Funny thing, I got to this video through your Eskimo callboy pump it reaction :D (and because I’m literally addicted to BG)
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@Tank they are and we will :) it's like Bohemian Rhapsody or Stairway to heaven ... you never really loose the catchy tune. also you can wake fans up at night, say some words and you will get the song sun ;)
I've seen them live 4 times. The first time being 2001. They have this engagement every time, with every crowd, regardless of size or venue. I still haven't seen an artist or band keep an audience THAT engaged for the entire set. And their headline sets are 2 hours long!
Please react to FEUERSCHWANZ with their Manowar Cover "Warriors of the World United" ft. Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum / the Dark Side of the Moon), Thomas Winkler (aka Angus McFive, former vocalist of Gloryhammer) and Alea from Saltatio Mortis. A german Folk Metal Band + 3 incredible Vocalists covers a metal hymn from the Band Manowar. Goosebumps incoming in.....
The most memorable moment was a Wacken Festival that Blind Guardian wasn't there. The Bard's Song was played briefly on the video wall and 70,000 people suddenly stopped, paused and began to sing the song. Complete. Only then did everyone go their own way again. That was magical.
I saw Iron Maiden in 2010 shortly after Dio died. It was early in the evening before the opener went up, and they were playing just whatever songs over the PA system, but Holy Diver came on, and all whatever-thousand people had arrived at the venue by that point got quiet and started singing it and throwing horns in honor of Dio. Also magical. I'm seeing Blind Guardian for the first time tonight too :)
Mirror Mirror is another song where you can see how good everyone in this band is. And also see where and when the "non-vocalists" join in to lend extra strength to voice line.
Hopefully maybe the version of Mirror Mirror from Imaginations Through the Looking Glass cause it’s the one live version I’ve seen where Hansi is going for the crazy notes he hits on the album version. Never see reactors do that one cause it’s older but it’s the best live version out there even if the video quality is slightly lower.
I just love how Hansi looks like he just picked up the kids from school and is on his way to do the shopping and he's one of the most badass and best vocalists out there
I don´t agree with that. Hansi actually sings like a catholic priest (I don´t know if you´ve ever heard a priest singing at church, but they sound EXACTLY like this).
I do think that to be the case. But I can't remember one where he goes so high without distortion off the top of my head. Could you remind me of one? Part of me wants to say "Raven Child", but that's just because that's the one that's on my mind these days. Maybe "And then there was Silence"?
@@Nyarlathotep_Flagg I don't think I've ever heard him go into the upper 5th octave without distortion but there's is some really great clean high singing in Age of False Innocence, And Then there was Silence also seems to have some pretty decent mostly high singing, but it's kinda difficult to tell because of the heavy layering and crappy production.
I discovered Blind Guardian when I was around 16, and I had no idea what the crowds were like in their shows... Then a few years later I went to my first big metal festival (Wacken 2011) and there they were, and the whole crowd was singing with me. Honestly one of the best live experiences I've ever had despite having a dislocated shoulder at the beginning of the show
That Wacken was one of the best experiences in my life. That concert and especially the moment the crowd, after Valhalla, just started to sing again and it propagated through the whole crowd. That was amazing :)
He took lessons to be able to pull that one off I read in an interview. I still think he went out of his comfort zone with that song, but it's still a cool song. Very calm.
I've been there, a few times. Singing along to The Bard Song, and then to Valhalla. The feeling, the emotional connection is amazing. I get emotional just listening to it again - it really is special to be there, to be in a crowd, where the band has this level of participation. It helps that they're all such nice guys, and that Hansi is just so relaxed about being a fricken God of Metal.
One of the Greatest and most respected german Metal bands. Love their music. their music is very fantasy-themed, dwarfs, elves, bards,... they also had a concert in one side-quest in the game "sacred 2". The song they sang in this in game concert is called "sacred worlds" you should check it out. it´s great.
Nightfall in middle earth is their masterpiece. We all have learned every word of every song of this album... :-) P.S. André Olbrich is an amazing guitarist with a unique sound.
this Band has released a new song barely a week ago. cant wait for that new album to be released next year. one of the best german power/speed metal bands with helloween and gamma Ray
I was there at the Festival. Was my first Wacken and it was just Magical. I was there with my Cousin and we talked all the way back to the camp about it. And chants of Valhalla kept going on and on way past. I get Goosebumps just listening to it again. It just hits different.
