The War to End All Wars is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, released on 4 March 2022.[4][5][6][7]
The War to End All Wars | ||||
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Released | 4 March 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
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Length | 45:21 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Singles from The War to End All Wars | ||||
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.[8]
In the U.S., the album sold 8,000 copies in its first week of release.[9]
Publication | List | Rank |
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Metal Hammer | The Best Metal Albums Of 2022 So Far | –[10] |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Theme | Length |
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1. | "Sarajevo" | Pär Sundström · Joakim Brodén | Chris Rörland · Joakim Brodén | The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | 4:37 |
2. | "Stormtroopers" | Brodén | Brodén | The Stormtroopers, specialist soldiers of Imperial Germany | 3:56 |
3. | "Dreadnought" | Sundström · Brodén | Brodén | Dreadnought-type battleships and the Battle of Jutland | 4:58 |
4. | "The Unkillable Soldier" | Sundström · Brodén | Brodén | Adrian Carton de Wiart during World War I | 4:11 |
5. | "Soldier of Heaven" | Sundström | Rörland · Brodén | The Italian-Austrian front and the White Friday avalanches | 3:38 |
6. | "Hellfighters" | Brodén | Rörland · Brodén | The 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States of America, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters | 3:26 |
7. | "Race to the Sea" | Brodén | Brodén | 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" | Sundström | Brodén | Milunka Savić, a female Serbian Soldier from 1912-1919 | 3:03 |
9. | "The Valley of Death" | Sundström · Brodén | Rörland · Brodén | 1917 Battle of Doiran | 4:13 |
10. | "Christmas Truce" | Sundström · Brodén | Brodén | The Christmas Truce of 1914 | 5:18 |
11. | "Versailles" | Sundström · Brodén | Rörland · Brodén | The Treaty of Versailles | 4:14 |
Total length: | 45:21 |
Band members
Guest musicians
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 25 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 1 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 4 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 26 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] | 90 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] | 6 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] | 6 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] | 1 |
French Albums (SNEP)[19] | 47 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 1 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] | 1 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] | 71 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] | 87 |
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24] | 89 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] | 2 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[26] | 1 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] | 6 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[28] | 28 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] | 4 |
UK Albums (OCC)[31] | 16 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[32] | 3 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[33] | 2 |
US Billboard 200[34] | 87 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[35] | 12 |
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[36] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[37] | 9 |
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