Line #205 Awesome/Sabaton


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:They sound as awesome as this looks.]]
3	'''''[[MathematiciansAnswer Yes.]]'''''
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6	* During Woodstock 2012, which was held in Poland, the band played 40:1 while covering a good part of the crowd ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmerZbDPXns under a giant Polish flag]]''. After the song was over, the whole crowd, with no prompting, sang the Polish national anthem. ManlyTears were shed.
7	* From their 2011 USA tour, a 101st airborne veteran wanted to hear them play "Screaming Eagles." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf012GrrIzo&feature=feedu So they did.]]
8	* While it would be easy to say 'all of their songs', special mention needs to go out to ''Ghost Division'', ''Panzerkampf'', and ''Coat of Arms'', for being essentially SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic about [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]].
9	** Any song about a hero or military unit of a particular country when played in that country (e.g. 40:1 or Uprising in Poland or Far From The Fame in Czech Republic and Slovakia) usually fire up the crowd's enthusiasm higher.
10	* The ending of ''Long Live The King.'' After a terrific chorus and absolutely epic solo, Joakim delivers the BadassBoast to end all boasts before the final chorus.
11	-->''For their honor!''\
12	''For their glory!''\
13	''For the men who fought and bled!''\
14	'''''A soldier from Sweden remembers the dead!'''''
15	* The entirety of ''In the Name of God''. The righteous fury has to be heard to be appreciated.
16	** To whit, it's chewing out terrorists for their [[DirtyCoward cowardly tactics]] and threatenening to destroy all they hold dear in revenge.
17	--->''Captured in all your lies, fear is in your eyes!''\
18	''Creature who's gone insane, your war is in vain!''\
19	''Trapped in a cage of stone, we'll destroy your home!''\
20	''Consequence of your actions!''
21	* There were originally three Sabaton songs that are about a specific person. Two (''Lion from the North'' and ''Carolus Rex'') are about Swedish kings. The third, ''White Death'', is about [[UsefulNotes/SimoHayha some Finnish woodsman]].
22	--->''You're in the sniper's sight,''\
23	''the first kill tonight''\
24	''Time to die''\
25	''You're in the bullet's way,''\
26	''The [[RedBaron White Death's]] prey''\
27	''[[PreMortemOneLiner Say goodbye!]]''
28	* There are now '''''[[SerialEscalation TEN]]''''', with seven on the album ''[[MeaningfulName Heroes]]''.
29	** The fourth is ''Inmate 4859'', which is about [[LaResistance Witold]] [[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Pilecki]].
30	** The fifth is ''To Hell and Back'', about [[Creator/AudieMurphy some short soldier from Texas]].
31	** The sixth is ''The Ballad of Bull'', which is about Leslie 'Bull' Allen, an Australian who was awarded the American Silver Star for rescuing 12 wounded Allied soldiers during a Japanese assault in Papua New Guinea
32	** The seventh is '' Soldier of 3 Armies'' which is about Lauri Törni who fought for the [[UsefulNotes/FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finnish Army]], [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German Army]] ''AND'' [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks The United States Army]].
33	** The eighth is ''Far from the Fame'', is about Karel Janoušek, leader of Czechoslovakian Forces in the RAF, and marshal of Czechoslovakia.
34	** The ninth is ''No Bullets Fly'' which is about German fighter pilot Franz Stigler who, instead of shooting down a damaged B17 after a bomb raid, escorted it out of the killzone. In doing so, he put his life on the line in three different ways: Being shot down by friendly fire, by the gunners of the B17 and being court martialed for treason.
35	** The tenth is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M7sUCElJK0 Smoking Snakes]]'', is about Arlindo Lúcio da Silva, Geraldo Baeta da Cruz and Geraldo Rodrigues de Souza – 3 Brazilian Expeditionary Force soldiers who became separated from their unit and fought a large contingent of Germans in Italy on 14 April 1945. [[LastStand Refusing surrender, they fought to their deaths]] and [[WorthyOpponent were buried with full honors by the Germans]], who placed a cross over their graves with the inscription ''Drei brasilianische Helden'' (Three Brazilian Heroes). So awesome is the song that it's now played on Victory Day by the Brazilian Army Band.
36	* It's songs about people: ''Last Dying Breath'' off of ''The Last Stand'' is about Dragutin Gavrilović, who is remembered in Serbian history books for his dramatic order to his troops issued on October 7, 1915, the first day of the defense of Belgrade against the Austro-Hungarian and German attack during the First World War.
