On December 13th, 1916 at 5 AM, known as White Friday, a series of avalanches hit both Austro Hungarian and Italian barracks and basically buried them with everyone inside. People reported afterwards that both Austro Hungarian and Italian troops fired artillery at the loose snow on the mountains to cause avalanches on each other's side. The total death toll is unknown, but approximately 2000 soldiers died and a dozen civilians. Many of the bodies were never found. Some are being found nowadays with the ice on the mountains melting more and more due to climate change.
@teinhart2 жыл бұрын
No one knows
@ewebtvchannel29412 жыл бұрын
Sabaton are fantastic metal music! 🥇Wow, meraviglioso tutto, il video, la musica💣👏Capolavoro, 👏❤️😘👏🔝💪♥ Grazie.🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
@Dwarvenelf2 жыл бұрын
friday 13th? we now have a new reason to dread that day on witch thousands died
@sovietorca8102 жыл бұрын
@@Dwarvenelf it was a Wednesday though - it's unknown why it's called "White Friday"
@agromx2242 жыл бұрын
@@sovietorca810 from what i read, all those avalanches didn't really happen all at the same day. we are talking about like 7-10 days, with unnaturely many avalanches, with casualties in about 10.000 in tellings, it was just combined into a single phrase "white friday"
@PetterVessel2 жыл бұрын
I was motivated for cleaning my house. Then I watched the video, and now the evening has passed after watching reaction videos. This song is good!
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Haha time well spent!
@PetterVessel2 жыл бұрын
@A hecker all day No no! That is not how looking at reaction videos work.
@michellever97852 жыл бұрын
I recommend you go see them in concert and buy the tour's shirt. I saw Sabaton in Oct 2019 in Montreal, Canada... AWESOME !!!
@Fuldigor19802 жыл бұрын
Hey Michael! Now that I have watched all of your Sabaton reactions I HAVE TO write a comment. I enjoy your reactions so much. You remind me of myself when I newly discovered Sabaton. Their music is so energetic and heroic. And you're a teacher. I am so jealous of your students if I even think about they are learning history from Sabaton with you!😜 I was so lucky to see them live on their great tour in January 2020 just before this damn pandemic started to get really worse. What can I tell you, it was the best show I ever saw in my life. They are even more energetic on stage than you might think of the videos. Sabaton is with heart and soul truly an absolute live band. I started to feel like a teenager on my first concert. Awesome. Since then I mostly listen to the live versions of their music because it's that much better! Enjoy your Sabaton journey. You just touched the top of the iceberg 😜 Maybe we see us someday on a Sabaton show! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Oh and if you need some German translation help you are welcome to contact me 😉
@Claw_Draven2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to "The Sabaton Effect" my brother. Once you really connect the POWERFULL music with the story behind each song, you will never be able to stop and you will need more and more. New suscriptor here, I met you in the reaction to No bullets fly, which seemed so sincere and real to me. 💪🤘
@Sannoz2 жыл бұрын
Sabaton Cruse was the highlight before pandemic, 24h cruse on Silja Galaxy with Sabaton and 2500 fans 🤟 I was lucky to attend 3 out of the 10 cruses ❤️🇸🇪
@straggerthelupinragi1337 Жыл бұрын
Props to that one actor to be the dead soldiers body to not just get up and start headbanging to the music.
