Sabaton released the official Sabaton Berserker video on Monday, Nov. 9, three days before the Swedish power metal band plays the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The animated clip features actor Eric Roberts and is now up on the group’s YouTube channel, according to a post on Sabaton’s official site. The Nov. 12 Palladium date is the nearest stop on the band’s first U.S. tour in four years. There is no San Diego show on the routing.
What the Sabaton Berserker Video and Deluxe Edition Add
A lyric video for the song came first. The official video was scheduled for 6 a.m. Pacific on Nov. 9, and the band later confirmed it had gone live. The clip, the band says, turns a history lesson into an animated story about the Viking fighter at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
Bassist Pär Sundström said animation gave the group room to tell that story, and that Roberts “was the perfect fit for the role,” adding that it helped that Roberts appeared in one of his favorite films, The Dark Knight.
The Sabaton Berserker single is part of Legends (Deluxe), a new edition of the band’s eleventh album, due March 5, 2027 on Better Noise Music. The official deluxe track list keeps the original Legends songs and adds “Berserker,” “Champion of Christ,” “To Glory” (an English version of “Till Seger”), “Templars” with Pop Evil, and “Crossing the Rubicon” with Nothing More.
In an earlier statement issued with the lyric video, Sundström said the Sabaton Berserker track “breathes Scandinavian influences, so the Viking theme came naturally. It’s close to our own roots and our own history, and that gave the song a special meaning for us.”
Sabaton at the Hollywood Palladium on Nov. 12
The Legends On Tour date at the Hollywood Palladium is Thursday, Nov. 12, with Pop Evil and Wings of Steel. Sabaton’s official tour page also lists Phoenix on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Arizona Financial Theatre, and Wheatland, California, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Hard Rock Live. SDMETAL already has the Los Angeles date on the calendar.
Wings of Steel are a Los Angeles band, according to the group’s official site, which says vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist Parker Halub formed the project there. Show times and ticket prices are not listed on Sabaton’s tour page; tickets and VIP packages are offered through the links there.
The Sabaton Berserker announcement arrives in the middle of that North American run, which continues into mid-December. The official tour page also lists a separate European arena itinerary for 2027. For Southern California fans, the Palladium date on Nov. 12 is the one on the books.
