The funny thing for me is that I hated Kiske's vocals for the first listens. Now I truly appreciate it for the amazing vocal performances that they are. I first dicovered Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, etc. in the late 90s/early 00s, which set me down the rabbit hole of power metal. I'm grateful for my exposure to this sort of amazing metal that most of my fellow Americans don't get, unfortunately.
Helloween is my first encounter with metal music, this verry album was the first one i heard back in maybe 1991( i was 11 years old ), the album was 3 years old then. I absolutely fell in love with it instantly. The song eagle fly free from this album still to day i think is one of their best.
They actually have 3 singers. Michael Kiske, Andi Deris and Kai Hansen. Hansen was the original singer but gave up vocal duties to Michael Kiske after their first album. Michael is the one singing on this song. Andi joined Helloween after Michael left the band and has been singing for them since 93 I think, but now Kiske and Hansen has rejoined Helloween. They did a reunion tour and are releasing a studio album very soon and that is fan f**king tastic
They really have 3 singers now. Michael Kiske (the -actually- bald one) was the second and most iconic singer; in fact, the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums are the foundational stone of power metal, and most singers from that genre were inspired by Kiske's (who was rumored to replace Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden when Bruce left the band) vocal technique. Andi Deris (the blonde one) join the band after Kiske's expulsion in the 90's and remain with the band to this days. Kai Hansen, one of the guitar players was also the first singer in the Walls of Jericho album and their main composer during the "golden age" of the band. Kiske and Hansen reunited with the band after 30 years and, thanks to the overwhelming positive reception of the reunion tour, they decided to stay together. They'll launch an album on June 18th, and the first single, "Skyfall", was released on April 2nd.
Nice reaction.🤘🏻 Please react to Helloween - Ride The Sky (lyrics or audio). It is from their first album called "Walls Of Jericho" and it has the original singer Kai Hansen who is also the lead guitarist, the one who formed the band and basically invented power metal.😁 Everyone reunited a few years ago and now they are 7 members in total with 3 singers. A dream come true for Helloween fans.🤩
I remember getting this album back in the late 80's. Those were great times of discovery, venturing into new worlds of music previously unimaginable to my young mind. 30+ years later, and I still feel the same sense of euphoric zen whenever I find art that speaks to me. Much love to your channel from Alabama, my friend. Stay safe and never stop rockin' 🤘 P.s. I'd love to see your reaction to King Diamond's Sleepless Nights Live At The Fillmore 2015...if you ever have some free time to spare, of course. I imagine you get tons of requests daily, though, so don't sweat it if you can't.
Dude! This is a band I somehow missed in the 80s! Definitely going back into their catalog and catching up. Looks like there’s a ton of it to do! Also, I’ve got a bunch of friends all over Alabama! Happy Easter from Nashville man 👍
@@WristwatchAddiction a lot of good music sometimes slips through the cracks...the great thing is that those ply boards can always be pulled up and searched beneath lol I live in the northeastern corner of Alabama about 40 minutes from both the Georgia and Tennessee lines. The last time is was in Nashville was some years ago to attend a Pop Evil, Whitesnake, Judas Priest concert. Good times 🤘 Happy Easter to you and yours! Stay safe and keep rockin'!
I bought this album when it came out. I was in high school. Legendary stuff. 40 years of metal. Still going strong today with bands like LOVEBITES from Japan! \m/
Michael Kiske is my favorite rock/metal vocalist ever, Ingo the drummer RIP was a total phenom pretty much established by himself how power metal drumming should be played, all around the band has excellent musicianship its also a joy to hear and watch live
Cute.. (Same chords with last song..) Best reaction to Keeper of the Seven Keys so far, including vocal coaches. The song is absolutely a masterpiece, Kiske on his prime, and all these were in 1987, 34 years ago. Currently Helloween is trying to stand with more commercial records. They are polishing some minor things. But they did rare in the past. Thank you for this nice reaction. For timeless and inaccessable music, my constant demand is: Keep Talking - Pink Floyd. Check out Pulse (1994) Live.