@tealepeck85802 жыл бұрын
Your reactions are so great bc they make me sing along with you! I agree that their songs totally pump you up. I use that energy to work out as they are a great motivator. When Sabaton had to end their American tour with Judas Priest abruptly in Colorado, they got a new venue together in less than 24 hours and sold out all their tickets. One of the cool things they did is that they had so many band shirts that they had been planning to sell specifically for that tour but no longer could that, they gave every single concert attendee a free shirt. That was my first Sabaton band shirt. Along with the fact they played for nearly three hours and I caught Chris Rörland's pic, it was a very special and amazing concert. My favorite shot from this video is the M-190 that frames Hannes on the drums as he pulls everyone back into the chorus. In terms of history, this is referencing the Austro-Hungarian and Italian front that was in the Alps. Soldiers literally dug their trenches into the rock and ice and stayed there for long periods. In 1916, there was a series of avalanches that were caused by the spring thaw as well as intentional shelling that buried the Austro-hungarian troops alive. This became known as White Friday and you can hear that reference in the song lyrics. Besides just that day, many other avalanches occured from artillery fire burying both sides' soldiers in ice and snow, killing hundreds. Besides those soldiers swallowed up by the mountain, many others froze to death. A very small percentage of those bodies were recovered and most still remain where they fell over 100 years ago.
@vvva152 жыл бұрын
🪦🪦🪦 🪦🪦🪦🪦 DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE UNKNOWN HEROES WHO NEVER CAME HOME 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦
@bigg29882 жыл бұрын
Oh well, I was holding off on listening to this after the glory of "Christmas Truce". I shouldn't have; this song adds gloriously to the modern "Tanzmetal" wave washing Scandinavia's shores lately, including BEAST IN BLACK, AMARANTHE, AMBERIAN DAWN, to name a few... AND, SABATON always have a story that is epic beyond belief but also gruesomely real, and humanly touching. In this, they are alone. A gratuitous idea: 3:50 you might also consider getting a pair of sabatons! You would look as Metal as a galant knight arriving at a tournament once you go to the concert. :)))
@seanmartin60132 жыл бұрын
Greetings from the US! I have been enjoying your reactions as I can tell you are really enjoying this new musical journey. I have to recommend a band I know you will love. That band is Brothers of Metal. They are also from Sweden and they sing about Vikings and Norse Mythology. I would suggest starting with the song Yggdrasil and then branch out from there! Keep it up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGbcioCgip2resk
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Ive been recommended so many metal bands from Sweden, I didnt even know we had that many. A whole world opened up haha Thanks for the suggestion, Ill try to make it this week :)
@nekane61682 жыл бұрын
@@simpleviking It Will get stuck in your head for weeks 🤘🏼💕
@greaper19762 жыл бұрын
@@simpleviking what else are Swedes supposed to do during the cold winter months? :P
@nilsholmstrom90092 жыл бұрын
They are from the same city as Sabaton. Falun!
@Torur2 жыл бұрын
This song is about the White Friday Avalanches, when 270 Austro-Hungarian soldiers were killed by an avalanche on Mount Marmolada in 1916. Other avalanches hit other Austro-Hungarian positions, killing more soldiers in the process. So the idea of the song is to tell the story of the men who really were just doing their duty when a monstrous disaster struck. It's suggested that about 2,000 soldiers died in the avalanches that day, along with some civilians.
@NikesZ282 жыл бұрын
Its about White Friday. In short, granades and artillary fire caused avalanches that buried soldiers on both sides and most were never found. This song is about them!
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@maxviking32102 жыл бұрын
Yes and no, white friday is alpine rangers on the mountain that died after one avalanche. So it is a specific event. It was impossible to get them down and the where burried under the snow
@elyxia2 ай бұрын
Alltså din glädje! Känner igen mig så väl i din reaktion när jag väl hittade hem till Sabaton. 😃 ”Jag va väl bara sisådär 20 år försen på tåget”, men det gör mig ingenting. 🤣🎸🎹🥁
@klara--m.2 жыл бұрын
Hello Michael! This is a great reaction, thanks! Tommy - the blond guitarist - has another band called Majestica (ex-ReinXeed), he's the lead singer and lead guitarist. If you have time, you should check them out their song Above the Sky: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6WcfpRnjMRjras Good channel, good vibes!! Greetings from Hungary
@DAVEGADGETBOY2 жыл бұрын
The first band shirt i ever got was a sabaton shirt. Got six now and the coat of arms shirt is still my favourite design
@casperfransson24502 жыл бұрын
Tyckte väll att jag kände igen dig, jag gick på stehagsskolan och källebergsskolan när du var där och var vikarie eller något liknande. Kul att du har gjort en kanal där du reagerar på sådana mästerverk. :)
@Mark_872 жыл бұрын
I just found these guys from Nick Rekieta talking about them, immediately put them on all my playlists The "history edition" of the album is really cool, they have a narrator(she sounds like the wind lady from Riddick to me) setting up the situation, then the songs play off of that I love 60s and 70s metal, this stuff reminds me of Uriah Heep and older bands like that.
