Hansi used to go **really** ham on his voice during their early years. Then at some point he realized that he just couldn't sustain doing that, and starting with their third album he started to take classical vocal training (for more than 15 years I believe). Since then, he has become a lot more conservative with effects like the signature Power Metal Scream for example.
Blind Guardian made a concept album ("Nightfall in Middle-Earth") inspired by J.R.R.Tolkiens book "Silmarillion". All songs on this album are just fantastic and as a Tolkien fan I needed to have this album. It was my first metal album.
@@ThomFoolery1 The song "Time stands still" is about my favourite character Fingolfin from the Silemarillion. After an awful defeat against the orcs he rides to the fortress of Morgoth (the boss of Sauron from LotR) and calls him out even though he knows he will lose. EPIC!
Thomas - it was late, after this show many left the infield to go to their tents. On the way they were singing "Valhalaaaa...." you could hear this song half an hour, maybe more. It was great to be part of this crowd, singing the Bards song like the biggest choire in the world.
I was there that night, singing along all the songs, being a proud member of the Circle of the Bards. :D I had cramps in both legs due to running around a 3-day festival in heavy boots, but it all didn't matter then. :D
The crowed of Wacken is about 50/50 German and other(mostly European). Been there 9 years. It where 8 glorious years and 1 horribly year with nothing than rain. It turned everything in to a muddy slip-and-slide.
Yep, Wacken feels like a gathering of the United (Metal) Nations. I've been there in 2019 and there were people from Europe, South-Amerika, Australia literally from all over the world, its just great.
The Bard's Song is actually a separate song not an intro, but it's always reacted together with Valhalla because of this video Goosebumps all the way with the crowd singing the full lyrics
I saw them live in germany in 2010 (With Van Canto as a heat up-act) and THAT was one of the best things ever happened in my life man :D I was really lucky, i catched a drumstick at the end of the show :D
@@ThomFoolery1 I have played drums for over 55 years. That drummer was on fire. From a technical standpoint he was amazing. If you want to do another Blind Guardian song, please do "Nightfall" live which is the title track to their Tolkien based album Nightfall in Middle Earth.; The 2016 RockPalast version is awesome.
Told you The Bard's Song is kind of an anthem. Glad you liked it. 😊And if you wanna know, what he is saying in the video: At the beginning: "Wacken, we'll be happy to take this with us. I would also like to let you scream longer, unfortunately we have little time left. We want to spend that with music, of course. I think most of you will know what's next. Has been legendary here time and time again. I have a feeling you will top this today." Between the songs, after the YOU ARE FUCKING CRAZY: "Wacken, I hardly dare to say: YOUR ARE EVEN HOTTER/COOLER THAN USUAL! We had a great time up here, we always enjoyed coming to Wacken. At some point it's time to move on. The time has come now. I'll see you somewhere." LET'S GET CRAZY FOR A LAST TIME! ... At the end of Valhalla, before the crowd takes over: "Looks great, sounds great. I think Magnus (Marcus - the guitarist) has worked enough, we can now bring Frederik (the drummer) into play. For that, YOU SHOULD SING A LITTLE LOUDER!" - worked like a charm 😁 And during the singing of the crowd he screams: some word I don’t understand, no matter how hard I try 🤔.. "give me everything" .. "mega" .. "the last three" .. again something I can’t hear properly .. "sing/knock us off the stage" I am usually not able to help with stuff like this, because with most of the reactions I watch Finnish is needed, I thought "why not". 😁
Hey Jess, danke schoen for translating, I appreciate it. I need to learn some German. I went back and watched those parts with your notes and it's so cool! I love the connection and history they have with Wacken and all those fans, it's really so special and a joy to watch. Thanks again. :)
@@ThomFoolery1 Speaking foreign languages is cool. I speak English and German, about 20 years ago I spoke Spanish, but in Spain it still helped me! As for the video - I've been at the show and I know the emotions :)
