Sabaton brengt Stories Of The Western Front uit met Motörhead cover

 

De derde EP van de Echoes Of The Great War trilogie is nu beschikbaar. De laatste van de drie heet Stories From The Western Front en bevat zeven tracks. Een daarvan is een nog nooit uitgebrachte cover van Motörhead's 1916. Daar heeft de band ook een videoclip van gemaakt, opgenomen in Birmingham aan het Black Country Living Museum. Zelfs ex-Motörhead leden Mikkey Dee en Phil Campbell zijn er in te zien.

Pär Sundstrom over deze laatste EP: "We are excited to release the last EP in the "Echoes Of The Great War" series as well as a new music video, which we had a blast filming in the UK. Our new EP tells the tales that came from the Western Front, a brutal and unforgiving theatre of war. The Battle of Verdun, which was the longest battle of the First World War, the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 in Flanders, the Battle of the Somme... these are all things we should not forget. And through this EP – in fact, through this whole EP collection – our sole mission has been to immortalise these stories and ensure that these are at the forefront of everyone's minds."

Over de Motörhead cover heeft zanger Joakim het volgende te zeggen: "We believed that "1916" was the perfect fit for this EP, not only because it's related to the First World War, but because we just love everything about the song. Lemmy was inspired to write this track after watching a documentary about the Battle of the Somme. The lyrics are emotionally charged and perfectly describe the experiences of all the young soldiers, most of whom were just kids essentially. A lyric that really moves me and hits home is: 'We were food for the gun, and that's what you are when you're soldiers'. I can't get that out of my head."

Tracklist:
1. 1916
2. Great War
3. Hellfighters
4. The Price Of A Mile
5. Fields Of Verdun
6. Race To The Sea
7. Devil Dogs

De band gaat binnenkort op tournee. Je kan ze live zien in onder andere de Ziggo Dome en in het Sportpaleis.

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