37	* Make that ''fifteen'' songs about people with ''The Great War''.
38	** ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom'' is about UsefulNotes/TELawrence, and talks about the Arab revolt Lawrence wrote about.
39	** ''82nd All The Way'' is about Sergeant Alvin C. York and his Medal of Honor action.
40	** ''The Red Baron'' is about Manfred von Richthofen, a German ace fighter pilot who flew a distinct red plane and was feared and respected by the Allied air forces.
41	** ''A Ghost in the Trenches'' is about Francis Pegahmagabow, a Canadian First Nations soldier who was the most effective scout and sniper in World War I.
42	* The chorus of ''Panzerkampf'', wherein the Soviets are prepared to charge against the superior trained and equipped Nazi army with all their patriotic fury. Not only does it easily pump you up, but it shows the Soviets finally standing up to an enemy that was once unbeatable.
43	--->''[[EndOfAnAge The end of the third Reich draws near]]''\
44	''Its time has come to an end''\
45	''The end of an era is here''\
46	''[[ZergRush It's time to attack!]]''\
47	\
48	''[[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll Into the motherland the German army march]]''\
49	''[[BandOfBrothers Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge]]''\
50	''[[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east]]''\
51	''[[ZergRush One million men at war]]''\
52	''[[TheDogBitesBack Soviet wrath unleashed!]]''
53	** The third verse contains some of the most badass lines in Sabaton's history.
54	--->''[[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Oh mother Russia!]]''\
55	''[[TheFederation Union of lands]]''\
56	''[[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll Will of the people]]''\
57	''[[FourStarBadass Strong in command]]''\
58	''[[PatrioticFervor Oh mother Russia!]]''\
59	''[[MultinationalTeam Union of lands]]''\
60	''[[BadassArmy Once more victorious the red army stands!]]''
61	* ''Union [Slopes Of St.Benedict]'' commemorates the [[TheAlliance Western Allies]] struggling against the German Army during the invasion of Italy (specifically the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino Battle of Monte Cassino]]). It emphasizes the BandOfBrothers nature of the Allied Forces and how they will [[EarnYourHappyEnding triumph despite the immense difficulties ahead]] and how the tide of the war is finally turning in the Allies' favor. It's especially poignant since the song it's [[SiameseTwinSongs paired with]] is considerably more depressing, and details the infamously brutal, [[AllForNothing and ultimately futile]] Battle of Passchendaele. Monte Cassino's conditions were rather similar to Passchendaele, but the Allies were ultimately victorious, meaning that the sacrifice the soldiers made ultimately lead to victory in the end.
62	--->[[MillionMookMarch ''To arms!'']]\
63	[[TheAlliance ''Under one banner'']]\
64	[[BandOfBrothers ''As a unit we stand'']]\
65	[[HeroicSacrifice ''And united we fall'']]\
66	[[FireForgedFriends ''As one fighting together'']]\
67	[[EarnYourHappyEnding ''Bringing the end to the slaughter'']]\
68	[[TheDogBitesBack ''Winds are changing'']]\
69	[[ArcWords ''Head on north!'']]
70	* ''Aces In Exile'' celebrates the foreign pilots who fought the Axis in the [[UsefulNotes/TheHomeFront Battle Of Britain]]. Notably, the chorus changes 2 lines each time to remember a different nation. Sadly, they only have enough time to commemorate three nations:
71	--->''Fighter pilots in exile, fly over foreign land''\
72	''Let their story be heard, tell of 303rd''\
73	''Fighter pilots from Poland in the battle of Britain''\
74	''Guarding the skies of the isle''\
75	\
76	''Fighter pilots in exile, fly over foreign land''\
77	''Tell their story again, tell of 310''\
78	''Men from Czechoslovakia in the battle of Britain''\
79	''Guarding the skies of the isle''\
80	\
81	''Fighter pilots in exile, fly over foreign land''\
82	''When the battle is won, tell of 401''\
83	''Fighter pilots from Canada in the battle of Britain''\
84	''Guarding the skies of the isle''
85	* The spoken bridge in ''Killing Ground''
86	-->''See the Caroleans standing tall;''\
87	''[[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers All for one and one for all!]]''\
88	''Enemies fall at their feet,''\
89	''Begging for their mercy.''\
90	''See the Caroleans standing tall''\
91	''Conquer land and slaughter all!''\
92	''Enemies fall at their feet''\
93	''Victory and great defeat...''