loved yourt reaction again :) I do remember one Wacken Open Air (been there for 15 years straight, 1st time back in 1998) , when between 2 gigs the sound guy did play "lord of the rings" by Blind guarian from tape over the speakers... no band on stage, just a somewhat thousand people waiting for the next band ( I think it was Iced Earth)... and we all did sing that song, like one big choir. this has been one of the most impressive moments at any festival i´ve been at. noone needed any band on stage at this moment... we were completely happy in oure little fan bubble, singing and cheering along. Blind Guardian are one of those special bands, most metal fans, no matter which sub genre you do prefer, can agree on, I guess... and most of us l know the lyrics, one could think we have learned them at school here in Germany ;)
Hi Simone, thank you for sharing this experience. That sounds amazing and I can only imagine what it was like. I truly hope to go to Wacken one day. 😀🤟
All I can envision is a bunch of elementary school kids in music class “now children our musical artist today is Blind Guardian, let’s watch this video and then we’ll start practicing it for our spring concert “🤣🤣🤣
They were my first concert and I've seen them 6 times now... absolutely adore them, old and new songs equally 😊 Hope I will be able to see them again as soon as it's safe
Hey Thomas 🤘 dude, sometimes I think I’ve found a great new band thanks to your channel, and then you tell me they’ve been around since frikken 1984 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 WTF have I been doing with my life 🤣🤣. Needless to say that’s another gigabyte of downloads to add to my phone, though I deffo won’t be listening to Valhalla through headphones when I’m crossing the roads, and yeah that crowd were taking audience participation to another level 🤘🤘❤️
Hahahaha cheers Jeff! That was my thought exactly, I couldn't believe they'd been around so long and I've not listened to them. Better late than never! Take care mate. :)
I thank Rob Halford for getting me into Blind Guardian! I went to Bloodstock 2018 for Judas Priest, Nightwish were there too. I became obsessed with NW and Floor so watch all of their stuff. Aryeon's The day that world breaks down video got the attention of the reaction folks, I saw that Floor was there so naturally watched. Apart from Floor the vocalist who caught my attention was Hansi, never heard anything by Blind Guardian before, now can't get enough! Oh and great reaction again fella! 🤘🤘
It certainly was mate. Gojira, Cannibal Corpse, Suicidal Tendancies were there too. I've seen Maiden, Metallica etc have tickets booked for Nightwish but now have a huge desire to get singing Valhalla with Hansi and the lads! 😉 🤘
Oh yeah Blind Guardian!!!! This channel keeps getting better!! This crowd is insane, but imagine this concert in South America hahaha Cheers from Brazil!!
Oh, I adooore Hansi! Please check out Demons and Wizards, it's a power metal supergroup made of members of Blind Guardian and Iced Earth! Fiddler on the green is a masterpiece!
Yes, its the side project of Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer (Guitarist, Iced Earth). @Thomas Pearson Please react to Demons and Wizards - "Fiddler on the Green" live at Wacken 2019, a nice ballad and inspired by tragic events. I found this in an interview from the year 2000: www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=1-294 Hansi is truly "The Bard", since he is such a great storyteller.
Fiddler on the green is one of the best songs ever. Research the lyrics behind the song. Incredibly sad and moving makes the song so much better knowing the inspiration behind it
Nightwish in May? Hopefully it can happen and doesn't get postponed again, because I and three friends of mine have Tickets for the show in Bamberg, Bavaria (actually for December 9th, but it was postponed to May). Would love to hear some songs of "Human |::| Nature" live. Don't have Tickets for Blind Guardians 30th anniversary of "Somewhere far beyond" yet. Hope I can manage to get one for Munich in September, because my friends already got theirs.
Dream on guys...."your" voted Politicians don't want that you will ever have fun again. They created that ....cough....."Pandemia". And you faithfully follow your chosen leadership .... you stupid sheeps also believe in Santa Claus .... probably.
If you are able to go to a festival in germany take a walk to a camping ground or another place where the metalheads are hanging out. Stand in the middle an shout VALHALLA as loud as you can. All of them will do the Valhalla chant with you.
The other half of the equation being Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth (which, ironically, is through what I discovered BG, despite being European *and* into Tolkien...).
