Sabaton release new animated story video for “Christmas Truce”

On December 24th, in the tragic year of 1914, in the middle of a cold night: After 6 months in the muddy trenches, the war still hasn’t come to an end and on Christmas Eve, the soldiers were missing home even more than on any other day and started quietly singing Carols. Although an official truce was declined from the governments, an eerie silence haunted the empty battlefields on the morning of December 25th. That was when the British and German soldiers slowly crawled out of their trenches to wish each other a merry Christmas, take photographs, play games and even exchanged a few gifts.

In this animated story video, Sabaton depict this one-of-a-kind event during the First World War that should later be known as “Christmas Truce”. The brand new video was unveiled during the band’s ongoing Christmas Advent Calendar on their social media channels and website.

This is the story of the Christmas Truce & this is why we wrote our latest single. We now give you a different way of experiencing our music and the history behind it!

Pär Sundström, bassist of Sabaton

The new video was produced by Yarnhub who also created the animated story videos of “No Bullets Fly” and “Night Witches”. Watch them below:

A new edit of Christmas Truce has also been released on Friday and is now available on all streaming platforms. You can listen to it here: https://music.sabaton.net/ChristmasTruce

“Christmas Truce” foreshadows the tenth masterpiece of Sabaton, “The War To End All Wars”, that will be released on March 4th, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Once again, Sabaton will dive deep into the atrocities, miracles and happenings around WWI and take the listener to an emotional and exciting ride of 11 tracks.

Pre-order “The War To End All Wars” now:
https://smarturl.it/SabatonTWTEAW

“The War To End All Wars” will be available in the following formats:
– Jewelcase CD
– Limited Gold CD [Supporter Edition – various versions with translated booklets]
– History Edition [Digibook]
– Box Set [Mailorder exclusive, 2LPs, Earbook, 5 metallic DIN A5 postcards with embossing, 1 propaganda poster]
– Earbook [ltd. to 8000 copies]
– Black Vinyl 
– Copper Vinyl [Nuclear Blast Mailorder exclusive, ltd. to 500 copies] *SOLD OUT*
– Fluorescent Orange Vinyl [ltd. to 500 copies] *SOLD OUT*
– Leaf Green Vinyl [Sweden exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Fluorescent Yellow Vinyl [Ginza exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Dusk Vinyl [Levykauppa exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Soft Grey Vinyl [Nordics exclusive, ltd. 1000 copies]
– Lavender Vinyl [FNAC exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Rosewood Vinyl [Mystic exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Fluorescent Green Vinyl [UK exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Pacific Blue Vinyl [US exclusive, ltd. to 1500 copies]
– Polar White Vinyl [NB US exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Dewdrop Vinyl [EMP exclusive, ltd. to 500 copies]
– Green cassette [Nuclear Blast EU exclusive, limited to 100 copies] *SOLD OUT*
– Grey cassette [Nuclear Blast EU exclusive, ltd. to 100 copies] *SOLD OUT*
– Red cassette [EMP exclusive, ltd. to 300 copies]
– Black cassette [NB US exclusive, ltd. to 200 copies]
– Crystal Clear cassette [US exclusive, ltd. to 250 copies]
– White cassette [Mystic exclusive, ltd. to 100 copies]

Pre-order “The War To End All Wars” now:
https://smarturl.it/SabatonTWTEAW

Sabaton is a five-piece heavy metal band from Falun, Sweden. Since the band’s formation in 1999, Sabaton has achieved quadruple Platinum sales and performed colossal concerts in over fifty countries. The band’s ninth studio album, “The Great War”, released on July 19, 2019, is a musically rich concept album capturing the sinister atmosphere of World War I – thus continuing the band’s trademark style of telling unforgettable stories from merciless battlefields all over the planet. Sabaton, signed to the world’s biggest heavy metal label, Nuclear Blast Records, played The Great Tour at major European festivals, and throughout North America, and Eastern Europe in support of The Great War. Sabaton has put the “COVID downtime” to good use, writing, recording, and releasing a variety of stand-alone singles and music videos.  The band played its first post-pandemic date on July 9, performing in front of 40,000 fans when they headlined the Exit Festival in Serbia.  In January/February 2022, they will headline a 29-date tour of Sweden, followed by the launch of the massive The Tour To End All Tours on March 4 in Norway. As you might guess… There’s no end in sight for this unstoppable war machine anytime soon!

Check out the European tour itinerary here:

The Tour To End All Tours
w/ THE HU, LORDI
presented by Cobra Agency
04.03.2022             Norway                  Oslo                       Spektrum
05.03.2022             Sweden                  Stockholm              Avicii Arena        
06.03.2022             Denmark                Copenhagen           Royal Arena
08.03.2022             Germany                Hamburg                Barclays Arena
09.03.2022             Luxembourg           Esch zur Alzette      Rockhal
11.03.2022             Germany                Berlin                     Mercedes Benz Arena
12.03.2022             Czech Republic       Prague                   O2 Arena
13.03.2022             Hungary                 Budapest                Arena
15.03.2022             Italy                       Milan                      Lorenzini District
16.03.2022             Switzerland             Geneva                  Arena
18.03.2022             UK                         London                   Wembley Arena
19.03.2022             UK                         Leeds                     First Direct Arena
20.03.2022             UK                         Cardiff                   Motorpoint Arena
22.03.2022             UK                         Glasgow                 Hydro
24.03.2022             Belgium                  Antwerp                Sportpaleis
25.03.2022             Netherlands            Amsterdam            Ziggo Dome
26.03.2022             Germany                Leipzig                   Quarterback Immo.Arena
28.03.2022             France                   Paris                      La Seine Musicale
30.03.2022             Austria                   Vienna                   Stadthalle
31.03.2022             Germany                Munich                   Olympiahalle
01.04.2022             Germany                Cologne                 Lanxess Arena
02.04.2022             Germany                Hannover               ZAG Arena
04.04.2022             Poland                   Krakow                   Tauron Arena
06.04.2022             Estonia                   Tallinn                    Saku Arena
08.04.2022             Finland                   Kuopio                   Kuopio Hall
09.04.2022             Finland                   Helsinki                  Hartwall Arena

Tickets are available here:
https://www.sabaton.net/tour/—
More info:
www.sabaton.net
www.facebook.com/sabaton
www.instagram.com/sabaton
www.nuclearblast.de/sabaton
www.twitter.com/sabaton
www.youtube.com/c/Sabaton