Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON recently announced the release of their brand-new, 8th studio album, The Last Stand, which will be released worldwide on August 19th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band revealed the first album trailer, talking about different topics. Watch the trailer on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel!

Earlier, the band released their first single, "The Lost Battalion." Watch the brand-new lyric video for the track on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel!

Get the digital single here: http://nblast.de/SabatonDownloads

The story behind the lyrics: "The Lost Battalion" is the name given to nine companies of the United States' 77th Division during the battle of the Argonne in 1918. Even though these 550-575 brave men were completely surrounded by the German Army and subjected to friendly artillery fire, they kept on fighting for a week until they were relieved. Of the over 500-plus soldiers who entered the Argonne Forest, only 194 walked out unscathed. The rest were killed, missing, captured, or wounded.

The record can be pre-ordered in various formats here: : http://nblast.de/SabatonLastStandNB

Or digitally:  http://nblast.de/SabatonDownloads

The Last Stand can be purchased in the following editions:

• CD+DVD-DIGI 
• CD
• 2LP (black, dark green)
• Digital

CD+DVD-DIGI:

CD:

1. Sparta
2. Last Dying Breath
3. Blood Of Bannockburn
4. Diary Of An Unknown Soldier
5. The Lost Battalion
6. Rorke's Drift
7. The Last Stand
8. Hill 3234
9. Shiroyama
10. Winged Hussars
11. The Last Battle
12. Camouflage - bonus
13. All Guns Blazing - bonus

DVD - Live @ Stereolux, Nantes (France):

1. Intro (The March To War)
2. Ghost Division
3. Far From The Fame
4. Uprising
5. Midway
6. Gott Mit Uns
7. Resist And Bite
8. Wolfpack
9. Dominium Maris Baltici
10. Carolus Rex
11. Swedish Pagans
12. Soldier Of 3 Armies
13. Attero Dominatus
14. The Art Of War
15. Wind Of Change
16. To Hell And Back
17. Night Witches
18. Primo Victoria
19. Metal Crüe

CD:

1. Sparta
2. Last Dying Breath
3. Blood Of Bannockburn
4. Diary Of An Unknown Soldier
5. The Lost Battalion
6. Rorke's Drift
7. The Last Stand
8. Hill 3234
9. Shiroyama
10. Winged Hussars
11. The Last Battle

2LP - 45 RPM:

Side A:

Sparta

1. Last Dying Breath
2. Blood Of Bannockburn
3. Diary Of An Unknown Soldier
4. The Lost Battalion

Side B:

1. Rorke's Drift
2. The Last Stand
3. Hill 3234
4. Shiroyama

Side C:

1. Winged Hussars
2. The Last Battle

Side D (Bonus):

1. Camouflage
2. All Guns Blazing

Catch SABATON live at the following dates:

9/25/2016  Knotfest - San Bernardino, CA

10/2/2016  Louder Than Life Festival - Louisville, KY

Visit SABATON online at:

www.SABATON.net

www.facebook.com/sabaton

www.twitter.com/SABATON

www.youtube.com/SABATON