94	* [[WordOfGod Joakim Brodén]] has described the song ''[[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Smoking Snakes]]'' as "the most Sabaton song ever" and "Sabaton ''on steroids''". It shows.
95	-->'''Rise from the blood of your heroes!'''\
96	'''You, were the ones who refused to surrender!'''\
97	'''The 3, rather died than to flee!'''\
98	'''Know that your memory!'''\
99	'''Will be sung for a century!'''\
100	\
101	''Sent overseas to be cast into fire''\
102	''Fought for a purpose with pride and desire''\
103	''Blood of the brave they would give to inspire''\
104	''Cobras fumantes, your memory lives!''
105	* The main chorus of their song, ''Winged Hussars'' from their 2016 album ''The Last Stand'' has this:
106	-->''Desperation, desperation''\
107	''It's a desperate race against the mine''\
108	''And a race against time''\
109	'''''[[TheCavalry THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!]]\
110	[[BigDamnHeroes COMING DOWN FROM MOUNTAINSIDE!]]'''''
111	* ''The Last Battle'' from ''The Last Stand'', which may have topped ''Smoking Snakes'' for sheer awesomeness (and what it's about is [[Heartwarming/{{Sabaton}} incredibly heartwarming]]):
112	-->''5th of May, V day is just around the corner\
113	1945 the Fuhrer reign is at its end\
114	\
115	[[TankGoodness Jenny]] [[HoldTheLine at the gates, as the SS open fire]]\
116	There's no time to waste, the final battle has begun\
117	\
118	After the downfall, a castle besieged\
119	Facing the Nazis awaiting relief\
120	[[DefectorFromDecadence Gangl]] [[BigDamnHeroes and Lee and their men set the prisoners free]]\
121	\
122	An it's the end of the line of the final journey\
123	[[EnemyMine Enemies leaving the past]]\
124	[[EnemyMine And it's American troops and the German army]]\
125	[[EnemyMine Joining together at last]]\
126	\
127	One last fight, it's the death throes of the 3rd Reich\
128	Justice shall be done, the final battle remains\
129	\
130	Ammo is running low, they're depleting their machine guns\
131	Every bullet counts until surrender is announced\
132	\
133	After the downfall, a castle relieved\
134	Defeating the Nazis who held them besieged\
135	Gangl and Lee and their men set the prisoners free''
136	** The subject matter is incredibly awesome, as well. A motley crew of American infantrymen, a Wehrmacht DefectorFromDecadence regiment, a Waffen SS officer who said 'ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight' in the eleventh hour of the war, and an Austrian resistance member united under one banner to invite the wrath of a Waffen SS garrison and free a number of political prisoners from France and all over Eastern Europe. Despite having a fifth or less of the trained combatants their enemy had, and total manpower barely equal to their enemy's by an ''optimistic'' estimate, [[TheSiege they held Castle Itter]], in Austria, against a force of 150+ Waffen SS troopers until [[TheCavalry another, larger American unit arrived]] to relieve them. All told, the defenders of the castle lost only their Wehrmacht commander, Major Josef Gangl, in a HeroicSacrifice to ensure a former French Prime Minister would survive the fight, and [[CurbStompBattle in return]] took a whopping '''one hundred Waffen SS prisoners'''.
137	* ''The Last Stand'', also from the eponymous album, deserves a mention as well. The song tells of the [[LastStand Stand of the Swiss Guard]] during the [[RapePillageAndBurn Sack of Rome]] in 1527. After a massive Habsburg-affiliated mercenary force brought by Charles III of Bourbon to [[CarryABigStick negotiate]] [[{{Irony}} with the Vatican]] went [[UnstoppableRage berserk]] upon finding itself [[PersonOfMassDestruction a living and very an]][[FromBadToWorse gry]] [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of a DecapitatedArmy thanks to an [[NiceJobBreakingItHero overzealous local goldsmith]], the [[PraetorianGuard Swiss Guard]] pulled a HeroicSacrifice nearly to a man in order to save the Pope from these [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores now-aimless mercenary raiders]] by escorting him to a secret escape route and [[WeNeedADistraction setting up a diversion]]. [[CadreOfForeignBodyguards The Swiss Guard]] being mercenaries themselves, one has to respect their [[IGaveMyWord commitment to duty]] in their willingness to march to certain death to [[HoldTheLine buy time for their contractor to escape]]. Not for nothing were the Swiss considered the [[TheDreaded finest mercenaries in the world]]. The [[ChewingTheScenery epically hammy]] closing version of the chorus, used as a teaser on the videos for the album's singles, does the affair justice.
