the gaming company Wargaming who makes the games World of Warships and World of Tanks. They have collabed on several music videos using Wargaming's cinematic creators to enhance Sabaton's videos. Sabaton is a band that writes music about military history and other historical periods. Some of their one off albums include Art of War about Sun Tzu's doctrine, and Carolus Rex about Sweden's Renaissance era. All the rest of their albums focus on specific Wars.

[@agenttoaster1959]

"this video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic" .. i'm sure you've heard this a thousand times by now, but the Atlantic was where 80% of the Naval wars were being fought during the war, the pacific was more a show of power, large warships were more prominent, where as in the Atlantic we favored Cruisers and Destroyers as(and i've sailed across the oceans many times in the Navy) the storms are absolutely brutal. British sent multiple capital ships after the Bismarck accompanied by roughly 70% of her fleet(scattered around hunting her) as well as other commonwealth countries helped the hunt, Canada being 1 of them... sorry forgoing on a spiel but ..WOO history x,D

[@cinderellsworth]

I love history and it is woefully lacking in our schools today. That's only one reason I love Sabaton....for helping to teach a new generation about the history of our world. The fact that Sabaton looks to Every Side of battles and wars is awesome. As it said at the end of video, "War knows no nation." It's just a fact of life when living on this planet. Thanks for your comment, Agent Toaster....💖

[@whatdatechnodogedoin]

Dude the only Atlantic battles were between u-boats and some minor ship battles (like the Bismarck and Hood) it was more of naval battles in the Pacific especially in Midway and Philippines basically in south east Asia had the most naval combat in ww2 between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the US Navy but correct me if I'm wrong pls

[@fimbulwinter-outdoor]

@@whatdatechnodogedoin Thats right, the most impressive battles were fought in the pacific, but the atlantic warfare had a very higher economical impact. Support ships from the US were hunted down in huge amounts to prevent Britain from getting supplies. The whole u-boat warfare was pure hell - in german we call it "Materialschlacht" - translated to "battle of material" or "battle for supply", simply a battle of who has the most endurance. The atlantic warfare can be compared to the trench wars of WW1 in some ways.

[@hoshyro]

@@whatdatechnodogedoin Well, there have been various skirmishes between German and Italian fleets fighting British ones in the Atlantic, U-Boots surely were an ever present danger, but not the only!

[@DingoDelta]

Fun fact: the biplanes used were called swordfish and they used antiquated planes because they could fly lower and be invisible to Bismarcks' radar so were able to get in close to launch thier torpedos and the Germans realized way too late they were under attack as they laughed as these slow WW1 airplanes flew towards them.

[@KoshiAnko7600]

Agree on you, they are the ones who gave bismarck it's fate What a good fight for the 717 Squadron, respect for them

[@jorgenandersson424]

Also check out these songs from Sabaton: ”The attack of the dead men”, ”The Lion from the North”, ”Red Baron”, ”Reign of Terror”, ”Counterstrike”, ”Poltava” just to mention a few of their awesome songs! Great reaction btw.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

added them to the list thanks!!

[@11MOD2]

Never forget "Carolus Rex" when listing awesome Sabaton songs. Please remember this for future reference. ;-)

[@keltersmelter5584]

Attack of the dead men is one of my absolute favorite songs.

[@TzunSu]

@@11MOD2 The problem is that the Swedish version that they can't understand is so much superior for that song...

[@danielnystrom7310]

If its attack of the dead man do the one that a fan made video for... bloody hell its good Or if you wana hear a song about history in their own toung swedish, ruina imperii about the days after karl XII got murderd.

[@Rico.at.50]

I saw them open for Nightwish in Silver Spring, MD a few years back. It was most epic!