First En Livstid I Krig by Sabaton, then Bard's Song, a great combination of bands that have made it to the top and that have created ballades everyone can sing along to, sway along to and just enjoy. No brutal speed, just feeling.
XD i love this. Do "mirror mirror" too ;) Also if you need help with the german - i can help (im german and teach some english at a german schoo so i guess i can do the other way round too)
I was in the audience. 80,000 singers, it was wonderful. If you want to react to Blind Guardian again, I recommend "Mirror Mirror" ua-cam.com/video/SVg8eP7KPNQ/v-deo.html or the album version of "Wheel Of Time. ua-cam.com/video/wJtFXTIEwYQ/v-deo.html
Loved the reaction! People will probably tell you to react to Mirror Mirror next (myself included :P) but if you do, I’d suggest you go for the „Imaginations Through the Looking Glass“ concert version ( ua-cam.com/video/bYdd4fMtW_A/v-deo.html ). The video quality isn’t as good as the official live video, but Hansi‘s vocals are more impressive. In the official video he skips some high notes to go easy on his voice, which is perfectly fine of course and his singing is still incredibly powerful, but the „Imaginations...“ version is the best version of the song that I‘ve heard.
Try reacting to "And then there was silence" from Blind Guardian - it's more less a metal opera. ^^ Well actually: the whole album "A night at the Opera" pretty much is one, sooo ...
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Once you pass the Wacken festival ground and if you‘re quite, you can still hear them singing 🤘
Fuck yeah! 🤘
Goosebumps every time hearing the crowd singing.
Hansi used to go **really** ham on his voice during their early years. Then at some point he realized that he just couldn't sustain doing that, and starting with their third album he started to take classical vocal training (for more than 15 years I believe). Since then, he has become a lot more conservative with effects like the signature Power Metal Scream for example.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. :)
Never clicked so fast. Love Hansis voice and the connection they have with the fans. Thx for this reaction.
Bards song isn‘t an intro 😉
Thanks Heike! :)
Blind Guardian made a concept album ("Nightfall in Middle-Earth") inspired by J.R.R.Tolkiens book "Silmarillion". All songs on this album are just fantastic and as a Tolkien fan I needed to have this album. It was my first metal album.
That sounds cool! Thanks. :)
I've always thought of them as a cool gateway band for nerds haha I have loved Blind Guardian for many years so I mean that in a good way!
@@ThomFoolery1 The song "Time stands still" is about my favourite character Fingolfin from the Silemarillion. After an awful defeat against the orcs he rides to the fortress of Morgoth (the boss of Sauron from LotR) and calls him out even though he knows he will lose. EPIC!
Haha my first metal band too. Found them by searching "the hobbit" on Napster. Still my favorite band
This is one of the bands that INVENTED power metal.
I hope you don't mind me correcting you, but Tolkien invented Power Metal.
😁🤘🎶🤘
Recent reports from travelers through the Wacken region, read that the whole place still echoes "Valhalla"....
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thomas - it was late, after this show many left the infield to go to their tents. On the way they were singing "Valhalaaaa...." you could hear this song half an hour, maybe more.
It was great to be part of this crowd, singing the Bards song like the biggest choire in the world.
Wow, I can only imagine! :)
So cool 😎
I was there that night, singing along all the songs, being a proud member of the Circle of the Bards. :D I had cramps in both legs due to running around a 3-day festival in heavy boots, but it all didn't matter then. :D
The crowed of Wacken is about 50/50 German and other(mostly European). Been there 9 years. It where 8 glorious years and 1 horribly year with nothing than rain. It turned everything in to a muddy slip-and-slide.
Yep, Wacken feels like a gathering of the United (Metal) Nations. I've been there in 2019 and there were people from Europe, South-Amerika, Australia literally from all over the world, its just great.
