Reaction to SABATON - Killing Ground (Official Lyric Video) 

This track never really ends, it goes straight into the fade in of the next one; "Poltava"

The entire Carolus Rex album is FIRE!

If you like the rhythm of this song, I HIGHLY recommend “Screaming Eagles” Joakim wrote the song while he was in angry about something and he transferred that anger into the song to show the fierceness of the 101st Infantry Division as they and just a handful of other army units, which was literally like two national guard units, the 30th Infantry Division from the Carolinas and I believe it was one from New York as well. Anyways, they all fought together, our numbered, out gunned, and STILL! Still managed to win! Also, NUTS stood for Not Understanding Terms of Surrender

HELL YES! This was the very first song by them I heard and immediately fell in love back in 2014. Gott Mit Uns was my most anticipated but I was really waiting for this one too lol.

This battle is studied today. It is a classic double envelopment akin to the one used by Hannibal against the Romans. The 5,700 Swedish Cavalry broke both sides of the 4,000 Saxon Cavalry and then turned to hit the combined 16,000 Saxon and Russian Infantry from the rear while those soldiers were actively engaged with the Elite THREE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED Caroleans. Yes that's right 4 to 1 infantry difference. They had no cannons so they used the 32 captured Saxon pieces to hit the enemy line from behind. Now personally for me the song the best lines are not so much sung as shouted. "FALL IN LINE!" "Battle Formations!" "SHOW NO FEAR!" "Riding them down!" "BREAK THEIR WILL!" "Show them no mercy, Caroleans attack!" It for me makes it feel as though we are in that battle line. We know our duty. And in truth we know if we fail we will be slaughtered. They say the cornered rat fights the hardest. But what about cornered Lions? Sun Tzu put it well. "Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth their uttermost strength. Soldiers when in desperate straits lose the sense of fear."

Your energy always be getting me hyped with the song lmao!

I could say this song has the best Sabaton guitar solo ever, it hype me up everytime! Big love from Sweden my dude!

Man I love how I'm coming back to your old vids over and over again You bringing so much positive energy ma man Much love and peace \o/

Hey dave, absolutely love your content and how much you analyse and give a proper insight into all music you listen too. 💛💛

I'd also recommend giving the Swedish version, Ett slag färgat rött, a listen (with English lyrics, of course). While the English version presents the Caroleans as badasses, the Swedish version presents them as psychopaths who left their honor behind and slaughtered men who had already surrendered, showing no mercy to soldiers who had already given up hope. If you're interested, Duke of Txtspeak has a pretty good video with the English translation of the Swedish lyrics.

At the end of the battle the swedish caroleans massacred 500 russian prisoners no one really knows why but i know that the russians at the beginning said to the saxon commander to kill them all and that no swedish solder will live after the fight because of the numbers advantage they thought they'd win easily so in revenge the caroleans killed them all

This whole album is about Swedish history and it’s amazing. And this is one of I think two times where Sabaton describes war crimes from the perpetrators perspective (the other is We Burn, which is about the Yugoslav Wars in the 90s. There’s a reason that one is never sung live…)

Oh man another banger from Dave! Great reaction once again brother. You gotta do “Poltava” next for sure-

though this was a Swedish victory the thumbnail shows a Russian soldier stabbing a Carolean soldier in the back with a bayonet which I thought was weird

Wooohoo 🙌🎉 Nice seeing you react

Swedish people say the same thing when they do American songs. It does for everyone really now that I think about it. It's the power of pride in other to attain goals for their people. Well in most of their songs.

Matthias von der Schulenburg: " Surrender! It's two against one. You are clearly outnumbered!" Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld: "That's true. But you are clearly outmatched!"

can you please react to swedish pagans by sabaton? Big love from Sweden

bro as a a swede. When you started talking 5:30 you gased me up

Carolus Rex is Sabatons "Jewel in the crown"

A pocket of swedish assault unit against a wave of german and russian soldiers.Hell yeah !!!

This album is one of my favorites the swedish version of this song is fantastic it talks about the brutality that was the Swedish Carolinas and this particular battle was not a battle it was a massacre the Sweads were tired and hungry so when this fight began they were showing no mercy to the Russians and Saxons

React to joji die for you plss Love your voice btw

Sabaton effect: it makes u patriotic for country u don't live in

You should listen to a few swedish songs, while the songs might sound the same the context changes a lot depending on the song. For instance in the Swedish version of this song they talk about how sweden takes revenge on the Russian prisoners that had surrendered by killing all of them at the price of loosing the swedish honor. The English album is good but it gives you a more general feel for things, the Swedish album is more different in its tone and feels well more majestic and personal so to say.

Some kind of monster by metallica :) do the video verision aswell

Take a chance and listen to it in swedish. / Micke P

Now watch killing ground in swedish its great

Nah it looks great

amazing reaction as always! I like the part when they say "victory and great defeat", because though they indeed beat a larger army, they lost their honor by shooting prisoners, amazing song.

have you reacted to Adhemz he is so funny

It's a dark song about achieving victory at the cost of honor even though their enemies surrendered they still executed them

Poltava show who is stronger.

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