Chris Harm's voice is not faked. His voice is deep. They are all multi talented musicians who use costume, make up, staging to create a show. Look them up and research.
It's exactly what you'd expect when a goth metal band goes full Eurovision, and I love it for it ❤ These guys are also in their fourties, so at an age where they've probably already stopped giving any f's about what people think of the way they dress :D
It was not „Germany“ that had to wake up but our national broadcaster. Last year they didn’t allow Electric Callboy to participate in the national selection not even after a petition that was supported by a huge number of ESC fans. Guess repeated bad results with their preselected radiofriendly music made them change their attitude… 😊
@@Werderina well if honest... over the most of the years, "germany"(as you said the broadcaster) send "musicians" that most of germany never heard about and would never have chosen to go....
It’s definitely our best entry for a long time. It’s cool to see that Germany finally stepped out of their comfort zone and chose a kind of song for Eurovision that we’ve never chosen before. I hope they will deliver an outstanding performance in Liverpool and that they won’t be severely underrated. 🇩🇪🖤🤘
Chris will certainly not be ashamed of this performance or clothing. He can very well between real life and stage. All members of the band are very kind.
It's a dream come true to see my favourite band,my biggest passion and love in life,going to Eurovision!🩸🖤✨️Thank you so much for your lovely reaction!🫶So many of us Losties have been working so hard and sacrificed everything for winning this national final of Germany TOGETHER - and this is what makes it special: This wonderful band and their fans are ONE,united by being kindred spirits and sharing the same passion for something that is so much more to us than just "music". LORD OF THE LOST are together as a band since 2009,so they're already an experienced live band who played countless festivals and tours all over the world,and they originally emerged from the German Gothic- and Metal-scene!🖤✨️ Even the metal legends IRON MAIDEN chose LOTL to go on tour together with them,which is another proof for the thrilling quality the guys deliver - and this year they were chosen to go on tour with Iron Maiden again! Lord of the Lost's genre can't be described with words,as they have always been known for reinventing themselves on every new album - but their magical soundscapes often include Dark Rock and Dark Metal,Synth,80's vibes,Goth and a flamboyant Glam attitude! They're able to set heaviness and catchiness to music,but at times emphasize melancholy and emotive depth a lot. Singer Chris Harms is known for his outstanding vocal range that enables him to deliver both haunting clean vocals AND obliterating growls,and you would be mesmerized to see the variety in all of their songs! Beyond that,Lord of the Lost have always said that EMPATHY is their religion - this is why the guys always speak up against grievances in society and helped people in need countless times. Just recently they took a stupid hate comment from someone who wanted to spread negativity online,and printed it on a new merchandise collection - and you know what? All money they earn with this collection will be donated to an organization that works on the reforestation of the rain forest! These five guys are just the most lovely,humble and caring human beings,and they deserve ANY success in this world and all love they can get from the Eurovision fans!💕✨️ "Blood & Glitter" is an irresistibly catchy anthem of life and equality,telling us to embrace the contrasts within ourselves rather than denying who we are,and emphasizing that unity should be our purpose instead of hate and seclusion: "We are all from the same blood". Now we as the Losties will give our hearts and souls to achieve a great Eurovision result together with them,and I'm sure outstandingly creative musicians like them deserve the TOP 10 - especially because they will enhance the staging once more for Liverpool! Their music might be dark and enigmatic,but the message behind all of this is pure love - I'd absolutely recommend you to listen to other of their songs such as "Morgana", "Black Halo" and "Priest",as they usually blow away all people who delve into their back catalogue. Thank you so much again and let's enjoy Eurovision 2023 to the fullest!✨️🖤🩸
I must say, that the whole album, also called Blood and Glitter, is beautiful. Chris Harms (the singer) is a person with his heart at the right place. Listening to what he says and what his perspectives are is just beautiful and heartwarming.
Chris is not artificially lowering his voice. LOTL have quite a wide range of styles they use. Everything from metal, electronica, pop covers to using a symphony of classical instruments and a choir. But that is 100 % his voice.