138	-->'''''IN THE NAME OF GOD!'''''\
139	\
140	''For the grace, for the might of our Lord!\
141	For the home of the holy!\
142	[[ReligiousBruiser For the faith, for the way of the sword!]]\
143	[[HeroicSacrifice Gave their lives so boldly!]]\
144	\
145	For the grace, for the might of our Lord!\
146	In the name of His glory!\
147	For the faith, for the way of the sword!\
148	Come and tell their story!\
149	Gave their lives so boldly!''\
150	'''''Come and tell the Swiss Guards' story again!'''''
151
152	* ''Night Witches'' about the famous [[AmazonBrigade all-woman]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches 588th bomber regiment]], begins with the band turning the ''opening lyrics into an [[OminousLatinChanting epic chant]]''. It gets better than there, with the Night Witches being depicted as [[StealthExpert actual witches]] able to appear out of nowhere, bombing the Nazis and their allies into oblivion, untouched by flak or enemy pilots. Unlike most of their songs, this song is ''extremely'' fast and features lots of crashing drums, representing the Night Witches' ability to [[LightningBruiser strike fast and hard]] in their [[RockBeatsLaser obsolete but utterly lethal]] PO-2 biplane bombers.
153	--> Beneath the starlight of the heavens\
154	Unlikely heroes in the skies\
155	(Witches to attack, witches coming back)\
156	As they appear on the horizon\
157	''The wind will whisper when the night witches come!''
158
159	* ''Bismarck'' about the titular ship, KMS Bismarck. Sabaton definitely did not fail in bringing to light just how absolutely terrifying of a beast the Bismarck was in the eyes of the British fleet. Amptly referring it as the ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Terror of the Seas]]'', it really does paint it as an absolutely frightening figure who the British was right to [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill send everything they got at it]].
160	--> [[CoolShip PRIDE OF A NATION, A BEAST MADE OF STEEL!]]\
161	BISMARCK IN MOTION, KING OF THE OCEAN!\
162	He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas\
163	To lead the war machine\
164	To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine\
165	[[TheDreaded The terror of the seas]]\
166	The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine!!
167	* Music/{{Manowar}} RageQuit from their headlining gig at Hellfest 2019. [[http://www.metalsucks.net/2019/06/29/sabaton-are-the-true-metal-heroes-the-world-needs/ Sabaton gamely stepped in]], despite the fact they'd 1) played an hour and a half set for the festival's second night that had finished at 2AM that morning, and 2) Joakim had worn out his voice singing it. Chris and Tommy traded off on lead vocalist duties, while Joakim cued the crowd and then ate dinner onstage with members of the band's road crew.
168	* ''The Great War''
169	** "Fields of Verdun" is about the French resistance at the Battle of Verdun, which lasted 303 days. The cry of "On ne passe pas!" ([[YouShallNotPass They shall not pass!]]) became a rallying cry for France. The lyrics of the song highlight how utterly terrifying it was for the French soldiers, and yet they kept fighting.
170	** ''Devil Dogs'' is about [[SemperFi the United States Marine Corps]] earning their nickname at the Battle of Belleau Wood, since the German soldiers on the other side compared the Marines to {{hellhound}}s. The bombastic lyrics also include [[PrecisionFStrike one of the few curse words in Sabaton's library]], quoted from First Sergeant Dan Daly, a recipient of two Medals of Honor: ''"Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever!?"''
171	** "Attack of the Dead Men" is this combined with real-life NightmareFuel. Osowiec Fortress was bombarded with chlorine gas that burned the Russian defenders from the inside out, burning their eyes out as well. Only a hundred survived. The majority of them were burned, crying tears of blood and being all limping from the effects of the gas. All of them countercharge the German attack, looking very much like zombies. There were ''7000'' Germans marching on the fortress. Every single one of those who survived seeing this decide to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fall back to their starting point]].
172	* From a comment on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqGTCR0a3Hw
173	--> Karl "Krazy" Abrahamson
174	--> Joakim is more than a singer. Its taken me a long time to figure out how to express it, and I'm sure I'm not the first. He's a story teller, like folk singers of a generation ago, or bards of old. Its more than just being able to compose a lyric and sing the words, and make the lyric be in service to the song. No, he makes the song serve the words he is saying. Closer to an accompanied poet, but still makes the meaning cut through without breaking the song. Sure there is the accent, the language, but even still, his is a voice that commands attention, and he doesn't need to show off to do it.
