The War to End All Wars (album)

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The War to End All Wars
The War to End All Wars Sabaton.jpg
Studio album by
Sabaton
Released4 March 2022
Recorded2021
Genre Power metal [1]
Length45:21
Label Nuclear Blast
Sabaton chronology
The Great War
(2019)		The War to End All Wars
(2022)
Singles from The War to End All Wars
  1. "Christmas Truce"
    Released: 29 October 2021 [2]
  2. "Soldier of Heaven"
    Released: 7 January 2022 [3]
  3. "The Unkillable Soldier"
    Released: 11 February 2022
  4. "Race to the Sea"
    Released: 4 March 2022
  5. "Stormtroopers"
    Released: 16 December 2022

The War to End All Wars is the tenth studio album by Swedish power metal band Sabaton, released on 4 March 2022. [4] [5] [6] [7] It is the last album to feature guitarist Tommy Johansson. [8]

Contents

The album serves as a sequel to the band's 2019 album The Great War , and is a concept album which, like its predecessor, focuses on the atrocities, miracles and happenings around World War I, such as those of the Christmas truce, the stormtroopers of the German Army, the Race to the Sea, the Treaty of Versailles, the predominant dreadnought type of battleship during the early 20th century, and others.

The single "Christmas Truce" was nominated for Music Video of the Year at the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Awards, finishing second overall. [9]

Reception

In the U.S., the album sold 8,000 copies in its first week of release. [10]

Accolades

PublicationListRank
Metal Hammer The Best Metal Albums of 2022 So Far
– [11]

Track listing

The War to End All Wars track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicThemeLength
1."Sarajevo"Pär Sundström · Joakim BrodénChris Rörland · Joakim BrodénThe assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 4:37
2."Stormtroopers"BrodénBrodénThe stormtroopers, specialist soldiers of Imperial Germany3:56
3."Dreadnought"Sundström · BrodénBrodén Dreadnought-type battleships and the Battle of Jutland 4:58
4."The Unkillable Soldier"Sundström · BrodénBrodén Adrian Carton de Wiart during World War I 4:11
5."Soldier of Heaven"SundströmRörland · BrodénThe Italian-Austrian front and Col di Lana mountaintop explosion3:38
6."Hellfighters"BrodénRörland · BrodénThe 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States of America, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters3:26
7."Race to the Sea"BrodénBrodén Albert I of Belgium fighting alongside Belgian soldiers in the Battle of the Yser at the end of the 1914 Race to the Sea 3:47
8."Lady of the Dark"SundströmBrodén Milunka Savić, a female Serbian soldier from 1912-19193:03
9."The Valley of Death"Sundström · BrodénRörland · BrodénThe three Battles of Doiran 4:13
10."Christmas Truce"Sundström · BrodénBrodénThe Christmas Truce of 19145:18
11."Versailles"Sundström · BrodénRörland · BrodénThe Treaty of Versailles 4:14
Total length:45:21

Notes

Personnel

Band members

Guest musicians

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ) [45] Gold2,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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