[@tazxxx5519]

Im pretty new to the world of Sabaton myself, but so far bismarck is my favorit along with Night Witches, you should absolutely do that one, and also more Nightwish, come on, you HAVE to do The Greatest Show On Earth Live Tempere!!!! Seriously, it Will blow you away, and do it together if you Can, you are GREAT together.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

thank you for complimenting us both! we will def get to the greatest show on earth. we will check out those other ones u mentioned as well. not enough time in a day lol

[@coolio446]

The Band has made an Alliance with the game company behind several war games, and have them producing footage, and material they mutually can use, Sabaton gets music video material, the game company gets insane and awesome promotion and trailer material. Sabaton in itself is such a fun and cool band, taking the worlds history and presenting it in their vision, retelling the tales of war, heroes, villains, military companies, and such.

[@bladeonblitz9281]

the coordinates that were written down on the compass are the actual coordinates of the mighty Bismarck's resting place. 48°10′N 16°12′W

[@markwilson3697]

this video was made in collaboration with World of Warships..it details the last battle of the KMS Bismark against the Royal Navy.

[@pierresoder7671]

Sabaton: Screaming Eagles, 82nd All The Way, To Hell And Back, Devil Dogs. Check out Avatar, another great band from Sweden. As is Sabaton. Avatar: Silence in the ages of apes, Colosus, Hail The Apocalypse.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

added them to the list thank you

[@tiderunnerdax2263]

This Video was also a Collaboration between Sabaton and the online game World of Warships . The game devs helped with the funding for all the EPIC CGI ships and combat. Glad you enjoyed the song and video keep it up!

[@dandyprime5338]

Woohoo! I enjoyed this reaction so much. So here's some insight to the band: Sabaton is a power metal band from Falun, Sweden. The singer's name is Joakim (Yo'ah-KEEM) Broden. The drummer is Hannes van Dahl (he's Floor Jansen's husband, as you know). The bassist is Par Sundstrom. The guitarists are Tommy Johansson (blond haired one) and Chris Rorland. Almost all of Sabaton's songs are about world military and war history. They teach people about history in their songs and it's super compelling and fun. Par Sundstrom (the bassist), stated that the band decided to focus primarily on historical themes in their lyrics after he and Joakim Broden (the singer) watched the film Saving Private Ryan. This song in particular is about the Bismarck, one of the largest German battleships ever created. The subject of the Bismarck was one that was so requested by fans that the band just made it into a non-album single. Their most recent album is called The Great War and focuses entirely on World War I. It was released last year on July 19th. In regards to you comment about the production and CGI quality of the video; most of Sabaton's music videos are in collaboration with Wargaming, a Belarusian video game company located in Nicosia, Cyprus. The band members are active players of the various Wargaming franchises, such as World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes. The company and the band thus collaborate together to make these high-quality videos to promote the games and the band's music. As you react to this band more, you'll notice that they always have the same outfit on in each video and always during their live shows. That's sort of a gimmick that they have. It all started when their very first music video was recorded for the song "Attero Dominatus" when they wore the outfits and it just kind of "stuck" after that moment. Another interesting thing is that the band's first album was not actually the first thing they wrote. What would eventually be their third album, Metalizer, is the first album they wrote, but it didn't get published until much later. It's also the only album that is not focused on world military and war history. Lastly, on February 7th, 2019, the band launched a separate channel on KZbin called Sabaton History, where members of the band, along with the channel's host, Indy Neidell, discuss and elaborate more on the meanings for songs and albums by going back through the history and teaching it to the viewers. As for song suggestions, check these out: "Night Witches", "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", "Attack of the Dead Men", and "Shiroyama". Thanks Chase! Another band that you may get requests for because of Sabaton is the band called Amaranthe since they recently toured with Sabaton. Amaranthe is also from Sweden, but from the city of Gothenburg. They are a really interesting band that you should check out too. If you do, I recommend their new song, "Viral". Thanks again!

[@rodneypayne4827]

Did you see it? The most important part of the story is the fishing boat captains watch. It's the same watch the Bismarck captain marks for the young officer and later is pulled out of the water by the royal navy officer with the look they give each other saying'we are the same'. That's how he knows where the Bismarck is for the band, it's him when he was young.

