After unveiling a lyric video for their new single Berserker, Sabaton is stepping things up with an animated video featuring actor Eric Roberts. The Swedes are also preparing a deluxe edition of their latest album, Legends, and a return to France in spring 2027.
Sabaton explores the world of the Vikings with Berserker
Released in October 2025, Legends, Sabaton’s eleventh studio album, has amassed nearly 200 million streams to date and earned praise from numerous media outlets.
The band has just unveiled the official video for Berserker, a new song inspired by Viking warriors, accompanied by an animated video featuring actor Eric Roberts.
The track draws in particular on a legend surrounding the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, in which a lone Viking warrior is said to have held off part of the English army.
As bassist Pär Sundström recently explained, this return to the band’s Scandinavian roots holds particular significance: “It’s something that is close to our roots and our history, and that gives this song a special meaning for us.”
First written several years ago, Berserker was reworked until recently before finally seeing the light of day.
A deluxe edition of Legends is due in March 2027
The new single will feature on Legends Deluxe, an expanded version of the album due on March 5, 2027, via Better Noise Music.
This edition will include 16 tracks, with three additional songs and two collaborations with American bands Pop Evil and Nothing More. Several formats are planned, including CD and vinyl editions, a three-CD digibook and a collector’s box set containing a 76-page hardcover book, a flag depicting a map and five signed lithographs.
Some formats will also include the album’s Symphonic and Storyteller versions.
Sabaton returns to France and Switzerland in April 2027
Currently touring the United States with Pop Evil and Wing of Steel, Sabaton will return to European audiences next spring for the second leg of their Legendary Tour.
Three shows are scheduled in French-speaking countries: April 12 in Nantes, April 13 in Toulouse and April 20 in Geneva.
In a recent interview, Joakim Brodén reflected on Sabaton’s slow rise, acknowledging that the first ten years had been difficult, but that this gradual progress had allowed the band to develop its tours and team at its own pace.
Watch the official video for Berserker, featuring Eric Roberts, below.
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