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.
In the U.S., the album sold 8,000 copies in its first week of release.
Band members
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