Reading the comments, wondering for the "I don't know how many anymore" time why people can't express their dislike for something in a respectful way...humankind, keep going strong towards your own end. And, still, thanks to those who are able to express their joy/liking for what is given to them or at least express their opinions with empathy in mind. As if we didn't all suffer from enough difficulties in life, instead of communicating and supporting each other, some of us try to drag each other down. About "Lord of the Lost": I am very happy to support a band composed of artists nurturing love within themselves and between them and their fans. To all the people who judge them as artists and human beings based on one single song: let's hope that you don't judge the people you meet everyday based on 0 knowledge about who they are, otherwise it means that you live in a world of lies and projections where the only thing that matters is your very subjective truth.
This band has been at the top of their game for over 10 years. They are all talented instrumentalists, & have put out 8 studio albums & 3 classical crossover albums. The singer, Chris Harms, is a classical cellist. He openly admits he's more of a musician than a singer but he's a very talented singer tbh with an excellent technique. His voice is naturally that deep. They're all really decent people & want their music to foster closeness between different sectors of society. For example they're very pro-LGBTQ+. They love trolling their haters, releasing a song called Leave your Hate in the Comments from the latest album Blood & Glitter (this is the title track, not written for Eurovision). The Leave your Hate video features on the screen real insults that have been thrown at them. They even took one comment (You're super super super gay ninjas) & put it on a t shirt in their merch store, giving the profits to charity. They really don't care what people think but go their own way. They are chameleon-like with every album being different to the previous, covering gothic metal, industrial, anything they feel like doing. Some of their sings sound more poppy, others a lot heavier than this. Some people tried to insult them for their last album, saying it sounded like Eurovision music. The insult backfired as the band thanked them, saying that was a compliment. They're Eurovision fans & have tried to enter before but the broadcaster wouldn't let metal music take part. Do you remember Electric Callboy last year? As it turned out, Chris Harms ended up being involved in a way with the German national final last year. He's a music producer as well & one of the records he produced was in the national final. The guy had a cello on it but the cellist backed out late on so he asked Harms if he knew a cellist. Harms offered himself, but kept to the background because he was simply doing it as a favour to help a fellow artist & didn't want to take over the act by advertising who he was, because Lord of the Lost are popular & more famous than the other artist. This is my winner this year. I love pretty much all genres of music although I struggle with rap & grime. Metal, though, is my favourite & this group are very high in my preferences. I can't get enough of them.
I clicked immediately when I got the push notification! I’m happy that this got a somewhat positiv reaction from everyone of you! I want Germany to finally end up in the left side of the scoreboard soo bad. And I think with a amazing staging it could happen 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Thank you for all you guys do! You are my favorite reactionists ❤
ok.. 1. Of course I like them! 🖤❤💛🤘We Germans are very happy that they will represent us at Eurovision. 2. They ARE really nice guys! Very down to earth, creative, funny, open minded, empathic, caring.. 3. Thanks for giving props to Gared Dirge, the keyboarder! He's a great musician with a perfect pitch and he plays a lot of instruments. He absolutely deserves the extra props. 4. Regarding the accent... The singer is from Hamburg (the band too, but not all members born there) and my Northern German ears hear a clearly Northern German/Hamburg accent. I already wondered if it's just me.. and how his acccent might sound to native English speakers. 5. The genre... they consider themselves as genre-fluid... They also work a lot with other musicians of various genres. Also with an orchestra, a choir for seniors aged 70+ etc. The song was not written for the ESC, but they already tried last year and were not allowed to participate in the national selection, because the song was not radio-friendly enough. So maybe they had that a little bit in the back of their minds. Most of their songs are a bit harder and darker. But the singer plays also cello for example... They just like to experiment.
Lord of the Lost is a great band! You should dive deeper in their music, they are there for a pretty long time 😉 they will be on tour with Iron Maiden for the second time after Eurovision. Besides that they are really nice and funny!