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

And I believe he was an actual Bismark survivor.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

wow

[@AGDinCA]

@@TheWolfHunterZ Actually, I believe it was a compass (not a watch), and during the video you see the captain carving the coordinates of the Bismarck onto the compass, so it could be found later.

[@AGDinCA]

I believe it was actually a compass. 👍

[@TheLegionsOfMetal]

One of the best bands out there... Every song is a history lesson! Love these guys!

[@Greenlightsaber1]

hey guys, the last words in the script were, "Battle of the Atlantic" the battle that saw the destruction of the Bismarck, the German navy's flagship at the time

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

Trivia: The boat captain who took the band to sea was the son of the last Bismarck survivor; the survivor was meant to cameo but was in failing health, and would die not long after this video was made. The son took his place for the video.

[@IShallRuleTheGuitar1]

Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole, get ready to have a history lesson in every song you listen to by them!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@sanguinemde5031]

The old guy in this video was actually the LAST survivor of the Bismarck. He died shortly after making this video. That compass, he WAS actually give that by the captain of the Bismarck as it went down.

[@ninocuric5290]

And Sabaton journey begins :)

[@n_o_n_t_u]

the song isn't for a movie, it's about the popular German Warship named "The Bismarck" which was used and sunk during World War 2. and it sings how the warship was such a beast of the waves.

[@puregameplaysonhard]

I saw Sabaton live. It's hard to beat the amount of energy they bring to the stage.

[@bingabongabing]

Really enjoyed your reactions to this track.. one of my absolute favorites!! Fun fact for you, if no one else has mentioned it already... The singer from Nightwish, (who's track you reviewed earlier.. The Greatest Show on Earth) Floor Jansen, is married to Hannes VanDahl, who is the drummer for Sabaton!!

[@niklasohman5021]

The video/song is about the Bismarck, Germanys largest battleship during WW2. The text you couldn't read at the end is Atlantic (the Atlantic sea). Sabaton has many great songs, you should check out more of them. A suggestion from me is Fields of Verdun (also epic video and a very catchy song).

[@Scythes]

Tirpitz actually displaced a couple of thousand tons more than Bismarck due to a few changes in design and a wartime refit making it a fraction bigger than Bismarck.

[@FinishedGamesLLC]

So Sabaton's fans wanted a song about the Bismarck, but they couldn't fit it into any of their albums. Therefore, they teamed up with War Gaming and created the song and music video together as a stand alone song.

[@ManishSingh-pn1ht]

That is one crisp video. Great production.

[@darkBAJ]

Sabaton´s Song Bismarck is a Cooperation with Wargaming(known for the games World of Tank, World of warships and world of warplanes) so this video was make for world of Warships and the name of the boat where theyx are on is Primo Victoria (it´s also a video in cooperation with wargaming (world of tanks in this case) so it´s not a movie thing after all

[@samantha6493]

This video is so dope and loved your reactions! 🤘❤️

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

thank you! love the green hair btw!!

[@samantha6493]

@@TheWolfHunterZ ah thanks very much! 😁

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

Myself, I'm still not convinced that Sabaton aren't just a band keeping a cinematographer buddy of theirs in business.

[@nichep1]

Sabaton is a HUGE band in Europe. All their music is about military history. One of their concerts...the drummer was on a tank!

[@chriscarter6139]

This song video was made in partnership with the video game company called war gaming , they were releasing this ship in the game around the same time that sabaton was gonna do a song about this amazing battle ship, probably one of the most feared and famous ships of all time .