@danielsabla93642 жыл бұрын
Watch "Vlogging through history" he has a lot of Sabaton reactions and he always gives a lot of info about the events in the song
@mats74922 жыл бұрын
Working out to Sabaton is amazing.. Just like fighting but with no victims
@jameswilliams78732 жыл бұрын
There are victims...calories
@deadmanlnc22152 жыл бұрын
First ever band merch was a Sabaton hoodie😄👍
@MythicFool2 жыл бұрын
Sabaton History just dropped their video for this for Patrons, and will release it to the general public either tomorrow or the next day, and goes into general detail about the Alpine front in WWI and the battle for Col di Lana, called Col di Sangue (Blood Mountain) by the soldiers.
@dfullerton93 Жыл бұрын
Make sure you also check out Christmas Truce, Defense of Moscow and Bismarck as well.
@kitsune303 Жыл бұрын
It really is "SO DAMN GOOD!"
@leestephenshaw23882 жыл бұрын
Got they new album The War To End All Wars
@tracymccoy60192 жыл бұрын
Just let you know that is what the Soldier of Heaven
@jankris41382 жыл бұрын
hey my guy!i love your reaction,and the fact that you are getting emotional with sabaton videos!there you are you got a new subscriber..greetings from Greece,from a Greek who speaks polish,(i think you have also polish roots?)anyway thank you for these 7.37 minutes
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you so much! Oh yes indeed, I can even speak polish :)
@jankris41382 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that you got a new subscriber...do widzenia!
@stg-tf4ns2 жыл бұрын
very nice reaction liked and subscribed:) you should react to Attack of the Dead Men, this is when I think fan-made videos with images gives the feeling better than the official lyric video also the Royal Guard, a really nice song celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Royal Guard
@tanyateunissen1852 жыл бұрын
Love your reaction, its perfect.
@moreaumary8748 Жыл бұрын
Welcome in Sabaton Family Brother!!!
@Talvi_Sota2 жыл бұрын
Sir , you have earned your self an Abo
@matthewyakush65482 жыл бұрын
It was a series of avalanches killing many thousands of both Italian and Austro-Hungarians that was dubbed “white friday”. Both sides were said to have fired mortar shells into the snow and ice on the mountain side causing the avalanches. Total casualties vary from 2-10 thousand
@Skegget1 Жыл бұрын
Dont forget to check out Tommy Johanssons channel here on youtube, he releases a cover every friday :) Tommy is the guitarist in Sabaton 😎
@komischer_typ41452 жыл бұрын
Not only this Song every Song
@nick__977 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit i knew u looked familiar! I used to watch your video on maintaining long hair!
@tracymccoy60192 жыл бұрын
During world war 1 the british army was protected by supernatural enteties (AKA) the soldier of heaven
@Metalgamingnerd2 жыл бұрын
You had me at "I don't have an band shirts, I'm new to this"
@brosisgames67282 жыл бұрын
5:43 me to, i want to go to one to
@TJKlownTJKlown2 жыл бұрын
I found your channel this morning and had to sub Your reactions are excellent
@Therealangrycivilian2 жыл бұрын
White Friday occurred during the Italian Front of World War I, when an avalanche struck Austro-Hungarian barracks on Mount Marmolada, killing 270 soldiers. Other avalanches the same day struck Italian and other Austro-Hungarian positions, killing hundreds. According to some reports both sides deliberately fired shells into the weakened snowpacks in an attempt to bury the other side.