If you like voices like Dickinson, Kiske, and Tate, try Lizzy Borden. The lyrics might not be for everyone, but there's no denying his voice. Imo, he easily hangs with the 3 aforementioned. Wanna teaser?... Try the intro to "Love is a Crime". And if you liked that, try "Love you to Pieces".
Master piece 🙌👌 this is most probably my favourite band ever. They have a new album out soon which features 3 singers kiske, Hansen, and Deris all singing 3 guitarist as well. Try a very well know band called Stratovarius next think you will enjoy them.
They have 2 main singers (Deris and Kiske) and another one who is playing guitar and he sings too. They release the new single at 2 April 2021 as 7 piece band, like the reunion. If u want to react in another song the go on for The Dark Ride. The godfathers of power metal called HELLOWEEN.
You’ll have to do King Diamond soon. I recommend the whole Abigail album. I’m sure others here will help with which exact song. He sings what you are asking for.
The Family Ghost kicks much ass. That said, can't say there's a bad song on the album, which is rare for me. The March of Time is my fave Helloween song, although Skyfall gets me going these days. And Kiske's voice has only gotten better over the years. Don't ask me how.
Might be interesting to react next to their new single, Skyfall, which was released today... 30 some years after Keeper of the Seven Keys. All three vocalists have parts in the new song but most of it is sung by Michael Kiske (the singer on Keeper). How Many Tears, live, from their 2018 Pumpkins United Tour would also be a good listen. Again, you would get all three vocalists and some ear pleasing harmonies. So many good songs to choose from I'm sure you will get some good recommendations.
Those days we saw a lot of singers each had unique voice......we would know imediately whether its michael kiske, axl rose, eric mr big, jon bon jovi, kirk hammet, bono, etc......kind missed those days
What about to listen to something like Stratovarius during the 90s with Timo Kotipelto (Singer) and Timo Tolki (Guitar)... I think that was a very intense period for that band and there were/are a lot of power metal hymns with remarkable voice and composition. This is especially well-noted in songs such as Paradise, Destiny, Visions, among others.
You seem to be asking for Eric Adams from ManOwaR. He’s got a great, versatile voice. The song I would recommend is Gates of Valhalla, or March for Revenge where you can hear both sides of his voice. He doesn’t spend as much time in the upper ranges but he can get there when needed.
Michael Kiske has been definitely heavily influenced by Geoff Tate and would go on to influence generations of power metal singers. He's a big part of why there was sort of an arms race in trying to get up high in power metal, though I always thought that part of the reason it worked specifically with Kiske is that it never felt like it was forced or *just* showmanship. You are absolutely right that in recent years, there's been a reunion of sorts. For a while, Kiske wasn't even willing to sing metal or rock again, because he didn't feel connected to that music and was very burned out from the way he was fired from Helloween, but he slowly but surely rebuilt bridges with that music scene and eventually came back to Helloween to participate to a reunion that also includes Kai Hansen, the band's original singer and lead guitarist (together with mainstay Miki Weikaith). Andi Deris, the band's singer since 1994, also stayed and continued to be essentially the band's frontman, which I think is very nice considering he's the singer who stayed with Helloween the longest and definitely wrote a big part of their history. Keeper of the Seven Keys, for such a long song, has been played remarkably often by the band live, and in particular during the reunion tours, really benefited from having three singers harmonizing and exchanging parts. Andi Deris' raspy tone fits the parts where Satan is speaking in the song *very* well, to the point where, if I didn't know beforehand, I'd think that part was actually written for his voice. Sorry for the enormously long comment, really enjoyed the reaction!
Very much recommend you check out the live version they did in 2017, Spain : ua-cam.com/video/1CqaLqNyFDI/v-deo.html Kiske will be able to belt crazy notes until his last breath. Guy is a genius.
if you like this kind of solo, you may very well like Saturnus... completely different style of music (death-doom from denmark), but very soulful solos.