[@maxmattt]

They released a live performance of this yesterday, it's pretty epic.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

short story behind that song - the Bismarck (obviously named after german chancellor otto von bismarck) was a secret project by the german kriegsmarine, that hitler didnt know about. the army in general thought the moustache guy to be very incompetent so they did a lot without his knowledge like building the biggest warship in history. It could easily have ensured german superiority at sea but since it was a secret project they needed it to head out in secret and meet up with the fleet. so for that travel it was without any support ships, all by itself and thats when the allies found and attacked it, sinking it before the bismarck had any chance

[@Scythes]

Well that is just bullshit from A to Z. Of course Hitler knew of the building of Bismarck and Tirpitz..He was at the christening for them both when they were launced! Bismarck was deployed together with Prinz Eugen and went out on operations in the North Atlantic to disrupt convoys and that led up to Bismarck and Prinz Eugen sinking the HMS Hood. Bismarck damaged after the battle with HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales set its course towards France for repairs but was hunted down and sunk by the British.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

@@Scythes ok i got contradicotry data. can you give me your source? thanks for the correction btw

[@Lucifer-hr2jo]

The energy of this song and the Singer's voice are amazing and sort of addictive!! I really like it. Honoring the ancient german military force is even more amazing. Thanks for that to you both!!

[@narsos6043]

I hadn't formed an opinion on them yet when I saw them live. They blew me away. Such a good show. They were at Knotfest in France then filled in for a band at Hellfest on short notice when a bad dropped out the weekend during the event. So I got to see them twice in 3 days. Was awesome both times. Lead singer lost his voice for the 2nd show so the lead guitarist sung most of the songs. Singer was fucking with him the whole time during the show.

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

"Sabaton A.K.A. Epic" Aaaaand nailed it! Awesome reaction guys. I'd seriously recommend you checking out well... all of their discography... but being a bit more specific, if you wanna check out other awesomely produced videos, see "Fields of Verdun" and "Screaming Eagles". And for a taste of them live: check out "40:1" and/or "Ghost Division" from the 2012 Woodstock concert. A lot of people might have already said this but, all of Sabaton songs talk about historical things: battles, heroes, last stands, etc etc. They also have a "History channel" (aptly named "Sabaton History") where a member of the band teams with an historian who tells you about the historic event that inspired the song that that chapter talks about, and then they talk about how the song came to be. Quite a bingeable channel if i might say so myself. oh and you have a new sub! :D keep on rockin!

[@cuillinguy]

They really did do all that for a music video! Yes Sabaton are epic! 🤘❤️

[@jochenhaider4077]

Two historical notes: 1) some of the lyrics are the (translated) quotes from Otto von Bismarck, the German leader for whom the ship was named. 2) inside the compass that the older man was checking at the end are the longitude & latitude coordinates of where the Bismarck went down. These guys pay real attention to the history behind their songs.

[@daanjollie16]

Even the man with the watch is the son of the person who got the coordinates from that officer. This clip was released a couple years after the last survivor passed away.

[@HasturT]

The pain in Travis' eyes when Susie praises all the beautiful hair at 5:53.

[@camillaGorilla]

So proud ! This band rocks! Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴🇳🇴🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Borthenman]

🇧🇻🇧🇻💪

[@Soumadipmandal]

This is not for a movie. This song is on Battleship Bismarck, first of his class. Who sank HMS Hood which was pride for Royal Navy in WW2. Bismarck was the biggest Battleship before Yamato and Iwoa class. He was heading for Atlantic to disrupt war supply ships from America to England. It was sank in North sea, I believe.

[@nociel1004]

What nobody told you till now (at least i didn´t see it), is that Sabaton build-in a pun about an Album they produced called Primo Victoria which was the Name they gave the Ship in the Video

[@sedevri864]

The cinematic are actually from a computer game company who have worked with them before. The company is called War Gaming and the game the assets are from is World of Warships. The Bismark was the flagship of the German navy during WWII and the song of the story of it.

[@carlosgonzalezpoblete691]

Thak's Sabaton...Bismarrck inmortalis!!

[@hertzeid]

As stated by many others, the song is not made for a movie. Most Sabaton songs revolve around real stories concerning historic war events, commemorating legendary battles or combat units. For Bismarck Sabaton joined up with the makers of the historic naval combat computer game World of Warships. The song tells the tale of the battle to sink Bismarck, the German flagship tasked with entering the Atlantic and wreak havoc with the convois that worked hard to keep Britain in the war.