In the original Valhalla video idk if it was planned cause they literally stopped playing and the lights went totally out… and the crowd wouldn’t stop singing so they just continued playing… that’s honestly what made me love this song
There is a version of the Valhalla song where the crowd just keeps on going and going and going, some say they still are singing:-) Might be the same concert, this clip got cut off early lolz
Most of the time its on their own concerst there are time restrictions for festivals like that, and they have to keep it But man, when they are not on a festival the valhalla part can take ages!
Translation for yo (sorry, my English is not that good): Before the first song: [German] We love to be here on Wacken. I'd like to let you shout a bit longer, but we don't have that much time left, wich we want to spend with music. I Think, most of you know what comes next. It have been legendary, not for the first time here. But I have the feeling, you will top it today, so let's sing "The Bard's Song: In the Forest" Between te first and teh second Song: [English] You're all fucking crazy! [German] Wacken, I Don't dare to say this, but you're much more awsome (he uses a German slang) then ever. We here on stage had always a good time. We always loved to come to Wacken, but sometime it's time to move on, but we will see us again somwhere else. [English] Let's get crazy for a last time! Let's lock up the Gates of "Valhalla" During the last moments of "Valhalla" : [German] Look's awsome! Sond's awsome! (again in German slang. "Geil" means "sexuyal excited" but is used as "This is so much more better, than good"). I think, Magnus (Guitar Player) worked hard enough, now It's time for Fredrick (Drummer), but for this you need to sing a litte bit louder! ... _unintelligible_ ... Give me all you have! MEGA (also "awsome", yet another slang). Now the last 3 times. And again. Sing, as you would be on stage. (Then he sings the last cours together with the croud) At the end he says good bye in different languages (I heard, german, english, french and I think japanese, but could be wrong here)
Hey Julia, great reaction as always. I would suggest you for more Hansi "Ayreon - Age of Shadows live". I know you'd love it and it has a few little surprises, but I won't tell you more. 🤫 Greetings from Germany
With this reaction done, I would recommend Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017). As well as Van Canto(an a capella metal band), they have a cover of The Bard's Song that is absolutely amazing.
For Julia really analyses Hansi's vocals she has to do something from the Tokyo Tales live in Tokyo Album. Hansi was in his prime. Totally an absurd I woud recomend Journey Through the Dark from Tokyo Tales to an analyses.
@@nahadoth2087 Good point. I agree that Hansi would ruined his voice if he kept singing like that but it was awesome either way. I said as his prime cause he was young and powerfull even with a bad technique
The band has done a very big musical evolution. They startet with raw speed and thrash metal stuff, went to very progressive things before mixing them and also do a full orchestra album. While this evolution Hansi's voice also changed a lot. Most people think that around 2005 to 2008 was his prime. But to be honest he damaged his voice back then. His performances went worse going into 2010. I saw them on every tour since 2011 and there was progress to watch when he regained his voice and found new colours, styles and details he never used before. It's the only band i know wich developed that much within 10 years. Hnsi is now singing better than in 2011 for sure, when even messed up the harder songs. Now he is close to perfection but also taking care about his voice and use the really stressing techniques only for highlights or on non stressing tours, like 2021 where there have been only 4 concerts. I would recommend "Another Holy war" for very early stuff, "Mirror, Mirror" if you want to listen what ist part of most of the people think is Blind Guardian's best Album or "the ninth wave" if you want to listen to the actual status of development.
Another Holy War is at the tail end of their early career. Something from Tales From the Twilight World might be more representative. Last Candle, Traveler In Time, Lost in the Twilight Hall, etc.
@@LordBaktor imaginations from the other side is the apex of their career for me. In any case I agree it’s objectively false to caracterize the period as « early »; they had been playing for 10 years at the time!
Pity I missed the live chat on this one. I’ve been a fan of Blind Guardian since about 1998, when I started to expand my metal knowledge beyond a few big bands like Metallica. These two songs in particular are very easy for BG fans to sing along with. We know every word.