That's so cool! Must go one day. :)
The Bard's Song is actually a separate song not an intro, but it's always reacted together with Valhalla because of this video
Goosebumps all the way with the crowd singing the full lyrics
I saw them live in germany in 2010 (With Van Canto as a heat up-act) and THAT was one of the best things ever happened in my life man :D I was really lucky, i catched a drumstick at the end of the show :D
It’s the little things in life...like catching a drum stick or a guitar pick. God is really shining on you if you snag a set list 🖤
"I'm glad the drummer is getting a break"
Yeah, about that...
hahaha
@@ThomFoolery1 I have played drums for over 55 years. That drummer was on fire. From a technical standpoint he was amazing. If you want to do another Blind Guardian song, please do "Nightfall" live which is the title track to their Tolkien based album Nightfall in Middle Earth.; The 2016 RockPalast version is awesome.
You can still hear the crowd in the air there.
That was an event.
I was there. The Bard is like a prayer.
Told you The Bard's Song is kind of an anthem. Glad you liked it. 😊And if you wanna know, what he is saying in the video:
At the beginning: "Wacken, we'll be happy to take this with us. I would also like to let you scream longer, unfortunately we have little time left. We want to spend that with music, of course. I think most of you will know what's next. Has been legendary here time and time again. I have a feeling you will top this today."
Between the songs, after the YOU ARE FUCKING CRAZY: "Wacken, I hardly dare to say: YOUR ARE EVEN HOTTER/COOLER THAN USUAL! We had a great time up here, we always enjoyed coming to Wacken. At some point it's time to move on. The time has come now. I'll see you somewhere." LET'S GET CRAZY FOR A LAST TIME! ...
At the end of Valhalla, before the crowd takes over: "Looks great, sounds great. I think Magnus (Marcus - the guitarist) has worked enough, we can now bring Frederik (the drummer) into play. For that, YOU SHOULD SING A LITTLE LOUDER!" - worked like a charm 😁
And during the singing of the crowd he screams: some word I don’t understand, no matter how hard I try 🤔.. "give me everything" .. "mega" .. "the last three" .. again something I can’t hear properly .. "sing/knock us off the stage"
I am usually not able to help with stuff like this, because with most of the reactions I watch Finnish is needed, I thought "why not". 😁
Hey Jess, danke schoen for translating, I appreciate it. I need to learn some German. I went back and watched those parts with your notes and it's so cool! I love the connection and history they have with Wacken and all those fans, it's really so special and a joy to watch.
Thanks again. :)
@@ThomFoolery1 You're welcome 😊
@@ThomFoolery1 Speaking foreign languages is cool. I speak English and German, about 20 years ago I spoke Spanish, but in Spain it still helped me! As for the video - I've been at the show and I know the emotions :)
What a crowd! It looks so unreal in these dark times.. once again great reaction dude!🤘
Thank you! Yes, it is definitely surreal to see in 2020.
The audience is such a great kraut.
loved yourt reaction again :) I do remember one Wacken Open Air (been there for 15 years straight, 1st time back in 1998) , when between 2 gigs the sound guy did play "lord of the rings" by Blind guarian from tape over the speakers... no band on stage, just a somewhat thousand people waiting for the next band ( I think it was Iced Earth)... and we all did sing that song, like one big choir. this has been one of the most impressive moments at any festival i´ve been at. noone needed any band on stage at this moment... we were completely happy in oure little fan bubble, singing and cheering along. Blind Guardian are one of those special bands, most metal fans, no matter which sub genre you do prefer, can agree on, I guess... and most of us l know the lyrics, one could think we have learned them at school here in Germany ;)
Hi Simone, thank you for sharing this experience. That sounds amazing and I can only imagine what it was like. I truly hope to go to Wacken one day. 😀🤟
All I can envision is a bunch of elementary school kids in music class “now children our musical artist today is Blind Guardian, let’s watch this video and then we’ll start practicing it for our spring concert “🤣🤣🤣
Hansi is fantastic!! 80K visitors at Wacken. Greetz from the Netherlands!
I remember this show was really something to be in that crowd and sing with everyone
They were my first concert and I've seen them 6 times now... absolutely adore them, old and new songs equally 😊 Hope I will be able to see them again as soon as it's safe
Mirror Mirror next! Do the live version, too. This song will stuck in your head forever ;)
I cried a few happy tears when I saw them live in Australia
Hansi has such a unique voice
In germany this is radio music. Helloween how many tears live in 2018 is incredible. German band as well. This videos amazing. Good reaction man
Thank you Joel! 🙂🤘
YES, THE BARDS ARE BACK!!!
