04) Apocalyptica, “Fields of Verdun” (Sabaton cover)

When it’s time for a band to announce their new album, it’s usually accompanied by a single. However, when it comes to Sabaton, they aren’t afraid to try something new. When the band unveiled the first track from their new album, The Great War, the group unleashed Apocalyptica’s cover instead of the song “Fields of Verdun.” This was a genius idea to present new music while leaving fans with anticipation. 

Earlier this year we asked Apocalyptica’s Eicca Toppinen on how this cover started:

We’ve been talking with Sabaton about other collaborations as well. This was kind of the start of our little bit to work with them. And I think the idea was genius. I think it was never heard of before, this kind of thing. That’s okay, you release the new album and first single but you don’t release the album version, you release a cover version. I think when they saw that was the idea, we were like, “Yes, we think this is genius and we want to do it.” I’m actually very happy at how that song came up in the final end. I think the version is interesting and exciting and it’s still the original song but it’s so different than their version. It was really nice thing to do. And we are going to play on Sabaton Open Air, they have a festival in Sweden in the summer, in August. And then there will be some other things going on.