@danieljackson45112 жыл бұрын
Bismarck! Carolus Rex! Attack of the Dead Men! ....just moreeee
@CediEntertainment2 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend "Sabaton - No Bullets Fly"
@ReviewedRelic722 жыл бұрын
You should listen to "Steel Commanders" by Sabaton !!!
@akibaxx68022 жыл бұрын
If history and rock had a baby and it came out sabaton
@fenrahgoesvocal Жыл бұрын
would love it if you did a reaction video to Sellsword! They have a new singer now!
@Happymali102 жыл бұрын
Check out "Sabaton history", it's a separate channel where they upload "what happened" videos on the topics of their songs.
@AndrewChilders2 жыл бұрын
Not based on history precisely, but mentions place names and vehicles, also a power anthem of epic proportions: Steel Commanders. The band gets to have some fun, and they have a Cellist Tina Gao featured
@ikezorn64772 жыл бұрын
Yey the red Baron showed up, awesome :)
@ReviewedRelic722 жыл бұрын
Jag älskar ditt sätt att reagera på världens bästa Band!!
@nekane61682 жыл бұрын
Viking teacher's 2022 to do list: 1- Go to a Sabaton concert 2- Buy merch at said concert 3- Get merch signed 🤞🏻 4- Go to a Rammstein concert 5- Get your eyebrows burnt at said concert 6- Try to lift the jaw from the floor And this is why: (I can't link It) YT: *Craziest Rammstein moments (1994-2019)* If you react, you may have to edit some parts out 8>
@MetalZoned2 жыл бұрын
This was an awesome song and video!!
@dragonking67732 жыл бұрын
You should react to Sabaton - Livgardet it's about the Swedish Royal Guards that served and protected the King for the past 500 years (Correct me if I'm wrong)
@TheBigEnder2 жыл бұрын
suggestion for another reaction, Sabaton Bismark : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYe6dpVjdtlrr8U if you interpret the lyrics correctly, geat song. or Sabaton The Last Battle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKjJe6aBm6ihl68 there is also a video on Sabaton History. in, no bullets fly you mentioned that your grandfather fought for finland in the second world war: Sabaton Soldier of 3 Armies kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ2tmnp_a9ZoaNk 82th all the way, ghost in the trenches, seven pillars of wisdom and etc. Greetings from Germany
@Zerfleddermaus2 жыл бұрын
Hey Michael, greets from germany. I have a recomandation for you and all others here. Sabaton history chanel. How you said in your reaction on Rammstein Deutschland, thats the way to tell history. Maybe not simple but clear, without beeing on a side, only facts or with the note, that in some point the history isn't that clear. A historian tell about nearly every song, that sabaton have written. Sorry, for the long post, but i love it.
@jlburilov Жыл бұрын
Lucky for you they are Swedish and have a European ture atm.
@kajajsp2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it´s interesting to know for you. Sabaton has it´s own History Channel on KZbin to talk about the History of their songs.
@jcsoundjohancato94932 жыл бұрын
Man vill ju bara vara på fronten vid scenen och få uppleva denna live, ska till Falun i augusti 🤘🤘🤘
@argynthaaa2 жыл бұрын
lmao hey michael, my brother found ur yt channel and gave it to me. nice work seriously, I won't lie. I'm one of ur students haha, you pretty much will already know who I am by my name even though it's not my real name. my brother loves sabaton aswell but i'm not really that ehh interested in it. anyways ill see u back at school in a few days. cya!
@panzerlord16092 жыл бұрын
I love sabaton SO MUCH!!! And I hope u get to see sabaton live Bc I didn’t sabaton was gonna play then stuff happened and judest priest was gonna be at the concert instead of sabaton and now I’m sad :( but hey I’m getting a WWII german Stahlhelm (steel helmet)
@StarrChasingComets Жыл бұрын
Took me two weeks to not cry watching the video the history behind this song Is such a deeply Tragically horrific but something I hold dear to my soul. The story goes by ether White Friday or White War.
