Sabaton Unleash New Single ‘The Royal Guard’

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Following the success of Sabaton’s latest single ‘Livgardet’, the Swedish metallers have returned today to “add a cherry on the cake on their hommage to the Swedish Royal Guard”. The band have released the English version of the track ‘The Royal Guard’.

The new version of the track comes with an impressive music video setting new standards for all releases to follow.

Check out the video for ‘The Royal Guard’ here:

“Our new song The Royal Guard is about the great story of one of the oldest military regiments in the world, formed in the area where Sabaton hail from!”, Sabaton’s main songwriter and bassist Pär Sundström said. “We are aware that we cannot make the Swedish Empire MKII happen even if we wanted. We had our chance some 300 years ago… But it was amazing to write about Swedish history again after nearly 10 years since we wrote Carolus Rex.”

Talking about the song, upon the Swedish version’s release (‘Livgardet’), Pär Sundström bassist and co-songwriter said “Since 2012 and Carolus Rex we have been looking forward to writing more songs in Swedish and we felt that we were not done with the history of our fatherland. Over the past years, we have been discussing topics until something obvious came up. One of the oldest military regiments in the world, the Swedish Royal Guard (Livgardet), was formed in SABATON’s home region in Sweden, Dalecarlia, in 1521 by the legendary Swedish king Gustav Vasa.”

“For the past 500 years they have evolved with the times and served under various kings and queens around the world, and they are still active today. We felt that such an anniversary would be worth a song and we aimed at writing a respectful tribute, an anthem for this Swedish regiment and its legacy.”

“The rich 500 years of history is, needless to say, extremely hard to fit into one single song and that is why we mainly focused on the parts and battles that happened during the age of the Swedish Empire. We aimed to write a respectful tribute, a powerful anthem, for this Swedish regiment and its remarkable legacy.”

Check out ‘Livgardet’ here: