![]() Pretty soon they found out nobody want to fight against them either. African-Americans fighting and nobody wanted to fight along side them. My favourite story is about Harlem Hellfighters. And sometimes our favourite stories are not even on the album. Sometimes we want to make the most effective side. Joakim: "(.) For every story we choose to tell, we got about 10 stories. Because Harlem Hellfighers for fuck’s sake is the coolest metal song title ever." Joakim: "(.) I was sure we would have covered the Brusilov Offensive or the Harlem Hellfighters. And, come on, it’s a perfect song title already in the name: fucking Harlem Hellfighters! However, quite soon, they realised that no one wanted to fight against them either, because they were savages in battle. ![]() ![]() It’s about this group of African-American soldiers, and nobody wanted to fight alongside them, because it was different times, people didn’t know better. I was absolutely sure it was gonna be on the album, but we didn’t have the right song for it. ![]() Joakim: (.) I think one of the favourite stories is about the Harlem Hellfighters. And you want a heavy metal song title? It doesn’t get much better." But these guys were there for six months - that’s just brutal. Obviously, people were in World War I for a long time, but you’d rotate in and out of the front every week or two. They were the unit that served the longest at the frontline. Back in those days, the Americans wouldn’t really want to fight with them, so they were sort of handed off to the French, who called them the Men of Bronze. Joakim: " The 369th regiment were The Harlem Hellfighters, the African American and Puerto Rican unit. Chris and Hannes said that it's one of their favorite songs from the album.The band wanted to write a song about Harlem Hellfighters for The Great War, but they didn't have a credible information nor a music that would've worked with the lyrics.
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