Joakim: "(.) it was actually the Swedish Armed Forces or the Royal Guard themselves that we talked with already early last year (2020 - ed.
The Royal Guards were everywhere, they marched across the Belts and fought with Charles XII during the Skirmish at Bender." At the same time, it was difficult to include 500 years of events on a song. Joakim: "It feels wrong to call it a tribute, but you can say that the song honors a long, military tradition. But this song is about the Swedish Royal Guard, and then it felt logical." Joakim: "It's damn cool to sing in Swedish, but when you sing about Germans and Russians fighting, it's stupid to use a language that no one understands. Joakim: "Damn, it feels good to be singing in Swedish again!" But it was amazing to write about Swedish history again after nearly ten years since we wrote Carolus Rex." We are aware that we cannot make the Swedish Empire MKII happen even if we wanted. Pär: "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. We aimed to write a respectful tribute, a powerful anthem, for this Swedish regiment and its remarkable legacy." The rich 500 years of history is, needless to say, extremely hard to fit into one song, and that is why we mainly focused on the parts and battles that happened during the age of the Swedish Empire. 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. For the past 500 years, they have evolved with the times and served under various kings and queens around the world and are still active today. One of the oldest military regiments in the world, the Swedish Royal Guard (Livgardet), was formed in the Sabaton home region in Sweden, Dalecarlia, in 1521 by the legendary Swedish king Gustav Vasa. Over the past years, we have been discussing around topics until something obvious came up.
Pär: "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. The song was written in March 2020 by Joakim and Chris during two weeks long self-quarantine writing sessions in the band's warehouse in Falun, after the band was forced to cancel their 2021 tour in Russia due to COVID-19 outbreak.The English version misses the choirs in the intro, and has the guitars playing the melody instead.Sabaton commented: "Thank you and good luck in the future!" Livgardet shared the song on their Facebook page and thanked the band "for the grand tribute".
The official video of the English version of the song "The Royal Guard" was premiered on 15:00 CET.The English version of the song "The Royal Guard" was available for pre-save shortly after the video premiere.The official video for the song was premiered on 14:30 CET.It was taken down at the beginning of February 2021 because it was most likely made public too early by mistake. The song appeared on Shazam app on 21st January 2021 along with the single artwork.The song was teased on YouTube on the 23rd December 2020 as "Sabaton New Music Teaser", the video featured a Guardsman taken from the 12" vinyl cover.It's the first song recorded in both Swedish and English since Carolus Rex, since it tells about Swedish history.In Sweden, the same melody is also used in Psalm 297 - "Härlig är jorden" ("Lovely is the Earth"). The choir melody from the song bears resemblance to a Christian hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus", also known as "Beautiful Savior".
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