The War to End All Wars is the tenth studio album by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton, released on 4 March 2022. It is the last album to feature guitarist Tommy Johansson and their last to be released through Nuclear Blast.
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. A "History Edition" of the album was released, featuring spoken introductions by Bethan Dixon Bate, who also narrated the main verses in the songs, "Sarajevo" and "Versailles". Bate had previously narrated the introductions for the "History Edition" of The Great War album. "The Symphony to End All Wars" was also released, featuring orchestral arrangements of the songs. Among the musicians featured were cellist Tina Guo, and Floor Jansen, who provided vocals on the album's version of "Christmas Truce".
The single "Christmas Truce" was nominated for Music Video of the Year at the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Awards, finishing second overall.
Reception In the U.S., the album sold 8,000 copies in its first week of release.
Accolades Publication List Rank Metal Hammer The Best Metal Albums of 2022 So Far
Track listing
Notes The song "Sarajevo" does not appear on the standard digital version of the album, although it does appear on the digital "History Edition" and all CD and vinyl versions.
Personnel Band members Joakim Brodén – lead vocals, keyboards Pär Sundström – bass, backing vocals Chris Rörland – guitars, backing vocals Tommy Johansson – guitars, backing vocals Hannes Van Dahl – drums, backing vocals Guest musicians Bethan Dixon Bate – narration on "Sarajevo", "Versailles" and History Edition album Flowing Chords – backing vocals on "Christmas Truce" Antti Martikainen - arranger on The Symphony to End All Wars album Floor Jansen - vocals on The Symphony to End All Wars album ("Christmas Truce") Tina Guo - cello on The Symphony to End All Wars album
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for The War to End All Wars Chart (2022) Peakposition Italian Albums (FIMI) 71 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 89
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for The War to End All Wars Chart (2022) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 145 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 43 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 6 Polish Albums (ZPAV) 100 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 40 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 89
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