Awesome man. You need to listen to skyfall by helloween. Its brand new and has all 3 singers from all the eras of the band. And its fucken amazing great reaction. Great band
Why did this performance being more comfortable To or acceptable to me than the take order the flames performance to me I heard some month ago? I think it was the band was behind it, not the band against the singer (as with queensrhyche)
I've never noticed it until the classical composer guy did a review of this song, but yeah, the drummer is very mechanic and half-dead... Everything else is amazing
The drumming on this amazing song is awesome by the late great ingo r.i.p . I'm a drummer I carnt understand you saying the drumming in this is half dead
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Michael Kiske is the best vocalist that there ever was or ever will be. This is one of the best vocal performances ever.
I'd say that we got the right is even better from a vocal standpoint
19 when he recorded this... and he sounded identical in live concerts...
@@cheeseandonions9558 Totally agree : in France (August 31th), I was on an other planet ...
The funny thing for me is that I hated Kiske's vocals for the first listens. Now I truly appreciate it for the amazing vocal performances that they are.
I first dicovered Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, etc. in the late 90s/early 00s, which set me down the rabbit hole of power metal. I'm grateful for my exposure to this sort of amazing metal that most of my fellow Americans don't get, unfortunately.
Thank you for check out this Masterpiece! I appreciate you.
Michael Kiske the Angel's Voice from Heaven!
Saw him with Helloween on Tour back in 1987,he was 19!!!
I was 16 ^^
Helloween is my first encounter with metal music, this verry album was the first one i heard back in maybe 1991( i was 11 years old ), the album was 3 years old then. I absolutely fell in love with it instantly. The song eagle fly free from this album still to day i think is one of their best.
This is a awesome song, I mean what a battle and great story telling with the instrumentals and vocals. WOW 🤘🤘
They actually have 3 singers. Michael Kiske, Andi Deris and Kai Hansen. Hansen was the original singer but gave up vocal duties to Michael Kiske after their first album. Michael is the one singing on this song. Andi joined Helloween after Michael left the band and has been singing for them since 93 I think, but now Kiske and Hansen has rejoined Helloween. They did a reunion tour and are releasing a studio album very soon and that is fan f**king tastic
The singer was only 20 years old when this came out in 1988
They really have 3 singers now.
Michael Kiske (the -actually- bald one) was the second and most iconic singer; in fact, the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums are the foundational stone of power metal, and most singers from that genre were inspired by Kiske's (who was rumored to replace Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden when Bruce left the band) vocal technique.
Andi Deris (the blonde one) join the band after Kiske's expulsion in the 90's and remain with the band to this days.
Kai Hansen, one of the guitar players was also the first singer in the Walls of Jericho album and their main composer during the "golden age" of the band.
Kiske and Hansen reunited with the band after 30 years and, thanks to the overwhelming positive reception of the reunion tour, they decided to stay together. They'll launch an album on June 18th, and the first single, "Skyfall", was released on April 2nd.
Nice reaction.🤘🏻 Please react to Helloween - Ride The Sky (lyrics or audio). It is from their first album called "Walls Of Jericho" and it has the original singer Kai Hansen who is also the lead guitarist, the one who formed the band and basically invented power metal.😁 Everyone reunited a few years ago and now they are 7 members in total with 3 singers. A dream come true for Helloween fans.🤩
I remember getting this album back in the late 80's. Those were great times of discovery, venturing into new worlds of music previously unimaginable to my young mind. 30+ years later, and I still feel the same sense of euphoric zen whenever I find art that speaks to me. Much love to your channel from Alabama, my friend. Stay safe and never stop rockin' 🤘
P.s.
I'd love to see your reaction to King Diamond's Sleepless Nights Live At The Fillmore 2015...if you ever have some free time to spare, of course. I imagine you get tons of requests daily, though, so don't sweat it if you can't.
Dude! This is a band I somehow missed in the 80s!
Definitely going back into their catalog and catching up.
Looks like there’s a ton of it to do!
Also, I’ve got a bunch of friends all over Alabama! Happy Easter from Nashville man 👍
@@WristwatchAddiction a lot of good music sometimes slips through the cracks...the great thing is that those ply boards can always be pulled up and searched beneath lol I live in the northeastern corner of Alabama about 40 minutes from both the Georgia and Tennessee lines. The last time is was in Nashville was some years ago to attend a Pop Evil, Whitesnake, Judas Priest concert. Good times 🤘
Happy Easter to you and yours! Stay safe and keep rockin'!