[@Davidkiser13]

It is not a movie and yes this is for a music video and they are a high production band out of Falun Sweeden. Their music videos are not even comparable to anything else I have seen or heard.. truly the best band in world.

[@Ahris22]

The Bismarck was the most powerful warship built during WW2 but it was famously sunk on its maiden voyage. The captain of the band's boat is the survivor of the battle that you see at the end of the video (Indicated by his compass) and he is taking them on a tour telling the story as a first hand witness. Very few sailors survived because the british ship that sank Bismarck called off the rescue and left in fear of submarine attacks. The text at the end says 'the battle of the Atlantic' :)

[@Scythes]

Several battleships surpassed Bismarcks firepower during the war. Mainly the Japanese Yamato-class and the American Iowa-class. Bismarck was not sunk on its maiden voyage, but it was sunk on its first real mission.

[@jacebralor71]

Other commenters have probably already told you Sabaton is Swedish, that the song is a about the WWII German Battleship named Bismark, was a single and not part of a full length album, and that the video was funded by World of Warships. The band also has a history channel here on youtube where an actual historian tells you about the actual historical events they sing about. Bismark is one of the topics they've covered in the last year and a half or so the channel has been in existence. I enjoyed your reaction, and would love to see you guys do more Sabaton on your channel. Cheers

[@vorschlaghammer9888]

Another good song which dates back to the 1500's is The Last Stand. What happens in this song is the reason the Swiss Guard of the Vatican are sworn in on May 6th every year, it was postponed this year due to COVID-19.

[@psychologicaltirefire8190]

That hit at 6:55 was a direct hit to the armored control tower which killed a majority of the officers behind the 14 inches of hardened steel.

[@PaulyFPL]

The Bismarck was a German World War 2 battleship that the Nazi's deamed unsinkable, but it was sunk by torpedos set off by British ships in 1941. The wreck wasn't found until 1989. You need to listen to The Last Stand, The Lost Battallion, Great War, Hearts Of Iron, Shiroyama, 82nd All The Way & The Winged Hussars

[@stevekanakanui7033]

Sabaton + Nightwish = Sheer Power and musical Bliss

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

def Steve good to hear from you again!

[@stevekanakanui7033]

@@TheWolfHunterZ Please react to Lacuna Coil - Blood Tears Dust . when ya get a chance ...i think youll like it

[@anitnec]

This is a great groovy melody ! Ciao BrotherZ . Beautiful People , Princess and King ! The guitarZ keep the mood over and over without tiring the listener . Maybe because it'Z played for the melody and perfectly . 6'07"-6'08" Her Expression 🤟😘🙂 The Old Groove !! Perfect reference of Sir Tra to Slash vibe at the guitar solo . Very melodic

[@deranged5322]

Saw their live performance of this song in SLC UT in 2019 on their Great Tour. Man was that awesome to hear live!

[@rich7934]

Not a movie, they teamed up with Wargaming's World or Warships game group to do a tribute to the KMS Bismark. 90% of Sabaton's songs are tribute songs to people involved in military events and are at this level or better. Also check the `Sabaton History' KZbin channel, where they explain the backstory to the events their songs are written about.

[@CaptianMac]

Fun Fact, if someone else hasn't already said it, the old sailor in the video is the last surviving member from the Bismarck.

[@gooseliver2297]

I love sabaton and I just watched Bismarck yesterday

[@jordanbaker7165]

Yes, the good word of Sabaton is spreading.... Good..... GOOD....... EDIT: Also, it's the Battle of the Atlantic. One of the biggest and last big true naval battles between major surface combatants (sans carriers).