@fakeman23322 жыл бұрын
I recommend you to take a look for SABATON - Ghost Division (Live - The Great Tour - Oberhausen)
@ewebtvchannel29412 жыл бұрын
Sabaton are fantastic metal music! 🥇Wow, meraviglioso tutto, il video, la musica💣👏Capolavoro, 👏❤️😘👏🔝💪♥ Grazie.🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
@tanyastanaland94392 жыл бұрын
Courtesy of Google “ Image result for Soldier of Heaven The band's main lyrical themes are based on war, historical battles, and acts of heroism-the name is a reference to a sabaton, knight's foot armor. The armor and battle theme is heard in most songs in almost every album except Metalizer.
@HerrvonBackfisch2 жыл бұрын
If you like Sabaton, you really should hear some songs from Powerwolf, an power metal band from germany
@turbouffe2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Västerås! Soldier of Heaven is actually a story about blood mountain ww1, do a search. Best live video to recommend is Uprising at Woodstock, 500.000 big crowd! Then they have many great production videos, one of them are Bismarck! Have a good one!
@fanklan20112 жыл бұрын
Hello Viking you should really make reaction to swedish pagans from sabaton especially from wacken its awesome
@_Gopnik_Medved_2 жыл бұрын
Could you react to sabaton bismarck? Greetings from Chile
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Ill add it to my list :D Greetings!
@korvkioskshelvete2 жыл бұрын
Kolla på Sabaton - En Livstid I Krig live från Göteborg. Då får du se hur det verkligen är på en Sabaton konsert.
@eastlinetv57582 жыл бұрын
Jag har en musmatta som är typ 1 meter lång och på den står det SABATON och i vänster hörn står det BISMARCK men det blir att köpa deras tröjor nu!
@MegaDog5552 жыл бұрын
Uprising live Woodstock Poland 🇵🇱 880.000 fans
@georgebeswick75492 жыл бұрын
I feel people have already told you already, but Sabaton do have a History Channel where they discuss the history of the stuff in their singles and albums.
@juanjoselp18022 жыл бұрын
You should listen to Livgardet song from Sabaton, it is really awesome or Carolus Rex (Swedish version).
@brick248funny52 жыл бұрын
You should so aces in exile and to hell and back both by sabaton
@StergiosMekras2 жыл бұрын
Sabaton makes you feel patriotic about whatever country/nation the song is about.
@mr1shaggy2 жыл бұрын
He doesn't have any band shirts? That's all I have
@Robin...2 жыл бұрын
du måste reagera på Sabatons musikvideo Bismarck.
@amygoodson-catlady Жыл бұрын
Did you ever get your shirt? They are touring this winter in Europe...
@lgkkro17812 жыл бұрын
I love it too so fucking cool ❤️
@nicklosmchenry1252 Жыл бұрын
You should listen to hamerfall
@thadeaquintmaus37632 жыл бұрын
Try DanVasc's cover of Sabaton's "The Last Stand" (and so much more)... maybe you'll become a fan of this great singer, too. (DanVasc: Daniel Vasconcelos from Brazil.)
@Cornholio9352 жыл бұрын
Have you gotten the shirt? If not, post a video when you unbox it👍🏻
@DokDo19952 жыл бұрын
This has nothing to do with Sabaton but you should jeck out Saltatio Mortis' cover of My Mother Told Me...Its a great song about an old norse legend...Jeck it out and enjoy...
@charles-antoineleduc26812 жыл бұрын
You should listen 40:1 it’s a good one too!
@hendriquenyet5931 Жыл бұрын
how about swedish amon amarth???