Hey Thomas 🤘 dude, sometimes I think I’ve found a great new band thanks to your channel, and then you tell me they’ve been around since frikken 1984 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 WTF have I been doing with my life 🤣🤣. Needless to say that’s another gigabyte of downloads to add to my phone, though I deffo won’t be listening to Valhalla through headphones when I’m crossing the roads, and yeah that crowd were taking audience participation to another level 🤘🤘❤️
Hahahaha cheers Jeff! That was my thought exactly, I couldn't believe they'd been around so long and I've not listened to them. Better late than never! Take care mate. :)
Kind of going in to this blind🤣🤣🤣Nice pun👍🏻👍🏻
They are a great band. Amazing when you have an 80K strong choir.
Unintentional! haha
@@ThomFoolery1 Maybe..but still good🤣🤣🤣
I thank Rob Halford for getting me into Blind Guardian! I went to Bloodstock 2018 for Judas Priest, Nightwish were there too. I became obsessed with NW and Floor so watch all of their stuff. Aryeon's The day that world breaks down video got the attention of the reaction folks, I saw that Floor was there so naturally watched. Apart from Floor the vocalist who caught my attention was Hansi, never heard anything by Blind Guardian before, now can't get enough!
Oh and great reaction again fella! 🤘🤘
Wow that must've been quite the lineup! So cool. Thanks a lot. 😀👍
It certainly was mate. Gojira, Cannibal Corpse, Suicidal Tendancies were there too. I've seen Maiden, Metallica etc have tickets booked for Nightwish but now have a huge desire to get singing Valhalla with Hansi and the lads! 😉 🤘
Oh yeah Blind Guardian!!!! This channel keeps getting better!!
This crowd is insane, but imagine this concert in South America hahaha
Cheers from Brazil!!
Obrigado Guilherme! I'm glad you approve of my selections. Haha yes I'm sure a South American crowd would challenge these guys. :)
Iron Maiden in South America is nuts!
Oh, I adooore Hansi! Please check out Demons and Wizards, it's a power metal supergroup made of members of Blind Guardian and Iced Earth! Fiddler on the green is a masterpiece!
Yes, its the side project of Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer (Guitarist, Iced Earth).
@Thomas Pearson Please react to Demons and Wizards - "Fiddler on the Green" live at Wacken 2019, a nice ballad and inspired by tragic events.
I found this in an interview from the year 2000: www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=1-294
Hansi is truly "The Bard", since he is such a great storyteller.
Thank you both for the suggestions. :)
Fiddler on the green is one of the best songs ever. Research the lyrics behind the song. Incredibly sad and moving makes the song so much better knowing the inspiration behind it
I love the smile on his face while listening to the crowd reaction! He´s feeling it. Well done Thomas! Come to Wacken Bro;-)
"Blind Guardian - The Curse of Feanor" is a vocal masterclass by itself.
"Avantasia - The Raven Child" feat Hansi Kusrch and Jorn Lande
There is another recording of Valhalla where the crowd is still singing it.
The most polite intro ive heard in a while.
🙇♂️
So to celebrate (hopefully) the end of COVID: tickets for my first Nightwish concert next May and my first Blind Guardian concert in June.
Nightwish in May? Hopefully it can happen and doesn't get postponed again, because I and three friends of mine have Tickets for the show in Bamberg, Bavaria (actually for December 9th, but it was postponed to May). Would love to hear some songs of "Human |::| Nature" live.
Don't have Tickets for Blind Guardians 30th anniversary of "Somewhere far beyond" yet. Hope I can manage to get one for Munich in September, because my friends already got theirs.
@@ralflukas9695 currently rescheduled to 23 May for Luxembourg. But we will see...
I'm hoping to see them in May, too. But right now I am not that positive about it and it breaks my heart!
Dream on guys...."your" voted Politicians don't want that you will ever have fun again. They created that ....cough....."Pandemia".
