SABATON have released the official music video for "Berserker", featuring actor Eric Roberts. The song is the lead single from the deluxe edition of the Swedish band's eleventh album, Legends, due March 5, 2027 via Better Noise Music.
When we covered the deluxe announcement last week, "Berserker" was out as an animated lyric video, with the full clip promised for November 9. The song draws on Scandinavian lore and the legend of the berserker at Stamford Bridge, the 1066 battle that closed the Viking Age in England, and weaves the present together with the memory of that fight. It had been in the works for a few years before the band decided the time was right.
Bassist Pär Sundström said the Viking theme came naturally because the song "breathes Scandinavian influences", and that its closeness to the band's own roots and history gave it a special meaning.
Legends (Deluxe) adds four tracks to the 2025 original: "Berserker", "Champion Of Christ", "Templars" with POP EVIL and "Crossing The Rubicon" with NOTHING MORE. It will come out digitally and on deluxe CD, a 3CD digibook, several 2LP variants (including indie-exclusive "Berserker" and "Stephen The Great" editions) and a box set.
SABATON are currently on their "Legends On Tour" run across North America with POP EVIL and WINGS OF STEEL. In September, Joakim Brodén said he already has "some fun ideas" for the next album, though the band has yet to pick its theme.