@tomassteen60922 жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻
@warmstrong56122 жыл бұрын
Why stop at a shirt? Get a pair of camo pants to go with it! They sell them on their merch store.
@dimash1sky2 жыл бұрын
pls reat to dimash sing stranger shine brothers .
@giacomogatti30772 жыл бұрын
have you already watched bismarck?
@SirBSpecial2 жыл бұрын
Hmm this music video is not really my thing. I mean its really good made and everything, I just dont feel it so much. But the song is so cool. The way he pronounces the words is great, very clear and powerful.
@schnipdog7722 жыл бұрын
react to attack of the dead men and bismark
@xenotriver2 жыл бұрын
If you don't mind, I think you should check out Falling In Reverse - Zombified Not really reaction worthy since you have more of a history channel, but I'm sure you'll like it. Edit: forgot to add, while it may not touch on any historical events, it definitely does so when it comes to our society
@patrik51232 жыл бұрын
Om du inte sett den, kolla in Livgardet.
@maxnatterer96122 жыл бұрын
Can you pls make an reaction of dragonforce Fury of the storm Live-Video. Greetings from Germany great Channel
@jessief50472 жыл бұрын
Sabaton är BÄST 🤘🤘🤘🤘 Jag har lyssnat på låter om o om igen sen den släpptes idag 🥰 Jag har biljett till Sabaton o skulle ha sett dom på måndag, Men Sverige turnen är flyttad igen 😔
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
Den är grymt bra!! Jag skulle själv boka biljetter och såg det också på deras hemsida... :( Känns ju nästan hopplöst. Håller verkligen tummarna för dig!
@ljusfen2 жыл бұрын
Skulle sett dem 7 januari i Karlstad, väntar på nytt datum. De är bara så grymt bra 🤘❤🤘
@matsv2012 жыл бұрын
Most bands have a peak, then get worse.. sabaton like... just get better and better.. well sort of. Some of the early songs are amazing to, but they are not as complete.
@patrioticjustice90402 жыл бұрын
This is what kids need to learn in school; real history, not what sexual identification pronoun "teachers" identify them as. No soldier should ever be forgotten, and those poor souls have been forgotten on that mountain for over 100 years.
@hazelma70222 жыл бұрын
You know that Hannes Van Dahl is married to the Valerie goddess Floor Jansen right?
@hazelma70222 жыл бұрын
Valkerie*
@kambalayamxz832 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel, good music. I subscribe. Please react to Monica Naranjo - Europa. She's amazing, one of the best female voices in the world. An incredible music metal /rock /opera. Greetings from Spain. Link 😜👇
@kambalayamxz832 жыл бұрын
Link 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2on2OgnK92i5o
@nekane61682 жыл бұрын
You've never have a band shirt?? Like...never? From any musical kind? An old one from a cousin? Nothing? Were you born an adult? 😂 Kidding, but we have a lot of work to do with you. In 3weeks we will have made a new metalhead💕
@simpleviking2 жыл бұрын
I have an ishockey shirt if that counts? xD
@nekane61682 жыл бұрын
@@simpleviking that's pretty metal🤘🏼. You know Who are BIG hockey fans? AMON AMARTH 😂😂 No kidding. I imagine is habitual Up there 💕
@tanyastanaland94392 жыл бұрын
Dang…I wanted to rag on them until the dedication at the end. I am an 80’s chick (Depeche Mode, B52’s, REM, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, old punk like Sex Pistols, The Ramone’s, etc) that discovered harder music through my husband (Metallica, Disturbed, Scorpions, Ozzy). It’s like cooking, you try hamburger helper then move to filet mignon. I reserve my judgement for now until I listen more. Right now, the music is not for me. Music is about emotions in my opinion. Nirvana (dark and angry), Marley (feel good with a political movement-and why he sang his songs)…I like the Bee Gee’s and LOVE Rammstein, Nirvana, Yo Yo Ma, Kaki King…no accounting for taste. Off to listen more.