Oh, we're in metal history grounds, now. Nice !
I saw Helloween live in Chicago in 2018. I was right up against the stage. They were absolutely phenomenal
Now I'll have to listen to Helloween all day long!🙄Thank God it's Saturday!😆
its just so brilliant.....all of it
I dare anyone to try that last bit.
I bought this album when it came out. I was in high school. Legendary stuff. 40 years of metal. Still going strong today with bands like LOVEBITES from Japan! \m/
Michael Kiske is my favorite rock/metal vocalist ever,
Ingo the drummer RIP was a total phenom pretty much established by himself how power metal drumming should be played, all around the band has excellent musicianship its also a joy to hear and watch live
The song is very hard to do, Kiske is a true master and what's even more amazing is he can still do it today :)
Ah yes..... Love this epic song.... Not a concept album but almost. Lol. Loving these reactions to some of the most epic vocals from my catalog.
He also sings as a guest vocalist on a few Avantasia records!
And he did an album with Amanda Sommerville
I think he was guest on all avantasia albums
Heh 19 years old when they recorded this, Eagle Fly Free
This is Helloweens best work
This song and Death Come Near Me by Draconian...two most epic songs of all time.
O DEATH, COME NEAR ME!
You just listen the masterpiece off power metal of all time...
Cute.. (Same chords with last song..) Best reaction to Keeper of the Seven Keys so far, including vocal coaches. The song is absolutely a masterpiece, Kiske on his prime, and all these were in 1987, 34 years ago. Currently Helloween is trying to stand with more commercial records. They are polishing some minor things. But they did rare in the past. Thank you for this nice reaction. For timeless and inaccessable music, my constant demand is: Keep Talking - Pink Floyd. Check out Pulse (1994) Live.
If you like voices like Dickinson, Kiske, and Tate, try Lizzy Borden. The lyrics might not be for everyone, but there's no denying his voice. Imo, he easily hangs with the 3 aforementioned. Wanna teaser?... Try the intro to "Love is a Crime". And if you liked that, try "Love you to Pieces".
Master piece 🙌👌 this is most probably my favourite band ever. They have a new album out soon which features 3 singers kiske, Hansen, and Deris all singing 3 guitarist as well. Try a very well know band called Stratovarius next think you will enjoy them.
Helloween 🤘 🎸 👍
Helloween is great, you should listen to "Victim ofFate" from Walls of Jericho my favorite album
They have 2 main singers (Deris and Kiske) and another one who is playing guitar and he sings too. They release the new single at 2 April 2021 as 7 piece band, like the reunion. If u want to react in another song the go on for The Dark Ride. The godfathers of power metal called HELLOWEEN.
You’ll have to do King Diamond soon. I recommend the whole Abigail album. I’m sure others here will help with which exact song. He sings what you are asking for.
I concur :D
The Family Ghost kicks much ass. That said, can't say there's a bad song on the album, which is rare for me.
The March of Time is my fave Helloween song, although Skyfall gets me going these days. And Kiske's voice has only gotten better over the years. Don't ask me how.
Might be interesting to react next to their new single, Skyfall, which was released today... 30 some years after Keeper of the Seven Keys. All three vocalists have parts in the new song but most of it is sung by Michael Kiske (the singer on Keeper). How Many Tears, live, from their 2018 Pumpkins United Tour would also be a good listen. Again, you would get all three vocalists and some ear pleasing harmonies. So many good songs to choose from I'm sure you will get some good recommendations.
Hey, Tommy, you should react to the live version of the song. It's also pretty epic.
Those days we saw a lot of singers each had unique voice......we would know imediately whether its michael kiske, axl rose, eric mr big, jon bon jovi, kirk hammet, bono, etc......kind missed those days
Brilliant Reaction once again tommy will you do a night of keeper of the seven keys part 1 and 2. The albums are stunning thanks again.