I'm stealing another comment by a BG fan which is the absolute truth: "Blind Guardian's concerts are the fans singing their songs, and the band coming to support on some of them." And as I've been to quite a few concerts I find that comment to be too accurate and true 😂🤣😂
I love the community on this channel, the participation in the chat was like Wacken crowd. I would also like add a suggestion for future analysis, Ningen Isu - Heartless🙂
If you listen to Blind Guardian’s studio recordings, Hansi likes to track his voice maaaany times. Lots of harmonies and counterpoint. It’s actually rare to hear one Hansi at a time ha. You’d probably really enjoy it and find a lot to nerd out about! Try the 2007 remaster of Nightfall or the 2017 remaster of And Then There Was Silence. The latter is long, but also has him hitting a few low(er) notes without distortion. And cool orchestration, and more fantastic guitars. Precious Jerusalem is a great showcase too. I like how you picked up on how… abruptly he can shift his pressure and phrasing and jump to notes. His tone is unique and not for everyone, but I love it. And he has really figured out how to use those different colors and changes to write songs where he’s playing many different parts, representing different people, telling stories involving multiple characters and viewpoints.
The Bards song and Valhalla is always an easy day at the office for Hansi (not that it is different with their other songs). Everytime the audience is willing to help.😄 Hansi is phenomenal. I mean we're talking about nearly 40 years of experience, like all of them. They absolutely know how to keep the audience attention.
Blind Guardian have a Cult status, at Festivals you can hear people go sing their Songs among the Tents at Night no matter if Blind Guarding is at that Festival or not. And when people it more and more just joins in.
I get that everyone likes to react to this specific video due to a very nice transition between two songs and awesome crowd interaction, it's good in a way because I assume BG would never come up as popular amongst the vocal coach reaction if not for this video. But unfortunately it does not do justice to the band, they have songs which are way better as far as vocal performance goes
Hansi Kürsch's singing voice is special. Everytime I think hes "yelling/screaming" in a song, hes actually just reaching this tone without what seems much effort. Id expect that to reach this loud, hed have his mouth full opened and his neck veins bulging but no ...he has this power that doesnt seem to need any effort from him. The first example is in the song "Children of the Smith" at 4:17, where clearly he seems to go for a powerful tone and yet, the vid shows him while recording and he seems to barely break a sweat. And to think that the band never would have guessed that this ballad would become that popular. Having the crowd singing it through most of it everytime they play it at a concert...I only know of Sabaton with their "En Livstid I Krig" which reached that awesomeness.
In this context, Demons & Wizards is (was) a side project of Hansi and John Schaffer (yes, that dude). They have a lot of great songs that - in my oppinion - show a lot more of Hansis singing skills. You should check out "Fiddler on the geen" or their cover of Led Zeppelins "Immigrant Song". And if you not reacted to them: please react to Triviums "Pull harder on the strings of your martyr". Or Heaven Shall Burn with their version of "Valhalla". But be prepared: their take on is a bit different to the original :D
A nice little fun fact about (the studio version of) the Heaven Shall Burn cover is that Hansi sings the part that was sung by Kai Hansen on the original Valhalla recording
there's like one song that embodies everything Blind Guardian is about and that is "And then there was Silence". It's an epic 14 minutes ride telling about the end of Troy. The song has powerful vocals, epic choirs and many changes of rhythm ranging from up-tempos to ballads parts.
Great reaction, as always! You should totally check out Blind Guardian's "The Eldar". It's a stunningly beautiful song, in which Hansi goes pretty much through his full range. Including one verse of just three notes that go from low to very high. It's a vocal and musical, and lyrical masterpiece
Okay so if we'ree checking out German Metal Bands, here goes a suggestion: KNORKATOR Knorkator have many humourous songs in German, they can act very goofy both on stage and musically if they want, but seeing as you wouldn't get too much value from their lyrics anyway I found you a nice video with multiple singing styles, see what you can make of it, the technique is unique and pretty hilarious, especially knowing the original songs. so here's "All that she wants" and "Ma Baker", both covered by Knorkator. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-28dh-SRojhM.html (7mins) Have fun!