And you faithfully follow your chosen leadership .... you stupid sheeps also believe in Santa Claus .... probably.
@@dieterdodel1974 dein Name ist Programm 😂👌
This deserves more views 👍
Bro ... I live 70 km (43 miles) from wacken. When wacken sings I hear with me :)
If you are able to go to a festival in germany take a walk to a camping ground or another place where the metalheads are hanging out.
Stand in the middle an shout VALHALLA as loud as you can. All of them will do the Valhalla chant with you.
Hi something you might like to check out if you like the audience singing
Depeche mode enjoy the silence live in Berlin
Hansipower!!!!🖤🖤🖤
Tickets für 2024 sind schon weg.
Vorerst… dafür musst du schnell sein 😜
❤❤❤
Just for context: "Valhalla" is a song from their second album "Follow The Blind", released in 1989. Still holds up. ;)
You might enjoy Hansis side project, Demons and Wizards.
The other half of the equation being Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth (which, ironically, is through what I discovered BG, despite being European *and* into Tolkien...).
@@StergiosMekras Saw em when they went on tour. Was amazing, I had seen IE and BG separately before, this was icing on the cake tho.
Greets from good old Germany 🇩🇪💪🍻
How much of a rush must it be to have a crowd sing a song of yours, word perfect and with no prompting?!?
I've played some extremely small gigs a couple years back. Even if it's only 20 or 30 people singing along - it's better than any drug you can imagine
@@lollokopter11 Small gigs can be amazing!
@@brendo9672 I think this song should be germany's national anthem (the bard song or valhalla either or)
a great way from ayreon to blind guardian
First En Livstid I Krig by Sabaton, then Bard's Song, a great combination of bands that have made it to the top and that have created ballades everyone can sing along to, sway along to and just enjoy. No brutal speed, just feeling.
Love this thankyou for doing this one.
My pleasure. ;)
Did not realize the Albino from HBO's Banshee had a prison furlough to play drums for Blind Guardian ...
😂😂
I fucking loved that show !!
XD i love this. Do "mirror mirror" too ;) Also if you need help with the german - i can help (im german and teach some english at a german schoo so i guess i can do the other way round too)
Most backing singers ever? :)
No way haha Though I fucking love this. I saw Blind Guardian in Australia and teared up :D
Check Iron Maiden shows like En Vivo in South America
Thomas you really should visit Wacken someday. Be sure: you would love it. I hereby invite you. Got a second tent.
I was in the audience. 80,000 singers, it was wonderful. If you want to react to Blind Guardian again, I recommend "Mirror Mirror" ua-cam.com/video/SVg8eP7KPNQ/v-deo.html or the album version of "Wheel Of Time. ua-cam.com/video/wJtFXTIEwYQ/v-deo.html
Loved the reaction! People will probably tell you to react to Mirror Mirror next (myself included :P) but if you do, I’d suggest you go for the „Imaginations Through the Looking Glass“ concert version ( ua-cam.com/video/bYdd4fMtW_A/v-deo.html ). The video quality isn’t as good as the official live video, but Hansi‘s vocals are more impressive. In the official video he skips some high notes to go easy on his voice, which is perfectly fine of course and his singing is still incredibly powerful, but the „Imaginations...“ version is the best version of the song that I‘ve heard.
Thanks very much! This sound cool, I'll check it out. :)
@@ThomFoolery1 I'll second the above post :)
This concert was amazing. I wish I could have been there. The crowd sounds like their personal background choir :D
If you liked ayreon with Hansi Kürsch than you should check out Blind Guardian - Twilight Orchestra.
Can you imagine having to get on stage after that? Poor band
Haha true! I hope that was the closing act 😂
Testament went up after them. Wonder how they did lol?!
Nice 🌺🍀
Try reacting to "And then there was silence" from Blind Guardian - it's more less a metal opera. ^^
Well actually: the whole album "A night at the Opera" pretty much is one, sooo ...
And then there was silence.
Right off the bat: that's exactly how you pronounce his name. :-)
Really!? That makes me very happy haha
Valhalla, die Leberwurst…
the audience is realy from.all.over thé world mainly tbh