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
Length45:27
LabelNuclear 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

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 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]

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 Ferdinand4:37
2."Stormtroopers"BrodénBrodénThe Stormtroopers, specialist soldiers of Imperial Germany3:56
3."Dreadnought"Sundström · BrodénBrodénDreadnought-type battleships and the Battle of Jutland4:58
4."The Unkillable Soldier"Sundström · BrodénBrodénAdrian Carton de Wiart during World War I4:11
5."Soldier of Heaven"SundströmRörland · BrodénThe Italian-Austrian front and the White Friday avalanches3:38
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"BrodénBrodénAlbert I of Belgium fighting alongside Belgian soldiers in the Battle of the Yser at the end of the 1914 Race to the Sea3:47
8."Lady of the Dark"SundströmBrodénMilunka Savić, a female Serbian Soldier from 1912-19193:03
9."The Valley of Death"Sundström · BrodénRörland · Brodén1917 Battle of Doiran4:13
10."Christmas Truce"Sundström · BrodénBrodénThe Christmas Truce of 19145:18
11."Versailles"Sundström · BrodénRörland · BrodénThe Treaty of Versailles4:14
Total length:45:27

Personnel[]

Band members

Guest musicians

  • – narration on "Sarajevo", "Versailles" and History Edition

Charts[]

Chart performance for The War to End All Wars
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] 90
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[14] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 47
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[19] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 71
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 87
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[22] 89
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[24] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[30] 3
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[31] 2
US Billboard 200[32] 87
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[33] 12
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[34] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35] 9

References[]

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  2. ^ Childers, Chad (29 October 2021). "Sabaton Salute Peace Amidst Chaos With 'Christmas Truce' Song + Video". Loudwire. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Sabaton Share Snippet Of New Song And Music Video "Soldier Of Heaven"". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Sabaton Announces 'The War To End All Wars' Album". Blabbermouth.net. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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  8. ^ "Global Metal Apocalypse (GMA) Awards 2021 – The Results". Global Metal Apocalypse. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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  13. ^ "Sabaton Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 202210 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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  19. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 10. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 10 (dal 04.03.2022 al 10.03.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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  23. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Sabaton – The War to End All Wars". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  25. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  26. ^ "Top 100 Albums Weekly". Promusicae. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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  29. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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  33. ^ "Sabaton Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  34. ^ "Sabaton Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  35. ^ "Sabaton Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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