SABATON PLOTS NORTH AMERICAN INVASION FOR “THE GREAT TOUR”

Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON will make their triumphant return to North American this fall for “The Great Tour.” The headline excursion will feature support from special guest HAMMERFALL, and will begin in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on October 4th and will end in Silver Spring, MD on November 3rd. Blabermouth.net will host a ticket pre-order beginning Wednesday, May 1^st at 10:00AM Local Time and ending Thursday, May 2^nd at 10:00PM Local Time (Password: GREATTOUR). General ticket onsale will begin May 3^rd at www.sabaton.net/tour.

“NORTH AMERICA, prepare for a Swedish invasion! We will reach your shores in early October with our new album “The Great War”, a bigger production than before & the templars of steel in Hammerfall as special guests! Get ready for a damn good dose of Swedish heavy metal!” – SABATON

SABATON’s trek to North America coincides with the band’s upcoming 20th Anniversary and their highly-anticipated ninth full-length record, The Great War, which will be released on July 19th with Nuclear Blast Records.  Keeping with their tradition of metallic battle hymns about the feats of man in wartime, the new record will be a concept album dedicated entirely to the World War I.

Oct 4 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution

Oct 5 – Tampa, FL – Jannus Landing

Oct 6 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage

Oct 8 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues

Oct 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren

Oct 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

Oct 12 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency

Oct 14 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom

Oct 15 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO

Oct 16 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater

Oct 18 – Edmonton, AB – Union Hall

Oct 19 – Calgary, AB – The Palace Theater

Oct 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

Oct 23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater

Oct 25 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theater

Oct 26 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre

Oct 27 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora Ballroom

Oct 29 – Toronto, on – The Danforth Music Hall

Oct 30 – Montreal, QC – M Telus

Nov 1 – Worcester, MA – Palladium

Nov 2 – New York, NY – PlayStation Theater

Nov 3 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore

The Great War will be available in these editions and formats:

STANDARD EDITION
The full album, available on CD Jewelcase, colored vinyl and digitally.

HISTORY EDITION
The full album including narrated parts introducing each song.
These narrations are merged, not as separate tracks.
The History edition is available on CD Digipak, vinyl and digitally.

THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE GREAT WAR EDITION
Instrumental versions of The Great War, available digitally (full album) + exclusively as part of THE GREAT BOX EDITION on CD (full album) and vinyl (10 tracks).

EARBOOK EDITION
Features a 36 pages booklet and includes the STANDARD EDITION & HISTORY EDITION on CD.

THE GREAT BOX EDITION
(Limited to 1000 pieces) Includes:
-Earbook with 36 pages booklet
-STANDARD EDITION – CD
-HISTORY EDITION – CD
-THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE GREAT WAR EDITION – CD
-STANDARD EDITION – vinyl [180g]
-HISTORY EDITION – vinyl [180g]
-THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE GREAT WAR EDITION – vinyl [180g] (10 tracks)
-One out of 11 Great War posters (chosen at random)
-Postcards
-Lyric poem
-Limited, numbered and individualized certifications

The Great War tracklist:

01. The Future Of Warfare

02. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom

03. 82^nd All The Way

04. The Attack Of The Dead Men

05. Devil Dogs

06. The Red Baron

07. Great War

08. A Ghost In The Trenches

09. Fields Of Verdun

10. The End Of The War To End All Wars

11. In Flanders Fields

Pre-order the album here: http://nuclearblast.com/sabaton-thegreatwar