So much energy and creativity in the songs of LOTL. 😍🎉 The show us how to be without limitations and stereotyped thinking. I love this kind of openness and he artful being sooo much! 🙏🤩 Thx for the feelings that LOTLs songs makes my heart and soul fulfilled with love and energy. ❤️♥️❤️💃🏻
Lord of the lost is great! Chris Harms has a great voice. Gared is multi talented. I hope that you will listen to more songs of lord of the lost. They are really amazing! I think he is not embarresed. It's a great time for them. ESC, Iron Maiden, touring in a lot of countries, number one album etc. The song gives me good vibes everyday.
I get a David Bowie vibe on the vocals, which is super interesting to hear mixed with heavy metal. I think the song itself is fairly basic...but the performance is quite fun. Looking forward to seeing it at the final!
Yeah...his voice was not artificially faked. That's his real voice. The album Blood and Glitter hit #1 in Germany shortly after it was released with only 6 days notice that a new studio album was being released.
I doubt very much they will ever be ashamed of this song, outfit or performance. On other occations they run around in straps, garter belts, corsets and leotards. Also, the song is from their last album with the same name, inspired by the photobook 'blood & glitter'.
I can recommend the complete album. And yes, the 80s vibes are on purpose. The whole album mashes up 70s/80s and modern elements and is inspired by the photographies of Mick Rock. Oh, and the band loves "Hedwig And The Angry Inch" and I love "Repo - The Genetic Opera", so yes, I totally understand where this comparisons come from. 😊
esme is so right... i have gotten a chance to see them live and they are amazing.... and like some of the other comments have stated. they are a goth band.... i absolutely want them to do well
its such great big band - singing now on a small stage... so this really irritates..😗. as they toured last year with Iron Maiden - they re used to play in big stadiums... so the Eurovision stage will give this darkgoth hymn of optimism - a great stage.... its a great powerful song and a great choice for Germany 😍
Thanks for showing me Repo - The genetic opera, never heard of it, and ordered the bluray right after a short hearing on youtube. For your question, if they usually dress like this, the answer ist NO. There is no "usually" with Lord Of The Lost. They are so versatile in music and visual style. To get a (very small) impression, just skip through their videos (or better watch them complete) to the songs "Loreley", "For They Know Not What They Do", "Drag Me To Hell", "The Heartbeat Of The Devil", "Black Halo" and "Raining Stars". Or go for some of their symphonic stuff like "Lighthouse", "The Broken Ones" or "One Ton Heart". It is truly worth the watch, and the musical experience is pretty decent too. 😉🖤🖤 [edit] Did you mean "Hedwig and the angry inch", when you were mentioning Hedwig? Because they also have a fantastic cover of "Wig In A Box". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dk9KBSF_l20.html
I think it's interesting hearing Americans' takes on metal music. It's so different from Europeans' takes, as metal is so much more evolved and normalised there, and this sort of thing isn't seen as sensational for any reason other than it being a good song. Also, people with deep voices do exist :\
Hi.. If you like the,, German accent,,.. Try to check out some *strange.... Kind of music. :"Null positiv - wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer" (it, s about war tragic).. /or.. :"Jennifer Rostock - Kaleidoskop". (strong female voices.. ENJOY without understanding lyrics 👍🍺
"Artificially lowering his voice", based on what exactly? If I had to criticize something I'd be sure to be based on facts, not something I just think it's true.
But we have already Rammstein. Do we really need someone like Rammstein? Btw. there are some songs in German, but not as lord of the lost. Check out Harms und Kapelle if you want to hear him singing in German. But it's different. I personally like Lord of the lost better.
I still can’t work out if this song is SUPPOSED to be as corny as it looks and sounds. I’m also confidently predicting that Germany are going to finish bottom of the Big Five (again) this year 😆
During the verses the singer sounds like he has a hot potato in his mouth. Meanwhile, this song is Germany's gateway drug to left side of the leader board redemption.