What about to listen to something like Stratovarius during the 90s with Timo Kotipelto (Singer) and Timo Tolki (Guitar)... I think that was a very intense period for that band and there were/are a lot of power metal hymns with remarkable voice and composition. This is especially well-noted in songs such as Paradise, Destiny, Visions, among others.
Michael Kiske tenia 19 años cuando grabó esta maravilla
You seem to be asking for Eric Adams from ManOwaR. He’s got a great, versatile voice. The song I would recommend is Gates of Valhalla, or March for Revenge where you can hear both sides of his voice. He doesn’t spend as much time in the upper ranges but he can get there when needed.
Yes, gates to Valhalla maybe his best ever performance.Also, Bridge of Death, Secret Of Steel and Mountains
Both Keeper albums are great!
Ian Gillan of Deep Purple was one of the first to sing in this style.
Michael Kiske has been definitely heavily influenced by Geoff Tate and would go on to influence generations of power metal singers. He's a big part of why there was sort of an arms race in trying to get up high in power metal, though I always thought that part of the reason it worked specifically with Kiske is that it never felt like it was forced or *just* showmanship.
You are absolutely right that in recent years, there's been a reunion of sorts. For a while, Kiske wasn't even willing to sing metal or rock again, because he didn't feel connected to that music and was very burned out from the way he was fired from Helloween, but he slowly but surely rebuilt bridges with that music scene and eventually came back to Helloween to participate to a reunion that also includes Kai Hansen, the band's original singer and lead guitarist (together with mainstay Miki Weikaith). Andi Deris, the band's singer since 1994, also stayed and continued to be essentially the band's frontman, which I think is very nice considering he's the singer who stayed with Helloween the longest and definitely wrote a big part of their history.
Keeper of the Seven Keys, for such a long song, has been played remarkably often by the band live, and in particular during the reunion tours, really benefited from having three singers harmonizing and exchanging parts. Andi Deris' raspy tone fits the parts where Satan is speaking in the song *very* well, to the point where, if I didn't know beforehand, I'd think that part was actually written for his voice.
Sorry for the enormously long comment, really enjoyed the reaction!
Looking at the lyrics make me realize that the person who wrote it wasn't a native english speaker and that just makes the song more charming.
Very much recommend you check out the live version they did in 2017, Spain : ua-cam.com/video/1CqaLqNyFDI/v-deo.html Kiske will be able to belt crazy notes until his last breath. Guy is a genius.
I like You reaction man...it's a Masterpiece of músic. I am sorry. No speak English fine.
if you like this kind of solo, you may very well like Saturnus... completely different style of music (death-doom from denmark), but very soulful solos.
Awesome man. You need to listen to skyfall by helloween. Its brand new and has all 3 singers from all the eras of the band. And its fucken amazing great reaction. Great band
Manowar-Bridge of Death
You should do some blind guardian, I propose And Then There Was Silence
If this was your kind of solo you need to listen to the beyond the realms of death solo
Classic power metal right there. Armor up and go kill a dragon
🎃🎸🤘🔊🇩🇪
You can probably fins a hundreds songs with the same chord progression finger picked.
Why did this performance being more comfortable
To or acceptable to me than the take order the flames performance to me I heard some month ago?
I think it was the band was behind it, not the band against the singer (as with queensrhyche)
BTW, this trend of male vocals singing in almost constant high pitch was invented by Rob Hartford of Judas Priest
Well, Ronnie James Dio started singing in this manner much earlier than Rob, though
Btw, Rob Helpford, not Hartford
*Handford
**Halford
@@wellcomeon1 Halflord?
;)
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I've never noticed it until the classical composer guy did a review of this song, but yeah, the drummer is very mechanic and half-dead... Everything else is amazing
The drumming on this amazing song is awesome by the late great ingo r.i.p . I'm a drummer I carnt understand you saying the drumming in this is half dead
@@mallatratt36 I guess I meant that could have a drumming machine substituted for the drummer and nobody would notice.
Please take Any song from Abba...
"throne" not "thone"... (had to be said)
Non ti piace The Decline dei NOFX e ti piace questa ?.. ok... penso che hai dei seri problemi di elasticità nel capire generi diversi . 😒
Terrible
what was terrible, Sayykoo?