175	* Yet another joint one between them and [[PromotedFanboy Radio Tapok]]. In 2020, Radio Tapok made a song in his native Russian InTheStyleOf Sabaton called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0jQBLbhLU Битва за Москву (Battle for Moscow)]]. Dedicated to the soldiers who fought to defend Moscow from the Wehrmacht during World War II. In 2021, Sabaton released [[https://youtu.be/9TjXanLjpTU a cover of the song in English]]. The Sabaton version even incorporates the tune from the Russian National Anthem in the guitar solo!
176	--> [[UndyingLoyalty Stand and follow command,]] [[PatrioticFervor our blood for the homeland!]]\
177	[[LetsGetDangerous Heed the motherland's call, and brace for the storm!]]\
178	[[HoldTheLine Moscow will never give in, there is no surrender!]]\
179	[[TheDogBitesBack Force them into retreat, and into defeat!]]
180	* "The Unkillable Soldier" tells the story of Adrian Carton de Wiart, a soldier who served in the British army during the Second Boer War and both World Wars, and was notable for sustaining a truly astonishing number of serious wounds, [[{{Determinator}} only to return to the front as soon as he recovered.]] his ''first'' major injuries involved being [[BoomHeadshot shot in the face]] ''twice'', [[EyeScream blinding him in one eye,]] and costing him part of his ear. He served in several infamous battles including the Somme and Passchendaele, where he would be shot in the head ''again'' as well as in the hip and ankle. He would later be shot through the leg at Cambrai and the ear at Arras (making this his [[RunningGag fourth time shot in the head and living]]). He Lost his hand in 1915, going so far as to [[{{Fingore}} remove his own fingers]] after the doctor refused to amputate them. He would also end up surviving two plane crashes and tunnelling his way out of a POW camp. He returned to battle each time. He later wrote in his memoirs that he ''[[BloodKnight enjoyed the war.]]''
181	-->[[SuccessThroughInsanity At the edge of madness,]] [[WarIsHell in a time of sadness]]\
182	[[ImplacableMan An immortal soldier]] [[BloodKnight finds his home!]]\
183	[[MadeOfIron Proven under fire, over trench and wire]]\
184	[[TheBerserker No fear of death he’s unshakeable!]]
185	** Further taken up to eleven by [[https://youtu.be/q8CrlAYW_Cs this orchestral arrangement]], which incorporates the haunting sound of the otherwise Irish uilleann pipes to excellently reflect Carton de Wiart's military background.
186	* "Dreadnought" really does justice to just how imposing the [[CoolShip WW1 Dreadnoughts]] were in battle, portraying them as unstoppable forces of destruction that dominate the battlefield, [[TerrorHero striking fear into all who oppose them]].
187	-->Unopposed under crimson skies\
188	[[ShroudedInMyth Immortalized, over time their legend will rise]]\
189	And their foes can’t believe their eyes, believe their size, as they fall\
190	And the [[TitleDrop Dreadnoughts]] [[MeaningfulName dread nothing at all]]!
191	* "Race to The Sea" is the song of the humble Belgians going to war to uphold their independence because they refused the Germans' request to march through their land to attack France, and the Germans invaded in retaliation. They got battered, broken, beaten, and pushed to a small sliver of their lands, but ''[[{{Determinator}} never defeated]]''. And what makes the Belgians stand out in their contribution to the Great War is that their ''king'', Albert I, [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething stood with them]]. He took command of the army in accordance with their constitution and he fought on the frontlines at the Battle of Yser. He ''earned'' the nickname "Solder-King" or "Knight-King" by his peers.
192	-->See a King and a soldier\
193	[[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Fighting shoulder to shoulder\
194	He overruled his commanders]]\
195	[[LastStand He made a last stand in Flanders]]\
196	See a King and a soldier\
197	[[HoldTheLine Fighting shoulder to shoulder]]\
198	[[YouShallNotPass To keep the last piece of Belgium free]]!
199	** The chorus really highlights the bravery of the soldier too and highlights the importance of their triumph both for Belgium and for the Allied Front.