@@MyrtleP Thanks for taking the time to respond. (I am really enjoying you guys go through the songs) - An interesting observation. When Adele talks she talks like the voice in my 'ead. When she sings it at least always sounds authentic, and I am not a big fan (apart from her live version of The Cure's "lovesong"). Maybe she sounds that way to an American ear (?) Meanwhile the leader of the lost (for me) has a stilted mannered low vocal which teeters on risible to an English ear. 👍
@@alipanroosendaal9503 have you ever heard of Richard O'Brian, wrote Rocky horror picture show. Very British. Chris Harms is German/Irish, at least he pronounces well and easily understood. it's very interesting and appealing to my BRITISH ear. A very sexy sounding potato, thank you 😀
@@esme6346Hello Esme. Yes I remember Richard O'Brien. (He also hosted 'The Crystal maze') Richard was being VERY 'arch' and in character, so his performances were deliberately stylised. That was completely appropriate for his output. - One could argue that our Chris is tapping into the glamrock vocal idiom. For example Bryan Ferry's vocals in that era verge on parody. - When I mentioned Harms vocal it was only really to point out an anomaly. Rock had an ongoing existential crisis between authenticity and camp high dudgeon. (Perfect example was Born to run being countered by Bat out of hell) One could argue that Harms and the boys are attempting to straddle both, but it comes across (to me) as rock pantomime. However, much of Eurovision is a version of panto, and I suspect the song will actually get votes from the UK. (If I'm honest I'd prefer Blood and glitter to win than the tiresome 'Tattoo') 👍
I mean… is this good? Sure. But it’s not for me genre-wise. I find it quite hard to judge because of that but this surely has an audience though, so should do decent.
Its a neutral good "meh" for me (as a german) ... But the other choices werent amazing either, so... its a solid entry i think. The staging will have to be 200% and the singer needs better posture/outfit... Not the biggest fan of his vocal style and the chorus is very repetitive...
Aren't most songs at Eurovision quite repetitive because you have to submit pretty short entries (3 minutes)? Of course you have to emphasize the chorus if you want to offer the world something catchy. In only 3 minutes there's not much space for major changes and variation. And with the pretty balladic, piano-driven parts before each chorus, LOTL actually offer some very noticeable diversity!🫶
@@elendil_lehtinen why compare to songs I dont like... If im bored by the two minute mark sth is missing... Also production wise....Too expected. And i dont think most Eurovision songs have that either
I'm sorry to say, but this is so bad. It's so cliché that I don't know if I want to laugh or be annoyed. I don't mind metal at all, but this is like a 3 min parody of a Eurovision metal act.
Nothing about it is cliché, it's just the most authentic band full of lovely and genuine human beings living their dream and presenting what they love. If it's so bad, why do the legends of Iron Maiden choose Lord of the Lost to support them repeatedly on their huge stadium tour? You can spread negativity again after you achieved the same success which Lord of the Lost obviously have. Play in front of packed arenas, release number 1 albums, then you can spread negativity. Until then, ask yourself how constructive criticism would sound like. Not everyone has to like the same music, but everyone should show respect and decency when talking about hard-working artists. Anyway, metalheads and goths all around the globe are enthusiastic about this entry and will surprise a lot of haters with an incredible result in May!🫶
@Elendil Lehtinen Ok, so I admit not writing very nice things about this entry, but in fairness, they did ask about our opinions. Anyway, I'm happy for the band that they have so many fans that love them.
@@elisaa9981 As a more eloquent defense of the song; Yes, it's a very Eurovision metal(lish) song. I get that a feelgood pop-ish rainbow-friendly peace and love -kind of metal song can feel ridiculous and jarring to some, but to me that's exactly what makes this stand out and what's good about it. It's not what metal usually is, but... why not? Metal can be this too, and I give full credits to LotL for going all in on this visually and just committing to an earnest, unironic delivery of a somewhat rare type of metal song. (Not unique, but rare.) To me however, it's very genre appropriate for a goth metal band to go this way. Goth metal is an inherently campy genre, often quite silly, but also often very earnestly romantic and emotional, and along with industrial, one of the more visual of the metal genres. Goth culture is also one of the more rainbow-friendly subcultures. To me, that makes it a genre that was already a natural fit for Eurovision, and so for me, LotL taking a couple of extra steps towards full ESC madness with this song is just a very logical development. They're just doing things goth metal was already doing, owning and celebrating things they already were.