[@Katan-i7i]

Sabaton is incredible when they do their videos. The cinematics are like a Mini Movie and so incredible. Look up Sparta.... And The Lost Battalion

[@christianjohnson9190]

So the production for the CGI of the ships and actors of the two different nations navy was done By Wargaming which recreated ships that had served or were planned but not built, and they spend hundreds of hours on making 1 ship, and they even have their own ship history channel which is also very cool

[@Amradye]

Awesome reaction video! I see fellow Sabaton fans answered your question about the Bismark. Another tidbit: Sabaton comes from the name of the piece of medieval armor that covered the arch of the foot. Heavy metal armor 🤟😁 Check out their live shows. They have a real tank on stage.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

wow

[@JulioGarcia-pk7eg]

Bismarck was the biggest battle ship of nazi navy..it was chased across atlantic until it was found,attacked and finally sent to the bottom of the sea.sabaton always made song about history and military..so their videos seem to be war movies..take a look to screaming eagles

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

will look into it thanks i got a long list of sabaton songs now!

[@lakelili]

Ha! That is a fishing trawler! Done with World of Warcraft. This song is from the Last Stand album - all epic battles. I love Nightwitches and also Resist & Bite from their lyric video. Check them out live singing 40:1 at Woodstock or for sheer fun Swedish Pagans (Heros on Tour - Live)... and the battle you could not read was The Battle of the Atlantic (WWII)

[@Peter67777]

the film parts are not from a movie thei are from a bismark documentary

[@keikosman]

"Night Witches" knocks you back in your seat from the first to the last note!

[@fikriadisatrio7375]

this MV made to draw about history of the bismarck (german ship in that year) .. not for movie .. because all sabaton song to tell a story about what they sang .. and its called historical song ..

[@vikingen244]

Sabaton songs is about history.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

thats great

[@Alexander-ck1up]

The "Bismarck" once was the pride of the German Navy - it's flagship. In the end almost the whole Royal Navy was on the hunt for this battleship which had "to be sunk at any cost". In deed the "Bismarck" was hit by over 2000 heavy shells. In fact a part of the crew sunk themselves with the remaining, totally shot up ship as an action of desparation and perhaps of honor, too. Remember all the fallen on both sides...

[@straythrawn7861]

Sabaton created the video/footage, and yes, super high budget, but one of THE BEST I’ve seen ever

[@ericholladay2900]

Not a movie, just a fucking awesome music video! Also an actual german battleship in ww2, and the largest one in the atlantic at the time. Ended up getting sunk on its maiden voyage because it was unsupported against the royal navy and the RAF.

[@ChrisPage68]

Quick history lesson : Bismarck was the German Navy's biggest, most powerful ship. It was responsible for the sinking of many ships in The Battle of the Atlantic in World War 2. It was sunk in retaliation for the sinking of the British Royal Navy ship HMS Hood.

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

is there a real movie about it ? i would watch it.

[@ChrisPage68]

@@TheWolfHunterZ "Sink The Bismarck!" (1960) Starring Kenneth More and Dana Wynter.

[@Scythes]

Bismarck actually only sunk one ship, the Hood as you mentioned. And don´t forget Tirpitz 🙂 it outweighed the Bismarck by 2000 tons.

[@markwilson3697]

This video is dedicated to the men from all nations that participated in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War 2.

[@maikeengel4171]

A lot of Americans seem to know nothing about world history.

[@johnekare8376]

Great seeing you react to Sabaton! It's an awesome band with lots of good and catchy songs that also tell a story if you listen to the lyrics. You should check out the official music video for Uprising for another ambitious project... (it even stars Peter Stormare as the antagonist)

[@blodekont5458]

Floor Jansen is married to this drummer.. he fell instantly in lover with her when they where opening for Nightwish and she was smoking a cigar, listening to Pantera, and drinking whisky....

[@knucker2730]

There is a Movie from 1960 called Sink the Bismarck and that is essentially the story told in this music video. It's getting on a bit but its a real classic.

[@detskalldaltas133]

So lovely guys,goosebumbs again, Sabaton are The Hardrock Kings over the World now! 👍❤🇸🇪