Watch the video for Sabaton’s new World Of Warships single, Yamato

Sabaton have unleashed a brand-new single and video, Yamato.

Released in partnership with the World Of Warships online videogame, the track is described by the band as something of a follow-up to 2019’s Bismarck – another collab between Sabaton and developer Wargaming.

“Battleships are interesting and naval stories have, from time to time, been part of the Sabaton lore,” explains vocalist Joakim Brodén. “Bismarck was an exciting story for us to share and a fan-favourite, and Yamato is sort of a follow-up to that song. Our former guitarist, Tommy, wrote this song while he was still in the band. We only Thobbefied it after guitar duties were returned to Thobbe!”

“Bismarck was such an exciting song but it was never part of an album, and it felt that it was missing something,” continues bassist Pär Sundström. “We always wanted to follow up on that story. Over the years, countless fans have asked us to write a song about Yamato and we knew that that would be a natural continuation of what we started with Bismarck.

“We knew we wanted this song to have a totally different sound, and when Tommy was writing the music for this, we felt we had the appropriate, powerful song for this story. Once again, we are collaborating with World Of Warships, and since our worlds are so close, it just feels so natural to continue this great partnership. Together, we once again created a legendary music video!”

Watch the video for Yamato below:

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