200	--> [[{{Determinator}} All the way, until triumph or till judgement day,]]\
201	[[UndyingLoyalty we shall follow, and we shall not be lead astray!]]\
202	For king and for country\
203	we are flooding the river!\
204	Our stand at Yser will be\
205	the end of the [[TitleDrop Race to the Sea!]]\
206	The last piece of Belgium's free!\
207	We're keeping a sliver!\
208	A cog in the war machine!\
209	October of 1914!
210	* "Lady of the Dark" delves into a relatively obscure, but very noteworthy combatant of World War I, and, in Sabaton's case, a very rare subject of discussion: a Serbian [[ActionGirl HEROINE]]. Milunka Savić is the single-most decorated woman in the history of warfare, [[WholesomeCrossdresser who chose to dress as a man and go to war in the place of her brother]]. [[SamusIsAGirl By the time an injury caused for her true gender to be revealed]], she had become a highly-valuable soldier, and requested of her commanding officer to stay, willing to wait in place for his decision rather than leave. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsRfcrZeUE Her story, and the song, can be watched here.]]
211	* "Hellfighters" tells the tale of the 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters", a mainly black and hispanic military unit that served with distinction during the Argonne Offensive. The military was originally reluctant to accept black recruits due to the intense and ubiquitous racial prejudice of the time. Their doubts would soon prove completely unfounded as the Hellfighters turned out to be highly capable fighters who served with distinction in some of the harshest conditions any American regiment would face during the war, ultimately earning the moniker "Hellfighters" for both the conditions they faced, and for their [[{{Determinator}} sheer determination and fighting capabilities,]] known for having never lost any ground during the whole offensive nor having any prisoners taken [[note]]Two soldiers were captured, but were freed soon after[[/note]]. Their distinguished service is commonly cited as a huge turning point for the perception of African Americans in the military.
212	-->[[ForDoomTheBellTolls Hear the toll of the bell,]] [[WarIsHell over 6 months in hell]]\
213	Out of the trenches they came\
214	As the war rages on, at the edge of the Argonne\
215	[[MeaningfulName Hellfighters earning their name]]
216	* A rather hilarious example, but "Screaming Eagles" incorporates the very response given by General [=McAuliffe=] of the 101st Airborne Division (their nickname of which the song gets its title from) during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Siege of Bastogne,]] when two blindfolded German officers of the Panzer-Lehr requested that [[YouCanBarelyStand the Americans surrender]]:
217	-->[[ScrewYourUltimatum "NUTS!"]] [[BossWarningSiren The General's word, echo clear]]\
218	[[RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear "NUTS!" The Nazis shall hear]]
219	* There are many notable differences that one will find when comparing "The Royal Guard" to "Livgardet" (its original Swedish version), but many of them are great examples of how close to the original the band wanted their translation to be.
220	** "Livgardet"'s intro has a choir singing the chorus to the song, accompanied by a HolyPipeOrgan. "The Royal Guard" starts with that, too, but as a killer RockOpera-esque instrumental re-arrangement with the melody brilliantly played on an AirGuitar.
221	** This part of verse one:
222	-->'''Swedish version:''' Descended from only sixteen men, the Kingdom's oldest military unit,\
223	A time of war\
224	'''English version:''' Trace their roots from sixteen strong, by their King, where they belong,\
225	En tid av krig[[note]]Swedish for "A time of war", which was also [[ShoutOut used in the original song]][[/note]]
226	** The chorus:
227	-->'''Swedish version:''' Shoulder to shoulder, the life guard marches, fighting for our country's Father,\
228	A five-hundred-year-long dedicated service,\
229	From the march across the Belts, the battle at Lund, to the fields of Narva,\
230	They follow in the footsteps of heroes\
231	'''English version:''' For the Swedish crown, they stand, by the King, at his command\
232	Five hundred years for the Fatherland,\
233	Marching across the Belt, crushing blow at Narva dealt,\
234	Livgardet, our Royal Guard
235	* What? No love for ''Steel Commanders''?! It starts with a flashback to an old battlefield in Europe before the spirit of the knight possesses a variety of tanks throughout history. And with all the blasting riffs and drums, it's a sight to behold.
236	* Fittingly for the ''first'' song of their ''Heroes Of The Great War'' album, the song ''The First Soldier'' tells the tale of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Severin_Roche Albert Severin Roche]]. The lone survivor of an attack that killed everyone in his trench and with the German line approaching, Albert sprinted back and forth within the trench, collecting the weapons of his fallen comrades and firing them at the approaching line from various points within the trench. In this manner, Albert was able to ''single-handedly force the advancing German line to retreat back across No Man's Land''.

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