Julia, if no one mentioned it, all the instrumentalists except Frederick, the drummer, are singing. They either double Hansi on the choruses or provide a call and response, depending on the song.
To hear some more wonderful singing from Hansi, he has multiple performances from Ayreon's live show called Universe like River of Time, Star of Sirrah, Age of Shadows, Everybody Dies & The Eye of Ra. Many of those have high quality videos of them on RU-vid.
Saw these guys back when I was in college in 2002, in a little rock/metal club (that has sadly since closed) in Alexandria, Virginia, in what was their 1st US tour, I believe. The crowd interaction was just as powerful, and they write pretty much all of their music woth that in mind.
Blind Guardian is THEE best crowd friendly band on the planet, ever, and I will stand by that. I have seen them many times and the crowd has sang, happily, half of those concerts with them.
If you like dynamic vocal changes for expressive purposes, maybe try some live Ayreon? The main vocalist is Damian Wilson, who you haven't heard before. Ayreon - Twisted Coil (Electric Castle And Other Tales) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gcHn0kCgmAs.html
Been binging a bunch of BG reactions. If you liked that scream, you'll love what he did at the end of this Ayreon Universe song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DGv1RwhpvZY.html Sucks that he was mic-ed kinda badly because it's probably the most bonkers thing anyone did that concert.
For me, his cover of Led Zepplin's "Immigrant Song" with John Schaffer has still got to be my favorite. The opening wail is better than the original, and that's quite an accomplishment for something that iconic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6K55psMN_II.html Must be heard on good headphones and loud. And let's not forget Blind Guardian's cover of "Mr. Sandman", lol. A classic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TQqtEmyLcyA.html I do like the covers, as I'm not well versed in a lot of the fantasy themes their songs are written about. Though "Mordred's Song" and "The Soul Forged" were awesome. And how many languages have the sung "Harvest of Sorrow" in now? At least four. Not many songs hold up to translation to even one language, so that's impressive.
If you haven't done so yet, I highly recommend to also listen to Sabaton's "En Livestad i krig" (hopefully I didnt missspell it here) Live in Gothenburg. Absolutly breathtaking
Hey Julia wacken is not only a Metall Festival Wacken is a liddel Village in North Germany 1.800 People live there . Wacken have a Nicname it Calls Metall Town . Every Year for 4 Day s is this Festival . Every year visit over 82.000 Metall Head s This Concert
Sadly this is by far the worse version / crowd, its only the one reacted to because it has a 1080p version. Look up the "Through the looking glass" version ... 360p visuals but a crowd that hits each note as perfectly as Hansi does (and the entire concert had him in absolute top form, whereas wacken was ... eh)
A Translation for you. You wanted to know what was said after "you are f*cking crazy" : "Wacken, i don't even dare to say it..... you are crazier as usual. We, here on the stage, have only visiting time. We always love to come to Wacken but there is always a time to move on. That Time is now. We will see you all somewhere...." Let's get crazy for a last time....
When you mentioned the shrieking cry, he was emulating the voice of Kai Hansen, who had contributed in Valhalla with his short part. That part is really fantastic, please listen to the original recording, cause in this one Kai is not present. Here: 0:57-1:23 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4w9uy4Ip5Zs.html
Sacred Worlds! composed for a video game & the band got modelised in 3D to make it happen in the game (with a quest to rally all the group)) I'm not sure it has any super performance but the song is great.
Julia dear, to hear Hansi's shreak again, please listen to Ayreon/Age of Shadows (Live at Tilburg 2017).... loads of fun that one is. You will love his backup singers, lol.
This was the best react I've seen in a long time. And above all, it wasn't a stupid react, like in other reacts where people just nod their heads and so on. You know what I mean. You showed your enthusiasm and explained well why you are so enthusiastic. I really liked that. But what still annoys me is that 2016 I was very sick and couldn't go to Wacken Open Air. :/
The first time I saw them live, the crowd sang the outro for longer than the song itself. The band didn’t know how to stop the crowd. It consistently became enough of an issue that they had to figure out how to get people to stop singing it, like they did here.
